Places and peoples: general and pictorial works

Life Is Sweet in the SouthFull of small towns and sparkling cities, this welcoming area invites all who visit to put your feet up, have a glass of ice tea in a mason jar and reminisce on some of the most wonderful things in the South.

'Hooper has written a fascinating, affectionate and well-researched study that delivers the tantalising flavour of a country as hot, cold, bitter and sweet as an affogato' The Telegraph'This portrait of a nation is required reading for anyone heading to a Tuscan villa or Puglian beach this summer' Financial TimesSublime and maddening, fascinating yet baffling, Italy is a country of endless paradox and seemingly unanswerable riddles.

Renowned American photographer Jack Watson traveled to Cuba on a legal humanitarian visa.

Celebrated novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd paints a vivid picture of one of the worlds greatest cities in this brilliant and original work, exploring how the citys many hues have come to shape its history and identity.

Strange laws, heroic deeds, surprising revelations, and quirky stories that have shaped the unique history of Britain’s capital.

Alice Stevenson is a Londoner who neither drives, runs nor cycles.

An inspiring visual adventure.

A description of Glastonbury that remains one of the most evocative and poignant accounts of this wild yet holy place; a power center polarizing with distant Jerusalem and linking and harmonizing the Christian way with the primeval and pagan past of England.

The New York Times bestselling author celebrates Mandela's liberation and his fight for freedom with this collection of rare and historic photographs.

Life Is Sweet in the SouthFull of small towns and sparkling cities, this welcoming area invites all who visit to put your feet up, have a glass of ice tea in a mason jar and reminisce on some of the most wonderful things in the South.

Across London there are over 900 blue plaques celebrating a diverse, curious collection of Londoners through history.

It was the events of the Crimean War that changed everything.

Full of entertaining bite-size chunks of London's history, this book tells tales that will inspire you to explore a place you thought you knew.

Found in our archives, the Black's Sketchbooks are a series of booksproduced in the early 20th century by a group of well-known artists.

In this elegant hardbound volume, photographers Steve Gross and Susan Daley take you on an intimate tour of some of the finest historic homes, gardens, churches, and plantations of the old city of Charleston and its surrounding Lowcountry.