The History Press: 2510 books

The 1950s saw a major shift in the lifestyles of many in Britain. The austerity that had dogged the 1940s after the end of World War II began to give way to better times. Employment levels rose to new heights, white consumer goods appeared in shop windows for the first time, television replaced...

A sensational account of Swansea City’s 2011/12 season in the Premier League covering 12 months in the life of a Welsh football club that in 2002 was just 40 minutes away from extinction and expulsion from the football league. Taking up the story where he left off at the end of Walking on Sunshine,...

A compendium of the year's milestone stories and watershed events in popular culture and politics. This year alone saw The Beatles' first No 1, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, the BBC's launch of Doctor Who, the Great Train Robbery, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley begin...

The questions surrounding how the Irish economy was brought to the brink—who was to blame, and who should pay for these mistakes—have been rightly debated at length. But beyond this very legitimate exercise, there are deeper questions that need to be answered. These questions relate to why we...

The Little Book of the 1960s is a look back at the swinging decade from someone who was there, in mind, body, and spirit. But this is nostalgia with a difference. This is nostalgia based on quirky facts and fascinating data, with a discerning eye on the bizarre, the frivolous, and the funny. It is...

Michael J. Lisicky is the author of several bestselling books, including Hutzler’s: Where Baltimore Shops. In demand as a department store historian, he has given lectures at institutions such as the New York Public Library, the Boston Public Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Historical...

Thomas Cook (1808-92), the father of tourism, is a forgotten hero of his age. When he was born, neither of the words 'tourism' or 'sightseeing' had been invented. Driven by his Baptist faith and the promotion of Temperance, Cook founded the travel industry - now one of the world's biggest sectors....

Debunking the theory that the sister ships swapped places, this book proves a switch was not possible  Titanic's older sister, the nearly identical Olympic, was involved in a serious accident in September 1911, which may have made her a liability to her owners the White Star Line. Since 1912 rumors...

The true story of the Kerry girls who were shipped to Australia from the four Kerry Workhouses of Dingle, Kenmare, Killarney, and Listowel between1849—1850, as part of the Earl Grey Scheme. From scenes of destitution and misery, the girls, some of whom spoke only Irish, set off to the other side...

Were you born in the 1940s and raised in the ’50s? Were you a teenager in the ’60s and did you leave home in the ’70s? How has life changed through the ’80s and ’90s? And how did we end up here, in the second decade of the 21st century, when it all just seems like yesterday? In this fascinating...

This is the story of how, from modest beginnings, Britain rose throughout the 19th century to become the greatest shipbuilding nation in the world. It begins with the age of sail, then moves on to the days of iron- hulled steamers. It shows how conflicts arose between the traditional shipwrights and...

Anyone who hails from New York’s North Country, especially St. Lawrence and Jefferson Counties, knows that the region is full of fun, fascinating people. But who were the most famous, the most influential or the most intriguing of this motley crew? Perhaps it was President Eisenhower’s secretary...

At a time when there were almost no career openings for women, a group of intrepid and gifted females scaled the heights of what was literally a man's world—they became brothelkeepers, or "bawds." Mother Clap—women bawds were often known as Mother—ran male brothels, or Molly Houses....

A biography of one of the few Victorian ladies whose legacy has lasted well into the 21st century, and whose recipes are still used in thousands of kitchens today Eliza Acton is the forgotten hero of the culinary past, and a debt of gratitude to her is what Delia Smith, Elizabeth David, and Mrs. Beeton...