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Recreates the retreat from southern Belgium to the Marne during the opening month of the Great War

Witty and engaging biography of James Sadler, the first Englishman to fly - in 1784, he rose approximately 3,600 feet over Oxford in a self-built balloon powered by hydrogen

First English translation of the diaries of John Castle's journey to the Kazakh steppe in 1736. Rich ethnographic writing offers insight into the political unrest of the Russian Empire, hidden practices such as exorcism, and the role of Islam in eighteenth-century Kazakhstan.

A concise guide to Oxford and its environs that looks beyond the usual remit of travel guides by considering issues such as crime and social change. The author offers insight into the culture, society and history of this much-visited city

A cultural guide to a region on the edge of Europe that has been visited by the Romans, Franks, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Germans

Unique guide to London that offers seven different walks illustrated with original poetry and watercolours

The authorised biography of the doctor who made the link between smoking & lung cancer and battled Big Tobacco

Compelling story of Prince Puckler-Muskau's matrimonial tour of England told for the first time

Biography of conservationist and tv broadcaster Kenneth Allsop

Cultural guide to this unique city, the most northerly capital city in the world

A history of black scholars at Oxford University

Emulating Patrick Leigh Fermor's feat of 1933, Jeremy Cameron walked from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul

Takes the reader through the historic fortresses and mansions of Havana, the tropical city of Santiago de Cuba, and the plantations and mountains of the island's countryside. This edition explores the sugar industry, and Cuba's other economic activities. It describes the island's flora and fauna, its varied topography, and its varied social life.

This text examines the causes and consequences of India and Pakistani nuclear tests. The book provides a framework for understanding the global context of these tests, and looks at approaches for nuclear abolition in Asia and the West.

Records the author's 1,500 km journey in vivid detail

In 1932 the young writer and political activist C.L.R. James arrived in London from his native Trinidad. This volume reveals C.L.R. James's first encounter with the colonial metropolis and the values that had already shaped his intellectual development in Trinidad.

Tracing the route taken by the enigmatic English writer and Bible salesman George Borrow in the 1830s, the author explores the varied landscapes and cities of the Iberian Peninsula in a journey that took him through Madrid, Lisbon, Toledo, Seville, Cadiz, Salamanca and Segovia as well as many small towns and villages.

In this text Robert Gibbings follows the Seine, starting at its source near Dijon on its course as it develops from a tranquil stream into the mighty waterway that links Rouen to the sea. The journey takes different forms: on foot, in a tiny boat, and on a boat used for transporting books.

For the amateur archaeologist - summarizes 65 archaeological sites with maps and coordinates

?Mark Bardell explores the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth and the surrounding maritime landscapes, revealing unexpected historical and literary associations. Englands largest island, (at most 23 miles long), anchored close to the Hampshire coast, has a sheltered waterway, the Solent, with its own local roadsteads and a unique double tidal system. This geography has shaped the areas history.