History Books
Potingair Press Sweet Waste Medieval sugar production in the
Book SynopsisThe history of cane sugar from its origins in the east to its status as a luxury foodstuff and even medicine in the medieval period to a commodity produced and consumed globally in today's world is well known. Yet archaeologically, sugar is an invisible commodity, its presence usually being inferred from the humble sugar pots used in the last stages of its sophisticated production process. This book attempts to redress the imbalance between history and archaeology by reporting on the excavation of a medieval sugar refinery, Tawahin es-Sukkar near Safi, situated south of the Dead Sea in Jordan. There it was possible to explore many of the steps in the sugar-making process. The book's title refers to the industrial waste whose study has shed light on those steps. To place this refinery in chronological and economic context, excavation was extended to the adjacent support town' of Khirbet Shaykh Isa; the book presents its results. The available archaeological evidence for sugar production
£42.75
East Anglian Archaeology EAA 181 An Early Medieval Craft
Book SynopsisAntler and bone objects and waste from Ipswich form one of the largest assemblages recovered from this country. Synthetic appraisal of material from 32 sites enables significant and wide-ranging conclusions to be drawn. Concentration on antler and bone allows a specific, material-based craft to be understood across a long time period.
£64.44
Mark Davison Fireside Tales of Tolworth
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£11.97
Mark Davison More Memories of Old Chessington
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£11.97
Unity Print and Publishing Ltd Wild About Battersea Between the Commons
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£20.89
Focalpoint Press Ltd The Chinese Ideology
Book SynopsisThe ancient ideology - embedded in its religion, politics, social practice and culture - took pivotal role for historical expansion of East Asian states. This study analyses the mechanism of such economic system and its innate danger in today's 'quasi-modern' world. An essential reading to understand the nature of coming crisis in Asia-Pacific.Table of ContentsLists of Maps and Illustrations Preface Introduction - The Trend in Eurasia The Rise and Fall of Nazism PART ONE - THE THEORY Economic Crisis in East Asia The Forgotten Ideology The Chinese Mode for Expansion A Centralized Regime and the Economic Cycle The Nature of Chinese Growth The Prototype - Yin-Zhou 'Revolution' The Political Core Chinese Characters and Its Rationalization What is Arch-Bureaucracy? The Original Chinese Pattern The Korean Pattern The Japanese Pattern Resurgence of Anarchic Japan Two Colliding Civilizations The Political Core Trap Control by Human Network Fragmentation of Power Areal Concept Without Strategy End of expansion PART TWO - THE PRACTICAL TREND I - China and the Chinese Economic Area Why Communism Still Flourish? Problem of Socialist Market Economy Advanced Arch-Bureaucracy Chinese Democracy in Taiwan Increasing Uncertainty in Hong Kong Colonial Power in Singapore Successful Immigration to South East Asia II - South Korea A Faltering Idealism Catching up with Japanese Economy Emerging Democracy III - North Korea A Drifting Autocracy The Failure of People's Democracy An Existing Deterrent in the Peninsula Defeatism as a Major Stumbling Block PART THREE - JAPAN IN CRISIS I - The System A Failed Democracy The Invisible Power of Prime Minister The Decisive Role of Emperor Arch-Bureaucracy Revived Naturally No Spirit of Capitalism The Obscure Civil Liberty The Mounting Obstacle in Front of Japan Pleading Without Oath No Real Sovereignty in the East Factional Politics Must Go The Deepening Division of West and East II - The Origin of the Deflationary Spiral The Established Chinese Ideology Persisting Ancient Economic Cycle Bubble that Failed to be Defined Struggling Japanese Economists Banking Bureaucracy and Its Failure Impossible Ideology for Capitalism A Failing 'Big Bang' in Japan British Democracy with a Japanese Touch MOF Rules Japan in Old Style Quantitative Easing of Different Dimensions Global Capitalism in Danger III - An Impossible Reform The Mandate Given Yasukuni Shrine and Chinese Anger Who Will Take the Responsibility This Time? Surprise Visit to Pyongyang Manifesto For Delay and No Decision The Road Corporation Fiasco A Perception Gap at Postal Corporation The 'Main Castle' Intact Conflicts Amongst Chinese Ideological States Unstoppable Global Democratization PART FOUR - THE CHANGE The Land of Human Gods Factionalism Forbids the Japanese Unification Political Basis of Modern China A Sense of Crisis The Roman Empire and Christianity Ideological Confrontation in Eurasia European Expansion Britain Led the Modern Economy American Growth America on the Alert US Politics Needs a Reinforcement No Valid Social Science The Global Source of Intelligence Can Japan take the Responsibility? How long Must This Ideology Continue? Japan as the Cornerstone for Global Democracy NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
£33.30
Holo Books The Arbitration Press Women in Disputes
Book SynopsisFrom Homer to Jane Austen, storytellers have entertained their audiences with tales of women in disputes, as parties and peacemakers. This is our attempt to write their history, relying as far as possible on primary sources, documents which have survived by chance, never intended for our eyes by those who created and preserved them.
