(Hardback)

"This book recreates twenty days in April 1970 when a then-illegal strike by Minneapolis's public school teachers marked a singular moment of cultural upheaval-and forever changed the city's politics, labor law, educational climate, and the right to collective bargaining"--

(Paperback, Reissue)

(Paperback)

Take a wonderfully sentimental trip down memory lane with Bob Byrne as he shows us bits of Australia we'd forgotten, identities and landmarks we loved and let him remind us that some of the best things about Australia haven't changed.

(Hardback)

Maps are essential tools in finding our way around, but they also tell stories and are great depositories of information. Through a carefully chosen selection of maps, the book traces the growth and development of Dublin from the early seventeenth century to the present day, offering a fascinating snap-shot of how the city has changed over time.

(Paperback, Reprint)

Edinburgh Curiosities will answer many of the questions you might have asked yourselves about Scotlands beloved capital.

(Paperback)

Pprovides a template for family historians and genealogists who are ready to take the next step. The book guides them through the process with ten basic steps to help them shape the story, develop a narrative, establish their characters and write biographies, construct chapters, edit their text, use technology.

(Paperback)

In this informative and beautifully illustrated book, Carol Foreman traces Glasgow's history through buildings which have been demolished, but which once played a central part in the life of the city.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

In this book, acclaimed journalist and Hebridean expert Roger Hutchinson tells the true story of one of the most bizarre events ever to have happened in Scottish waters: when the ship SS Politician ran aground on Eriskay, laden with more than260,000 bottles of whisky ...

The true story behind Compton Mackenzie's classic novel,Whisky Galore.

(Paperback, New Edition)

A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-gatherers penetrated into the virgin interior, where Celtic warlords ruled, the Romans came but could not conquer, and where the glittering kingdom of Northumbria thrived.

(Hardback)

When the last inhabitants of St Kilda were evacuated in 1930, the archipelago at 'the edge of the world' lost its permanent population after five millennia.This book tells the absorbing and eventful story of St Kilda from up to the evacuation and its aftermath, using previously untapped sources to provide fresh insights, and tell the true story.

(Paperback)

The definitive book about Melbourne: its history, its style, its physical presence, its identity. A recent survey confirmed Melbourne as the world's most livable city.

(Hardback)

The Wayside Chapel in Sydneys Kings Cross is a meeting place for people from all walks of life. In Wayside Pastor Graham Long tackles profound truths about life, the Wayside, friendship, overcoming hardship and the redemptive power of love. Gary Heerys striking portraits honour the visitors, volunteers, staff and friends whose paths cross at the Wayside.

(Paperback, Reprint)

When the Clyde Ran Red paints a vivid picture of the heady days when revolution was in the air on Clydeside.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

A Perth Camera is a treasure trove of rediscovered images by the late Ernie Polis from a lifetime spent photographing the city.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

Tim Coates tells the story of the English sea-side fishermen's town that became the home of Benjamin Britten's Music festival.

(Hardback)

Using archive photos from the late nineteenth century through to the 1950s, Brisbane Then and Now matches historical views with their twenty-first century equivalents.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Following her success with Lost Charleston, local author and city tour guide Leigh Jones Handal brings a fresh approach to one of the key titles in Pavilion Books trademark series.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

Take an intimate promenade through Paris with some 500 images from Eugne Atget, the flneur photographer who excelled in city "documents." Down main streets and side streets, through courtyards, arcades, and the city's 20 arrondissements, we find a unique portrait of a beloved city and the making of a photographic master, hailed by Man Ray, Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, and beyond.