(Paperback)
By: Richard Hayman
ISBN: 9781847250513
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Trees are special, being bigger than us both physically and metaphorically. This book offers an account of our relationship with them. It states that throughout history, our views of trees have been affected by the changing use of woodland and the effects of deforestation and urbanisation.
(Paperback)
By: Graeme Menzies
ISBN: 9781772035483
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2026
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd
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This uniquely west-coast take on Canada's origin story focuses on a long-forgotten event that nearly led to British Columbia becoming part of the United States.
(Hardback)
By: Jerry Losty
ISBN: 9789392130526
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2025
Publisher: Roli Books Pvt Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Jerry Brotton
ISBN: 9780141999562
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Dec 2025
UK Publication Date: 4th September 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Richard Overy
ISBN: 9781510756526
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2025
UK Publication Date: 9th October 2025
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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(Hardback, Multilingual edition)
By: Gerhard Holzer
ISBN: 9783836598705
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2025
UK Publication Date: 13th March 2025
Publisher: Taschen GmbH
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A fascinating insight into 16th-century seafaring and exploration, discover Devaulx's sumptuous 1583 manuscript and encyclopedic reference for sailors. This edition reproduces the complete 31 folios in all their brilliant art and science, gathering color illuminations, observations, charts, and oceanic maps-a magnificent maritime showpiece.
(Hardback)
By: DK
ISBN: 9780241682845
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2025
UK Publication Date: 2nd October 2025
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Jack Cornish
ISBN: 9781405951296
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
UK Publication Date: 17th April 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: David Fletcher
ISBN: 9781851246205
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2025
Publisher: Bodleian Library
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(Paperback, Main)
By: Andrea di Robilant
ISBN: 9780857891815
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2025
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2025
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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The fascinating story of the Venetian who helped to map the World during the Renaissance, by the author of A Venetian Affair and Autumn in Venice.
(Paperback)
By: Richard Saull
ISBN: 9798888902295
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
Publisher: Haymarket Books
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(Hardback)
By: Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts
ISBN: 9781948062763
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
Publisher: Apollo Publishers
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(Hardback)
By: Debbie Hall
ISBN: 9781851242504
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Bodleian Library
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This book explores the stories behind seventy-five extraordinary maps. Drawing on the unique collection in the Bodleian Library, these stunning maps range from single cities to the solar system, span the thirteenth to the twenty-first century and cover most of the world.
(Hardback)
By: Jerry Brotton
ISBN: 9780241556870
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 5th September 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Philip Parker
ISBN: 9780008671815
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 26th September 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The city, a concept nearly as old as history itself, is a paradox of human innovation and intervention, order and conflict. From ancient civilizations to modern-day metropolises, maps have played a crucial role in urban progress. This book explores the development of cities through more than 70 captivating maps.
(Hardback)
By: Philip Parker
ISBN: 9780241368268
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 4th August 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Oliver Smith
ISBN: 9781784726928
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 6th October 2022
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
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Explore the wonders that the world forgot with award-winning travel writer Oliver Smith - from breathtaking buildings with a dark past to decaying reminders of more troubled times.
(Paperback)
By: Violet Moller
ISBN: 9781509829620
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 19th March 2020
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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A vibrant and evocative account of how the great scientific ideas of the ancient world were lost and found.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Dr Sara Caputo
ISBN: 9781788168823
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 29th August 2024
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A vivid history of how the marks left on maps by travellers tell the story of the modern world
(Hardback)
By: Mary S. Morgan
ISBN: 9780500022290
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 24th October 2019
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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This insightful, evocative, and sumptuous volume brings Charles Booth's landmark survey of late nineteenth-century London to a new audience.
(Hardback)
By: Adam Selzer
ISBN: 9780500252598
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A compendium of killing that plots the most remarkable American homicides between the Civil War and Second World War onto maps and plans, alongside crime scene photographs and compelling expert analysis.
(Hardback)
By: Sue Brunning
ISBN: 9780714124971
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 26th September 2024
Publisher: British Museum Press
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(Hardback)
By: Robert Macfarlane
ISBN: 9780500252475
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
UK Publication Date: 22nd October 2020
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A definitive reference that showcases the groundbreaking work of William Smith, the unsung father of English geology.
(Hardback)
By: Laurence Ward
ISBN: 9780500518250
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2015
UK Publication Date: 31st August 2015
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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The attack on London between 1939 and 1945 is one of the most significant events in the city's modern history, the impact of which can still be seen in its urban and social landscapes. This title includes an introduction to the historical context.
