Albion's Secret History: Snapshots of England's Pop Rebels and Outsiders (Mankowski Guy)(Paperback)

Albion's Secret History: Snapshots of England's Pop Rebels and Outsiders (Mankowski Guy)(Paperback)

Albion's Secret History compiles snapshots of English pop culture's rebels and outsiders, from Evelyn Waugh to PJ Harvey via The Long Blondes and The Libertines. By focusing on cultural figures who served to define England, Guy Mankowski looks at those who have really shaped Albion's secret

Secret Ripon (Winpenny David)(Paperback)

Ripon is one of England's smallest cities and has a long history that encompasses saints and actors, marquesses, mayors and murderers, writers and eccentrics. Its Hornblower sets the watch each evening in a tradition said to be more than a thousand years old; each year festivities celebrate the

A History of the Modern Middle East: Rulers, Rebels, and Rogues (Anderson Betty S.)(Paperback)

A History of the Modern Middle East offers a comprehensive assessment of the region, stretching from the fourteenth century and the founding of the Ottoman and Safavid empires through to the present-day protests and upheavals. The textbook focuses on Turkey, Iran, and the Arab countries of the

Secret Nottingham (Earp Joseph)(Paperback)

Explore Nottingham's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and

Secret Cromer and Sheringham (Talbott Lorna)(Paperback)

Secret Cromer and Sheringham explores the lesser-known history of the Norfolk coastal towns of Cromer and Sheringham through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive

Secret Liverpool (Rosney Mark and Michelle)(Paperback / softback)

Explore Liverpool's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and

Secret Sunderland (Gardiner Marie)(Paperback / softback)

Explore the secret history of Sunderland through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and

MI6 - The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 (Jeffery Keith)(Paperback / softback)

The first - and only - history of the Secret Intelligence Service, written with full and unrestricted access to the closed archives of the Service for the period

Secret Birmingham (Hewitt Tony A. J.)(Paperback)

Explore Birmingham's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and

Secret Newcastle (Hutchinson Ken)(Paperback / softback)

Explore Newcastle's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and

Secret Whitby (Thompson Ian)(Paperback / softback)

Explore Whitby's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and

Secret Lancaster (Howorth Billy F.K.)(Paperback / softback)

Explore the secret history of Lancaster through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and

Secret Penrith (Stables Andrew Graham)(Paperback / softback)

Explore Penrith's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and

Secret Sheffield (Rotherham Professor Ian D.)(Paperback / softback)

Explore Sheffield's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and

Hollywood's Eve - Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. (Anolik Lili)(Paperback / softback)

Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity (Gregory Georgina)(Paperback)

Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity provides a history of the boy band from the Beatles to One Direction, placing the modern male pop group within the wider context of twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular music and culture. Offering the first extended look at pop masculinity as

Human Cosmos - A Secret History of the Stars (Marchant Jo)(Paperback / softback)

A journey through the history of science and humankind's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the author of Royal Society Prize-shortlisted

Yorkshire: A Lyrical History of England's Greatest County (Morris Richard)(Paperback)

'Restless, poetic, strange ... and the territory it describes deserves nothing less' Observer'Glittering and energetic' Country Life Yorkshire is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving history, family stories, travelogue and

Silver Linings: Bobby Robson's England (Hartrick David)(Paperback)

Silver Linings examines an historic and unforgettable period in the history of England's national football team. In his eight years as England boss, Bobby Robson was celebrated, derided, Diego-ed, and everything in between. His team missed one European Championship, self-destructed at another, were

Surveillance Valley - The Secret Military History of the Internet (Levine Yasha)(Paperback / softback)

An explosive, revisionist history of the dark past, and darker present of the

The Real Lives of Roman Britain (de la Bdoyre Guy)(Paperback)

An innovative, informative, and entertaining history of Roman Britain told through the lives of individuals in all walks of life The Britain of the Roman Occupation is, in a way, an age that is dark to us. While the main events from 55 BC to AD 410 are little disputed, and the archaeological

Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes (Duffy Eamon)(Paperback)

This engrossing book encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy, from its beginnings to the present day. This new edition covers the unprecedented resignation of Benedict XVI and the election of the first Argentinian pope. Praise for the earlier editions: 'Duffy enlivens the long march

Aphra Behn: A Secret Life (Todd Janet)(Paperback)

The life, work and history of Aphra Behn: seventeenth -century dramatist, poet of the erotic and bisexual, novelist, political propagandist, spy.Praise for the first hardback edition: 'Fascinating scholarship. Todd conveys Behn's vivacious character and the mores of the time.' --the New York

Secret St Albans (Morris Kate)(Paperback)

St Albans has a long and fascinating history back to the Celtic and Roman city of Verulamium and martyrdom of St Alban. The abbey church was built on the site of the shrine of St Alban and became a popular place of pilgrimage while the surrounding settlement developed as a market town. Many