The History Press: 2510 books
Custody, Care & Criminality
Forensic Psychiatry in 19th Century Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
In this important work, Dr. Brendan Kelly explores the background to Irish psychiatry in the 1800s and its development. Using detailed case studies from the original records, the author examines some of the more bizarre treatments explored, and the history behind them. What emerges is a collection...
DNA and Social Networking
A Guide to Genealogy in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
An easy-to-use guide to finding one's ancestors with the latest in new technology and scientific techniques—including blogs, web auctions, wikis, and YouTube Presenting the future of family history, this up-to-date book offers a guide to using social networking, such as Facebook and Twitter, as...
In Search of the Zeppelin War
The Archaeology of the First Blitz
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
This book comprises a full introduction to the history and archaeology of the first strategic bombing campaign in history—the Zeppelin raids over Britain in 1915–1918—based on pioneering new excavations and archive research. This is the story of the initial Blitz and the first Battle of Britain,...
by Oliver Thomson
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2003
In early medieval Scotland bitter rivalry grew up between two immigrant families from Flanders in their struggle for the crown: the Stewarts and the Douglases. This work covers the period from 1286 to what may be thought of as the "final" defeat of the Stewarts at Culloden in 1745.
Robin Hood Handbook
The Outlaw in History, Myth and Legend
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 1997
Robin Hood, whether riding through the glen, robbing the rich to pay the poor or giving the Sheriff of Nottingham his come-uppance, is one of the most captivating and controversial legendary figures. Was there a historical figure behind the legends? Did Robin and his Merry Men rampage through Sherwood...
Noor
A Champion Thoroughbred's Unlikely Journey From California to Kentucky
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
While Seabiscuit is perhaps the best-known Thoroughbred in history, Charles S. Howard owned another remarkable racehorse that should never be forgotten. Irish-bred Noor dominated the 1950 racing season, setting world records in victories over Citation and winning the Hollywood Gold Cup by defeating a...
by Darren Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
A book on the Blades packed with facts, stats, trivia, and legends
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Sheffield United FC enjoy a notable history—such names as Ernest Needham, Jimmy Hagan, and Alan Woodward have worn the famous red and white stripes hundreds of times, as have the mercurial Tony Currie and the...
Sennen Cove Lifeboats
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Considered one of the most treacherous areas of Britain’s coastline, Land’s End has seen many shipwrecks over the past 2,000 years. Where the waters of the Atlantic meet those of the English Channel, storms are frequent and violent and have caught out many a ship. Thousands have been dashed against...
by Jason Day
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
With settlements dating back to the Neolithic and Bronze ages, Chelmsford has a vast history to look back upon. Over the years the town has seen Roman occupation, the execution of the ringleaders of the peasant’s revolt, and the Essex witch trials. Much of the more sinister history of England took...
Los Angeles Wine
A History from the Mission Era to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
The renowned California wine industry, famous for northern vintages, actually was born near El Pueblo de Los Angeles. Spanish missionaries harvested the first vintage in 1782 at Mission San Juan Capistrano and then cultivated enormous vineyards at Mission San Gabriel. Their replanted vine-cuttings took...
24hr Under Attack
Tommy Defends the Frontline
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Ten million military personnel died during the Great War. Many millions of them experienced horrendous enemy attacks on entrenched positions that stretched across France and Belgium, as well as the Eastern Front. This groundbreaking book relives 24 hours of an actual Platoon under attack, using their...
by Sharon Jacksties
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
These Somerset tales, newly collected or retold with an eye and an ear to the land and waters that shaped them, reflect our growing interest in the natural landscape. Let these stories from the Summer Lands take you on a journey: across wind-wild moors that plummet to treacherous tides; on a scramble...
by Chip Colquhoun
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Why is Cambridgeshire so flat? Probably because of all the giants who used to stomp around it! If you travel to or live in the land of Cambridgeshire, you could be walking in the footsteps of witches, kings, or monsters. Journey through time to meet the giant-slayers of Roman times, the future-seers...
Making of Chipping Norton
A Guide to its Buildings and History to 1750
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
This book is the result of a two-year project by the Chipping Norton Buildings Record. It focuses on Chipping Norton before 1750, bringing together what we can learn from the built environment with documentary evidence from printed sources and national and local archives. The first part looks at ‘The...