£18.00
Northern Heritage Services The Border Reivers
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£11.39
The Dovecote Press Coronation
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£12.00
International Human Rights Clinic Reconsidering the Insular Cases
Book SynopsisOver a century ago the United States Supreme Court decided the “Insular Cases,” which limited the applicability of constitutional rights in Puerto Rico and other overseas territories. Essays in Reconsidering the Insular Cases examine the history and legacy of these cases and explore possible solutions for the dilemmas they created.
£17.06
FreeLance Academy Press Ridolfo Capoferros The Art and Practice of
Book SynopsisRapier instructor Tom Leoni offers a full, accurate and accessible English translation of Ridolfo Capoferro's teachings in the Great Representation of the Art and Practice of Fencing, complete with high-resolution reproductions of the 43 original illustrations. Includes a glossary of rapier-fencing terms.Trade Review Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Introduction Making Capoferro Accessible to the Modern Rapier Student A Personal Journey Who Was Ridolfo Capoferro? The Two Faces of Capoferro: Period Literature Versus Victorian Scholarship Jacopo Gelli: The Main 19th-Century Source on Capoferro Capoferro, His Treatise and Its Importance to the Modern Student Language, Translation, and Editorial Decisions What You Need to Know to Tackle Capoferro Additional Resources Great Representation of the Art and Practice of Fencing To the Most Serene Lord Don Francesco Maria Feltrio della Rovere, Sixth Duke of Urbino To the Kind Reader General Table of the Art of Fencing Here Follows the Great Representation of the Practice of Fencing. Beginning with the Explanation of the Difference Between Art and Practice A Few Recommendations about Fencing Explanation of Some Practical Fencing Terms The Plates and Practical Synopses Some Principles Regarding the Cut A Failsafe Way to Defend Against Any Attack by Parrying with a Riverso and Always Striking with an Imbroccata Glossary of Common and Useful Italian Rapier Fencing Terms
£21.38
Quinnipiac University Press Notice to Quit
Book SynopsisThis richly illustrated pamphlet seeks to contextualize the mass evictions by focussing on the ideological and economic factors as well as the role of religious and racial prejudice in prompting owners to rid their estates of what was known as a surplus population.
£9.45
Second Sands Publications The Wrecking of the Orion
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£7.12
Folly Books Ltd Royal Naval Cordite Factory Holton Heath A
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£23.75
Folly Books Ltd AVONCLIFF
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£12.50
Northern Ireland War Memorial The American Red Cross in Northern Ireland during
Book SynopsisAn estimated 300,000 US servicemen passed through Northern Ireland during the Second World War. This book documents the development of the American Red Cross clubs and services, and the support they provided these visiting armed forces and their families from 1942 until the end of the war. It also highlights the efforts of local people who did so much to help create a home from home.
£10.00
Medina Publishing Ltd The Afghanistan File
Book SynopsisThe Afghanistan File, written by the former head of Saudi Arabian Intelligence, tells the story of his Department's involvement in Afghanistan from the time of the Soviet invasion in 1979 to 9/11/2001.
