Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia

The Little Book of Scotland is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which ...

The Little Book of Glasgow is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which n...

Washington, D.C. Then and Now presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution and history of America's capital city, from the dawn of...

The Soup Book is packed with nourishing recipes for every season.Try winter warmers such as parsnip and apple soup or French onion soup, enjoy a li...

Venison is a delicious, sustainable, healthy red meat and in this dynamic new cookbook, self taught farmhouse cook, Anona Gow demonstrates how to c...

The jewel in Waveneys crown, Bungay is a small market town in Suffolk that owes its sparkling title to both its rich heritage of historic buildings...

Since its first publication in 1984, Night Falls in Ardnamurchan has become a classic account of the life and death of a Highland community. The au...

In recent years the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah has figured prominently in the long and ongoing struggle over the ...

Upstate New York's Anti-Rent Movement is considered the last struggle over feudalism in the United States. Tenant farmers in the Hudson-Mohawk regi...

When called upon to name a noteworthy woman who lived in Oswego County, New York, most people would respond with Dr. Mary Walker, Elmina Spencer, o...

They call it Spanish Harlem or sometimes just El Barrio. But for over a century, East Harlem has been a melting pot of many ethnic groups, includin...

The beautiful county of Yorkshire is the largest in England, and yet still possesses a strong and cohesive regional identity. Built on centuries of...

The county of Lincolnshire is a beautiful mixture of low-lying marshy fen land, modest hills and the steep valleys of the rolling Wolds. It is also...

Kentish folklore reflects the curious geography and administrative history of Kent, with its extensive coastline and strong regional differences, w...