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The picturesque fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay is 5 miles south of Whitby and 15 miles north of Scarborough on the coast of North Yorkshire. Now a popular tourist destination with its distinctive maze of tiny streets tumbling down the cliffs, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576875476Author Ed KashiFormat PaperbackPage Count 223Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 1336g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781625858979Author Jeremy W. GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

The first Waterloo Station opened in 1848 and the current building was completed in 1922, after a huge rebuilding programme started in 1899. Catering for suburban traffic, Waterloo is also the major station for trains to Southampton, Portsmouth and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035876402Author Tony GoldsmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

When the new town established in East Shropshire acquired the name 'Telford' in 1968, sign boards set up on major roads entering the designated area announced, 'Telford - Birthplace of Industry'. This reflected an earlier label applied to one of the...

Picture postcards first began to appear in Colchester in 1902, used by people from all walks of life as a cheap and easy form of communication. Fortuitously, local photographers saw the opportunities provided by the cards and began capturing everyday...

In July 2015, Abe Kogan navigated the streets of Havana, camera in hand, capturing the evocative beauty of an isolated island frozen in time. Kogan's black-and-white photographs, devoid of picturesque tropical landscapes and charming beach scenes, are...

The medieval Suffolk market town of Bungay on the River Waveney was dominated by its castle, owned by the Bigod family, the Earls of Norfolk, and its Benedictine priory. The town prospered through its river trade and other local industries and was also...

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)...

"I'm just passing through," Milton Gendel liked to say whenever anybody asked him what he was doing in Rome. Even after seven decades in the Eternal City, he refused to be pigeonholed. He was always an American - never an "expat," never an emigre - but...

Having been granted city status during the Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002, Stirling is Scotland's smallest city, but has an enthralling wealth of architectural and historic heritage that would be the envy of much larger places in the country...

The quiet city of Lancaster may no longer be as well known as it was in the past, but delve a little deeper and you will come across an exciting story, two millennia in the making. From its foundation as a Roman fort on the River Lune, to its rapid...

A perfect keepsake of the city in a fresh collection of New York photos that explore the vibrant, chaotic, joyous, gritty day-to-day life in the city. This memorable collection of photographs is a virtual love letter to the world s favourite city. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783741925320Author Katja SassmannshausenFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint Koenemann.Com GmbHPublisher Koenemann.Com GmbHWeight(grams)...

From 1962 to 2009 Westbury Cement Works produced over 700,000 tonnes of cement a year. For thirty-seven years its iconic 400-foot-tall chimney breathed its steamy breath under the hills of the White Horse escarpment - the escarpment that provided the...

The Highlands and Islands today are a magnet for tourists from all over the world, but go back a few hundred years and it was a very different picture. Then, the Highlands were seen as remote and dangerous, and the Highlanders warlike and barbarous. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931885881Author Danny LyonFormat HardbackPage Count 201Imprint Twin Palms Publishing,U.S.Publisher Twin Palms Publishing,U.S.

On 4 August 1914 the people of Preston received news that war had been declared. Local newspapers printed explosive headlines stating this fact, and four years of hardship, uncertainty and loss followed. From recruitment and the Pals, to women joining...

In 1978, William Least Heat-Moon made a 14,000-mile journey on the back roads of America, visiting 38 states along the way. In 1982, the popular Blue Highways, which chronicled his adventures, was published. Three decades later, Edgar Ailor III and his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576877869Author QuartersnacksFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 844g

From the Bourne Bridge to Provincetown and all points in between, this guide to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket points readers to the best locations for photographing the nature, people, and places of this historic coastal region. Includes a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783741924903Author Audrey RobinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Koenemann.Com GmbHPublisher Koenemann.Com GmbHWeight(grams) 957gDimensions(mm) 224mm *...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467137997Author Rory O'neill, Ph.d. SchmittFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams)...

After On the Mines, The Transported of KwaNdebele is the second of David Goldblatt's books re-designed and expanded by the artist for Steidl Publishers. Dating originally from 1989, it talks about the workers of an apartheid tribal homeland for blacks,...

The history of Chester goes back to its foundation as the Roman camp Deva and the city has remained an important centre for the last 2,000 years. The Saxons founded the cathedral, the Normans built an imposing castle and the fortifications surrounding...

Liverpool was a small port on the River Mersey in the medieval period, but started to grow rapidly in the eighteenth century, benefitting from the expanding transatlantic trade. Wealthy merchants built large houses and invested in the city. During the...

Press photographer Graham Gough has collected humorous photographs of the Black Country in his portfolio over many years. This is a collection of his best and most amusing photographs spanning the past few decades. Styles may change but humour remains...

Leicester has been neglected by national historians. It is neither typical of industrial centres nor has it the charm of an ancient town that escaped the ravages of Victorian rebuilding. Yet it is both a market town of great antiquity and the scene of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753301761Author Dieter RoelstraeteFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,GermanyPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung...

Varanasi, also known as Kashi and Banaras, is a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh dating to the 11th century B.C.E. Regarded as the spiritual capital of India, the city draws Hindu pilgrims who bathe in the Ganges River's sacred waters...

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

Waikiki, one of Honolulu's most famous neighbourhoods, had already become a crowded tourist destination when Wessel photographed there in the late seventies and early eighties. This book contains Wessel's edit of these pictures and is a record of...

Central Birmingham History Tour provides unique insight into the illustrious history of the heart of England's second city. Local author Eric Armstrong guides us through the streets of this West Midlands powerhouse, showing how its famous landmarks used...

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

When Jeffrey Blackman set out to capture New England's covered bridges on film, his goal was to create not just a pretty, postcard-perfect picture but to tell a story about each bridge's history and usage throughout the years. He carefully studied each...

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...

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...

Conwy has been involved in military conflict for over 2,000 years. The Iron Age hill fort of Caer Seion defended the area from the sixth century BC. Many slingshot stones have been discovered here, attesting to troubled times. In 881 the Welsh defeated...