books by subject
Social & Cultural History

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

Crucible: The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World, 1917-1924

George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century

Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps

History of Italian Mafia: The definitive guide to discover the origin, development, and spread of Sicilian Mafia in Italy and the world. From 1800 up to the present day.

Why Food Matters

The Oxford History of Witchcraft and Magic

Between Freedom and Equality: The History of an African American Family in Washington, DC

A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race, and Human History

One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink

Tropical Whites: The Rise of the Tourist South in the Americas

The Witches: Salem, 1692

Debs at War: 1939-1945 (WOMEN IN HISTORY)

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Streetfighters: Real Fighting Men Tell Their Stories

In Search of Us: Adventures in Anthropology

Settling the Earth: The Archaeology of Deep Human History

Dorset

Great Hostesses

My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall

When the War Is Over: Far from home, far from family, safe from the war - a true story of two Second World War evacuees

The Beatles?

At Day's Close: A History of Nighttime

Erasmus Darwin: Sex, Science, and Serendipity

The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause

Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd

The Times Queen Elizabeth II: Commemorating her life and reign 1926 - 2022

Fashion: The Essential Visual Guide to the World of Style

Rituals & Myths in Nursing: A Social History
