For more than five years, Adam Hart-Davis travelled the length and breadth of Britain, bringing to life in his TV series, "Local Heroes", pioneers of science, invention and technology. This book presents 100 of the best stories: ingenious or odd, different or daft, but always entertaining.

Nostalgic book takes you back to a different age, remembering what life was like for those growing up in the 1930s.

A nostalgic look at what it was really like to be a 1950s mother and how the baby-boom generation was made

The story of childhood, told through 100 objects that reveal its history

A history of Surrey, new in paperback

A million years of women's history - in 100 objects

He is the first Englishman for whom a biography survives so that we know more about Alfred and his ideals than we do for most people who lived over a thousand years ago.A slightly longer answer would say that things are a bit more complicated, and that one reason Alfred seems to be so `great' was that he made sure we were told that he was.

The first-ever biography of a trailblazing star of yesteryear, 'a colourful tale, full of grit and glamour' (Kate Adie)