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Cover of Haunted Plymouth
by Kevin Hynes
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010

From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations, and supernatural phenomena, to first-hand encounters with phantoms, spirits, and ghouls, this collection of spooky sightings from around the city of Plymouth is guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Richly illustrated with more than 100...
Cover of Real Ale Record Book
by Adrian Tierney-Jones
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2010

Cask ale, real ale, bitter...whatever you want to call it, it's thriving and this book is the perfect drinking companion.  Written by acclaimed beer expert Adrian Tierney-Jones, this is an accessible and interactive guide to Britain's finest beers with reviews of over 150 ales and 40 perfect pubs...
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Tank Hunter

World War One

by Craig Moore
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017

World War I's fierce battles saw the need to develop military technology beyond anything previously imagined: as exposed infantry and cavalry were mowed down by relentless machine-gun attacks, tanks were developed. Here Tank Hunter Craig Moore presents every World War I tank, from the prototype "Little...
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by Paul Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

St Albans is a city steeped in history, a place of former martyrs, Roman legions, battles, bloodshed… and ghosts. Here the paranormal history of this remarkable area is brought vividly to life in the first dedicated guide to its unique haunted heritage that presents true encounters with the world...
Cover of The Country House Kitchen Garden
by C Anne Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010

Country house kitchen gardens were designed as perfect ‘grow your own’ environments and ensured that households were supplied with their own fruit and vegetables throughout the year. This book offers an insight into the digging and sowing of these gardens, as well as exploring how walled gardens...
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Tropic Suns

Seadogs Aboard an English Galleon

by James Seay Dean
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014

A historian and sailor describes how 16th-century voyages from England to the Americas were madeWhen a ship set out for the Americas in the 16th century, the crew faced a long voyage and a host of difficulties along the way. Ship-building, navigation, and provisioning were all crucial to the vessel...
Cover of Lost Battlefields of Britain
by Martin Hackett
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2005

The British Isles have witnessed hundreds of battles, both great and small, in their two thousand years of recorded history. Many of these battles are well-known, due to their far-reaching consequences, their sheer scale or the involvement of famous protagonists. Even so, many battles have never been...
Cover of Roman Iron Industry in Britain
by David Sim
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011

The invasion of AD 43 began the Romans’ settlement of Britain. The Romans brought with them a level of expertise that raised iron production in Britain from small localised sites to an enormous industry. Rome thrived on war and iron was vital to the Roman military establishment as well as to the...
Cover of Little Book of Westmeath
by Ruth Illingworth
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016

The Little Book of Westmeath is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Westmeath. Here you will find out about Westmeath’s history and archaeology, its buildings and architecture, its culture and sport and its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and...
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Hop Bin

An Anthology of Hop Picking in Kent and East Sussex

by Fran Doel, Geoff Doel
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

For 400 years Kent was vividly associated with the cultivation of hops. The harvesting of the hop was done by an itinerant workforce drawn mainly from London's east end, and gypsies coming from as far away as Ireland. Whole families were involved for women and children were allowed to pick on the...
Cover of The Little History of Suffolk
by Sarah E. Doig
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018

If we scratch beneath the surface of Suffolk, there are numerous surprising tales which bring to life the rich history of this county. This book narrates the devastating effect on the county following the dissolution of the monasteries, the decline of the once-booming cloth trade, drastic erosion...
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Oxford Student Pranks

A History of Mischief & Mayhem

by Richard O. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010

Oxford University is famed for the intelligence and innovation of its students. However, not all the undergraduates have devoted their talents to academia; instead they spent their time devising ingenious and hilarious pranks to play on their unsuspecting dons. This entertaining volume recalls some...
Cover of Merseyside Tales
by Ken Pye
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015

This fantastic collection of true tales celebrates the strange and curious secrets of Merseyside history. The 50 stories inside—from the tight-rope walking lion at the zoo to the 12 young women "smothered by the incurable malady they caught of some sailors," the true tale of "man...
Cover of Pennine Childhood
by Ernest Dewhurst
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011

Set in a sunlit clearing between two World Wars, this personal narrative describes the author's earliest memories of life at home and on the farm, of family, relatives and friends, school and chapel, and the excitement of travelling fairs and Christmas 'dos'.
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