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Paul Adelman seeks to explain the Liberal Party's dramatic transformation in political fortune. This clear, objective up-to-date account of the history of the Liberal Party covers the key period, 1910-1931. Focusing on liberal decline and drawing upon...

Paul Adelman seeks to explain the Liberal Party's dramatic transformation in political fortune. This clear, objective up-to-date account of the history of the Liberal Party covers the key period, 1910-1931. Focusing on liberal decline and drawing upon...

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism comprises thirty six essays by an international team of leading scholars, providing a global coverage of the history of nationalism in its different aspects - ideas, sentiments, and politics. Every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781887593960Author G K ChestertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Kino and Kinder: A Family's Journey in the Shadow of the Holocaust is the story of a European Jewish family's struggle to survive in the face of Nazi antisemitism and the Holocaust. The terrible history of twentieth-century genocide is told through the...

For the first time, the historic town of Maidstone gives up its darkest and eeriest secrets. Including previously unpublished accounts of ghostly activity and re-examining classic cases, this is a treasure trove of original material and atmospheric...

This book is an excellent introduction to this eventful period in history, offering students of history and the Middle Ages a fascinating insight into the reigns of three very different sovereigns:* Edward I - a confident and masterful conqueror of...

Including heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena, Haunted Kent contains new and well-known spooky stories from around the county.Book InformationISBN 9780752436050Author Janet CameronFormat PaperbackPage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807046296Author Sidney MintzFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780922558865Author Jacob RabinowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Yogh & Thorn PressPublisher Yogh & Thorn PressWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956299413Author Phil MathisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint DEADGOOD PublicationsPublisher DEADGOOD Publications

After the trauma of the Blitz and wartime restrictions, London embraced the arrival of a new decade. Austerity was slow to loosen its grip, but the Festival of Britain pointed a tentative way forward. Two years later saw the birth of a new Elizabethan...

A history of mining in Cornwall Volume 1Book InformationISBN 9780752417073Author L J BullenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm

The history of the British Isles is the story of four peoples linked together by a process of state building that was as much about far-sighted planning and vision as coincidence, accident and failure. It is a history of revolts and reversal, familial...

History, Memory and Public Life introduces readers to key themes in the study of historical memory and its significance by considering the role of historical expertise and understanding in contemporary public reflection on the past.Divided into two...

Bexhill-on-Sea (Archive Photographs)Book InformationISBN 9780752411446Author Bexhill Museum AssociationFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press Ltd

For readers with family ties to Manchester and Salford, and researchers delving into the rich history of these cities, this informative, accessible guide will be essential reading and a fascinating source of reference. Sue Wilkes outlines the social and...

The Routledge Handbook of the History of Settler Colonialism examines the global history of settler colonialism as a distinct mode of domination from ancient times to the present day. It explores the ways in which new polities were established in freshly...

This fascinating collection of over 200 archive images explores the colourful history of Newcastle-under-Lyme School over the last 130 years. The recording of information about the school was started by its first headmaster, and all of the archive...

Guildford's grim history.Book InformationISBN 9780752438269Author Philip HutchinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 8mm

This collection of photographs illustrates the recent history of the Oldcastle and Newcastle areas of Bridgend. Featured are: St Illtyd's church and the conservation area of Newcastle Hill, North Street (Tondu Road), 'The Embassy' and Brewery Lane, The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946361489Author Keith WarrenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Willow Publishing,TimperleyPublisher Willow Publishing,Timperley

Travel along the Oregon Trail with the pioneers who dared to "face the elephant" as they moved west in search of a new life. Compiled from the trail diaries and memoirs that document this momentous period in American history, Oregon Trail Stories is a...

Reliant produced a range of sports cars from the 1960s to the 1990s which complemented their well-established three-wheeled cars. Starting with a design for Israel's Autocars in 1961, Reliant went on to produce many successful cars, including the Sabre,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997414851Author Yogi RamacharakaFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Bamboo Leaf PressPublisher Bamboo Leaf PressWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780914510Author Jim BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

First published to wide critical acclaim in 1973, England in the Later Middle Ages has become a seminal text for students studying this diverse, complex period. This spirited work surveys the period from Edward I to the death of Richard III at the Battle...

A new edition of a classic Batsford title from the 1930s. London is brought to life through its people, buildings and history in this classic book, first published in 1935. The Spirit of London presents a wonderful snapshot of our capital before World...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446613804Author J. Randy TaraborrelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 615Imprint Warner BooksPublisher Little, Brown & Company

The Fatal Breath is the first full-scale history of the Covid-19 pandemic in Britain. Deploying a rich archive of personal testimonies together with a wide range of research reports and official data, it presents a moving and challenging account of the...

Until the beginning of the nineteenth century Kilmarnock lived by what was produced locally. But after the Industrial Revolution many industries found a home in the town, producing goods from whiskey to carpets and from shoes to heavy machinery...

On every street there is a story. Roll up, roll up for a circus adventure in Edwardian Yarmouth, merry-go-race through King's Lynn history with fabulous fairground animals, get swept back in time with the marvellous mice of Wymondham, meet the magical...

The Knights Templar In Britain examines exactly who became knights, what rituals sustained them, where the power bases were, and how their tentacles spread through the political and economic worlds of Britain before their defeat at the hands of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910775134Author Warren PleeceFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint BHP ComicsPublisher BHP Comics

The book provides an illustrated history of Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and the personnel who contributed to medicine, surgery and nursing over the ages. It also indicates the start of hospital radiology and the complicated relationships between the...

A companion to Volume One: The Central District this book widens it's focus to study important workings accross the Duchy of Cornwall, from the oldest tine mines of the St Just area to the major workings at Tregurtha Downs, Great Wheal Vor and Wheal...

The Spanish Civil War captured the imaginations of writers and readers around the world. !No Pasaran! collects thirty-eight of the most vivid, poignant stories to come out of the conflict, by writers from across the political, geographical and artistic...

In 1939 women represented nearly one quarter of the student population in British universities. Though tantamount to a "social revolution" in the eyes of many contemporaries, the process has recieved scant attention from historians. Whilst prejudice and...

Although much has been written of the nature of history and its disciplinary problems, less attention has been paid to the history of thought. M.C. Lemon's rigorously philosophical work first re-asserts the discipline of history in general as narrative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857042828Author Steve SilkFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove