History
BIC code: HB
See also: History & Archaeology
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Add to BasketBattlefield Walks: Northumbria & The Scottish Borders - - Paperback
£7.95
This is an outdoor guide with walks featuring battles and sieges of the area north and south of the Scottish border. -
Add to BasketBeardmore Built: The Rise And Fall Of A Clydeside Shipyard - - Hardback
£14.95
There are many reasons for this yard being especially interesting if not unique in the history of shipbuilding on the Clyde - the scale of the facility, the personality of its creator, the diversity of manufactures and the nature of closure following chronic financial difficulties. -
Add to BasketThe Border Reivers - - Paperback
£9.99
Describes the uniforms, insignia, weaponry, campaigns and military practices of the border reivers, the guerrilla soldiers who ran wild in the Marches of England and Scotland between the 13th and 17th centuries, and who for a while produced the best cavalry of their time. -
Add to BasketCarrongrove: 200 Years Of Papermaking - Paperback
£9.99
Charting the course of over two centuries' continuous paper and paperboard manufacture, this is the history of Carrongrove on the banks of the River Carron near Denny in Stirlingshire. The making of paper has run parallel to changes in the wider society and this book tells how the papermakers have adapted. -
Add to BasketA Chance In A Million?: Scottish Avalanches - - Paperback
£15.00
In this revised and updated edition of this handbook, two of Britain's leading avalanche experts look at the avalanche phenomenon from a variety of perspectives. Many accidents, twists of fate and remarkable escapes are described in detail. -
£16.99Dancing With Strangers: The True History Of The Meeting Of The British First Fleet And The Aboriginal Australians, 1788 - - Hardback
Providing an account of the first British settlers to land in Australia, this text tells of their first encounters with the indigenous people of the continent and the subsequent effects of colonialism and imperialism. -
Add to BasketThe Edge Of Science: Mysteries Of Mind, Space And Time - - Hardback
£9.99
How did the universe begin and how will it end? What happens to us when we die? Do intelligent beings exist elsewhere in our galaxy and beyond? These are just a few of the questions addressed in 'The Edge of Science', which presents some of the most intriguing mysteries in the history of science. -
Add to BasketElcho Of The '45 - - Paperback
£9.99
By combining the insights offered by the Elcho's journal with his other writings and with a wide range of other source material, the author provides an authentic picture of a man who was at the centre of one of Scottish history's great adventures. -
Add to BasketThe Enigmas Of History: Myths, Mysteries And Madness From Around The World - - Hardback
£9.99
History is replete with unanswered questions regarding our own past & that of the world in which we live. Some of these questions are mere curiosities; others are of the profoundest importance to our cultural identity & have a serious bearing on our future. Each self-contained chapter in this book covers a particular mystery. -
Add to BasketGrampian Battlefields: The Historic Battles Of North East Scotland From AD84 To 1745 - - Paperback
£12.99
Grampian Battlefields covers a time-span of 1,661 years. It forms an exercise in historical reasoning and historical imagination.