Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia

Your grandfather’s life story is like no other. This beautiful keepsake journal helps him to preserve it for future generations. With over 100 prom...

The popularity of recent television drama series such as The Paradise and Mr Selfridge, and the splendid three-part documentary Shopgirls: the True...

Ind Coope & Samuel Allsopp Breweries: The History Of The Hand charts the fortunes of two Burton upon Trent brewing giants: Samuel Allsopp, foun...

An important and prescient early example of US environmental writing with a profound sense of consciousness and appreciation for the natural world....

Cornwallʼs landscape is intertwined with the countyʼs folklore and legends. In Illustrated Tales of Cornwall, author John Husband explores a multit...

The complete history of one of New York State's—and the nation's—founding families.The Livingstons of Livingston Manor provides a rich history of o...

The complete history of one of New York State's—and the nation's—founding families.The Livingstons of Livingston Manor provides a rich history of o...

Secret Newham delves into the fascinating but often quirky and curious history of the towns that make up the borough of Newham in East London. From...

Secret Islington and Clerkenwell delves into this historic area’s often unknown but colourful past. It takes the reader on a fascinating journey fr...

Queen Victoria brought Liverpool great wealth and prosperity, and its buildings reflect an ambition to be proclaimed ‘second city of the Empire’. T...

Dorset has always been an important railway county, catering for holidaymakers heading to the resorts of Bournemouth, Swanage and Weymouth. As part...

Winner of the 2024 Charles C. Eldredge Prize by the Smithsonian American Art Museum Celebrates Indigenous renewal through ceremony, understanding t...

Black Philadelphians have shaped Philadelphia history since colonial times. In Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape, Amy Cohen recounts nota...