What went on behind closed doors in the Tudor Court? Comprehensive coverage of all the major Tudors, from Henry VII and Henry VIII to Elizabeth I. Full of fresh information and insights.

New research brings new theories about the creation and destruction of the Knights Templar.

A unique and fascinating insight into what it takes to restore a railway station from scratch, with images from throughout the process.

Caroline Rance reveals the eventful lives of the men and women who treated the sick in Victorian Britain.

The illustrated story of Britain's veteran Maritime Patrol and Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft - Avro Shackleton.

A fascinating collection of merged historic and modern images that reflect the changes in Trentham through the decades.

A guided tour of the historic town of Oswestry, showing how the areas you know and love have changed over the centuries.

The inside story of one of the most powerful and effective fighters of the Second World War - Hawker Typhoon.

A fully illustrated look back in time at East Grinstead showing how life in the town has changed over the last century.

A stunning collection of images celebrating the changing face of the city of Bristol, which capture its special blend of new and old.

The second collection of work by Olivier award-winning British playwright Laura Wade, bursting with her trademark satirical humour and her sharp, witty insight into gender and privilege. Posh (2010): the cult sensation which propelled Laura Wade onto the national stage and inspired the film The Riot Club (2014). Based on Oxford's real-life Bullingdon Club, the play unfolds during an evening of debauchery in an all-male elite student dining society. Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer (2010): a play for voices to be performed with an orchestra, re-imagining Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata as an intimate two-hander. Home, I'm Darling (2018): a dark comedy about marriage and relationships, following one woman in the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife. Winner of the 2019 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. The Watsons (2018): a sparkingly funny new take on the unfinished Jane Austen novel, catapulting the characters into a contemporary context whilst dealing with questions of authorship and writer's block.

This book reveals for the first time the full history of RAF fire fighting vehicles.

In 1876, Joshua Chamberlain (hero of the Civil War, governor of Maine, and President of Bowdoin College) delivered a long speech at Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition. It is a wide-ranging history of the development of Maine before and after statehood.

Setting out the key principles that underpin children¿s play, this book critically discusses the different perspectives that affect play, and recommends strategies for planning for play within different contexts, and for different professional sectors. The book draws on research from sociological and philosophical perspectives, and from social studies of childhood, and features international case studies and comparisons to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject. Chapters include:  barriers to children¿s play health and development implications of constraints on play the role of policy the role of schools the role of play advocacy

Tax policy is a fundamental part of governance and encompasses difficult economic and political judgments and trade-offs across efficiency, equity, efficacy, and administration. Sensible Taxes and Practical Politics draws on economics and political science to argue that a desirable income tax has a narrow base and high tax rates, as currently exists in the United States and other high-income countries.

This treatise offers in-depth coverage of comparative law, carefully structured and clearly explained by a leading expert. It is an invaluable resource for students seeking a critical introduction to the field, as well as scholars and practitioners, for whom it offers new insights, structures, and approaches.

Featuring children's own words along with heart-warming pictures, this book is a perfect celebration of all that is special about summer.

Featuring children's own words along with heart-warming pictures, this book is a perfect celebration of all that's special about the ocean!

Presents a set of measures for the management and conservation of fisheries resources in both the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, including establishing further precautionary and emergency measures for small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea; and setting minimum standards for bottom trawling fisheries of demersal stocks in the Strait of Sicily.

Legendary steam railway locomotives such as Flying Scotsman, Mallard, Stephenson's Rocket and City of Truro have been household names for generations and are now owned by the public. These are the locomotives that not only shaped global transport history but steered the evolution of the modern world, shrinking continents and making rapid transit between one-time faraway places an everyday occurrence affordable to all. The National Collection was amassed largely in the face of modernisation of the British railway network, when the introduction of diesel and electric locomotives in the Fifties led to the mass withdrawal and scrapping of many classic steam locomotive types. Officialdom decreed that examples should be preserved for posterity thus creating a fantastic legacy of locomotives big and small for future generations to relish. Locomotives of the National Collection, written by Heritage Railway magazine editor Robin Jones, looks at both the big named engines and the lesser-known workhorses, which richly deserve their place alongside them, all with their own stories to tell.

The story of how one woman changed the course of the country when she desegregated that most maligned and misunderstood emotion-black rage-on our most hallowed stage.

The autobiography of the instantly recognisable golf commentator

The secret to living a long, disease-free life? You already possess it-you just might not be aware of it yet.