Local History

Speke to Me traces the personal record and early development of a working-class boy in Liverpool. The story starts shortly after the end of the Se...

Around Manchester in the 1960s - a look around in pictures of what would later become Greater Manchester supported with informative captions and pe...

The signs are there: our coastal cities are increasingly susceptible to flooding as the climate changes. Charleston, South Carolina, is no exceptio...

Best known for Our Southern Highlanders (1913) and Camping and Woodcraft (1916), Horace Kephart's keen interest in exploring and documenting the gr...

Providing a comprehensive history of the Baltimore Black Sox from before the team's founding in 1913 through its demise in 1936, this history ex...

Steeped in history and rich in culture, its little wonder that Yorkshire has a lot to offer in the realm of ghosts and supernatural phenomena. From...

This is the story of Watson Mithlo, Chiricahua Apache, his family, and his life. Watson's story embodies the life of the Chiricahua Apache people, ...

More than 250 photos, anecdotal text, and historical perspectives reveal the majesty and beauty of this vital East Coast water source. Explore hund...

Duncan Harley takes the reader on a grand tour of the curious and the bizarre, the strange and the unusual from Aberdeenshires past. Read about the...

Modern Leeds is a vibrant, bustling city. A shopper's paradise, its broad streets and modern shopping centres offer the latest tastes and favourite...

Amid the bustling streets of Spitalfields, East London, there is a piece of real estate with a bloody history. This was once Dorset Street: the hau...

How do you remember the summers of your childhood? ...

Sunderland enjoys a good hark back. Mackems (Sunderland natives) take great pleasure in sharing their knowledge pointing out what used to be where...

Old Villita is reissued by Wings Press in celebration of the Tricentennial of the founding of San Antonio, Texas on May 5, 1718. It was originally ...

This is the perfect book for anyone who remembers Lancashire in the 40s and 50s - or for anyone who doesn''t, but would like to peer through the ...

Sheffields story is one of fierce independence and a revolutionary spirit, its industrial origins having their roots in the same forests as the leg...

This book has been seminal in bringing to the fore the injustices that have been inflicted on the Highlands in the name of government and landlord ...