Amberley Publishing: 2711 books
50 Gems of Sussex
The History & Heritage of the Most Iconic Places
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Famous for its coastal playgrounds and rural retreats, Sussex is a county filled with natural appeal and is just an hour from the City of London. With a timeline dating back to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex and beyond, this south-eastern county is full of attractive and iconic treasures. From the...
Class 52 Westerns The Twilight Years
The Amberley Railway Archive Volume 5
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
The seventy-four Class 52 diesel-hydraulics were built between 1961 and 1964 for British Railways’ Western Region as high-powered locomotives to haul inter-city services. Given two-word names that began with ‘Western’, they inevitably became known as the Westerns. Although the Westerns could...
by Mike Rendell, Philippa Sutcliffe
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
In 1811, the Prince of Wales was officially appointed Prince Regent to act in place of his ailing father, King George III. The Regency marked a period of high fashion and low morals, famous today for the flourishing of the arts and the scandalous personal life of the prince – a generous but flawed...
Dundee at Work
People and Industries Through the Years
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Dundee is rightly proud of its industrial heritage and today can lay claim to being at the forefront of developments in many areas of scientific research and technology. The eighteenth century saw the city’s population grow rapidly with the expansion of the whaling industry and the development of...
Rowlandson's Human Comedy
A Biography of the Regency Artist
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Thomas Rowlandson was one of the most productive and influential artists of Britain's Regency years. He worked hard and enjoyed the company of friends and fellow artists, and his client base was immense. His caricatures and satires of contemporary society have in many ways defined our iconic images...
Spitfire
A Photographic Biography
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
The elliptical shape and mighty roar of the Supermarine Spitfire continues to inspire people all over the world. During the Second World War, the Spitfire became the icon of Britain's defiance of Nazi Germany in those dark days of 1940 when Britain stood alone. Today it remains a symbol of great national...
by The American Sports Publishing Company
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Since the arenas of ancient Rome to modern-day bouts, a boxer’s success has been measured by his balance, strength and recovery. One of the things that The Classic Guide to Boxing teaches us is that boxing is not just a sport but a science. Judging distance, position, arm movement and fist shape...
Robin Hood
The Real Story of the English Outlaw
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
Jim Bradbury has been publishing history books since 1975. The subject of Robin Hood has been a lifelong interest, saved for full study until now. He has spent several years researching the Robin Hood literature and the historical background that could relate to an original real Robin Hood. The book...
by Helen Amy
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
How was Elizabeth Bennett expected to respond to Mr Darcy’s gauche advances? How was a mother meant to present her daughter to society for the first time? It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man, even these days (if reasonably educated), recognises the beginning of that quotation!...
City of London
The Archives of Judges of Hastings Ltd
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
The City of London is where London began 2,000 years ago when the Romans invaded Britannia. Today it is one of the most important financial centres in the world. With much destruction during the bombing of the Second World War, the City has reinvented itself into a high-tech business city, and through...
by Andrew Sargent
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
From the founding of St Frideswide's nunnery in the sixth century and the emergence of its university in the late twelfth century – the first in the English-speaking world – through its growth and development as one of the country’s leading centres of education, science, publishing and motor...
by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
The nineteenth-century American writer Theodore Gordon wrote ‘it is impossible to grow weary of a sport that is never the same on any two days of the year’. It is this enthusiasm for the sport that H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, one of Britain’s most famous nineteenth-century naturalists, conveys...
The Complete Puccini
The Story of the World's Most Popular Operatic Composer
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
La Boheme, Tosca, Turandot, Madama Butterfly - Puccini's operas are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. 'Nessun dorma' and other Puccini arias have achieved great levels of fame and recognition. Puccini was a contradictory character - apparently cavalier in his approach...
Too Few, Too Far - The True Story of A Royal Marine Commando
The True Story of a Royal Marine Commando
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Seen through the eyes of Section Commander George Thomsen, this inspiring first-hand account, tells of the tension-packed lead up, and the heroic stand, by a tiny band of brothers on one of the most inhospitable islands on the planet South Georgia.
They fought alone besieged, isolated, and...