Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia

This is the very first 'teach yourself' book on palaeography, covering all the skills that the genealogist needs to read any document that might be...

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When arriving in Malta with her ‘Dolly’, Janette Danel-Helleu started to discover the islands while wondering through the streets, alleys and the b...

St George’s Basilica is no ordinary church. It brings together artistic treasures and a unique ambiance conducive to both spirituality and creativi...

Professor Joseph M. Pirotta who holds a Ph.D. in politics from the University of Reading, is a former head of the Department of International Relat...

The urban, cultural and political profile of the Maltese islands is deeply marked by the presence for 268 years of the Knights of St John. The Orde...

The French artist Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Hoüel is rightly described as master of the ‘vedutismo itinerante’. Art historians have acknowledged hi...

The book breaks new ground in so far as it brings together the information from extensive archival research into a variety of primary sources. The ...

Operation Pedestal appeared to be ‘Mission Impossible’ but both the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, and the British Premier, Winston Chur...

This publication is essential for those who want to study and truly appreciate the trials and tribulations endured by our forefathers in their figh...

Some years ago, Thomas Freller published a monograph on Malta and the Grand Tour, where the subject of Gozo and its visitors was treated in a rathe...

The book is divided into three parts.The Peerage part comprises four sections packed with details about the Maltese nobility , the two Maltese Prin...

Consiglia Azzopardi’s work History and Mystery of Maltese Lace – Four Centries of Bizzilla is rooted in the Maltese Islands but branches onto the g...

A Ranching Saga tells the story of father and son pioneer ranchers in the Southwest. Around the turn of the century, William Electious Halsell and ...

Mile for mile, St. Simons Island—one of Georgia’s Golden Isles—boasts as much history as any community on the East Coast. Originally an Indian hunt...

20th Anniversary Edition of this classic poetry collection, with a foreword by New York TImes Bestselling author, Robert Morgan and a new preface b...

The amazing county of Yorkshire offers some of the most diverse and rich landscapes, seasides and cityscapes in the British Isles. Limestone interl...

The Crowsnest Pass is famous for the tragic rock slide at Frank in 1903, but almost as famous are the many coal-mining tragedies that afflicted the...

Since its founding in 1869 by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Trinity University has been engaged in realizing the dreams of its founders to be...

Cleveland Sellers Jr. was the scapegoat for one of the bloodiest civil rights events of the 1960s. In 1968 state troopers gunned down black stude...

Dixie Redux: Essays in Honor of Sheldon Hackney is a collection of original essays written by some of the nation’s most distinguished historians. E...

Cirencester is one of the most remarkable towns in Britain. From its Roman beginnings around AD 75, when it was classed second only in importance t...

As Portsmouth approaches its centenary year as a city, this timely book celebrates the history of many of its wonderful traditions and locations an...

In December 1606, three ships carrying 144 passengers and crew sailed from London bound for a land that had already claimed more than its share of ...

The courthouse has always stood as a symbol of law, order, and civic pride, and has played an important role in reflecting and upholding society's ...

Campus planning is often a crucial underlying set of goals for university administrations, even if, over time, the mix of new and old buildings, ch...

Neil R. Storey has drawn on a vast array of original sources - among them witness statements, coroners' reports and court records - to produce a re...

The Thames has been the highway into London since early times. Iron Age forts once guarded its banks and then Roman legionaries took over. Every ag...

John Herndon “Johnny” Mercer (1909–76) remained in the forefront of American popular music from the 1930s through the 1960s, writing over a thousan...

Mark Twain’s Hawaii: A Humorous Romp through Paradise, combines Twain’s own writings on Hawaii with personal reminiscences by others who met him at...

Almost every family tree will have in one of its branches a railway employee. Railway Ancestors is a comprehensive and illustrated guide which open...

Richard C. Elliott (1945-2008) was a nationally recognized mixed media artist who lived and worked in Ellensburg, Washington. Born in Portland, Ore...

During the Great Depression, the Federal Writers’ Project engaged jobless writers and researchers to interview former slaves about their experience...