History

A lively, authoritative and revealing portrait of the Queen's life and work through the eyes of those who've known her and worked with her over the last 50 years. Queen Elizabeth is the most experienced figure in British public life. The most famous woman in the world, she is also the most private. The ...

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which North Cotswold pubs have changed and developed over the last century

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which South Cotswold pubs have changed and developed over the last century.

The extraordinary story of the development and spread of the English language, from Dark Age Britain to the age of the Internet.

Older than fourteen colleges and the Boat Race, the Cambridge Union has been an important part of university life at Cambridge since its foundation in 1815. This work charts the history of the Union from its nineteenth-century origins, focusing on the turbulent Second World War and post-war years.

An indispensable source of information and ideas to support the study of biography and key figures across the curriculum. Each title looks at 50 people who have made their mark on history. Colourful, accessible entries describe famous lives and legacies and provide reliable, internet-linked lists of resources to explore.

This addition to the "Britain in Old Photographs" series brings together a collection of black-and-white pictures spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn from family albums, local collections and professional photographers, they show the way things were and how they have changed.

A collection of essays from the classical liberal perspective on the social problems besetting Britain today, and why we have failed to address them.

Starting with the Thames in London, this title is set out in a distinctive magazine-style format with sub-heads, bullets and box-outs. It will explore the tragedies and enforced changes on and along the Thames, including fires, ships sinking, wartime bombs and buildings destroyed.

A devastating first-hand account of the current war in Afghanistan. It is a story of bravery and making-do, of farce and misadventure, and above all it is an unforgettable story of war in the twenty-first century.

Why do people rebel? This is one of the most important questions historians and social scientists have been grappling with over the years. It is a question to which no satisfactory answer has been found, despite more than a century of research.

A striking portrait of states in the non-Western world from the dismantling of European empires to their inclusion into a universe of global capitalism.

24 exciting new stories of early Victoria. Covering two centuries of European settlement - from 1803 when a ship arrived with 300 convicts who couldn't wait to run away to the present day about women unafraid of a fight.

This is a story like a novel, of two generations of a fugitive family who land at Harwich in 1939.

A love-based reason theory as a new perspective in the debate on practical reasons. Reasons and obligations pervade our lives. The alarm clock gives us a reason to get up in the morning, the expectations of colleagues or clients give us a reason to do our jobs well, the misery in developing countries ...

Examines the history of the Middle East after the Gulf War and explains why hoped for political, social, and economic reforms never happened.