HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: EDINBURGH takes readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of Edinburgh exposing all of its most scurrilous secrets. With the frightful full-colour map tourists can plot their path to the past. Kidnapped kings, mysterious murders and reckless raids, it's a trip [...]

'Ah The Fringe I can't think of a more delightful way of putting my liver, bank account, relationship, complexion, and mental stability under the greatest strain they've ever known ' Mel GiedroycIt is the world's largest arts festival, attracting everyone from student first-timers to Hollywood sta[...]

"DK Eyewitness Pocket Map & Guide Edinburgh" will lead you straight to the best of Edinburgh. It's packed with beautiful illustrations and with coverage of all the major areas and sights from museums to parks and markets. There's comprehensive area-by-area information and referencing, plus recommend[...]

Waverley is Scotland's largest railway station and covering an area of 25 acres it is the second largest mainline station in the UK after Waterloo. Unusually for such an important destination it is both a terminus and a through station. In the 1840s, three railway companies built stations at the eas[...]

EDINBURGH in the 1950s was a very different place. After the ravages of war, the International Festival and Military Tattoo was introduced as an antidote to post-war austerity, the new Civic Survey and Plan put forward grandiose recommendations for change, and a new young Queen visited the city. Thi[...]

Edinburgh has long been associated with beer. Its breweries have exported ales around the world for centuries and the city's myriad pubs have served local inhabitants for long enough to have many a tale to tell. Some were the haunt of nefarious characters such as Burke and Hare and Deacon Brodie - t[...]

Scotland's capital, one of Europe's most beautiful cities, has long been a magnet for visitors who come here in their droves to witness its spectacular setting and unique atmosphere, especially in July and August when it plays host to the world's biggest arts festival. Professional photographer, Man[...]

Edinburgh is a city whose history is written on its face. The Old Town on its crowded rock, sloping down from the Castle to Holyroodhouse, has not significantly changed its atmosphere since the turbulent fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when riots, processions, or public executions jammed the High[...]

When news of the war broke out in 1914, nothing could prepare the citizens of Edinburgh for the changes that would envelop their city over the next four years.

The story of Edinburgh in the Great War is both an interesting and intriguing one. This book covers this historic city's involvement[...]

This book re examines the history of democracy, broadening the traditional view with previously unexplored examples. This substantial reference work critically examines the history of democracy, from ancient history to the directions it might take in the future. Over the course of 42 chapters, it ex[...]

From the shadow of the Kantian critique it to the Oxford debates over Darwinism that shook the discipline to the core, and from the death of God to the rise of new Evangelical movements, 19th-century theology was fundamentally reshaped by both internal struggles and external developments. This criti[...]

Time has passed since 'having a PhD in children's literature' was a funny joke in You've Got Mail. Children's literature research is now one of the most dynamic fields of literary criticism and of education, and has a bright future ahead - as children's writers and publishers invent yet more forms o[...]