Product Description: Now world famous for soccer and music, in the 19th century Liverpool had a very different reputation. One of the greatest ports in the world, and Europe's western gateway to the Atlantic, Liverpool's emerging wealth and prosperity brought with it a huge influx of crime to the streets, and a new breed of men whose job it was to try to enforce law and order on the increasingly unruly city streets...read more

Product Description: Hugging the coast and crammed between two rivers, Aberdeen grew up isolated from Scotland's other urban centres. Yet Aberdeen experienced its share of crime in the 19th century. The city was plagued by a plethora of prostitutes, ravaged by riots and aggravated by assaults...read more

Product Description: The Russian Civil War (1918 1924) in Asiatic Russia was like the American Wild West as one regime after another tried to establish its rule over the freedom-loving peasants and miners of the West Siberian plains and mountains. A key role in this struggle was played by the partisan armies put together by anarchists, which fought first against the Whites, then against the Reds...read more

A popular history of the North Atlantic. Beginning with its basic geography, the author traces an essentially chronological voyage through history starting with the early exploration of the Atlantic and concluding with its use as a focus for racing and rowing.

Product Description: Matthew Pryde, a young engineer, is sent to the coastal village of Onswick to survey an offshore island, known locally as the Black Corbie, to persuade the local landowner that a lighthouse must be built to prevent the high number of fatal shipwrecks that occur there...read more