books by subject
Social & Cultural History

Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume Two 1979-2014

The Joy of Pubs: Everything you wanted to know about Britain's favourite drinking establishment

Voices from the Blue: The Real Lives of Policewomen

Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916

Look Again: The Power of Noticing What was Always There

Among You Taking Notes...

Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

MAGIC: The Life of Earvin 'Magic' Johnson

Out of the Woods

The Horror of Love: Nancy Mitford and Gaston Palewski in Paris and London

Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten

The Future Starts Here: An Optimistic Guide to What Comes Next

My Mad Fat Diary

The Curious History of Dating: From Jane Austen to Tinder

Rebel Englishwoman: The Remarkable Life of Emily Hobhouse

A Brief History of the Caribbean: Indispensable for Travellers

The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables

A Century in Oil : The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company 1897-1997

Don't Shoot The Clowns: War and the Circus in Iraq

Kings of Shanghai

Gentlemen's Gentlemen: From Boot Boys to Butlers, True Stories of Life Below Stairs

Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the College De France, 1977 - 78

A Just Measure of Pain

The Sociology of Deviance

The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century

The New Book of Snobs: A Definitive Guide to Modern Snobbery

Alistair Cooke's American Journey: Life on the Home Front in the Second World War

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
