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Paperback. Condizione: New. British history is rich in enthralling stories: pivotal moments that changed the future of the country; moments of drama, suspense, intrigue. Dive right into the heart of the action with the Great Tales series.While they fought, Caesar ordered the crews of some of his oared ships to row up towards the beach to threaten the flank of the British tribesmen, and then the standard bearer of the Tenth legion jumped down and started forward, encouraging the troops to follow him. By degrees the Romans managed to gain a foothold on the beach, and the Britons withdrew.From first contact in 55 BC to the defeat of Boudicca, this account captures the moments at the very heart of the British rebellion. Plunging the reader into the middle of the story, this is narrative history at its most evocative and readable. Patricia Southern narrates in gripping detail the struggle of the Britons against the invading Roman forces.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The Leicester City FC Miscellany is packed full of fascinating facts, figures, trivia, stats, stories and anecdotes all relating to the long and colourful history of Leicester City Football Club. From the most memorable matches and the men who helped shaped the club's history; to the more gruesome games and the unsung heroes, this book tells the tales that have seen the football club become the force it is today.The ultimate guide to footballing trivia, the Leicester City FC Miscellany is a book no self-respecting Foxes fan should be without.

Paperback. Condizione: New. England has been at peace for as long as most people can remember - but there are still battles being waged in its towns and villages. Nearly 400 years ago Sir Jacob Astley set out for Oxford from the town of Bridgnorth with a small army raised from Wales and the West. He was the king's last hope in a disastrous civil war. But Astley did not reach the Royalist capital. His force was attacked by Parliamentarian forces near to Stow on the Wold where the survivors were locked in the local church and where blood fl owed through the streets. In today's battles there is little or no bloodshed - though blood pressure sometimes runs dangerously high. In this book, the historic Battle of Stow provides the backcloth to the battles of today - battles that are taking place in many communities across the country. These are the battles waged between residents and their politicians, between ordinary people and big business, between the locals and the incomers, between those with roots and those who are just passing through. Here the foot soldiers are more likely to wield a pen or placard versus the pike or musket of the seventeenth century.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Hardback. Condizione: New. Well placed to discuss the art of skiing, Arnold Lunn was editor of the Climber's Club Journal and the Alpine Ski Club Annual, founded the Oxford University Mountaineering Club, invented the skiing slalom race and was eventually knighted for his services to British Skiing and Anglo-Swiss relations.Originally published as a cheap handbook for skiing, this Classic Guide is devoted to the needs of the beginner, from the technical aspects of how to ski to what to wear while doing it, published during a time when the Alps were relatively unexplored by British skiers. As ski lifts were an unknown entity during the early twentieth century, Arnold Lunn traces the difficulties of a ski-runner and the problems encountered while mountaineering in the dangerous winter alps.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This new compilation of photographs of East Grinstead, its locality and people, comprises 180 unpublished images, mostly dating from c. 1902-3 onwards, and all but ten from the collection at East Grinstead Museum. Nearly all were taken by local professional photographers, and it is by individual photographer that the images are arranged in chronological order: William Page, Arthur Harding, Edgar Kinsey, Ernest Watts, Harold Connold and Malcolm Powell.

