The History Press: 2510 books
After the Berlin Wall
Putting Two Germanys Back Together Again
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Documenting an incredible unification in the history of Europe, this account examines the merging of East and West Germany following the destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1990. Describing how a totalitarian, atheist, and communist system was married with a democratic, Christian, and capitalist one,...
Frogley, Cockhead and Crutch
A Celebration of Humorous Names from Oxfordshire's History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Willy Cockhead had to live with his name. So too did countless others lumbered with ridiculous names, safely hidden away in Oxford's records and censuses—until now. And what names! Some rhyme (Dick Thick), a few are odd (Silly Waters), others you have to say out loud (Rhoda Turtle) and some are...
Female Few
Spitfire Heroines
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Through the darkest days of the Second World War, an elite group of courageous, gifted women risked their lives as courier pilots, flying Lancaster Bombers, Spitfires and many other aircraft in hundreds of perilous missions across the country. In The Female Few, five of these astonishingly brave women...
BAC One-Eleven
The Whole Story
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
One of the bestselling aircraft of British civil aviation, the BAC 1-11 took to the skies for the first time in August 1963, with an order book for 60 aircraft. More than half the orders were from the United States, an unprecedented situation for a British civil aircraft. The only aircraft wholly...
by Norman Bartlam
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The Little Book of Birmingham is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic, or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the city's most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters,...
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Historic Tales from Settlement to Suburb
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
In Fair Lawn, New Jersey, the layered heritage is clear from the mix of Native American, Dutch and English names adorning its street signs. Author Jane Lyle Diepeveen traces Fair Lawn’s history from its origins as a settlement at Sloterdam, a site of the developing Dutch Colonial architecture, to the...
Irish Heart, English Blood
The Making of Youghal
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Youghal town, in County Cork, has a long history which predates most others in Ireland. The area was settled by Vikings, and later the town was fortified with walls built by the Normans in the 1100s. For centuries after, the town was a hub of trading activity and a vital port during the early stages...
Spike Island
Saints, Felons and Famine
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
After 14 centuries of military and ecclesiastical heritage, 2005 saw the then-Justice Minister Michael McDowell put in place proposals to turn Spike Island into Ireland’s Alcatraz through the construction of a €70 million super-prison. Spike Island, situated proudly in Cobh Harbour, has a long...
Heroes, Scoundrels and Angels
Fairview Cemetery of Gainesville, Texas
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Local historian Ron Melugin has roamed this frontier Texas cemetery for over a decade, collecting fascinating stories about the “residents” laid to rest there. Spanning the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these tales of extraordinary people with ordinary causes of death and ordinary people...
by Laura Cunningham
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Memphis is a city founded on some of the great vestiges of our past. City staples such as steamboats, cotton plantations and exchange centers, relics symbolic of the city’s rich industrial and agrarian legacy, have either been forgotten or completely lost. Every city, especially one as thoroughly modern...
The Denver Folk Music Tradition
An Unplugged History, from Harry Tuft to Swallow Hill and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
In 1962, Harry Tuft founded the Denver Folklore Center to bring together contemporary folk music fans and performers such as Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins and so many more. In the following decade, a core of folk enthusiasts established the Swallow Hill Music Association. These two organizations...
From Farquhar to Field Day
Three Centuries of Music and Theatre in Derry~Londonderry
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Derry (or Londonderry) has a distinctive cultural history which reflects its unique position in the history of Ireland. This ground-breaking book examines three centuries of music and theater in the city, highlighting the key figures and turning points in its cultural life. It documents the rich diversity...
by Harold Shukman
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Stalin was one of the most rulthless and authoritarian dictators in world history. This concise title presents Lenin's heir from his beginnings for priesthood to General Secretary of the Communist Party.