£18.00
What on Earth Publishing Ltd The What on Earth Posterbook Timeline of British
Book SynopsisExplore British history as you have never seen it before, with a 3 metre long timeline detailing more than 1000 events - from dinosaurs to the present day
£21.25
Rihtspell Publishing AngloSaxon Church Architecture Stone Sculpture
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive guide with detailed explanations, illustrations and photographs of late-7th century to 11th century Anglo-Saxon Churches and stone sculpture. It is divided into four parts.The first part includes an extensive glossary explaining the terms likely to be encountered, it explains Celtic and Roman Church practices and the Synod of Whitby, how Anglo-Saxon churches were established and their plans, and also provides a summary to the settlements of the Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Hiberno-Norse in England. The second part provides a comprehensive description of the construction and architectural features of extant Anglo-Saxon Churches including their walling, plinths and quoining, archways, doorways, windows and belfry-openings of whatever shape or format or wherever their location. It also explains features such as string-courses, pilaster-strips, pilaster-buttresses, hood-moulding and strip-work. Also included are extant Anglo-Saxon stairways and crypts. Expla
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ESSEX HUNDRED PUBLICATIONS Buffalo Bills Wild West
Book SynopsisThis is the story of Buffalo Bill, the Wild West and how more than a century before `The Only Way is Essex' the county flocked to see the world's first reality show.Trade Review5* Andy M Two years ago, David Dunford chronicled the history of horse racing in Chelmsford in his book, 'Full Circle'. Now he’s delved into the archives again to give a colourful account of the appearances in Essex of the extravaganza that was Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. The spectacular show was summed up by the Illustrated London News: ‘It is not a circus, nor indeed is it acti ng at all, in a theatrical sense, but an exact reproduction of daily scenes in frontier life.’Audiences around the world were awed by exhibitions of horse-riding, sharp-shooting and rope tricks and re-enactments of battles. Those taking part were the real deal: the cowboys had actually ridden the range, the cavalry men were veterans and the Indians were real native Americans (at least one had fought in the Battle of the Little Big Horn). The whole caboodle was led by the intrepid Buffalo Bill, Colonel William Cody: guide, scout, hunter, trapper and canny businessman. Dunford’s narrative takes a while to reach Essex, but the build-up information is fascinating, fleshing out characters who’d hitherto just been exotic names from our childhoods: Sitting Bull, Annie Oakley, Wild Bill Hickock etc. It’s interspersed with excellent illustrations. The show had Royal patronage when it was in London, and crowds flocked to see it when it moved down to Essex in 1903/4 – the evening performance in Chelmsford attracted an audience of about 11,000. This is a really entertaining and well-written little book that casts a light on what Dunford calls ‘the first reality show in Essex. 5* Clive Stewart. This is a brilliant book, it covers so much of Buffalo Bill from his early life too.Table of ContentsPage 9 Introduction Page 11 1. The Making of a Legend Page 19 2. Treading the Boards Page 27 3. The Wild West Show is Born Page 33 4. The Early Years - Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull Page 43 5. The Wild West Arrives in Essex Page 49 6. The American Exhibition Page 61 7. Across the Atlantic Again Page 67 8. On the Road Page 71 9. Three Days in September - Leyton, Southend and Colchester Page 87 10. The Final Tour - Chelmsford and Ilford Page 97 11. The End of the Trail Page 106 Selected Bibliography Page 108 About the Author
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ESSEX HUNDRED PUBLICATIONS ONCE UPON A TIME IN SOUTHEND and District
Book SynopsisA showcase of the work of talented the Southend Standard cartoonists of the mid-1930s - smart, analytical and topical at time and drawn from Southend Standard Archives. Although the cartoons were created 90 years ago many would not be out place today. If ever, we need a laugh and a pick-me-up this is the book for you.Trade ReviewIf ever we need a laugh and a pick-me-up this super book is just the tonic. You’ll be hard pressed to put it down. It’s a showcase ofthe work of the talented Southend Standard cartoonists of the mid-1930s - smart, analytical and topical at the same time. Althoughthe cartoons were created 90 years ago many would not be out place today. The images have been drawn from the Southend Standard archives,a newspaper ancestor of the Essex Echo. It’s wonderful that we now have a readable and entertaining collection in the form of this book - guaranteeing these supreme cartoons will never be forgotten. (Emma Palmer, Chief Features Writer, Essex Echo).Table of Contents9. llustrations 11.Introduction 13. 1936 51.1937 89. 1938 127.1939 159. Conclusion 160 .Andrew Summers
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Newcastle Libraries & Information Service Martin Luther King In Newcastle Upon Tyne The
Book SynopsisThe story behind Martin Luther King's historic, but largely forgotten visit to Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1967, placing King's visit within another lost history: the history of links between the African American freedom struggle and the North East of England.
