Towards the end of the 18th century the attention of mapmakers, explorers and travellers turned t...

After two years at the Britannia Naval College at Dartmouth, Bryan Godfrey Faussett joined his fi...

Within the City of Edinburgh, there are many miles of “dismantled railway” that have been transfo...

In June of 1837, as a teenaged Queen Victoria assumed the throne, an Irish Catholic peasant labou...

This is a beautifully illustrated book, written by one of our foremost conservationists. It expla...

Diving adventures - and some danger - from established author

Truk Lagoon is quite simply the greatest wreck diving location in the world. Scores of virtually ...

The first book to explore in detail the wrecks of these two vessels from Force Z which in Decembe...

Mongooses are a remarkable and fascinating group of small carnivores, with 25 species occurring i...

Diplomatic Protocol explores the etiquette of diplomacy, without which all efforts to negotiate w...

Although merchant ships carry 90% of the world’s trade, the mariners who run them have little gui...

Lighthouses have been used as aids to maritime navigation for centuries. They are highly recognis...

This is the story of lightkeepers’ contributions to the natural history of lighthouses in conjunc...

The Eponym Dictionary of Odonata is a comprehensive listing of all people after whom damselflies ...

Considers a number of issues affecting ungulates and their management in different parts of Europ...

Mike Tomkies gives a remarkable picture of the whole cycle of nature around him, in a harsh and t...

This accessible introduction to animal behaviour provides an authoritative yet reader-friendly gu...

This book provides a visual reconstruction of Palmyra, a World Heritage Site situated in Syria, w...

Rod takes the reader diving to explore many more famous wrecks around the UK from the Great War. ...

David Balme will be forever known as the 20-year-old hero who, on 9 May 1941, boarded a German U-...

The UN's Lone Ranger tells of law enforcement and diplomacy. It is also the first book, written f...

Paperback edition of classic story of modern adventuring

In the 19th century, the Stevenson engineers pioneered marvelous lighthouses around the coasts of...

Kayaking tour of Scottish west coast

This is a very British story from more than 50 years ago. It is a story of remarkable technologic...

A Homeland Denied follows the horrific journey of Waclaw Kossakowski, a young Warsaw University s...

Complete account re sightings of big cat predators in Britain

Born at a clifftop lighthouse in 1910, Archie’s life was spent in the world of Scottish lighthous...

Thomas Telford was arguably the greatest civil engineer Britain has ever produced. This book reve...

An integrated treatment of cultural heritage recording, modelling and conservation. It is a timel...

A revised and updated new edition which incorporates changes in the national and international st...

A unique view of the key issues for adopting building information modeling (BIM) in construction ...

Provides an insight into the theory and practice of the severe plastic technology used to refine ...

Detailed knowledge of 100 sites, with recommendations for dive sites, with GPS positions, safety,...

Written by an industry authority and considers steps and solutions for effective global handling ...

This is a thought-provoking work, capturing the march of time which overtook the maritime world i...

The book provides a valuable guide to the evaluation and understanding of ground and environmenta...

Provides a comprehensive manual encompassing a multitude of topics that forms an invaluable aide-...

Dedicated 20-year study of an iconic species in Northern Ireland

The key areas of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) and whole life costing (WLC) are exemplified in ...

Simon Hall’s second book is set in the mid-1970s during the closing years of the golden age of Br...

A tale of two tugboats brimming with adventure, mishap and intrigue. Sequel to successful Rats Ru...

One of Gunn's lighter and more intriguing novels centring on the investigation of an ancient cairn

This book provides a concise and up-to-date review of current knowledge on the biological process...

A revised and updated edition of the essential working manual for all those involved in geotechni...

A much-needed accurate and vital ready-reference work on energy and fuels which covers both class...

IPROMS2009 is the fifth in the successful series of online web-based conferences and continues to...

Personal encounters with animals around the world, from piranhas and man-eating tigers to garden ...