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Thursday, 22 December 2016

Thames By Peter Ackroyd

Title	:	Thames
Author	:	Peter Ackroyd
ISBN	:	0701172843
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	482

Thames Sacred River , by the bestselling author of London The Biography , is about the river from source to sea It covers history from prehistoric times to the present the flora of the river paintings and photographs inspired by the Thames its geology, smells and colour its literature, laws and landscapes its magic and myths its architecture, trade and weather.T Thames Sacred River , by the bestselling author of London The Biography , is about the river from source to sea It covers history from ...

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Wednesday, 21 December 2016

The Author's Hand and the Printer's Mind By Roger Chartier

Title	:	The Author's Hand and the Printer's Mind
Author	:	Roger Chartier
ISBN	:	0745656021
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	231

In Early Modern Europe the first readers of a book were not those who bought it They were the scribes who copied the author s or translator s manuscript, the censors who licensed it, the publisher who decided to put this title in his catalogue, the copy editor who prepared the text for the press, divided it and added punctuation, the typesetters who composed the pages of In Early Modern Europe the first readers of a book were not those who bought it They were the scribes who copied the author s ...

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The Story of Corn By Betty Fussell

Title	:	The Story of Corn
Author	:	Betty Fussell
ISBN	:	0826335926
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	356

A unique compendium, drawing upon history and mythology, science and art, anecdote and image, personal narrative and epic to tell the extraordinary story of the grain that built the New World Corn transformed the way the entire world eats, providing a hardy, inexpensive alternative to rice or wheat and cheap fodder for livestock and finding its way into everything from ex A unique compendium, drawing upon history and mythology, science and art, anecdote and image, personal narrative and epic to ...

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A Grand Army of Black Men By Edwin S. Redkey

Title	:	A Grand Army of Black Men
Author	:	Edwin S. Redkey
ISBN	:	0521434009
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	328

The Civil War stands vivid in the collective memory of the American public There has always been a profound interest in the subject, and specifically of Blacks participation in and reactions to the war and the war s outcome Almost 200,000 African American soldiers fought for the Union in the Civil War Although most were illiterate ex slaves, several thousand were well The Civil War stands vivid in the collective memory of the American public There has always been a profound interest in the subject, and sp...

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Saturday, 17 December 2016

One Summer By Bill Bryson

Title	:	One Summer
Author	:	Bill Bryson
ISBN	:	0767919408
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	456

A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy BookA GoodReads Reader s ChoiceIn One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life.The summer of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the twentieth century on May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first man to cross the At A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy BookA GoodReads Reader s ChoiceIn One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our...

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Collected Writings By Thomas Paine

Title	:	Collected Writings
Author	:	Thomas Paine
ISBN	:	1883011035
Format	:	cloth
Number of Pages	:	906

I know not whether any man in the world, wrote John Adams in 1805, has had influence on its inhabitants or affairs for the last thirty years than Tom Paine The impassioned democratic voice of the Age of Revolution, Paine wrote for his mass audience with vigor, clarity, and common sense This Library of America volume is the first major new edition of his work i I know not whether any man in the world, wrote John Adams in 1805, has had influence on its inhabitants or affairs for the last thirty years than...

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Under the Black Flag By David Cordingly

Title	:	Under the Black Flag
Author	:	David Cordingly
ISBN	:	081297722X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	319

For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England s National Maritime Museum has combed original documents records to produce a most authoritative definitive account of piracy s Golden Age As he explodes many accepted myths i.e walking the plank is pure fiction , Cordingly replaces them with a truth that is complex o For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England s National Maritime Museum has combed original documents records to produce a ...

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Friday, 16 December 2016

Sugar By Elizabeth Abbott

Title	:	Sugar
Author	:	Elizabeth Abbott
ISBN	:	0143017136
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	464

Sugar A Bittersweet History offers a perceptive and provocative investigation of a commodity that most of us savour every day yet know little about Impressively researched and commandingly written, this thoroughly engaging book follows the history of sugar to the present day It is a revealing look at how sugar changed the nature of meals, fuelled the Industrial Revoluti Sugar A Bittersweet History offers a perceptive and provocative investigation of a commodity that most of us sav...

