Fresh look at the life of Sabine Baring Gould, most famous for composing the hymn 'Onward Christi...

The Eleanor Crosses begins in November 1290 with the untimely death in a Lincolnshire village of ...

River Effra: South London's Secret Spine is the first comprehensive account, beginning with its u...

The most thrilling and controversial cricketer of his generation, Brian Lara is a hero to million...

Forever linked in the public mind with the Pol Pot tyranny, Phnom Penh only became Cambodia's per...

Presents a cultural history of Catalonia, exploring the distinctive nature of Catalan identity th...

A history of black scholars at Oxford University

Kosovo: the name conjures up blood: ethnic cleansing and war. This book reveals another side to t...

The Danube is the longest river in western and central Europe. Rising amidst the beautiful wooded...

Stretching from the Volga River to the Caspian Sea, the Great Steppe is a vast region as mysterio...

New biography of the great polar explorer reveals a new side to Sir Ernest Shackleton

An autobiographical account of growing up in colonial Barbados during and after the Second World ...

In 1865 the Victorian poet Matthew Arnold rejoiced in the charm of Oxford, 'that sweet City with ...

Follows the four roads through France on the pilgrimage to Santiago, which Christian pilgrims hav...

Not a self-help guide but a candid, confessional memoir about mental illness that intersperses po...

Vickers present previously unpublished essays that offer new perspectives on the underlying natur...

The twentieth anniversary of the Countryside & Rights of Way (CRoW) Act in 2020 provides a good o...

Patagonia is the ultimate landscape of the mind. Like Siberia and the Sahara, it has become a met...

Athens is an historical anomaly. Excavations date itsfirst settlement to over seven thousand year...

Compelling story of Prince Puckler-Muskau's matrimonial tour of England told for the first time

No railway journey on Earth can equal the Trans-Siberian between Moscow and Vladivostok. It is no...

A garden at the foot of Europe and a crossroads between Spain, Africa and the New World, Andaluca...

Comprehensive history of Northern Albania

The Spanish Civil War still captures the popular imagination, but this is the first guidebook to ...

A celebration of the sea in poetry and painting

The popularity of the musical, Hamilton, featuring the death of Alexander Hamilton in a duel with...

Wear a Mask!, echoing Anthony Fauci's memorable plea for collective action, provides a striking v...

What this book reveals is that even in one house, this wealth fuelled an extraordinary range of p...

This collection, which includes material hitherto difficult to access, will be an essential tool ...

The Stranger's Homecoming is a love story to Portugal, but also a poignant tale of exile

Considers the remarkable literary phenomenon of bad poetry down the ages and the remarkable chutz...

Pamela Roberts' meticulously researched book tells Harley's hitherto unknown story from humble An...

This book contributes to the rediscovery of Beirut by inviting the visitor and reader to explore ...

Coast of Teeth

A modern adaptation of a beloved classic that sees the Wonderland characters going on a day-trip ...

Communist Albania was unlike any other European nation. It was a 'hermit state' ruled by a dictat...

An inspiring memoir of an educationalist, drawing on experiences from abroad and at home

Beatrice Teissier explores Britain's travellers the eyes of visitors, consuls and other observers...

Hong Kong a Cultural and Literary History

Two Years in the French West Indies

Classic journey from London to Singapore by Land Rover.

A concise guide to Oxford and its environs that looks beyond the usual remit of travel guides by ...

Unique guide to London that offers seven different walks illustrated with original poetry and wat...

A cultural history of the Scottish Highlands

The seven volcanic Canary Islands that bask in the Atlantic off shore from the north-west African...

Portugal is an established member of the European Union, one of the founders of the euro currency...

In 1932 the young writer and political activist C.L.R. James arrived in London from his native Tr...

Cultural guide to this unique city, the most northerly capital city in the world