£14.99
Julian Hight Britains Ancient Forest Legacy and lore
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£21.25
Unity Print and Publishing Ltd Wild About Fulham A Special Village in London
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£20.89
Unity Print and Publishing Ltd A A Year in the Life of Kingston Upon Thames
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£999.99
Unity Print and Publishing Ltd Wild Wild about Clapham More than just a Common
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£20.89
AKEMAN PRESS Ghost Signs of Bath
Book SynopsisBath has an unusual abundance of ghost signs - those faded advertisements for long defunct businesses on the walls of old buildings. This book contains a series of short walks around the city and neighbouring towns and villages which reveal the tales behind lost trades such as brush makers, corn factors and perfumers.Table of ContentsCONTENTSForeword by Sam RobertsIntroduction Words on Walls - A Brief History of Signs & Signwriting in Bath & Beyond The Ghost Signs1 City Centre 2 Upper Town 3 Upper Bristol Road 4 Widcombe & Bathwick 5 Walcot & London Road 6 Camden & Larkhall 7 Batheaston, Bathford & Bathampton 8 Oldfield Park, Twerton & Lower Weston 9 Weston Village 10 Charlcombe 11 Combe Down & Rush Hill 12 Monkton Combe 13 Freshford 14 Bradford on Avon 15 Box 16 Corsham 17 Wellow 18 Farmborough 19 Lost Ghost Signs References Bibliography & Online Resources Acknowledgements & Picture Credits Index
£16.99
Rosa's Press Napoleons Other Wife The Story of MarieLouise
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£999.99
Fighting High Ltd Slybirds
Book SynopsisThe 353rd Fighter Group, the `Slybirds’, participated in the major WWII aerial battles. 450 photographs provide a unique window on this historic group.Trade ReviewA real boon for modellers is the Markings, Nose Art and Famous Aircraft section, with its splendid views of various P-47s and P-51s. This is a classy book indeed. * Airfix Model World *The basic story and detailed information is interesting reading, while the number of archive photos, and mix of both colour and black and white images will be a delight to modellers and 8th Air Force historians alike. Heartily recommended. * Military Model Scene *As well as being of interest to general readers, this is a very useful book for modellers seeking detailed archive pictures. * Flypast Magazine *This superb book by 353rd FG historian Graham Cross is packed with 450 photographs covering the highs and lows of life serving with a fighter group from both the air and groundcrew perspective. * Editor - Model Boat World *In one book you will get photos of the main US aircrafts and their pilots, what should come handy in our [military modelling] hobby. Moreover, it might be important to read in order to understand some things connected to 353rd fighter group. * DetailScaleView *Every now and then a book comes along that is so good in every aspect - content, photo reproduction, editing, production values - that it can't possibly be matched...That benchmark may have just been surpassed. * Flightpath Magazine *The book gives a comprehensive look at the 353rd Group, and a unique look at the men and machines which made up this formidable fighting force, Highly recommended. * Britmodeller.com *Packed with nearly 450 photos, the majority of which are previously unpublished, unseen wartime colour photographs and detailed captions, this book is a visual and informative feast providing a unique window on a Fighter Group at war. Essential for any student of the air war over Europe. * Classic Wings *An amazing photographic tribute to the 353rd fighter group of the USAF. Magnificent. * Books Monthly *The photo selection is little short of outstanding…succeeds in representing all aspects of life on a US Army Air Forces fighter station in the latter stages of the war. *Winner of the November 2017 Book of the Month award* * Aeroplane Magazine *A very nicely produced book which will be enjoyed by USAAF enthusiasts with its unique collection of images and information. * Air Modeller *A magnificent book on the distinguished career of a ground attack and bomber escort unit. * Aviation News *
