Collection: Reference

Starting from the time when Parisian haute couture houses led the way, the author chronicles the arrival of the flapper, the war years fashion - 'make do and mend', Christian Dior's New Look, the Swinging Sixties, to the eclectic style of the 1990s

The first book of its type. For anyone who wishes to explore volcanoes without being foolhardy, it will fascinate amateur enthusiasts and professional volcanologists alike. Include basic geological explanations of volcanic phenomena.

The official account of the first settlement of Australia. Includes list of convicts sent to N.S.W. in 1787.

Bradley, as first lieutenant of HMS Sirius, recorded in his journal accounts of explorations and surveys with the First Fleet to the colony and also to the Cape of Good Hope, Batavia and England.

Leaving Portsmouth for New South Wales in 1798 it was a voyage that cost nearly 100 lives. A detailed account of the voyage from the diary of William Noah, a convict, and the fortunes of some of his shipmate survivors whose lives were linked with theirs. The book includes a list of the officers a...