Local history Books
Amberley Publishing Cornish Road Transport Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Cornish Road Transport has changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Bude Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Bude has changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Leicester in the 1950s
Book SynopsisFrom austerity to the start of the swinging sixties
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Leicester in the 1960s
Book SynopsisAs the fifties faded away, sixties style swept Leicester into the modern age
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Leicester in the 1970s
Book SynopsisAs the sixties faded away, seventies style swept Leicester into the modern age.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing The London Midland and Scottish Railway Volume Four Manchester to Leeds
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the LMS line between Manchester and Leeds has changed and developed over the last century.
£15.29
Amberley Publishing Secret Newark
Book SynopsisExplore Newarkâs secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Bude The Postcard Collection
Book SynopsisBeautiful postcards capturing old Bude in all its glory.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Secret Bude
Book SynopsisExplore Budeâs secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Lichfield Pubs
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs and informative text charts the history of pubs in Lichfield.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Secret Chatham
Book SynopsisExplore Chatham's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Macclesfield History Tour
Book SynopsisA guided tour of the historic town of Macclesfield, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed over the centuries.
£8.54
Amberley Publishing Kings Lynn History Tour
Book SynopsisA guided tour of the historic town of King's Lynn, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed over the centuries.
£8.99
Amberley Publishing Leicester in 50 Buildings
Book SynopsisExplores the rich and fascinating history of the city through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing South Shields in 50 Buildings
Book SynopsisExplores the rich and fascinating history of South Shields through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Faces of Nottingham
Book SynopsisPhotographer Peter McConnochie captures the essence of Nottingham through his stunning portraits of its inhabitants.
£14.24
Amberley Publishing Historic England Leicester
Book SynopsisThis illustrated history portrays one of Englandâs finest cities - Leicester. Using photographs taken from the unique Historic England Archive.
£14.24
Amberley Publishing Stirlings Military Heritage
Book SynopsisHighly illustrated look at the military heritage of Stirling from medieval times to the present day.
£14.24
Amberley Publishing Falmouth in 50 Buildings
Book SynopsisExplore the rich history of the Cornish town of Falmouth in this guided tour through its most fascinating historic and modern buildings.
£14.24
Amberley Publishing 50 Finds from Buckinghamshire
Book SynopsisThe latest volume of this popular series, looking at objects recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme in Buckinghamshire.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Aberdeen at Work
Book SynopsisAberdeen at Work is a fascinating pictorial history of the working life of the city of Aberdeen in the last hundred and more years.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing The London Midland and Scottish Railway Volume
Book SynopsisFascinating selection of photographs exploring the history of the LMSR during its long and distinguished life.
£14.24
History Press Clevelands Neighborhood Taverns
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£17.83
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Tunbridge Wells in the Great War Your Towns
Book SynopsisCovers the effects of the Great War on Tunbridge wells
£9.74
Rowman & Littlefield Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody
Book SynopsisWild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody were considered heroes and the greatest plainsmen of their time. They were larger than life, legendary characters. They knew where to locate water, good grass for livestock, sheltered campsites, and game for hunting. They knew how to survive the blistering heat and terrific thunderstorms of summer and the subzero blizzards of winter. They could avoid Indians or act as trackers following the trails of Indians as well as desperados. They were expert marksmen and did not back down from a fight. They rushed in where others held back. Hickok, a frontier wagon and stagecoach driver, became a Union spy during the Civil War, furthering his reputation after the war as a frontier Army scout, gunfighter, and lawman. Cody, who claimed to ride for the Pony Express, served in the Union Army, and became legendary as an expert buffalo hunter and Army scout. Hickok and Cody were good friends and experienced a series of adventures together. Hickok traveled to Deadw
£18.04
History Press Library Editions The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in
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£24.80
Rowman & Littlefield Suncoast Empire: Bertha Honore Palmer, Her
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£22.25
Ariadne Press Vienna: The Past in Present
Book SynopsisThe best access to Vienna is through its history. This chronologically organised survey of Vienna from its origins to the present does not presuppose any detailed knowledge of Central European history. The book covers cultural, political and social influences.
