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'There were two theories about the Black Death. One was that it was bionic plague.' So says one of Paul Sharpe's history pupils. Or how about this one: 'Elgar taught himself to play the violin, cello and baboon - ' This is a rib-tickling little...

This is a survey of current debates over the significance and role of Puritanism in 17th-century England. It is intended for undergraduate courses on 17th-century England.Book InformationISBN 9781857282863Author William LamontFormat PaperbackPage Count...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845895440Author Julia SkinnerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint The Francis Frith CollectionPublisher The Francis Frith Collection

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A history of Merthyr Tydfil.Book InformationISBN 9781845883935Author Merthyr Tydfil LibrariesFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Nonsuch PublishingPublisher Nonsuch PublishingWeight(grams) 160gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm

Presents a pictorial history of Blaina and surrounds through a series of photographs and images. This work features historical captions.Book InformationISBN 9781845882532Author Trevor RowsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Nonsuch...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845893880Author Julia SkinnerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint The Francis Frith CollectionPublisher The Francis Frith Collection

St Davids Cathedral Coffee Table BookBook InformationISBN 9781841656199Author PitkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Pitkin PublishingPublisher Batsford LtdWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 276mm * 206mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842432310Author Tom BowlingFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Pocket EssentialsPublisher Oldcastle Books LtdWeight(grams) 275g

Follow-up to the hit BBC series Victorian Farm Victorian Farm sold over 40,000 copies (Nielsen Bookscan figures) Includes projects and recipes to try at home Following on from the hit BBC series Victorian Farm, this book accompanies a new 12-part BBC...

"There wasn't a meeting when someone didn't mention Black Hawk Down ." - A senior Obama administration official, as quoted in The New York Times, 02/05/2011 From Mark Bowden, internationally bestselling and acclaimed author of Black Hawk Down...

The household staff of Downton Abbey carry out their duties with effortless dignity, finesse and pride. Yet how do they know how exactly to lay the table, when to leave the room to give Lord and Lady Grantham their privacy, how to care for Lady Mary's...

Published annually in spring and previously known as The Yellow Book, NGS Gardens to Visit 2016 lists nearly 4,000 gardens open for visiting. It is packed with full-colour photographs and informed comment. Fully updated and supported by an online...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Tessa Dunlop made pains to select women from broad walks of life and succeeds in weaving a rich tapestry of experiences.'The Independent 'A warm-hearted and engaging read, The Century Girls is replete with wonderful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955091421Author Jonathan WildFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Bettys & Taylors GroupPublisher Bettys & Taylors Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951812846Author Dane LoveFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Carn Publishing ltdPublisher Carn Publishing ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948975615Author Brenda J. BuchananFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Millstream BooksPublisher Millstream BooksWeight(grams) 468g

`A fascinating book, readable and illuminating.' Times Literary SupplementReviews`A fascinating book, readable and illuminating.' - Times Literary Supplement`Succeeds in a task that many would have thought impossible, namely, to write a lucid and...

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The photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon and the writer Jean-Claude Guillebaud belong to a generation who grew up with the word 'Vietnam' on their lips. As journalists, both had covered the Vietnam War until 1972. after twenty long years - of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956975508Author Jan MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Christ ChurchPublisher Christ Church

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In Masterminding Nature, Margaret Derry examines the evolution of modern animal breeding from the invention of improved breeding methodologies in eighteenth-century England to the application of molecular genetics in the 1980s and 1990s. A clear and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559724838Author Stephen J. SpignesiFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Citadel PressPublisher Carol Publishing Group,U.S.

Gin Glorious Gin is a vibrant cultural history of London seen through the prism of its most iconic drink. Leading the reader through the underbelly of the Georgian city via the Gin Craze, detouring through the Empire (with a G&T in hand), to the...

'Hugely enjoyable' AN Wilson, Sunday Times 'Thoughtful, entertaining and enjoyable' Michael Gove, Book of the Week, The Times Inspired by William Makepeace Thackeray, the first great analyst of snobbery, and his trail-blazing The Book of Snobs (1848), D...

Unlock your full potential with this revision guide which focuses on the key content and skills you need to succeed in AQA GCSE Modern World History. How this revision guide helps you: - It condenses each topic into easy-to-revise chunks - There is a...

The compelling true story that inspired the hugely successful major ITV drama series HOME FIRES - now in its second season. The Second World War was the WI's finest hour. The whole of its previous history - two decades of educating, entertaining and...

In 1938 Johnny Sherwood was a young professional footballer on the brink of an England career, touring the world with the all-star British team the Islington Corinthians. By 1942 he was a soldier surrendering to the Japanese at the siege of Singapore...

On 6 June 1944 Britain woke up to a profound silence. Overnight, 160,000 Allied troops had vanished and an eerie emptiness settled over the country. The majority of those men would never return. This is the story of that extraordinary 24 hours.Using a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438933764Author Tony SandersFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint AuthorhousePublisher AuthorhouseWeight(grams) 127g

In July 2009 an amateur metal-detecting enthusiast made an astonishing find: 1500 pieces of bejeweled gold and silver almost 1500 years old, buried, lost, then forgotten. The treasure trove promises to shed unprecedented light on the most mysterious...

By now everyone knows the basic facts of China's rise to pre-eminence over the past three decades. But how did this erstwhile sleeping giant finally manage to arrive at its current phase of dynamic growth? How, after such a long and painful period of...

Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, but in terms of loss of life that catastrophe doesn't even figure as one of the 50 worst maritime disasters of the last three hundred years. The twentieth century was the age of the great ocean vessels, capable of...

This textbook outlines the factors that every student must assess for a proper understanding of the period, from the attitudes of the aristocracy and the role of state religion to the function of political institutions. This second edition also contains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780752401362Author Simon EckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press Ltd