Nonfiction
The Dangerous Book of Heroes
This book is prefaced by an Australian Aboriginal saying: People who lose their history, lose their soul. What the Igguldens…
Aristocrats: Power, Grace and Decadence – Britain’s Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the Present
This is a wide-ranging survey of the influence of the aristocracy, from 1066 to the present, on politics, the constitution,…
An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Life of General James Wilkinson
James Wilkinson (1757-1825) is one of the most obscure figures in American history. His life was spent as a Revolutionary…
Something for the Girls: The Official Guide to the First 100 Years of Guiding
This is the history of the birth and evolution of guiding for the past 100 years. After the formation of…
The Gutenberg Revolution
At the age of twelve I wrote in a school essay that Johann Gutenberg was the inventor of printing, only…
Xanadu
Europeans knew little of the mysterious east until Marco Polo wrote about his travels. His father and uncle had been…
Recording Medieval Lives
This book is a collection of essays based upon papers presented in 2005 at the Harlaxton Symposium, an annual interdisciplinary…
Up West
Pip Granger’s first novel, Not All Tarts Are Apple, won the first Harry Bowling Award. It was the story of…
The Penguin Book of Classical Myths
This up-to-date retelling of the myths of Greece and Rome offers a new and wider insight into the stories we…
Sex, Murder, and the Unwritten Law: Courting Judicial Mayhem, Texas Style
Wild West doesn’t begin to describe the antics Bill Neal recounts in this well-researched volume. From the late 19th century…
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