Divided into major historical periods with useful timelines, this richly illustrated book covers both well-known & obscure events.

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In Foundation the chronicler of London & of its river, the Thames, takes us from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, Henry VII. He guides us from he building of Stone Henge to the founding of the two great glories of medieval England: our common law & our cathedrals. He shows us glimpses of our most distant past
- a Neolithic stirrup found in a grave, a Roman fort, a Saxon tomb, a medieval manor house
- & describes in rich prose the successive waves of invaders who made England English, despite being themselves Roman, Viking, Saxon or Norman French.

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An accessible & succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century, The History

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The Story of Boeing
- The Boeing Company Part 1: Developing aircraft requires huge expenditure. One company has on a number of
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Cameras follow the race against the clock to construct the world's largest airliner in time for its launch party. With the day set for its unveiling, the engineers & designers responsible for delivering the giant aircraft pull out all the stops to try to ensure a stress-free launch. But as the day looms, doubts still remain about whether the A380 will be ready. ...

From Verecunda, a girl in love with a Roman gladiator, who etched his name on a love token, to the footballer & television presenter Gary Lineker, & popular fashion consultant Gok Wan, it is characters such as this that have contributed to Leicester's long & exciting history, & sent its name around the world.

It was in Leicester that DNA fingerprinting was invented & Thomas Cook pioneered his dream of tourism for the masses. Sir David Attenborough met his first dinosaur & Alfred Russel Wallace formulated the concept of natural selection, possibly before Charles Darwin. Images now recognised around the world, such as Thomas the Tank Engine, & the polar bear that promotes Fox's Glacier Mints, were created in Leicester, as were the diaries of Adrian Mole & Walker's crisps. Joseph Merrick, also known as the Elephant Man, was born in the town, & it was here that a young apprentice in Leicester's largest textile factory learned how to build bicycles & gave his name to Curry's retail stores.

The stories of the men & women who were at the forefront of invention, scientific discovery & entertainment, politics & faith are inextricably linked with the bigger picture of the development & growth of a major English city over two thousand years, & are celebrated in The History of Leicester in 100 People.

This paperback book has 96 pages & measures: 23.5 x 16.5 x 0.8cm





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Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mothers loneliness. Believing she might discover it in an old book her mother is lovingly translating, she sets out in search of its author.

Across New York an old man called Leo Gursky is trying to survive a little bit longer. He spends his days dreaming of the love lost that sixty years ago in Poland inspired him to write a book. & although he doesnt know it yet, that book also survived: crossing oceans & generations, & changing lives...

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Books History Books Three great strands of practice & belief run through human history: science, religion & magic. But magic
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This superb reference work traces the course of Britain's history from the death of Queen Victoria at the beginning of the ...

John Mills stars as Alfred Polly, recently sacked from his job he inherits money from his father, thus enabling him to take a bike tour of the country. He falls in love but it all goes wrong so Alfred ends up marrying his cousin, Miriam. They set up a draper's shop in a small town. Miriam sours, they face bankruptcy & boredom & Mr Polly comes to hate his life. In utter despair he decides to commit suicide, but even this goes wrong & he is forced to take to the road again. ...