£23.96
Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd The Western Cemetery of Roman Cirencester Excavations at the former Bridges Garage Tetbury Road Cirencester 20112015 7
Book SynopsisExcavations in 2011 to 2015 within the Western Cemetery of Roman Cirencester resulted in the discovery of 118 inhumation and 8 cremation burials, the largest investigation of a Roman cemetery in Cirencester since the Bath Gate excavations of the 1970s.Trade ReviewA model cemetery publication and an important addition to the literature… * British Archaeology *
£18.95
The Historic Towns Trust Bristol in 1480 A Medieval Merchant City
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£9.49
The Historic Towns Trust An Historical Map of Canterbury from medieval
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£9.49
Orpington Publishers Chios Homer Put it in Your Pocket Series of
Book SynopsisAbout Homer and Chios, The Izaid, one of the six Greek island booklets. The Odyssey, Goddess Athena, God Apollo and Helen of Troy came to Chios. 'Put in your pocket series'.
£5.62
Orpington Publishers Crete Theseus and the Minotaur All You Need to
Book SynopsisAbout King Minos, Theseus, the Minotaur, Ariadne, The birth of Zeus in the Diktaon Cave. One of the six 'Put it in your pocket series'.
£5.62
Orpington Publishers Greek Island Myths Kos Hippocrates and Asclepius
Book SynopsisAbout Hippocrates and his new approach to medicine and his break with the tradition of treating the sick in the Temple of Asclepius, where his father was a Physician priest. One of six Greek islands booklets.
£5.62
Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd The Woman with Nine Lives
Book SynopsisHolocaust survivor Iby Knill picks up from where she left off in the best-selling 'Woman without a Number' arriving in England in 1947. Building nine separate lives, she also has to come to terms with her past. Poignant, moving and searingly honest, this account reconfirms the very best of human nature and is a truly uplifting sequel.
£13.99
Orpington Publishers Rhodes The Colossus Put it in Your Pocket Series
Book SynopsisAbout Helios (The Sun) and the Colossus - why it was put up and what happened to it. About the Temple of Apollo Pythios at Rhodes, and the Temple of Athena at Lindos. One of the six 'Put it in your pocket' series on Greek Islands.
£5.62
Orpington Publishers Athens The Acropolis All You Need to Know About
Book SynopsisThe king in antiquity. The Birth of Athena, her role as goddess. Early temples, the pantheon. Its marbles, its conversion to a church.
£5.62
Orpington Publishers Olympia The Olympic Games Put it in Your Pocket
Book SynopsisThe origins of the Olympic Games in honour of Zeus - The formalities - Prize giving - closed down under Christianity.
£5.02
Orpington Publishers Eleusis Demeter and Kore All You Need to Know
Book SynopsisThe myth about the abduction by Hades off Demeter's daughter Kore. How she was allowed back for 8 months of the year but returned to Hades for the other 4 the founding of Demeter's Eleusinian mysteries.
£5.62
Orpington Publishers Epidaurus Centre of Healing All You Need to Know
Book SynopsisThe myth of Asclepius booth (god of healing), the expectations of invalids visiting the centre, and the god's miraculous cures, the buildings and the great theatre of Epidaurus.
£5.62
Orpington Publishers Patmos St John the Theologian
Book SynopsisAll you need to know about the island's myths, legends and its gods.