£16.14
Ariadne Press Austria as It Is, or Sketches of Continental
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£17.09
American Traveler Press Wyatt Earp: The Showdown in Tombstone
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£8.54
Nova Science Publishers Inc Georgia: Current Issues & Historical Background
Book SynopsisSince regaining its independence in 1991, Georgia has faced formidable problems of economic collapse, civil war, separatist conflict, rampant crime, political infighting and human rights abuses. This new book offers basic facts about today''s Georgia but provides a detailed historical background of this beautiful, highly cultured country famous for its scholars, theatre and hospitality among other virtues.
£52.69
Linden Publishing Co Inc California Fruits, Flakes & Nuts: True Tales of
Book SynopsisA freewheeling catalog of misfits, eccentrics, creeps, criminals, and failed dreamers, this compendium profiles 45 bizarre personalities who exemplify the Golden State''s well-deserved reputation for nonconformity. In the pages, Gold Rush pioneers are revealed as murderous madmen; Hollywood celebrities are shown to be drug-addled sex maniacs; early hippies are just 1950s weirdos; and even seemingly ordinary Californians have a talent for freakish, crazy, and criminal behavior. From frontier lunatic Grizzly Adams, whose head was one massive wound after multiple bear attacks, to "I Love Lucy" star William Frawley, a racist, misogynist, foul-mouthed drunk, and legendarily awful film director Ed Wood, "California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts" is a side-splitting look at the people who made California the strangest place on earth.
£14.39
Linden Publishing Co Inc Remembering the California Missions: A Curriculum
Book SynopsisDesigned for California fourth grade teachers, Remembering the California Missions: A Curriculum Guide is a secondary supplement to the fourth grade social studies text that supports the Common Core Standards. This curriculum guide includes vocabulary and comprehension lessons, pre-post activities, review guides, and a number of additional activities which have been added to help diversify the learning process. This curriculum guide, which partners with the illustrated historical literature book Remembering the California Missions, by Pat Hunter and Janice Stevens, helps deepen students understanding and appreciation of the California missions and their history, while building skills in Common Core Standards including reading standards, writing standards, language standards, and social studies standards. Each chapter in Remembering the California Missions: A Curriculum Guide covers one of Californias 22 missions, presenting essential facts for students to know, vocabulary to master, and reading comprehension questions to gauge student progress. Additional resources offer instructional strategies for using mission-related material to boost students vocabulary and understanding of the meanings of new words, plus a wide variety of class activities using mission-related material for reading and writing assignments. All the material in the curriculum guide can be easily adjusted to meet students different skill levels.
£18.89
Linden Publishing Co Inc Behind San Quentin's Walls: The History of
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£17.99
Linden Publishing Co Inc When San Francisco Burned: A Photographic Memoir
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£23.79
Linden Publishing Co Inc Choose Your Weapon: The Duel in California,
Book SynopsisIn Gold Rush-era California, gunfighters werent outlaws or desperadoes -- they were were prominent journalists, legislators, governors, and judges. This book brings to life a now-forgotten time, when California was a raw new state with politics as violent as any banana republic. This was the Golden Age of dueling, when prominent citizens would settle their political and personal disputes with gunfire, according to the venerable law of the code duello. The book documents every notable duel to have occurred in California, from the arrival of U.S. dueling culture with the first American settlers to the end of duelings popularity on the eve of the Civil War. In the heyday of dueling culture, men from all walks of life, from politicians to manual laborers, fought formal duels. Duels could be triggered by political battles to shape state government -- or they could be fought over a woman or a personal slight. Braggarts often proved to be cowards on the field of honor, and many a quiet and peaceable man could shoot with deadly accuracy when reputation was at stake. For the California gentlemen of the 1850s, honor or dishonor -- and life or death -- could be decided with a single shot.
