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  • Adventure Guide to Scotlandby Martin Li

    Hunter Publishing 2005; US$ 15.00

    The definitive guide to Scotland, a land of rolling hills, craggy cliffs and fascinating history. Read about the legends, the clans, the castles and romantic hotels, the highland games and the whisky. The author is a long-time resident of Scotland and he takes us from Edinburgh to Glasgow, Loch Lomond, the Highlands and the Outer Isles. Fascinating details on the Loch Ness monster, Macbeth's castle, Mary Queen of Scots, the Viking legacy, Burns Night festival and the royal castles. more...

  • Somersetby Muriel Searle

    Intellect 2002; US$ 10.00

    Somerset is a county of contrasts. Flat moors hiding fascinating evidence of the lives of centuries past lying beside abrupt hills cleft by nature into crannies and caves. Somerset has seen both the first flickering light of Christianity and the darkness of a war where men fought their own neighbours. World-famous prosperous industries exist in the midst of rich dairy pastures stretching to the horizon. By exploring the stories that lie behind such landmarks, this book reveals that Cheddar is more than just caves, Wells is more than a cathedral, and the moors are more than just flat fields. Other, perhaps less well known areas and events that have helped to shape Somerset's rich history are also covered. more...

  • Scotlandby Rab Houston

    OUP Oxford 2008; US$ 8.95

    This Very Short Introduction explores the key themes from more than 1,000 years of Scotland's fascinating history. Covering everything from the Jacobites to devolution to the modern economy, this concise account presents a fully-integrated picture of what Scottish society, culture, politics and religion look like, and why. - ;Since Devolution in 1999 Scotland has become a focus of intense interest both within Britain and throughout the wider world. In this Very Short Introduction, Rab Houston explores how an independent Scottish nation emerged in the Middle Ages, how it was irrevocably altered by Reformation, links with England and economic change, and how Scotland influenced the development of the modern world. Examining politics, law,... more...

  • Talking of the Royal Familyby Michael Billig

    Routledge 1991; US$ 55.95

    Important themes and issues flow through the seemingly trivial chatter about royalty. This book was the first serious study of royalty to emerge from this rhetorical perspective and now with a new preface, remains relevant today. more...

  • Britain, Détente and Changing East-West Relationsby Brian White

    Routledge 1992; US$ 170.00

    Argues that Britain's contribution to East-West detente has been consistently undervalued. Re-evaluates Britain's role in the post-war world and provides a valuable case study in foreign policy formulation and implementation. more...

  • Mourning Dianaby Deborah Lynn Steinberg; Adrian Kear

    Routledge 1999; US$ 37.95

    Mourning Diana examines the events which followed the death of Diana as a series of cultural-political phenomena, examining the performance of grief and the involvement of the global media. more...

  • Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly Landmark Visitors Guideby Rita Tregellas Pope

    Hunter Publishing 2001; US$ 15.00

    Area-by-area tours highlight in-town sights and attractions, including art galleries, museums, historic buildings and churches. They also lead you out into the countryside, with recommended stops en route. Colorful call-out boxes reveal tidbits of the area?s local culture, interesting sidelights on how the landscape has been shaped and other details sorely lacking in competing guidebooks. The comprehensive ?Fact File? in back provides opening times, fees and contact information for all places mentioned in the text. Index. more...

  • British Cultural Identitiesby Mike Storry; Peter Childs

    Routledge 2002; US$ 34.95

    The second edition of this successful book analyses contemporary British identity from the various and changing ways. Right up to date, it covers such phenomena as Posh and Becks, Big Brother, the Millenium Dome and Harry Potter. more...

  • Their Finest Hourby Winston Churchill

    RosettaBooks 2002; US$ 7.99

    "The second volume of Churchill's Nobel-Prize winning six-part chronicle of World War II. Their "finest hour" refers to Britain that struggled alone to survive overwhelming German advantage; detailed reconstruction of the bombing of London, the Battle of Britain. Churchill, here wartime Prime Minister, incorporate contemporary documentation and his own reminiscence." more...

  • Regency Englandby John Plowright

    Routledge 1996; US$ 23.95

    This clear introduction to British history and politics at the emergence of the 'modern' period sheds new light on the early years of the nineteenth century, a period of revolution, reaction and reform. more...