Taking a sideways look at London, this title aims to reveal the hidden stories, curious histories and sometimes comic associations behind dozens of often quite familiar places. It seeks to show a strange side of London most people never come to know, even though they walk its streets every day.

Don't you believe it when people say there's no such thing as a 'British' car any more. As a nation, the calamity of British Leyland and MG Rover lingers in our collective conscience, but car factories in Britain today build some of the world's most advanced and desirable cars.

This new book by Ned Williams takes a fresh look at the town of Dudley, often known as the Capital of the Black Country.

A history of Scottish Medieval churches

From burial grounds in the heart of Glasgow, Dundee and Edinburgh to quiet country graveyards in the Scottish Borders and Aberdeenshire, this book reveals where you can find extant pieces of anti-resurrectionist graveyard furniture, from mortsafes, coffin cages and underground vaults to watchtowers and morthouses.

Berwick Upon Tweed Then & Now

A history of Millwall Football Club 1885-1939

In 1783 the Montgolfier brothers made history with the first hot-air balloon flight. This book presents the history of balloons and the intrepid men and women who flew in them, from the first flights until 1903, when the Wright Brothers' heavier-than-air flight at Kittyhawk changed the history of aviation.

Presents the different types of caravan and the great variety of art which was carved and painted upon them and their brothers-in-transport, the old narrowboats.

Like many young men of the time, the boys of King Edward VI School saw the outbreak of the First World War as an opportunity for bravery and excitement. This book details the boys' war and their involvement in the major battles on the Western Front, in Italy, Salonika, Macedonia, Gallipoli, Bulgaria and Russia.

Canning Town Voices

Danger to Elizabeth

This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.

The most comprehensive history of the North American Indians ever published.

In AD 400 Roman rule in Britain was collapsing as the thinly stretched empire was besieged on all sides. In this book, the author explores various aspects of Late Roman military life, from recruitment to weaponry, marriage to wages, warfare to religion.