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  • Secret Newport

    by Andrew Hemmings ...
    Series series Secret
    The South Wales town of Newport, on the River Usk, was a powerhouse of Britain’s Industrial Revolution; social change, characterised by the Chartist movement and new technologies built from steel and powered by coal, combined to create a new way of life. Author Andrew Hemmings shows how the city left behind its Roman and medieval past to develop into a modern commercial and industrial centre, ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

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  • Dead Interesting Stories from the Graveyards of Dublin

    by Shane MacThomais, Dublin Cemeteries Trust ...
    Series series Glasnevin Trust
    From the simplest slab of weathered stone to the most imposing monument, every marker in Glasnevin cemetery bears witness to a life that, in ways small or large, helped shape the history and culture of the Irish state. Shane MacThomáis offers a fascinating insight into some of these lives in this book. Within its pages, you'll meet not only the heroes of the Irish fight for freedom, like Michael ... Read more

    $7.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Snapshots of Welsh History

    Without the Boring Bits

    by Phil Carradice ...
    A fascinating collection of stories from Welsh history collected from Phil Carradice's popular BBC Wales blog, gathered together for the first time in a book.Among the incredible stories are...The man from Clydach who invented a Death RayThe Welsh aristocrat whose parrot once bit Herman Goering on the noseThe witch who cursed the launch of a warship at Pembroke DockyardThe battle that was won by a ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Speen for Donnington - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR

    Stations of the Great Western Railway, #2

    by Charles Darvelle ...
    Series Book 2 - Stations of the Great Western Railway
    A dedicated history of one of the vanished Great Western Railway stations that closed in the 1960s.Speen for Donnington Station is no more. This small rural station once had its own full time staff and a thriving traffic of passengers and agricultural produce. Some of the older residents in the villages can still remember the trains rattling through the station, over the level crossing and through ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Welford Park - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR

    Stations of the Great Western Railway, #9

    by Charles Darvelle ...
    Series Book 9 - Stations of the Great Western Railway
    A well researched history of one of closed branch line stations on the Great Western Railway.Welford Park Station is no more. This was once the busiest of all the stations on the Lambourn Valley Line serving as it did the huge RAF base nearby as well as the village of Welford. But now there is little left on the ground to show where this railway station once stood. Some of the older residents can ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Little Book of Essex

    by Dee Gordon ...
    Series series Little Book of
    Did you know?In the eleventh century, Edward the Confessor banished nightingales from the royal palace at Havering-atte-Bower because their singing disturbed his devotions.In 1913, Benny Hucks of Stansted Mountfitchet was the first person to perform a loop-the-loop in an aircraft.On Boxing Day 1946, Hatfield Heath villagers challenged local German and Italian POWs to a football match – and lost 11 ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Explosion in Halifax Harbour, 1917

    by Dan Soucoup ...
    Series series Stories of Our Past
    A riveting account of the collision of two ships—and the worst human-caused explosion in history before Hiroshima—with dozens of photos and illustrations.In late 1917, one of the greatest natural harbors in the world was humming with excitement. Halifax Harbor was filled with naval convoys and merchant vessels while factories worked overtime in support of the Allied war effort in Europe. But on ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Henry Brain - A Victorian & Edwardian Photographer

    by Jim Brown ...
    Henry Brain was a builder and amateur photographer who took an interest in everything around him. The 246 photographs, taken between c.1890 and 1910, have never before been published. They give fascinating glimpses of people enjoying themselves on the Southampton Common, at fairs, carnivals, sporting activities, and of circus and other processions. There are pictures of the town walls, monuments, ... Read more

    $3.67 CAD

  • The Little Book of Norfolk

    by Neil R Storey ...
    Series series Little Book of
    The Little Book of Norfolk is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about one of England's most colourful counties. It is an essential to the born and bred Norfolk folk or anyone who knows and loves the county. Armed with this fascinating tome the reader will have such knowledge of the county, its landscape, people, places, pleasures and ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret History of Southend-on-Sea

    by Dee Gordon ...
    The Secret History of Southend-on-Sea is full of intriguing information on the incredible residents, visitors and events that have played a part in Southend's story. Southend-on-Sea, the largest town in Essex, has had an amazingly rich history, and this book collects together hundreds of little-known facts and anecdotes that will make you see the town in a new light. Discover the 'Brides in the ... Read more

    $9.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Belfast City Cemetery: The History of Belfast, Written In Stone, Book 1

    by Tom Hartley ...
    Series Book 1 - The History of Belfast, Written In Stone
    Within the stone walls of Belfast City Cemetery lie those men and women who helped shape the city. From Catholic and Protestant to Muslim and Jew, from the great and the good to the poor and the destitute, each grave has its own tale to tell.In this new edition of his acclaimed publication, Tom Hartley uses the cemetery to examine key events in Belfast’s history – the First and Second World Wars, ... Read more

    $14.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cardiff Book of Days

    by Mike Hall ...
    Series series Book of Days
    Taking you through the year day by day, The Cardiff Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing or important event or fact from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of Britain as a whole. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information ... Read more

    $9.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus