Books

Three generations, one family, connected by an historic secret. 1917 - Private Daniel Dawkins fights at Messines Ridge and Passchendaele. He writes home to his true-love Joyce, but reveals little of his extreme bravery, his kindness, his loyalty to his...

In this new study of personal relationships within the British (including Canadian) Command in 21st Army Group during the campaign in North-West Europe in 1944-1945, Malcolm Pill considers the scope and depth of these relationships, ranging from those of...

The aim of this study is to establish the scale and importance of English intervention during the French Wars of Religion of the late sixteenth century. The author looks at why and how Elizabeth I intervened, and what were the consequences of this...

* A personal story of India spanning half a century which focuses on people not places * Provides new intimate insights into Britains most popular post-colonial world power * Explores the Anglo-Indian literature and other creative arts that India has...

Features ten of Londons most prominent galleries and museums - The British Museum, Victoria and Albert, National Gallery, Dulwich, Wallace Collection, Tate Britain, Courtauld, Tate Modern, National Portrait Gallery, Royal Academy. Showcases paintings,...

The photographs are a compact summary of Bob Mazzers' work since the 1960s: photographs from London, including the famous Underground images; hippie life in Wales; loving life in France; expanding life in the USA and local life in Hastings.

By integrating her contemporary photography with historical periods and various settings from around the world, Forman creates a world of illusion; upon closer inspection, what appears ordinary suggests an underlying tension and an aura of mystery...

In partnership with Intron International Cultural Development, the Unicorn Chinese Artists series features leading Chinese contemporary artists whose works are not yet well known enough outside China.

Many people know the story of the dollar Princesses. This book however is the untold story, the husband's point of view. Written by the grandson of the 9th Duke of Marlborough. Blenheim Palace, a monumental country house home of the Dukes of Marlborough...

Adventure in Art is the 1947 autobiography of one of the key female protagonists from the British Modernist era - Lucy Carrington Wertheim. Republished by Unicorn to coincide with the forthcoming Towner exhibition Lucy Wertheim: Patron, Collector and...

Other Ranks is a First World War classic, first published in 1931 but quickly lost in the wave of war memoirs and novels. It is the fictionalised account of William Tilsley's war experiences through the eyes of ordinary soldier Dick Bradshaw in the 55th...

Mary Beale (1633-1699) was one of the earliest professional women artists in Britain. Her successful career was documented by her husband, Charles, whose almanacks provide a unique record of Mary's patrons, painting technique and family affairs. Her...

The invasion of Normandy was the most significant victory of the Allies in the Second World War. By 1944, over 2 million troops from over 12 countries were in Britain in preparation for the invasion. These forces consisted primarily of American, British...

Finding Quiet Strength (FQS) is a practical philosophy that connects to both ancient wisdom and modern neuroscience. Judith’s work enables a calm, confident, and coordinated approach to life, helping us to be centred, grounded and develop a sense of...

There are shadows on the northern seas. Fish cities have shrunk to hamlets, old ports have been levelled and harbours are full of warming water, yet there's barely a single ship. An Arctic author asks, how do you say goodbye to a glacier? A burnished...

The Hundred Acre Wood in the Ashdown Forest, Sussex, is under attack from a new road, but an unlikely group, inspired unconsciously by Winnie the Pooh, fights back as true NIMBYs. Underpinning the 'not in our backyard' story, is the question of...

When Words are Not Enough explores the many ways that bereaved families find to express their loss. Following the death of their son Josh in 2011 the authors set up a charity The Good Grief Project, which is based on ideas that flow from the concept of...

What are the tipping points that encourage people to make significant changes to their behaviour? Here are ten stories of personal enlightenment and the practical changes they made. This book offers simple alternatives to mass-produced, shop-bought,...

Men’s lives are changing fast in all sectors of employment and amongst those who are seeking employment. This workbook is for all men at work or seeking work: for men on their own, men in relationships and men as fathers. This fourth edition of the...

1945: one of the most important years in modern history. Encompassing not only the celebration of peace and an end to the Second World War, but also the devastating first use of nuclear weapons and the long shadow cast by both this and the legacy of the...

The Battle of Britain was a decisive air campaign fought over southern England in the summer and autumn of 1940. It was one of Britains most important victories of the Second World War because it showed Germany could be defeated. As the battle raged over...

Spanning the Sicilian countryside to the brothels of Ostend, and the final book in Alexander Baron's War Trilogy, The Human Kind is a series of pithy vignettes reflective of the author's own wartime experiences. From the interminable days of training in...

Through more than 170 artworks, spanning over 150 artists, Visions of War charts the manifold engagement between artists, art movements and a century-plus of conflict since 1914. Its richly illustrated pages uncover the intricate history of IWM’s art...

Published for the first time since its creation in 1942, this most secret facsimile reveals the many marvellous and ingenius escape aids created by MI9 to help Allied personnel both evade capture and escape from prisoner of war camps. From silk maps...

The Blitzshowcases 50 images from the Imperial War Museum's unique collection of photographs. During the Second World War, on 7 September 1940, the German air force unleashed a devastating bombing campaign. Seeking to force Britain into surrender, the...

A magical tale set one Christmas Eve, when all of Santa's reindeer caught colds and couldn't deliver any more presents, putting Christmas at risk for all the good girls and boys. Luckily, a plane everyone knows is on hand to save the day. Told in rhyme...

The Imperial War Museum holds approximately 11 million photographs in its archives, covering the causes, course and consequences of modern conflict from the First World War to the present day. Off ering a snapshot into this unique collection, Bomber...

Reproductions of one hundred rare, full-color images from the archives of the Imperial War Museums bring new life to World War II Britain Britain at War in Colour showcases one hundred of the best rare and original color images from the Imperial War...

Christmas has been regularly celebrated during wartime. From the Christmas truce of 1914 out in no-mans land on the Western Front, to POWs cooking up their very unique Christmas dinners with whatever they could get their hands on in German prisoner of...

The Beatles Collected shows, in beautiful memorabilia, using images and photographs reproduced on-the-page, the Fab Four's journey from the backstreets of Liverpool and Hamburg to their sell-out concerts in the Shea Stadium in the USA and their quest for...

Follow their incredible journey from students when the band formed in Cambridge in 1965 and consisted of Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright with Dave Gilmour joining in 1967. Syd Barrett left in 1968 but remains synonymous with the...

Follow the authoritative text encompasses the complete inside story of Bob Dylan the man and his music; the book traces the Bob Dylan story with a detailed biography of his life from his early folk roots through to the world wide musical phenomenon that...

Here is the story of the boy from Brixton who became one of the most famous artists of the 20th century, returned to prominence in the 21st with music and visions informed by a sense of his own mortality and who through his life and work, changed lives...

Rudolf Steiner’s watercolour pain4ng ‘The Archetypal Human- Animal’ presents us with the enigma4c image of a strange creature apparently swimming in water. It has a human profile, showing a clearly outlined nose and slightly-opened mouth, with a...

In a remarkable deed of original scholarly research and detailed detective work, Anne Weise recreates sketches of a lost life - of one of the millions of forgotten souls whose lives came to a violent end in the Holocaust. Her focus is Alfred Bergel...

Barfield towers above us all... the wisest and best of my unofficial teachers. - C.S. Lewis --- We are well supplied with interesting writers, but Owen Barfield is not content to be merely interesting. His ambition is to set us free from the prison we...

Hermann Beckh (1875-1937) was one of the co-founders of The Christian Community. A remarkable linguist and universal scholar, he mastered six European and six Oriental languages and published more than twenty works on the humanities, dealing with...

From Joseph Vogelsang and his mysterious peep-box to Hollywood blockbusters and Netflix, R.A. Savoldelli's survey of cinema and film is based on practical experience - he was once the enfant terrible of Swiss cinema - and years of contemplation and study...

Deeper Still is the next stage of an ongoing process and a consequence of further inquiry into the yoga experience from author John Stirk. Following on from The Original Body this book invites an even deeper immersion into the reality of practice and the...

Envisioned as a resource for yoga teachers and all mental health and health professionals, Head and Heart is intended for: all health professionals who focus on mental health and/or wellbeing and want to broaden their understanding of how yoga and...

Increasingly the segmentation between birders, butterfly watchers, dragonfly watchers and photographers is reducing as interests overlap and there is a demand for books that cover the three popular groups. The emphasis for the 148 species of butterfly...

Journeying by river provides the perfect opportunity to discover new places or see a new side of a familiar destination. Presented here are 50 remarkable and memorable trips chosen because of the stunning scenery they pass through as well as the historic...

Written by experts with extensive local knowledge, each volume features 100 -280 species that the amateur naturalist might expect to see in the field, with high quality photographs accompanied by detailed species descriptions that include common name,...

A photographic identification guide to the reef fishes of Seychelles aimed at divers, snorkelers, scientists, students and general fish enthusiasts. To date nearly 900 species of fish have been recorded from coral reefs and their associated habitats...

A Photographic Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Singapore is a fully comprehensive field guide to the 136 species of dragonfly and damselfly found in Singapore. With stunning, close-up photographs from the authors, each species is...

A photographic identification guide to 150 species of mushrooms most commonly found in Britain and Northern Europe. A user-friendly introduction includes an overview of distribution, the anatomy of a mushroom, nomenclature and useful information on...

Charles Darwin joined HMS Beagle when he was just 22 at the request of Captain FitzRoy, who wanted to have a naturalist on board. The ship set sail from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 and returned nearly five years later on 2 October 1836. The...

Isabella Bird, an Englishwoman whose extensive travels and writings earned her the first female membership of the Royal Geographic Society, visited the Rocky Mountains alone during the autumn of 1873.A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, gives a...