Field observations in the Scottish Highlands over decades - ptarmigan, red grouse, golden plover, dotterel, bird counts.The author documents hatch-dates of ptarmigan and red grouse in relation to blaeberry growth…

Adam Watson traces the changing techniques of diplomacy from ancient times through the ‘diplomatic society’ of Europe to the present global system.

The authors describe eagle numbers, nesting behaviour and breeding success in two study areas; in north-east and north-west Scotland. They use data from long-term studies, supported with research into historical…

England, 1643. Civil war rages. Royalist Corfe Castle is under attack. Verity, a vivid Puritan, resides with her vituperative cat as enemy-guests. They dispute with all the occupants, on virtue…

A distillation of the thought and research to which Herbert Butterfield devoted the last twenty years of his life to, this book, originally published in 1981, traces how differently people…

Andrew Watson was the first black footballer in the UK. Find out how he reached this position and what life was like for professional footballers in 1870 in this biography…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

The Fountain: a traditional London pub where a group of friends - scientists, writers and SF fans - meet to swap anecdotes, reveal secrets, tell tall tales and, maybe, just…