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The Lady in Medieval England 1000-1500 By Peter R. Coss

Title	:	The Lady in Medieval England 1000-1500
Author	:	Peter R. Coss
ISBN	:	081172848X
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Focuses on the lady s role in medieval society, how she was perceived both by herself and by her male counterparts, and how she participated in the prevailing male culture of gentility....

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Strolling Through Istanbul By Hilary Sumner-Boyd

Title	:	Strolling Through Istanbul
Author	:	Hilary Sumner-Boyd
ISBN	:	1848851545
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	544

Available forthe first time since its original publication thirty seven years ago, this classic guide to Istanbul by Hilary Sumner Boyd and John Freely is published in a completely revised and updated edition Taking the reader on foot through Istanbul, the European City of Culture 2010, the authors describe the historic monuments and sites of what was once Constantinople Available for the first time since its original publication thirty seven years ago, this classic guide to Istanbul by Hilary S...

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My Dearest Friend By Abigail Adams

Title	:	My Dearest Friend
Author	:	Abigail Adams
ISBN	:	0674026063
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	508

In 1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to Miss Adorable, the 17 year old Abigail Smith In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after serving as president of the nation he helped create The letters that span these nearly forty years form the most significant correspondence and reveal one of the most intriguing a In 1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to Miss Adorable, the 17 year old Abigail Smith In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her ...

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The Romanovs By Robert K. Massie

Title	:	The Romanovs
Author	:	Robert K. Massie
ISBN	:	0345406400
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	320

In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a few miles from the infamous cellar room where the last tsar and his family had been murdered seventy three years before But were these the bones of the Romanovs And if these were their remains, where were the bones of the two younger Romanovs supposedly murdered with the res In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a few miles from the infamous ...

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Thursday, 15 December 2016

On Royalty By Jeremy Paxman

Title	:	On Royalty
Author	:	Jeremy Paxman
ISBN	:	1586484915
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	384

The notable characteristic of the royal families of Europe is that they have so very little of anything remotely resembling true power Increasingly, they tend towards the condition of pipsqueak principalities like Liechtenstein and Monaco fancy dress fodder for magazines that survive by telling us things we did not need to know about people we have hardly heard of.How the The notable characteristic of the royal families of Europe is that they have so very little of anything remotely resembling t...

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What They Saved By Nancy K. Miller

Title	:	What They Saved
Author	:	Nancy K. Miller
ISBN	:	080323001X
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	248

Winner of the 2012 Jewish Journal Book Prize After her father s death, Nancy K Miller discovered a minuscule family archive a handful of photographs, an unexplained land deed, a postcard from Argentina, unidentified locks of hair These items had been passed down again and again, but what did they mean Miller follows their traces from one distant relative to another, ac Winner of the 2012 Jewish Journal Book Prize After her father s death, Nancy K Miller discovered a minuscule family archive a handful of p...

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Champagne By Don Kladstrup

Title	:	Champagne
Author	:	Don Kladstrup
ISBN	:	006073793X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	320

Throughout history, waves of invaders have coveted the northeast corner of France Attila the Hun in the fifth century, the English in the Hundred Years War, the Prussians in the nineteenth century Yet this region which historians say has suffered battles and wars than any other place on earth is also the birthplace of one thing the entire world equates with good Throughout history, waves of invaders have coveted the northeast corner of France Attila the Hun in the fifth century, the English in the Hundre...

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The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife And The Missing Corpse By Piu Marie Eatwell

Title	:	The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife And The Missing Corpse
Author	:	Piu Marie Eatwell
ISBN	:	1781856087
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	384

The extraordinary story of the Druce Portland affair, one of the most notorious, tangled and bizarre legal cases of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras In 1897 an elderly widow, Anna Maria Druce, made a strange request of the London Ecclesiastical Court it was for the exhumation of the grave of her late father in law, T.C Druce Behind her application lay a sensationa The extraordinary story of the Druce Portland affair, one of the most notorious, tangled and bizarre legal cases of the late Vic...

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Mormon Sisters By Claudia Bushman

Title	:	Mormon Sisters
Author	:	Claudia Bushman
ISBN	:	0874212332
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	336

This new edition includes many new illustrations, an updated reading list, and an introduction by Anne Firor Scott It is a valuable reference for anyone studying women s pioneer history....

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