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Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, has been central to Scottish life and its history over the centuries. It is the seat of the Scottish government, the Scottish parliament, the supreme courts of Scotland, many national institutions, and a major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906137045Author Jan PictonFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Golden House PublicationsPublisher Golden House Publications

Sale History Tour offers an insight into the fascinating history of this town in Greater Manchester. Author Steven Dickens guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over...

Rayleigh is a picturesque market town and civil parish in the District of Rochford in Essex, England, located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea. It lies to the east of central London and had a population of 30,196 in 2001, having expanded rapidly in...

Surrey, one of England's smallest counties, has for centuries embodied contrasts in style and appearance. In the north where its boundary is the Thames, there is industrial and, more recently, suburban London, and further South, are the more rural areas...

Montana native Gordon Sullivan will take you to postcard-perfect venues in what is arguably America's most photogenic national park. Sullivan is the photographer/author of calendars and coffee table books about Glacier, and here he shares his secrets and...

North Cork is a region with many stories to tell. There are hundreds of roads to travel down and numerous historical spaces to admire. The impressive scenery casts a hypnotic spell on the explorer. The region is defined by the meandering River Blackwater...

Flowing between Devon and Cornwall, the beauty of the River Tamar is ever changing. Every turn brings something new; deer, otters, seals, stoats and, in the past, even the occasional dolphin. Rich with trees, flowers and insects, there is something...

The Sussex seaside towns of Brighton and Hove, now combined as a city, attract millions of visitors every year. Apart from their enviable coastal location and dynamic cultural scene, they also have a wealth of history. In Celebrating Brighton & Hove,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931885973Author John SchabelFormat HardbackPage Count 84Imprint Twin Palms Publishing,U.S.Publisher Twin Palms Publishing,U.S.

This architectural diary tells the story of the incredible concentration of midcentury modern motels of Wildwood, New Jersey, from their origin in the Doo Wop decade of Elvis Presley to their whereabouts today. Not many people know that it was local...

Today, Whitby is a thriving seaside town, with well-known connections to famous figures like Dracula and Captain Cook. With its ruined abbey overlooking a working harbour, this Yorkshire town is full of history. Despite changes to architecture and...

The historic city of Durham is still dominated today by its Norman cathedral and castle, which were designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, but it is also now a major centre for the county. Founded on a high outcrop on a peninsula above the...

Compelling and prophetic, Dorothy Day is one of the most enduring icons of American Catholicism. In the depths of the Great Depression and guided by the Works of Mercy, Day, a journalist at the time, published a newspaper, the Catholic Worker, and...

This inspiring and informative guide will show you 100 of the best places to photograph in New York City and the best way to capture these unique and iconic settings for your scrapbook or Web page. The guide covers all of the Big Apple-from Lower...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987084101Author Ingetje TadrosFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Ingetje TadrosPublisher Ingetje TadrosWeight(grams) 1134g

Outposts / Kandahar Province presents Donovan Wylie's photographs of Forward Operating Bases constructed in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. From 2006 to 2011, Canada sent nearly 3,000 military personnel to Afghanistan in support of NATO's...

Pembroke, which gave its name to the present County of Pembrokeshire, is a medieval walled town complete with a magnificent castle dating back to the eleventh century. Many of the great and famous form part of our story: for example, Pembroke castle was...

At the turn of the twentieth century the simple postcard became the go-to means of communication for thousands of Victorians and Edwardians, sharing their greetings, their stories and their gossip. The equivalent of the modern-day 'status update', the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588342386Author Joan MyersFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1134gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...

A panoramic vision of contemporary Spain This book offers a colorful and panoramic vision of Spain through photographs taken by a large group of accomplished photographers, and also includes a special selection of 19 images obtained through a national...

The perfect guide for those who want to explore a different, trendy side of Berlin. Photographer Silvie Bonne presents 100 scenic, impressive and 'Instagrammable' spots in Berlin. Some are classics but most are hidden gems only locals know about...

Brooklyn Photographs Now reflects the avant-garde spirit of the city s hippest borough, containing previously unpublished work by well-known and emerging contemporary artists. The book presents 250 images by more than seventy-five established and new...

Portsmouth is synonymous with the Royal Navy. Its naval dockyard was at one time the world's largest employer of a civilian workforce, and for many centuries totally dominated the town. There were also allied service industries that met the needs of...

This illustrated history portrays one of England's finest cities. It provides a nostalgic look at Canterbury's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs are taken from the Historic England...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945176968Author Reader in Government David McKayFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint McKay Photography IncPublisher McKay Photography IncWeight(grams)...

Travel has been a major theme in photography for over 100 years. In the late 19th century, an age of colonial expansion and nascent tourism, photographers roamed the globe with a simple spirit of discovery to report back from distant places. Traveling...

The city of Cambridge is justly renowned for its world-famous university, but its history encompasses much more. Lying just south of the Fens in East Anglia it has been an important town in the region since the Middle Ages and today it is a rapidly...

Manchester's Philips Park was the world's first designed public park in an industrial city, but it is more than the celebration of a single park. Unlike many historic private gardens that have been fully documented, the history of the 'peoples' park' has...

In this collection of photographs taken in over 36 countries, Christer Loefgren explores the international art of graffiti and wall paintings. From his base in Stockholm, Sweden, Loefgren travels to places where street art can be found, including places...

In over 60 handmade, black-and-white photographs, renowned film photographer Michael Kahn renders Martha's Vineyard beachscapes in exquisite detail. Produced in his darkroom, these masterful, curated images depict the diversity and intense beauty of this...

From its birth as a settlement at the lowest crossing point of the River Taff, via periods a Roman garrison, Anglo-Norman fortress, feudal lordship, booming coal port and post-industrial invalid, through to today's confident capital of a fledgling Welsh...

This illustrated history portrays one of England's finest towns. It provides a nostalgic look at Cheltenham's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs are taken from the Historic England...

The north Cornwall seaside resort town of Bude has undergone quite a transformation since its humble beginnings as Stratton's unremarkable neighbour. As one local candidly put it, 'Stratton was a market town when Bude was just a furzy down.' Initially...

A compendium of the history of contemporary American art and a living testimony of a sincere and active protagonist. Victor Burgin, an artist and sophisticated theoretician of the image, both still and in movement, was born in Sheffield, England, in 1941...

Montauk's beautiful beaches, and its location just over 100 miles east of Midtown Manhattan, make it a go-to destination for city dwellers seeking summer bliss. More than 100 photos offer viewers an unfiltered peek into the all-American charm of this...

Every city has its ghosts. From Manhattan and Brooklyn's trendiest neighborhoods to the far-flung edges of the outer boroughs, Ellis captures the lost and lonely corners of the United States' most populous city. Step inside the New York you never knew,...

Stirlingshire is central to Scotland and its history. Spanning the boundary between the Highlands and Lowlands, and standing at the heart of Scotland, the town of Stirling was 'the key of the Highlands'. Granted city status in 2002 as part of the Queen's...

Newcastle upon Tyne is one of England's great cities and one of the most historically significant, with a proud heritage dating all the way back to Roman times. The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade in the fourteenth century and later...

The Welsh Harp Reservoir is an important lung of open space in north-west London. For those who drive around the North Circular Road it provides visual relief to the heavy flow of traffic. The stretch of water was once much larger and would have covered...