£16.19
Linden Publishing Co Inc California's Deadliest Women: Dangerous Dames and
Book SynopsisWe like to think of women as nurturers, not murderers, but women do kill. ''Californias Deadliest Women'' is the definitive guide to the murderesses of the Golden State, a horrifying compendium of women driven to kill by jealousy, greed, desperation, or their own inner demons. From Brynn Hartman, who killed her husband, comedian Phil Hartman, to chemist Larissa Shuster, who dissolved her husband in acid, to dominatrix Omaima Aree Nelson, who cooked and ate her husband, the 28 women profiled in ''Californias Deadliest Women'' show that the fairer sex can be as eviland as deadlyas any man.
£14.39
Linden Publishing Co Inc Highway 99: The History of California's Main
Book Synopsis"Before it was a modern freeway, Californias State Highway 99 was the main street of California, a simple two-lane road that passed through the downtowns of every city between the Mexican border and the Oregon state line. This book turns back the clock to those days when a narrow ribbon of asphalt tied the states communities together, with classic roadside attractions and plenty of fun along the way. The book documents the birth, growth, and transformation of the highway; the gas stations, motels, restaurants, and attractions that flourished and declined by the roadside; and the communities, personalities, and historical events that made their mark on the highway. From the migrations of the Dust Bowl to the birth of the Bakersfield Sound to the foundation of Americas fast-food culture, the history of California has happened around Highway 99, and this book brilliantly depicts that history.
£19.79
Linden Publishing Co Inc A Cross of Thorns: The Enslavement of
Book SynopsisThe Spanish missions of California have long been misrepresented as places of benign and peaceful coexistence between Franciscan friars and California Indians. In fact, the mission friars enslaved the California Indians and treated them with deliberate cruelty. "A Cross of Thorns" describes the dark and violent reality of Mission life. Beginning in 1769, California Indians were enticed into the missions, where they and their descendents were imprisoned for 60 years of forced labor and daily beatings. The chilling depictions of colonial cruelty in "A Cross of Thorns" are based on little known church and Spanish government archives and letters written by the founder of California''s mission, Friar Juniperro Serra (who advocated the whipping of Mission Indians as a standard policy), and published first-hand accounts of 18th and 19th century travelers. Tracing the history of Spanish colonization in California from its origins in Spain''s 18th century economic crisis to the legacy of racism and brutality that continues today, "A Cross of Thorns" is one of the most thought-provoking books ever written on California history.
£16.19
Linden Publishing Co Inc Hands Through Stone: How Clarence Ray Allen
Book SynopsisThis fascinating and gripping portrayal is the only book-length account ever written about criminal mastermind Clarence Ray Allen,the last man to be executed in the state of CaliforniaEven hardened detectives were shaken by the scene at Fran''s Market in rural Fresno County that night in 1980: four young people lay on the market''s concrete floor, bloodily murdered by a killer without mercy or remorse. Then a grim investigation became even grimmer when the evidence led to the prime suspect--a convicted murderer already behind the stone walls of Folsom. A true crime story that reads like an intricately woven mystery, the book depicts the chilling scenes of murder, a dogged investigation, and the true story behind the Fran''s Market murders and their psychopathic mastermind. Written by former prosecutor James Ardaiz, who was one of the first investigators on the scene at Fran''s Market, Hands Through Stone provides an insider''s view of the tortuous, multiyear investigation that brought a killer to justice.
£17.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Cysts: Causes, Diagnosis & Treatment Options
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£149.99
Dementi Milestone Publishing Imperfect Past Volume II: More History in a New
Book SynopsisHistory occupies a paradoxical and problematic place in contemporary American culture. Numerous commentators argue that we face a growing crisis of historical amnesia and that Americans do not value and support history as much as previous generations. Imperfect Past, Volume II: More History in a New Light, is a compilation of essays, organized in sections that demonstrate that history is, indeed, more compelling. Bryan is a specialist in Civil War history, and many of his essays cover that crucial event in the American experience. Other essays cover a wide-ranged of topics and insightful essays derived from his long and distinguished career as a public historian. Readers will learn how books changed the course of American history; what makes a president great; and other subjects that will help readers see the past and the present in a new light. Imperfect Past, Volume II, has something for almost anyone who loves history and appreciates it from different perspectives.
