Collection: Reference Stock

A browsable 'heritage tour' of more than 7000 places and place-names in Britain and Ireland. It gathers together the linguistic, historical, folkloric and literary associations behind thousands of locations in the British Isles, from Ashby-de-le-Zouch to Blubberhouses, and from Wigton to Wetwang.

This volume tells the often intriguing stories behind an array of titles of works of literature, music and the visual arts. Arranged in A-Z order by title, it explains the meanings of, and reasons for, the titles of more than 1500 novels, films, poems, plays, paintings and works of classical music.

This dictionary is devoted to the history, culture, mythology and language of the island of Ireland. It covers a large range of different subjects and provides accounts of legend, superstition and folklore.

This work contains a blend of phrase, fable and cultural references offering an exploration of the linguistic and cultural experience of the modern world as perceived by English speaking peoples.

This edition of 'Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable' has been fully revised and updated and contains entries on a vast range of colloquial words and expressions as well as mythology and folk customs.

This is an atlas of city and town plans featuring four different scales of Philip's exceptionally detailed mapping - route-planner, road atlas, plus approach maps and indexed street maps for 100 cities and towns throughout England, Scotland and Wales.

From John Abbot to Benjamin Zephania, this reference book contains information on 1270 poets from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

This authoritative guide to more than 150 years of political history reflects the rapid and continuing changes in the electoral landscape of the United Kingdom. It features a myriad of facts and figures on general elections, European Parliament elections and parliamentary by-elections that have t...