Wagons of the Early British Rail Era - A Pictorial Study of the 1969-1982 Period (Larkin David)(Paperback / softback)

Wagons of the Early British Rail Era - A Pictorial Study of the 1969-1982 Period (Larkin David)(Paperback / softback)

Wagons of the Final Years of British Railways - A Pictorial Study of the 1962-1968 Period (Larkin David)(Paperback / softback)

Victoria's Wars - The Rise of Empire (David Saul)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the early part of Queen Victoria's reign, when the British Empire was well on the way to becoming the greatest empire the world had ever seen. This title shows how Britain ruthlessly exploited her position as the world's only superpower to expand her

Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period (Atherton Margaret)(Paperback / softback)

Colonialism (Osterhammel Jurgen)(Paperback)

This study encompasses the process of colonization and decolonization from the early modern period to the twentieth century. It shows that the Europeans were normally not considered dangerous invaders by local populations until they threatened the traditional cultures with missionaries, European

Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms (Breay Claire)(Paperback)

The Anglo-Saxon period stretches from the arrival of Germanic groups on British shores in the early 5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. During these centuries, the English language was used and written down for the first time, pagan populations were converted to Christianity, and the

Piracy in the Early Modern Era - An Anthology of Sources(Paperback / softback)

Independence Memories - A People's Portrait of the Early Days of the Irish Nation (Cox Valerie)(Paperback / softback)

A people's portrait of a period of momentous change in Irish

Early China (Feng Li)(Paperback)

'Early China' refers to the period from the beginning of human history in China to the end of the Han Dynasty in AD 220. The roots of modern Chinese society and culture are all to be found in this formative period of Chinese civilization. Li Feng's new critical interpretation draws on the most

Donut Diaries - Book One (Milligan Dermot)(Paperback / softback)

From the Carnegie Medal 2020 winning author of Lark comes The Donut Diaries, a British Diary of a Wimpy Kid, featuring Dermot, an overweight eleven-year-old. Not only does Dermot have to write down how many donuts he eats, but also - and this is the really rubbish part - he has to talk about HIS

Art, Faith and Modernity(Paperback / softback)

No account of 20th Century British art can overlook the numerous works of the period that were essentially 'religious' in their content. Art, Faith & Modernity examines this

The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800 (Armitage David)(Paperback)

This text was the first edited collection on the burgeoning history of the early modern Atlantic world and has had a huge impact on the many fields of Atlantic Studies. This second edition features two new essays on science and global history respectively, as well as a revised Introduction and

Railways of the Middle East: The British Influence (Alexander Colin)(Paperback)

The 'British' period in the Middle East began with Lawrence of Arabia's attacks on the Hedjaz Railway in World War I and the eventual defeat of the Ottoman Empire. It ended with the creation of the state of Israel after the stormy British mandate in Palestine. New international routes were

Building of Britain's Railways (Chambers Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

This fascinating book describes the early days in the British railway industry, from the opening of the first public steam inter-city railway line in 1830 and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, through to the glory days of the Flying Scotsman and the expansion of the national rail networks in the 1940s to

Campus Trilogy (Lodge David)(Paperback / softback)

'One of the very best English comic novelists of the post-war era' Time OutThe plot lines of The Campus Trilogy, radiating from its hub at the redbrick University of Rummidge, trace the comic adventures of academics who move outside familiar

Up with the Lark: My Life on the Land (Bomford Joan)(Paperback)

'An evocative portrait of a forgotten period of Britain's farming history... is an ode both to the soil, and those who have worked it alongside her' Daily Telegraph Joan Bomford wanted to be a farmer so much she always wore a tie like her dad. She ran away from school whenever she could to help

Song of the Lark (Cather Willa)(Paperback / softback)

Early Jet Fighters: British and American 1944-1954 (Marriott Leo)(Paperback)

Photographic history of the British and American fighter jets of the late 1940s and early

Early Christian Creeds (Kelly J.N.D.)(Paperback / softback)

A comprehensive study of the rise, development and use of credal formulaines in the creative centuries of the Church's

British Battleships of the Victorian Era (Friedman Norman)(Pevná vazba)

A major new study of an ever-popular subject written by one of the most highly regarded authorities in the

Atlas of Medieval Europe (Ditchburn David)(Paperback)

The Atlas of Medieval Europe covers the period from the fall of the Roman Empire through to the beginnings of the Renaissance, spreading from the Atlantic coast to the Russian steppes. Each map approaches a separate issue or series of events in medieval history, and a commentary locates it in its

Sixty Stories (Gates David)(Paperback / softback)

This collection of Donald Barthelme's literary output during the 1960s and 1970s covers the period when the writer came to prominence, producing the stories, satires, parodies, and other formal experiments that altered fiction as we know

Early Humans (Ashton Nicholas)(Paperback / softback)

Our understanding of the British Palaeolithic and Mesolithic has changed dramatically over the last three decades, and yet not since H. J. Fleure's A Natural History of Man in Britain (1951) has the New Naturalist Library included a volume focused on the study of early humans and their

Grinling Gibbons and the English Woodcarving Tradition (Oughton Frederick)(Paperback / softback)

A study of woodcarving from the earliest times to the Georgian period, with an emphasis on the role of carvers and their work for the Crown. The central figure is Grinling Gibbons, who is exemplified by his work at St Paul's Cathedral, Windsor Castle, Petworth House and Hampton Court