History Press: 2525 books
by Gregor Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Compiled by paranormal investigator Gregor Stewart, this new book contains a chilling range of spooky tales from around Kirkcaldy. From haunted public houses, which have left both customers and staff terrified, to the ruins of ancient Ravenscraig Castle, which still attract a mysterious visitor many...
From Balti Pies to the Biggest Prize
The Transformation of Manchester City
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
The story so far. Manchester City end the 2003-04 season relieved at having narrowly escaped relegation. There've been highs and lows, but the lows have been desperate and the highs restricted to minor triumphs of promotions and occasional derby wins. Meaningful silverware hasn't been delivered since...
by Mark Rees
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
This is a fast-paced, fact-filled journey through the cultural heritage of Wales, exploring the rich history of its literature, festivals, performing arts, visual arts, and music, and unearthing some fascinating secrets and hidden gems along the way. Crammed full of myths, traditions, birthplaces,...
by Marc Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2005
This book is more than a biography of kings and queens; it is an encyclopaedic work on every aspect of monarchy in Britain from semi-legendary times to the present day. With over a thousand entries and two hundred illustrations, the Companion covers not only the historical aspects of royalty but also...
by Paul Wreyford
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2008
Poet John Betjemen was not the only scribe "beckoned out to lanes in beechy Bucks." Many of the country's most famous writers shared his fondness for the county and sought solace within its boundaries. John Milton came here to escape the plague in London; Enid Blyton fled the capital's increasing...
D-Day Hero
CSM Stanley Hollis VC
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
D-Day's only Victoria Cross winner, Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis, was, uniquely, twice recommended for this coveted award on June 6, 1944. A tough Teesside, working-class rebel, Hollis was no model soldier. Earlier in the war he was forever being "busted" for various misdemeanors....
It Happens with Gurkhas
Tales from an English Nepali, 1944-2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Gurkhas have served with the British for almost 200 years, first with the army of the East India Company, then with the Indian Army of the Raj, and then in 1947 becoming an integral part of the British Army. This anthology of articles from The Kukri by J. P. Cross covers much of the past sixty years...
Somewhere in Blood Soaked France
The Diary of Corporal Angus Mackay, Royal Scots, Machine Gun Corps, 1914-1917
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
From the heat and dust of the Dardanelles to the mud of the Western Front, Corporal Angus Mackay had one constant companion, his diary. He wrote of the battles and campaigns he fought in, names that would go down in history: Gallipoli, the Somme, Ypres, and Arras. Serving in the 1st/5th Battalion...
Broken Hallelujah
The Making of a Christian Brother
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
A Broken Hallelujah traces a young man's path through the Christian Brothers' regime from Juniorate through the Leaving Certificate year to Teacher Training, and from there to work "on the mission." The author describes in intimate detail the experiences and challenges he faces on the way,...
Arnhem
Nine Days of Battle
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
The ultimate companion to the greatest airborne battle of all timeThe greatest airborne operation in history commenced on September 17, 1944. Nine days later nearly four out five of the British 1st Airborne Division and their Polish comrades would be killed, wounded, or captured as Germany secured...
All the Kaiser's Men
The Imperial Army on the Western Front 1914–1918
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Filling a gap in the historiography of World War I, this book provides unique insight into the daily life of the German troops facing the British and French between 1914 and 1918 Convinced that both God and the Kaiser were on their side, the officers and men of the German Army went to war in 1914...
Kursk 1943
Hitler's Bitter Harvest
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
In 1943, as war raged along the Eastern Front, the German forces attempted to push further east in the brutal Operation Citadel, which saw one of the largest armoured clashes in history in the Battle of Prokhorovka. Countered by two Soviet attacks, this battle saw the tide turn on the Eastern Front....
World War II
A Military History
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
In the First World War many battles of the Western Front lasted for weeks or several months, all too often degenerating into glacial and indecisive campaigns of national attrition. By the 1930s, however, military science had recreated the possibility of a decisive battle. An unprecedented rate of...
Cloak of Enemies
Churchill's SOE, Enemies at Home and the Cockleshell Heroes
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Revealing the back-room politics and scandal behind the birth of the Special Operations ExecutiveThe Special Operations Executive was conceived by Churchill in 1940 to "set Europe ablaze." Yet, SOE was to have many enemies at home before it was even officially sanctioned. As Britain fought...