£23.39
Great Plains Publications Ltd The Lesser Known: A History of Oddities from the
Book SynopsisManitoba’s history is one of being carved. Ice sculpted the land before nomadic first people pressed trails across it. Southern First Nations dug into the earthto grow corn and potatoes while those in the north mined it for quartz used in arrowheads. Fur traders arrived, expanding on Indigenous trading networks and shaping new ones.Then came settlers who chiselled the terrain with villages, towns and cities.But there is failure and suffering etched into the history, too.In Winnipeg, slums emerged as the city’s population boomed. There were more workers than jobs and the pay was paltry. Immigrants and First Nations were treated as second-class, shunted to the fringes. Rebellions and strikes, political scandals and natural disasters occured as the people molded Manitoba.That past has been thoroughly chronicled, yet within it are lesser-known stories of people, places and events. In The Lesser Known, Darren Bernhardt shares odd tales lost in time, such as The Tin Can Cathedral, the first independent Ukrainianchurch in North America; the jail cell hidden beneath a Winnipeg theatre; the bear pit of Confusion Corner; gardening competitions between fur trading forts and more.Once deemed important enough to be documented, these stories are now buried. It's time to carve away at them once again.
£21.80
Great Plains Publications Ltd Thinking Big: A History of the Winnipeg Business
Book SynopsisFrom pre-contact Indigenous trading through 1939, Thinking Big examines the history of businesses, business leaders, and organisations in Winnipeg. Discover how the Winnipeg business community dealt with challenges such as the Great Depression and the post-World War I depression, and organised itself to take advantage of periods of growth and prosperity.Trade Review"Jim Blanchard has produced yet another great read about the history of Manitoba Sandy Riley, Canadian lawyer and business leaderJim Blanchard is a prolific local historian, whose books have brought the early history of Winnipeg to life for countless readers. In Thinking Big, he draws our eye to the citys business development, from the HBC and the Indigenous free traders of the fur trade, to the much less well-known story of North Star Oil. His case studies show that thinking big was not only about private capital and intrepid settler entrepreneurs, but relied critically on public investment and oversight. Esyllt W. Jones, Professor of History, University of Manitoba"
£17.06
Fonthill Media Ltd Lost Cornwall from Magic Lantern Slides
Book SynopsisCornwall through Magic Lantern Slides is a quality book of 287 superb professional photographs of bygone Cornwall from the later years of Queen Victoria and through the reign of Edward VII. The book transports the reader back to the nostalgic, but hard times of our forefathers. The original photographs are all positives printed on glass of subjects varying from men at work underground in the Cornish mines to chocolate box views of Cornish harbours. Many images will have been made available commercially at the time of production whilst others are taken by private individuals for lectures at their local social evenings. Photographs of Rocks or cliffs at the time would have looked dramatic to the photographer, but to the present day viewer they may seem less interesting, so these are generally not included unless something else of interest is happening in the scene. The reader will find the variety of the subjects both fascinating and of great social interest. Logistic difficulties of the cumbersome, and technically difficult equipment is discussed. This is a book for anyone interested in Magic Lantern slides or the photographic, social and topographical history of Cornwall.
£15.29
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Lakeland A Personal Journey
Book SynopsisOne of Britain's best-loved writers celebrates one of England's best-loved and loveliest regions, in well-chosen words and images.
£16.14
Alan Godfrey Maps Miles Platting 1848
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£7.63
Pantianos Classics Texas History Stories: The Alamo, the Goliad Massacre, San Jacinto and Biographies of Sam Houston, David Crockett, Dick Dowling and Other Heroes
£13.18
