Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia
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Mt John
Alan HearnshawCurrent price €16.14Original price €18.99Mt John University Observatory is New Zealands only professional research observatory for optical astronomy. In 1965, Mt John University Observator...
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Destination Heartland: A Guide to Discovering the Midwest''s Remarkable Past
Cynthia ClampittCurrent price €18.69Original price €21.99The Midwest's place at the crossroads of the nation makes it a rich travel destination for anyone interested in the history and heritage of the Uni...
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Working in the Magic City: Moral Economy in Early Twentieth-Century Miami
Thomas A. CastilloCurrent price €96.04Original price €112.99In the early twentieth century, Miami cultivated an image of itself as a destination for leisure and sunshine free from labor strife. Thomas A. Cas...
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Strike the Hammer: The Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, New York, 19401970
Laura Warren HillCurrent price €25.49Original price €29.99On July 24, 1964, chaos erupted in Rochester, New York. Strike the Hammer examines the unrestrebellion by the city's Black community, rampant polic...
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Buffalo at the Crossroads: The Past, Present, and Future of American Urbanism
Cornell University PressCurrent price €27.63Original price €32.50Buffalo at the Crossroads is a diverse set of cutting-edge essays. Twelve authors highlight the outsized importance of Buffalo, New York, within th...
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The Haunt of Home: A Journey through America''s Heartland
Zachary Michael JackCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99What does it mean to deeply love a home place that haunts us still? From Mark Twain to Grant Wood to Garrison Keillor, regionalists from the Gilded...
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Greenock & Gourock Through Time
Bill ClarkCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99The former shipbuilding centres of Greenock and Gourock sit on the coastal strip, offering breathtaking views north to the Argyll Hills and Scottis...
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Rickmansworth, Croxley Green & Chorleywood Through Time
John CooperCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Rickmansworth, Croxley Green and Chorleywood Through Time takes the reader on a nostalgic journey back to an age when the pace of life was much slo...
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Kingston-upon-Thames Through Time Revised Edition
Tim EversonCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Kingston-upon-Thames over the years....
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Preston Pubs
Stephen R. HalliwellCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Over the past 400 years more than 800 pubs have opened in the city of Preston. While many have been lost due to time, money or misfortune, the stor...
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Hitchin Town Through Time
Hugh MadginCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99With emerging archaeological evidence pointing to its origins being as far back as the lost centuries after the Roman era, Hitchin has a long and f...
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Secret Northallerton
Andrew Graham StablesCurrent price €15.60Original price €19.75Northallerton is the county town of North Yorkshire, and its location - situated in James Herriot Country and between the two national parks of the...
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Buffalo at the Crossroads: The Past, Present, and Future of American Urbanism
Cornell University PressCurrent price €102.69Original price €129.99Buffalo at the Crossroads is a diverse set of cutting-edge essays. Twelve authors highlight the outsized importance of Buffalo, New York, within th...
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St Helier Through Time
Keith E. MorganCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Jersey is the largest of the British Channel Islands and is just 14 miles away from the French coast. Once part of the Duchy of Normandy, it became...
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St Albans Through Time
Robert BardCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99As one of the earliest recorded towns in Britain, St Albans has had a long, colourful and distinguished history. Dominated by the great Abbey Churc...
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Chard and Its Villages Through Time
Frank HuddyCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99'There is some deep satisfaction in being born in a place like Chard', said Margaret Bondfield the UK's first female cabinet minister, in her book ...
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Pontypridd Through Time
Alun SewardCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Pontypridd Through Time portrays the history of this iconic market town that sits at the gateway to three historic valleys of the South Wales coalf...
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Epsom & Ewell Through Time
Jeremy HarteCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Epsom and Ewell have been attracting visitors since Henry VIII built his lost Palace of Nonsuch in the Surrey countryside. Known worldwide as the h...
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Rotherham United: A Pictorial History
Paul RickettCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Less than a decade ago, a warlock sat in a cloud of incense in the car park at Rotherham United's tatty old Millmoor Ground, chanting incantations ...
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Hexham Through Time
Dr Stan BeckensallCurrent price €15.79Original price €19.99The importance of the attractive town of Hexham began when St Wifrid built his great monastery there in the 7th Century, of which only the unique c...
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Secret Greenwich
David C. RamzanCurrent price €15.79Original price €19.99Greenwichs position on the River Thames has drawn many people to this fascinating area of south-east London over the years. This book delves into t...
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Secret Winchester
Anne-Louise BartonCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99The much-visited city of Winchester will be well known for King Alfreds statue, the Great Hall and Jane Austens final resting place. However, woven...
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Lost Yeovil
Bob OsbornCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99The history of the Somerset town of Yeovil goes back to the Middle Ages. Long a centre for the leather industry, in the nineteenth century it becam...
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Greyfriars Graveyard
Charlotte GolledgeCurrent price €15.79Original price €19.99When Greyfriars Graveyard opened in Edinburgh in the sixteenth century, built on the site of a Franciscan monastery on the edge of the Old Town bel...
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