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Why Britain’s Black Market Boomed After Victory - Robs Books
Why Britain’s Black Market Boomed After Victory
Victory brought Britain peace but not plenty. Discover how post-war rationing, empty shelves and public frustration created a thriving underground trade in meat, cigarettes, petrol, clothing and forged coupons. Read more...
Britain After Midnight: Why Haunted Roads and Inconvenient Ghosts Still Hold Us - Robs Books
Britain After Midnight: Why Haunted Roads and Inconvenient Ghosts Still Hold Us
Britain looks different after midnight. Roads narrow, houses begin to speak, and unexplained lights appear where no path should be. Robin Wickens explores the folklore, testimony and evidence behind twenty... Read more...
What Lies Behind the Plaster? The Strange Things Hidden Inside Britain’s Old Buildings - Robs Books
What Lies Behind the Plaster? The Strange Things Hidden Inside Britain’s Old Buildings
Behind Britain’s plaster, floorboards and chimneys lies a different history. Discover the shoes, witch bottles, hidden rooms, letters and forgotten lives concealed inside old buildings. Read more...
Unusual History Books Worth Reading If You're Done With Kings, Battles, and Dates - Robs Books
Unusual History Books Worth Reading If You're Done With Kings, Battles, and Dates
Discover unusual history books that leave kings and battles behind to explore forgotten people, peculiar customs, hidden places and the wonderfully strange stories of everyday life. Read more...
French Folklore and Legends That Are Darker, Weirder, and More Fascinating Than Anything Disney Ever Borrowed - Robs Books
French Folklore and Legends That Are Darker, Weirder, and More Fascinating Than Anything Disney Ever Borrowed
Explore the darker side of French folklore, where monstrous beasts, spectral ladies, mischievous spirits and ancient legends reveal a world stranger than any fairy tale. Read more...
Myths and Legends From Around the World That Your School Textbooks Completely Ignored - Robs Books
Myths and Legends From Around the World That Your School Textbooks Completely Ignored
Journey beyond the classroom to discover extraordinary myths, legendary creatures and forgotten stories from cultures around the world. Read more...
Finding the right book for a child can be a challenge, - Robs Books
Finding the right book for a child can be a challenge,
Choosing the right children’s book starts with age, reading confidence and personal interests. From colourful board books to imaginative adventures and thoughtful teen novels, the perfect story can inspire curiosity,... Read more...
Britain After Midnight: Why Haunted Roads and Inconvenient Ghosts Still Hold Us - Robs Books
Britain After Midnight: Why Haunted Roads and Inconvenient Ghosts Still Hold Us
Britain looks different after midnight. Roads narrow, houses begin to speak, and unexplained lights appear where no path should be. Robin Wickens explores the folklore, testimony and evidence behind twenty... Read more...
The Black Market Wore an Apron - Robs Books
The Black Market Wore an Apron
The post-war black market was not confined to sharp-suited spivs, smoky pubs and railway yards. Much of it operated quietly inside Britain’s homes, where women struggled to feed and clothe... Read more...
Why Britain’s Black Market Boomed After Victory - Robs Books
Why Britain’s Black Market Boomed After Victory
Victory brought Britain peace but not plenty. Discover how post-war rationing, empty shelves and public frustration created a thriving underground trade in meat, cigarettes, petrol, clothing and forged coupons. Read more...
Europe Under the Counter - Robs Books
Europe Under the Counter
Europe Under the Counter: Smugglers, Survivors and Shadow Economies in Occupied Europe is the second book in Robin Wickens’s wartime black-market series. Across occupied Europe, rationing, requisitioning and military control... Read more...