Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London (Beaumont Matthew)(Paperback)

Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London (Beaumont Matthew)(Paperback)

A captivating literary portrait of London explored at night by some of the city's most iconic writers throughout history 'Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night,' wrote the poet Rupert Brooke. Before the age of electricity, the nighttime city was a very different place to the one we

Nocturnal (Poetry Wilder)(Paperback)

The poems of Nocturnal--newly revised and expanded--are constellations to guide those on a journey of healing and self-discovery, no matter how dark the night. From @wilderpoetry comes a heavily expanded revised edition of Nocturnal, a collection of poetry and beautifully illustrated

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

Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History (White Matthew)(Paperback)

Evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in Matthew White's epic examination of history's one hundred most violent events, or, in White's piquant phrasing, 'the numbers that people want to argue about.' Reaching back to the Second Persian War in 480 BCE and moving chronologically through

Short History of London - The Creation of a World Capital (Jenkins Simon)(Paperback / softback)

Rome: A History in Seven Sackings (Kneale Matthew)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating history of the city of Rome, seen through the eyes of its most significant sackings, from the Gauls to the Nazis and everything in

An Opinionated Guide to London Pubs (Curtis Matthew)(Paperback)

Achillbeg - The Life of an Island (Beaumont Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

Beginning History: The Great Fire Of London (Gogerly Liz)(Paperback / softback)

A simple and attractive introduction to the Great Fire of London - a popular National Curriculum

Shepperton Babylon (Sweet Matthew)(Paperback / softback)

Welcome to the lost worlds of British cinema. This book features a secret history of British movies that includes the scandals, the suicides, the immolations and the contract killings - the product of thousands of conversations with veteran

European Overseas Empire, 1879 - 1999: A Short History (Stanard Matthew G.)(Paperback)

A Timely Look Back at the Era That Shaped Our World Thousands of years of recorded history show that the main way in which human societies have been organized is as empires. Today, the evidence of recent European overseas empire's lasting effects is all around us: from international frontiers and

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

London: A Spiritual History (Albert Edoardo)(Paperback)

One man's search for truth is interlaced with the spiritual history of one of the world's greatest cities From its earliest days when Londoners would have worshipped pagan gods, through Roman occupation, the coming of Christianity, and the later waves of other faiths--Jews, Muslims, Hari

Rails to Achill - A West of Ireland Branch Line (Beaumont Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics: Teaching Primary History (Howorth Matthew)(Paperback / softback)

Triumph Dolomite: An Enthusiast's Guide (Vale Matthew)(Paperback)

A model-by-model history of the popular Triumph Dolomite family, the range of quality sporting saloons that started with the Triumph 1300 and was in production from 1965-80. The Triumph 1300 was innovative, with front-wheel drive and a four-door body designed by Giovanni Michelotti. In 1970 the

Lectures in the History of Political Thought (O'Sullivan Luke)(Paperback)

Oakeshott's memorable lectures on the history of political thought, delivered each year at the London School of Economics, will now be available in print for the first time as Volume II of his Selected Writings. Based on manuscripts in the LSE archive for 1966-67, the last year of Oakeshott's

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

Nocturnal Animals - Film tie-in originally published as Tony and Susan (Wright Austin (Author))(Paperback / softback)

The tie-in edition of Tom Ford's film Nocturnal Animals, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams. Originally published as Tony and Susan

The Stones of London: A History in Twelve Buildings (Hollis Leo)(Paperback)

The story of London, told through twelve of its most seminal buildings. 'Excellent ...this is an imaginative book that finds a convincing new way to tell the story of one of the most written-about cities in the world' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Hollis has a fine eye for architecture, and engagingly

Cartography: The Ideal and Its History (Edney Matthew H.)(Paperback)

Over the past four decades, the volumes published in the landmark History of Cartography series have both chronicled and encouraged scholarship about maps and mapping practices across time and space. As the current director of the project that has produced these volumes, Matthew H. Edney has a

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

Bloomsbury: Beyond the Establishment (Ingleby Matthew)(Paperback)

Bloomsbury lies at the heart of cultural and intellectual London, famed for its museums, universities and literary heritage. Matthew Ingleby's new history ranges across the neighborhood to explore hidden corners and reveal unexpected connections between Bloomsbury's past and present, its buildings

London - A Social History (Porter Roy)(Paperback / softback)

Looking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, and Spark. It is a celebration of the city and also an elegy for its decline, with statistics