London's Fields: An Intimate History of London Football Fandom (Waldon Mark)(Paperback)

London's Fields: An Intimate History of London Football Fandom (Waldon Mark)(Paperback)

London's Fields: An Intimate History of London Football Fandom celebrates the turbulent rivalries, local antagonisms and even, on occasion, the fraternal harmonies held in common by the supporters of the capital's many professional football teams. The us and them dichotomy of a local derby is told

London's Strangest Tales - Extraordinary but true stories from over a thousand years of London's History (Quinn Tom)(Paperback / softback)

London's Strangest Tales takes a walk on London's weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world's greatest cities. This fascinating book is packed with amazing things you didn't know about Britain's capital, like the fact that it's still forbidden to run, carry an

London's Docklands: An Illustrated History (Marshall Geoff)(Paperback)

The development of London Docklands from the medieval era to the construction of the largest system of docks in the world, and into the modern landscape

London's Docklands: A History of the Lost Quarter (Rule Fiona)(Paperback)

In its heyday, London's Docklands was dominated by the Port of London; a sprawling network of quays, ancient wharves, deep canals and high-walled basins that stretched along the Thames from the City to Tilbury. Two or three generations ago, London Docks provided employment for over 100,000 men, but

Guide to the Architecture of London (Jones Edward)(Paperback)

'The definitive guide to London's architecture' INDEPENDENT London has an unrivalled richness of architecture, from its squares and houses to its palaces and churches. This is the only guide to cover all of London's building history, from its Roman foundation to the massive expansion of the 19th

Why Jazz Happened (Myers Marc)(Paperback)

Why Jazz Happened is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many influences that gave rise to jazz's post-war styles. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters,

Cruickshank's London: A Portrait of a City in 20 Walks (Cruickshank Dan)(Paperback)

'The perfect guide to the hidden history of London's streets.' BBC History Magazine In Cruickshank's London, Britain's favourite architectural historian describes thirteen walks through one of the greatest cities on earth. From the mysterious Anglo-Saxon origins of Hampstead Heath, via Christopher

Bloody London: 20 Walks in London, Taking in Its Gruesome and Horrific History (Fathers David)(Paperback)

An entertaining, beautifully illustrated and delightfully gruesome walking guide to London's horrific history. An entertaining, revealing and beautifully illustrated walking guide to London's horrific history, Bloody London features walks that take in everything from Jack the Ripper's haunts, to

Elizabeth's Bedfellows - An Intimate History of the Queen's Court (Whitelock Professor Anna)(Paperback / softback)

If Walls Could Talk - An intimate history of the home (Worsley Lucy)(Paperback / softback)

Building St Paul's (Campbell James W P)(Paperback / softback)

An approachable history of one of London's most famous

A History of Romania: Land, People, Civilization (Iorga Nicolae)(Paperback)

Nicolae Iorga's A History of Romania: Land, People, Civilization is an intimate portrait of a land and its people written by its greatest historian. Much like Herodotus in antiquity, Iorga can be considered 'the father of history' for his country. Like a true artist, he paints a portrait of

Moon - A History for the Future (Morton Oliver)(Paperback / softback)

An intimate, profound portrait of the Earth's closest

Vietnam War - An Intimate History (Ward Geoffrey C.)(Paperback / softback)

The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan (Zakaria Rafia)(Paperback)

A memoir of Karachi through the eyes of its women An Indies Introduce Debut Authors Selection For a brief moment on December 27, 2007, life came to a standstill in Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, the country s former prime minister and the first woman ever to lead a Muslim country, had been assassinated

Thames Mudlarking: Searching for London's Lost Treasures (Sandy Jason)(Paperback)

How archaeologists and mudlarks have uncovered the history of London through objects dug up from the mud of the River Thames. You won't believe what you can find in the Thames - exposed for only a few hours at low tide, its foreshore is a mysterious place, where time has stopped and objects lost

Running the Gauntlet (Ward Jim)(Paperback)

Running the Gauntlet-An Intimate History of the Modern Body Piercing Industry tells the story of how the author fathered the modern body piercing industry and in so doing gave birth to the larger body piercing

Governing the World - The History of an Idea (Mazower Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism (Enstad Nan)(Paperback)

Traditional narratives of capitalist change often rely on the myth of the willful entrepreneur from the global North who transforms the economy and delivers modernity-for good or ill-to the rest of the world. With Cigarettes, Inc., Nan Enstad upends this story, revealing the myriad cross-cultural

The Tower of London: The Biography (Porter Stephen)(Paperback)

The Tower of London is an icon of England's history. William the Conqueror built the White Tower after his invasion and conquest in 1066 to dominate London, and it has become infamous as a place of torture, execution and murder.The deaths of royals attracted most attention: the murder of the

Red Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London (Hatherley Owen)(Paperback)

A polemical history of municipal socialism in London - and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. A polemical history of municipal socialism in London -- and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. London is conventionally seen as merely a combination of the

Trail of Footprints: A History of Indigenous Maps from Viceregal Mexico (Hidalgo Alex)(Paperback)

Trail of Footprints offers an intimate glimpse into the commission, circulation, and use of indigenous maps from colonial Mexico. A collection of sixty, largely unpublished, maps from the late sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries made in the southern region of Oaxaca, anchors an analysis of the

Gene - An Intimate History (Mukherjee Siddhartha)(Paperback / softback)

Selected as a Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Economist, Independent, Observer and Mail on Sunday. The New York Times Number One Bestseller BBC Radio 4 Book Of The Week. 'Dramatic and precise...[A] thrilling and comprehensive account of what seems certain to be the most radical,

In Bed with the Ancient Egyptians (Booth Charlotte)(Paperback)

This fascinating and intimate history demystifies an ancient way of life, drawing on archaeological evidence and the written record. It examines all aspects of ancient Egyptian sex lives, from idealized beauty and attitudes towards sexuality, to representations of fertility in art and the