Local and family history, nostalgia

How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Birmingham were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years.

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A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A Waterstones Best History Book of 2024 Pick 'Kuper is a shrewd observer [in] this entertaining mix of memoir and anthropology' The Sunday TimesFrom the bestselling author of Chums comes an explorer's tale of a naif getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel city.

From the Preface: On the frontier, says conventional wisdom, a structured society did not exist and social control was largely absent; law enforcement and the criminal justice system had limited, if any, influence; and danger--both from man and from the elements--was ever present.

'Absorbing' - The Guardian'Illuminating' - Vogue'Fascinating' - Pandora SykesIn Nostalgia, historian Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from seventeenth-century Switzerland (when it was held to be an illness that could, quite literally, kill you) to the present day (when it is co-opted by advertising agencies and politicians alike to sell us goods and policies).

Australians and the Gold Rush: California and Down Under 1849-1854 vividly recounts the dramatic intersection of two worlds during the California Gold Rush.

The next book in the successful Style Me Vintage series is designed to inspire re-enactors and all those vintage aficionados who admire the classic looks of the 1940s.

365 Reasons To Be Proud To Be Scottish is a year-long scenic route of jollyness taking in the quirky events, inventions, traditions, people, places and characters that make Scotland a country worth celebrating every day of the year.

The area of North Staffordshire combines urban and rural areas, from Stoke-on-Trent and the Potteries, the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the moorland and Peak District towns and villages to the border with Cheshire and Derbyshire.

Jonathan Scott is a freelance writer specializing in family history.

London's Royal Palaces are still some of the most visited places in England.

The 19th-century MP John Burns described the Thames as 'liquid history' and ever since the Romans founded Londinium in 43 AD, the river has played a key cultural and economic, political and social role in the history of England.

All the fun of Portico's bestselling Strangest series, now in quiz form!

Christmas collectables are bought all year-round by dedicated collectors.

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Dublin.

Rochester's position on the River Medway, near where it joins the Thames, has meant that it has played an important historical role for centuries.

This is an engaging biographical detective story delving into a dark and mysterious family secret.

Veteran journalist and southern storyteller Tom Poland has been writing about the disappearing rural South for nearly four decades.

This is the author's life story.

When news of the war broke out in 1914, nothing could prepare the citizens of Aberdeen for the changes that would envelop their city over the next four years.

When news of the war broke out in 1914, nothing could prepare the citizens of Aberdeen for the changes that would envelop their city over the next four years.

In den Tiefen der Wiener Kapuzinergruft ruhen die Geheimnisse einer der mächtigsten Dynastien Europas: die Habsburger.

Jonathan Scott is a freelance writer specializing in family history.

Featuring the Tarver, Rollins, Cook, and Laird Families of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; including their migration north, east, and west.

Separating Old Florida myths from realitiesin a tourist haven with a deep Indigenous pastThemes of unspoiled paradise tamed byprogress can be seen in stories about pioneer history across the United States,especially in Florida.

Separating Old Florida myths from realitiesin a tourist haven with a deep Indigenous pastThemes of unspoiled paradise tamed byprogress can be seen in stories about pioneer history across the United States,especially in Florida.

Wimborne Minster is a market town in Dorset.

Brighton History Tour offers an insight into the fascinating history of this Sussex city.

The county of Buckinghamshire has a rich and varied past which is reflected in its historic churches.

England's country houses have for centuries been where the rich and grand families have displayed their wealth and status.

The city of Preston in Lancashire is renowned for its industrial heritage, with centuries of textile manufacturing and its boom years during the Industrial Revolution.

Wolverhampton was granted city status in 2000, but its origins lie in Anglo-Saxon England.

A-Z of Worthing delves into the stories behind the town's most notable streets, places, parks and buildings, as well as the dark secrets of its inhabitants, lesser-known lanes and its numerous twittens.

The coastal town of South Shields, lying on the south of the mouth of the River Tyne, grew massively during the Industrial Revolution.

In this book author Robert Bard takes readers on a spine-tingling journey around Kent to some of its most haunted locations.

A collection of the most fascinating and picturesque cottages from the National Trust.

Kent's Strangest Tales is a book devoted to the weird and wonderful side of the Garden of England.

Most people's perception of a model railway is an arrangement of track work, decorated with some buildings and a cursory backdrop rising briefly to a sloping ceiling.

We have a book in our hands that is the result of nearly thirty years spent collecting its material, compiling it, and presenting it in a readable and understandable way that is not satisfied with the old as it is and does not embrace the new without distinction.

Prior to 1960, presidential nominees were largely selected in the infamous "e;smoke filled rooms"e; of state party conventions.

Prior to 1960, presidential nominees were largely selected in the infamous "e;smoke filled rooms"e; of state party conventions.

The Boer War took place between 1899 and 1902, just 15 years before the start of the First World War.

THE MILLENIAL REIGN OF THE MESSIAH may be the most extensive and detailed work ever published on the subject of the 1,000 year reign of Christ (the Messiah) which will deliver the world from the edge of annihilation.