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Together is about the extraordinary revival of small groups in Britain today. What happens when a room full of people decide to work towards the s...

The English eccentric is under threat. In our increasingly homogenised society, these celebrated parts of our national identity are anomalies that ...

Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book is the first to...

Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about...

Review Eye-opening from start to finish. Pacy, original and frequently chilling, Hutton offers a fascinating new take on the story of the Home Fro...

In this volume, leading scholars in the arts and sciences discuss how information has been transmitted throughout history. It addresses the multipl...

Product Description SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020'A story for now, an important story . . . told with incredible freshness' ...

"Television in the Antenna Age" is a brief, accessible, and engaging overview of the medium's history and development in the US. Integrating three ...

Review The most comprehensive and insightful biography [of George Blake] to date -- Ben Macintyre ― TimesKuper provides a different and valuab...

By 1700, France and Italy already had dictionaries of their own, and it became a matter of national pride that England should rival them. Dr Johnso...

Product Description For more than half a century, Betjeman's writings have awakened readers to the intimacy of English places - from the smell of...

A magnificent and unique collection of rare antique silver boxes from Charles I to late Georgian British Silver Boxes 1640 - 1840 catalogues the re...