Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia

How one man brought the Olympics to Los Angeles, fueling the city's urban transformation. Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeless pursuit...

Norfolk has long been recognised as one of the best counties in which to study parish churches. It has one of the highest densities of medieval chu...

The first English watering place to be distinguished by the name of spa, Harrogate rose to prominence, from a small hamlet to a fashionable retreat...

Howard Hanson's previously unpublished autobiography is now compiled and edited from manuscript sources, providing valuable insight into the life a...

Howard Hanson's previously unpublished autobiography is now compiled and edited from manuscript sources, providing valuable insight into the life a...

Drawing on the event of Queen Elizabeth IIs death in 2022 as a central case study, this book explores the way we navigate the relationship between ...

Why is it that so many Americans have not heard of John Dickinson? John Dickinson of Pennsylvania and Delaware was an early leader of the resistan...

Like many Midwestern factory towns, deindustrialization damaged Racine in the 1970s and 1980s. But the Wisconsin city differed from others like it ...

Like many Midwestern factory towns, deindustrialization damaged Racine in the 1970s and 1980s. But the Wisconsin city differed from others like it ...

The Shropshire town of Shrewsbury grew first as a major wool trading centre. Later this was replaced by a trade in woven Welsh cloth, which continu...

Anglesey is an island steeped in history. Situated off the North Wales Coast, Anglesey (Ynys Mon in Welsh) has seen many people come and go. Prehis...