Hardback. Condizione: New. Athletic contests in running, walking, jumping and throwing are among the oldest of all sports and their roots are prehistoric. Athletics events were depicted in the Ancient Egyptian tombs in Saqqara, with illustrations of running at the Heb Sed festival and high jumping appearing in tombs from as early as 2250 BC. The original and only event at the first Olympics in 776 BC was the stadion, a stadium-length running event.The turn of the century was a time of renewed interest in the sport, with the foundation of the Amateur Athletics Association in 1880, the first modern Summer Olympics in 1896 and the International Amateur Athletics Federation in 1912. In this classic guide, Montague Shearman traces the evolution of athletics and shares his expertise in training and discipline.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Donald Trump is one of the most divisive leaders, at home and abroad, in American history. His humble bid to win another four years in the White House will be the most watched election in history. He'll like that. But how does America actually elect its president and what role is played by the mysterious electoral college?In Tuesday's Child: How America Chooses Its Presidents, Church looks at the historical background of the electoral college and how it works today. In what becomes fifty individual elections, Church shows how candidates can choose which states to woo (or ignore) in their quest to amass 270 electoral college votes out of the 538 available.This book takes a fun look at election statistics, examining if tall candidates beat small, young defeats old, Virgo edges Sagittarius and bad hair trumps good.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Countless members of this valued community have been questioned, and everyone from the butcher at Taylors to the Parish Councillor have added their piece to the rich tapestry of Minchinhampton's heritage. The stories featured are as varied as the people who live in the village, from a humorous tale of one resident almost bumping into a cow on his way to work on Minchinhampton Common, to the wonderful theatrical productions of the 1970s, which attracted people from miles around. This book will be of interest to anyone who knows and loves this very special corner of the Cotswolds.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This is the remarkable life of Sir Cyril Taylor, relating his experience as a toddler in a Congo mission, a teenage platoon commander amid the Kenyan Mau Mau insurgency and a brand manager for Procter and Gamble in the early 1960s. His life's achievement has been as a social entrepreneur and educator, helping found the American Institute for Foreign Study, one of the largest study abroad organisations in the world. Since 1964, it has benefited 1.5 million young people through its Study Abroad, Camp America, Au Pair and Gifted Children programmes. An education reformer and adviser to ten education secretaries - Conservative and Labour - he helped establish 3,000 specialist schools and over 1,500 academies. Sir Cyril elucidates the lessons he learned regarding the reforming of support for children in care, young offenders, gifted and talented children, and schools in general. His record as a social entrepreneur is unique and makes this book a must-read for policymakers everywhere.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Hull History Tour is a unique insight into the fascinating history of this famous old fishing port and shows just how much it has changed during the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readers are invited to follow author and historian Paul Chrystal as he guides them through its streets and alleyways, pointing out the well-known and lesser-known landmarks along the way.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Paperback. Condizione: New. UK ed. Kipper Williams is one of the UK's favourite cartoonists. This collection of festive favourites highlights the best and the worst of Christmas.From cheeky snowmen to nervous turkeys, Kipper Williams finds all the ingredients for comedy in the festive season.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Barnstaple History Tour offers a fascinating insight into the history of this town in North Devon. Authors Elizabeth Hammett and Denise Holton guide us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the years as well as exploring its lesser-known sights and hidden corners. With the help of a handy location map, readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and discover for themselves the changing face of Barnstaple.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Bridlington History Tour provides a fascinating glimpse into the past of this Yorkshire coastal town. With its bustling harbour, beautiful beaches and picturesque promenades, it is easy to see why it has become a favourite destination for holidaymakers. In this book, author Mike Hitches guides readers around its streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the years, as well as exploring some of its lesser-known sights and hidden corners.This pocket-sized guide reveals how the town has altered and highlights the way of life for past generations. With the help of a handy location map, readers are invited to discover for themselves the history and the changing face of Bridlington.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Warrington History Tour gives the reader a unique opportunity to take a walk through the historic heart of a twenty-first-century town that has changed greatly over the last fifty years. Readers are invited to follow Culture Warrington's heritage manager and local author Janice Hayes around the ancient street layout to discover the town's past. Find out how this historic market town and successful industrial centre has evolved over time, looking at its well-known and lesser-known landmarks along the way.

Paperback. Condizione: New. England is a nation of gardeners and most of us garden in suburbia. A private paradise encompassed by privet, the suburban garden contains in its small compass the hopes and dreams of millions of gardeners past and present.From Victorian shrubberies to the 1980s 'Good Life', these small plots reveal the ever-changing aspirations and realities of the suburban dweller. Lauded by estate agents and satirised in literature, suburban plots are scattered with seating, sundials, goldfish ponds, and that most divisive of features: the overgrown hedge. With one foot in the country and one in the town, suburban garden style wavers from rural retreat to urban chic, decorative to productive, floral to formal. At its heart it is defined by its location and its size. Neglected by history, and sometimes in reality, this book celebrates the gardens that make up the green patchwork of suburbia.This book is part of the Britain's Heritage series, which provides definitive introductions to the riches of Britain's past, and is the perfect way to get acquainted with Suburban Gardens in all their variety.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Tadcaster History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this north Yorkshire market town, its well-known streets and famous places, and explains what they meant to local people throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and watch the changing face of Tadcaster as author Paul Chrystal guides us through the local area.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Romford History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this east London town, its well-known streets and famous places, and explains what they meant to local people throughout the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. Readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and watch the changing face of Romford as author Michael Foley guides us through the local streets.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Slate from British quarries roofed the world. For a period in the nineteenth century, ships exported thousands of tons of roofing slate from the UK to an international market. The development of slate as a roofing material drove the business of extraction, but many other slate products have been made as well, including writing slates, electrical installations and even snooker tables.Slate is synonymous with North Wales, where a bid for World Heritage Site status is being made for the landscape formed by quarrying, but there was also a slate industry in Leicestershire, Cornwall and Cumbria. The enormous physical remains of the quarries themselves have sometimes developed as tourist attractions and at other times have been left as landscape features ripe for exploration and discovery.This book is part of the Britain's Heritage series, which provides definitive introductions to the riches of Britain's past, and is the perfect way to get acquainted with the slate industry in all its variety.

Paperback. Condizione: New. A lonely ruined church, mysterious bumps in a field, or stone walls visible on the shoreline of a reservoir in high summer: all these are signs of settlements abandoned over the years.Over the centuries many villages in Britain have been abandoned. This book describes the natural and man-made causes, from coastal erosion to the closing of old mines. The author puts together a picture of lost villages when they were at their height and the way of life of their people. In each case the process of abandonment is traced in vivid detail. Evidence from archaeology and historical records is summarised, and for more recent settlements the accounts of former residents are quoted.Abandoned Villagesis fully illustrated with photographs of villages before and after they were abandoned. It will inspire readers to visit the sites of abandoned villages, near home perhaps, or as they travel around Britain.This book is part of the Britain's Heritage series, which provides definitive introductions to the riches of Britain's past, and is the perfect way to get acquainted with the nation's abandoned villages in all their variety.