Restoration London - Everyday Life in the 1660s (Picard Liza)(Paperback / softback)

Restoration London - Everyday Life in the 1660s (Picard Liza)(Paperback / softback)

From poverty to pets, medicine to magic, slang to sex and from wallpaper to women's rights - a glorious portrait of life in London from 1660-70, by the bestselling author of Elizabeth's

Dr Johnson's London (Picard Liza)(Paperback / softback)

The everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, by the author of the bestselling Elizabeth's

Victorian London (Picard Liza)(Paperback)

From rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London. Like its acclaimed companion volumes, Elizabeth's London, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this book is the product of the author's passionate interest in the realities of everyday life so

Chaucer's People - Everyday Lives in the Middle Ages (Picard Liza)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating exploration of the Middle Ages through the lives of Geoffrey Chaucer's pilgrims in The Canterbury

Shakespeare's London: Everyday Life in London 1580-1616 (Porter Stephen)(Paperback)

Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. Shakespeare's London was a bustling, teeming metropolis that was growing so rapidly that the government took repeated, and ineffectual, steps to curb its expansion. From contemporary letters, journals and

Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection (Pepys Samuel)(Paperback / softback)

The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London. This book offers an eyewitness account along with lively descriptions of the author's socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theater-going &

Jesus said, 'I am' - Finding life in the everyday (Skevington Andrea)(Paperback / softback)

Elizabeth's London (Picard Liza)(Paperback)

'Reading this book is like taking a ride on a marvellously exhilarating time-machine, alive with colour, surprise and sheer merriment' Jan Morris Elizabethan London reveals the practical details of everyday life so often ignored in conventional history books. It begins with the River Thames, the

Happiness by Design - Finding Pleasure and Purpose in Everyday Life (Dolan Paul)(Paperback / softback)

As a Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics, the author conducts original research into the measurement of happiness and its causes and consequences, including the effects of our behaviour. In this book, he creates a new outlook on the pursuit of happiness - it's not

Psychopathology of Everyday Life (Freud Sigmund)(Paperback / softback)

A brand new transaction of the 'Psychopathology of Everyday Life' - one of 15 volumes in the new Freud series commissioned for the Penguin classics. This edition aims to reach beyond the institiutional/clinical

Tree of Yoga - The Definitive Guide to Yoga in Everyday Life (Iyengar B.K.S.)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive guide to yoga in everyday life from B.K.S. Iyengar, the world's most respected yoga

London Road (Blythe Alecky)(Paperback)

In late 2006 the everyday life of the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. This experimental and challenging work is a highly acclaimed new musical at London's National

Everyday Life in Early Imperial China (Loewe Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Storm in a Teacup - The Physics of Everyday Life (Czerski Helen)(Paperback / softback)

Czerski's enthusiasm is infectious because she brings our humdrum everyday world to life, showing us that it is just as fascinating as anything that can be seen by the Hubble Telescope or created at the Large Hadron Collider.' - Jim Al-KhaliliOur world is full of

Daily Life in the Maya Civilization (Hunter Nick)(Paperback / softback)

This book explores what life was really like for everyday people in the Maya Civilization. Supported by timelines, maps and references to important events and people, children will really feel they are on a time-travelling journey when reading this

Vindolanda - Everyday Life on Rome's Northern Frontier (Birley Robin)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating insight into everyday life on Hadrian's Wall. The translations of the Vindolanda Scrolls ('send fresh socks' etc) are also a

Daily Life in the Islamic Golden Age (Nardo Don)(Paperback / softback)

This book explores what life was really like for everyday people in the Islamic Golden Age,including Baghdad around AD900. Supported by timelines, maps and references to important events and people, children will really feel they are on a time-travelling journey when reading this

Instance of the Fingerpost (Pears Iain)(Paperback / softback)

An intellectual thriller set in the Oxford of the 1660s, a time of great ferment - intellectual, religious and political. The action takes place around the suspicious death of Robert Grove, a Fellow of New

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

Breaking Night (Murray Liz)(Paperback / softback)

Liz Murray never really had a chance in life. Born to a drug-addicted father who was in and out of prison, and an equally dependent mother who was in and out of mental institutions, she seemed destined to become just another tragic statistic. Another life wasted on the brutal streets of New York

London Folk Tales for Children (Johnson Anne)(Paperback)

There is everyday magic in the tales of London. Some stories are swirling in the waters of the Thames; some are hidden in the old stones that lie beneath our modern pavements. In London Folk Tales for Children Anne and Sef have gathered stories from the words and memories of Londoners past and

Globe: Life in Shakespeare's London (Arnold Catharine)(Paperback)

A fascinating portrait of life in Shakespeare's London, as seen from the theatrical perspective by popular historian Catharine Arnold. The life of William Shakespeare, Britain's greatest dramatist, is inextricably linked with the history of London. Together, the great writer and the great city came

Science Experiments at Home (Martineau Susan)(Paperback / softback)

Explore the science in everyday life with these simple, step-by-step experiments to do around the home. Each activity takes a complex, scientific concept and makes it easy for kids to understand. Young scientists will enjoy discovering the science behind the simple phenomena all around

Got You Back (Fallon Jane)(Paperback / softback)

The husband James never intended to lead a double life - with a wife in London and a mistress in the country, it's exhausting. But that's all about to change... The wife Stephanie isn't really snooping when she finds a text message from a strange woman on her husband's mobile. But now she's found