Tudor Jenks 
The Boys Book of Explorations 
True Stories of the Heroes of Travel and Discovery in Africa, Asia, and Australia; From the ‘Dark Ages’ To the ‘Wonderful Century’

This collection of late antebellum U.S. Senate speeches exemplifies the official statements of the public men from the South, North, and West as they struggled with the questions of national identity …

This book seeks to highlight the influence of the Enlightenment idea of social progress on the character of the ‘civilising mission’ in early Australia by tracing its presence in the various ‘civilis …

The aftermath of World War II was a period of massive Jewish migration. More than a million Jews came to settle in the new state of Israel; hundreds of thousands moved to North America, Australia, …

The focus of this volume is Britain”s trans-Pacific empire. This began with haphazard challenges to Spanish dominion, but by the end of the 18th century, the British had established a colony in …

Discover the exhilarating first-hand account of one man”s white-knuckle life as a fighter pilot with the Royal Navy Sea Harriers ”Searingly honest, keenly observed, well written and extremely funny …

Fully illustrated, this book casts light on the utility and role of the German and British cavalry in the early stages of World War I on the Western Front. In the early months of World War I, bef …

A guide to exploring 365 of Scotland”s most scenic, wildlife-rich and historically significant woodlands. From the precious fragments of Caledonian pine forest to lesser-known wildwoods and urba …

The two main themes of this selection of articles by Professor Hroch are the process of nation formation during the 19th century, especially in the case of ”smaller” European nations, i.e. those …

The later Middle Ages was an overwhelmingly rural world, with probably three out of four households reliant upon farming for a living. Yet conventional accounts of the period rarely do justice to the …