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Read about the famous League and Cup wins, the memorable games, and the stars – past and present – all through newspaper coverage, written by reporters who were present at the games at the time. These books are the perfect gift for football fans!

As a town with a long and colourful past, Kingston upon Thames in Surrey has a well-documented history.  But the hidden side of Kingston, including the unusual experiences of ordinary residents can be just as intriguing as the tale of ancient kings.  This is a sequel to ‘Mysterious Kingston’.

Ray Desmond tells the stories behind some of the rarest and most fascinating large-scale natural history books such as Hortus Eystettensis , Thornton's Temple of Flora , Audubon's Birds of America , and Daniell's Oriental Scenery . Includes many beautifully reproduced colour plates from original copies in the British Library and other major archives.

This work is a collection of writings by David Cannadine, an historical essayist. Cannadinene's subject is 19th and 20th-century Britain, from Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher, King Edward VIII to Diana, Princess of Wales. The pieces included here explore subjects as varied as suicide and divorce, patriotism and empire, class and privacy, and they examine the cult of Victorian values as recently espoused and proclaimed by politicians and historians in Britain and America. Each of these essays...

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There is little duplication between them, for instance Baker’s covers Prehistoric times, whereas Rowntree’s starts with the Roman period. There is good coverage of the Castle, port and harbour along with churches, non-conformists etc.

Over the past fifteen years Northeast Asia has witnessed growing intraregional exchanges and interactions, especially in the realms of culture and economy. Still, the region cannot escape from the burden of history. This book examines the formation of historical memory in four Northeast Asian societies (China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan) and the United States focusing on the period from the beginning of the Sino-Japanese war in 1931 until the formal conclusion of the Pacific War with the San...

British Butterflies: A History in Books by David Dunbar (Author) Format: Hardcover (176 pages) ISBN 10: 0712350969 ISBN 13: 9780712350969 Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division Published: 23 Jul 2010 2 in stock Item Condition: Brand New Price:£31.26List Price: £45.00You Save:£13.74 (31%) Quantity: 1 2 Add to wishlist Or buy from Amazon.co.uk Description:Traces the 400-year history of books about British butterflies. From Thomas Moffett's 'The Theatre of Insects of 163...

London: Wildwood House, 1973. Some cover wear & creasing, pages tanned, else a sound, tight copy. x+198pp. 280x215mm. 575g.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

But the grimoire represents much more than just magic.To understand the history of grimoires is to understand the spread of Christianity, the development of early science, the cultural influence of the print revolution, the growth of literacy, the impact of colonialism, and the expansion of western cultures across the oceans. As this book richly demonstrates, the history of grimoires illuminates many of the most important developments in European history over the last two thousand years.

Name written in pencil on title page. Book Condition: Good. Hardback, No dust cover; Blue cloth with title on spine; Cover a bit worn and rubbed on extremities; Hinges sound, binding firm, text clean and bright; else all in good condition

Book Title: The Pelican history of music (Pelican books;A492). Author: Robertson, Alec. ISBN: B0000CKR89. Publisher: Penguin Books. Year Published: 1960. Our Price: £12.10 GBP ($19.60 USD). Description: Comments: volume 1 Ancient Forms to Polyphony. Format: Unknown Binding. Pages: 343. Condition: Used- Like New. Dustcover: See Above. Binding: See Above. Type: Used Books.

"Livingstone's Missionary Tales" had already been a bestseller. He now wanted to outdo other explorers and find the sources of the Nile. But after 5 years of travelling he was widely assumed to be dead. At that point, Stanley turned up with his Stars and Stripes flag and a caravan of much-needed supplies. In a brilliant book Claire Pettitt tells the story of their meeting and what led up to it, and the reactions to it of contemporaries and afterwards. The 'truth' is complicated. Livingstone, the...

Recounts the evolutionary and ecological background, as well as the cultural history of these extraordinary mammals, long persecuted and now celebrated throughout the world. Looks at the role of the whale in human history, mythology, art, literature, commerce and science. 224pp. 2006

David Dipnals evocative images of the restful idyllic scenes of southern England are well known, epitomising, as they have for years, all that is endearing about traditional English landscapes. His well known images of his beautiful and fertile homeland are a world away from Australia, where he now spends most of his time. In the last decade, David Dipnall estimates that he has travelled nearly 2 million miles, continuing to maintain a busy work schedule of exhibitions and regularly commuting between...

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Less a history, more a biography, informed by Robb's extraordinary on-the-ground research in which he uncovers the folkloric history of a country that is widely misunderstood. Robb peers into the soul of his subject with the background of literary biographer, and is not just entertaining but learned. Robb reveals that contemporary regional identities (Catalan, Breton, Provençal, etc.) that some suggest take France back to its past are actually imagined. Robb reveals the roots to be less regional...