This book is a unique record of a journey along the beautiful and often dramatic Yorkshire coastline, tracing the region’s diverse industry, the... Læs mere
In August 1942, British launched Operation Pedestal in an attempt to deliver supplies to the stricken island of Malta, an Allied base which had been under Axis blockade for months
Traditional tales, beliefs, rituals and customs of Wales
A history of the beliefs and customs of the Scottish Highlands
'The great affair is to move: to come down off this feather-bed of civilisation, and find the globe granite underfoot,' wrote Robert Louis Stevenson. This book celebrates the history of walking for leisure and pleasure.
Were British Intelligence chiefs gullible or sensible to recruit an astrologer to assist in the war effort against Nazi Germany? And was the astrologer genuine or a charlatan?
The day peace broke out
Discover the ancient ways of the Samurai and experience the stunning myth of Old Japan
British Rail: The Nation’s Railway is a story, expertly weaved by Tanya Jackson, of how all this was achieved against the odds. Complemented by stunning black-and-white and colour images, this is certainly a volume that no rail enthusiast should be without.
The first book to explore in detail the link between the work of Ian Fleming at Naval Intelligence during the Second World War and the 007 plots
The first account in English of the Sant’Anna di Stazzema massacre and the last hunt for Nazi war criminals
The remarkable story of the Kuczynskis, a family of Soviet spies under cover in Britain