books by subject
Social & Cultural History

How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women

Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private School Problem

Black Tudors: The Untold Story

From Childhood to Chivalry: The Education of the English Kings and Aristocracy 1066-1530

Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy - Lark Rise; Over to Candleford; Candleford Green (Modern Classics)

50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas)

A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton

Europe: History in the Making, 1870-1966

Keep Smiling Through: My Wartime Story

Hidden World of the Naga, The: Living Traditions in Northeast India and Burma (includes Audio Cd)

Dan Cruickshankâs Bridges: Heroic Designs that Changed the World

Left Bank: Art, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950

Heath Robinson: On Sport

Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific

In Pursuit of Civility: Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England

Francis Frith's Down the Severn

The Rest is History: The official book from the makers of the hit podcast

Democracy: A Life

Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s

Lytton Strachey: The New Biography

I Met Lucky People: The Story of the Romani Gypsies

The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age

The Berbers: The Peoples of Africa

Shakespeare in Swahililand: Adventures with the Ever-Living Poet

Women and Politics in Uganda: The Challenge of Associational Autonomy

The British Book Trade: An Oral History

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

The Soul of Success: Inspiring Quotations for Entrepreneurs