£5.62
Belcouver Press The Idea of the Union
Book SynopsisWho is speaking for the Union?It is a question that has been asked for several decades by Northern Ireland citizens anxious about the firmness of their place in the United Kingdom.It is now a question that will be asked with increasing concern by unionists in England, Scotland and Wales.In ''The Idea of the Union: Great Britain and Northern Ireland'', historians, distinguished politicians, economists, political journalists, cultural historians and versatile scholars on both sides of the water break cover and declare for the Union. The 20 contributors include David Trimble, Mike Nesbitt, Ray Bassett, and Graham Gudgin. The Foreword is by Baroness Hoey.''The Idea of the Union'' is a manifesto in favour of the constitutional link between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and between the nations of the kingdom. It also promotes cultural relations in the British Isles. But primarily, it is a handbook of arguments, rooted in history and the real world, agains
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Belcouver Press Ireland out of England
Book Synopsis''Ireland out of England'' plays with the ironies and follies of the campaign for a unified independent Ireland that has expressed little insight or care about what's involved.The title essay recounts the constant trouping of Southern Irish artists and professionals to Britain where they live, are welcomed and flourish. They are the talented crests of historic waves of Irish for whom England is the land of opportunity, as warmly familiar as the towns and fields of Leinster, Munster and Connaught. How do we square the Irish in Britain with the anti-Britishness of the politicians and pundits back home in Ireland, or with the clamour for the removal of Northern Ireland from the very UK in which so many Irish prosper?The book reveals other inconvenient truths about the push for a united Ireland that benign-sounding destination that to be reached seems to require a flight from reality and a refusal to let Northern Ir
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MVH Publishing Malta My Island
Book SynopsisA three-part book on visiting Malta throughout the life of the author
£8.54
MVH Publishing One Thousand Days in Hong Kong
Book SynopsisSpecial hardback edition, all signed and numbered. Print run limited to 1997
£13.46
Te Papa Press Through Shaded Glass
Book SynopsisThe contribution of women to the first century of photography has been overlooked across the world, including in New Zealand. Through superb images and fascinating individual stories, this important book tilts the balance, unearthing a large and hitherto unknown number of women photographers who operated in New Zealand from the 1860s to 1960.Trade ReviewLandfall, reviewed by Mary Macpherson. “A lavishly-illustrated blockbuster of a book that reveals a whole world of women active at every level of photography … At a deeper level, these images … give us part of the history of our country across the centuries. It’s difficult not to be moved by this, and the book deserves to fly high at the next Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.”; Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books, reviewed by Hamish Coney. “Mitchell’s decade of research has unearthed a wealth of wonderful images created by women in Aotearoa, and provided a powerful narrative that reveals their creators’ lives and motivations. Through Shaded Glass is both a corrective and a celebration, and will no doubt create a legacy in its own right, as a point of departure for future scholarship.”; NZ Booklovers, reviewed by Lyn Potter. “Lissa Mitchell has skilfully and successfully filled a gap in the history of women’s participation in photography in the Western world. She has amply succeeded in her aim of showing that in New Zealand, women from 1860-1960 did have access to photographic equipment and used it in all sorts of ways. … She is a very erudite photography historian but has written Through Shaded Glass in a very engaging and accessible way for the general reader. I found it unputdownable.”; The Post, reviewed by Mark Amery. “Through Shaded Glass impresses in providing a different window on our past than the other photographic history books on my shelves.”; Kete Books, reviewed by Jessica Agoston Cleary. “As one of Aotearoa’s most knowledgeable and experienced photographic historians, there is no one better than Lissa Mitchell to research, distill and re-contextualise the photographic history of our country … It is a whirlwind tour and it is well worth it.”; New Zealand Geographic, reviewed by Catherine Woulfe. “Mitchell’s text validates the various ways women participated in photography … her own mastery is clear on each page.”; Gisborne Herald, review by Wynsley Wrigley of the chapter on Gisborne photographers. “Gloriously illustrated publication … fascinating book.”
£46.39
Christopher Goddard The Sowerby Bridge Industrial Heritage Walk
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