Local History
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Crossing under Cover
Schiffer£18.99| /A photo book profiling the history, architecture, conservation status, and visit details of every covered bridge in Chester County, Pennsylvania, a...
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Georgia
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)£61.99| /Since regaining its independence in 1991, Georgia has faced formidable problems of economic collapse, civil war, separatist conflict, rampant crime...
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Gettysburg Perspectives
Schiffer£9.99| /While Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is best know for the role it played in a pivotal three-day battle in 1863 during America's Civil War, the beauty of...
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Ghost Town Stories of BC
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /Many of BC's old mining towns are now abandoned ruins, disappearing into the wilderness. These once-thriving towns and the pioneers who built them ...
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Ghost Towns of the Rockies
Schiffer£15.99| /Rocky Mountain ghost towns are filled with chilling, but captivating stories. Horace Tabor (in 1879) was said to be the fifth richest man in the Un...
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Gold Fever
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /In 1897, tens of thousands of would-be prospectors flooded into the Yukon in search of instant wealth during the Klondike Gold Rush. In this histor...
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Gone But Not Forgotten
Schiffer£22.99| /New England has a long, rich history that can be experienced by visiting the abandoned villages, monuments, and cemeteries that cover the region. H...
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Hamilton
Brash Publishing Corporation (CA)£26.99| /This book captures a spirit of renewal and permeates Hamilton in 1996. It tells the story of the changes and the enhancements and acknowledges and ...
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Harvesting the Chesapeake
Schiffer£27.99| /This second, revised and expanded, edition of this popular collection, including 233 photos and sketches, represents the most comprehensive study o...
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Herbert Has Lots for a Buck
Newest Press (CA)£15.99| /Despite changes in population and the loss of such essential services as schools, post offices, and grain elevators, many of Canada's oldest prairi...
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Historic Monterey
Schiffer£18.99| /Step back in time and learn what life was like for people living in Monterey, California, in the 1800s. This charming book displays over 400 beauti...
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Historiography At the Court of Christian Iv
Museum Tusculanum Press (DK)£42.99| /Throughout his reign Christian IV (1588-1648) distinguished himself as a remarkable patron of the arts and sciences. One of the projects to which h...
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Hoboken
Schiffer£27.99| /The storied history of Hoboken, New Jersey has earned the city its stature as the most historic square mile in the state. Through 386 images, see h...
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Holidays and Other Weird Events
Schiffer£22.99| /Explore America's best-loved "no work" days through 380 beautiful and fun postcard images from the early 20th century. They portray specific animal...
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Hong Kong Noir
Blacksmith Books (HK)£9.99| /Hong Kong pathologist Feng Chi-shun once owned a dive bar in Kowloon City: a rough part of town which was home to the Sun Yee On triad gang. During...
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Honoured in Places
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /Ever since the Canadian prairies were first settled and the Mounties marched west to establish and maintain law and order, the names of individual ...
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Hub City
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£20.99| /The Nanaimo Bastion, which marked its 150th anniversary in 2003, remains a prominent symbol of Nanaimo's heritage as an HBC fort, coal-mining centr...
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Hudson's Bay Company Adventures
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /The early history of the Hudson's Bay Company comes alive in these true tales of fur-trade wars, incredible wilderness journeys, hardships and dang...
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Illuminating The Alberta Order of Excellence
University of Alberta Press (CA)£84.99| /The Alberta Order of Excellence is the highest honour the Province of Alberta can bestow on a citizen. Members of The Alberta Order of Excellence c...
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Iron-Bound Coast
Libro International (NZ)£23.99| /"The Iron-Bound Coast" is a New Zealand publishing gem, discovered by Bob Harvey while researching the history of Auckland's spectacular west coast...
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Island Kids
Brindle & Glass (CA)£13.99| /This is a history of British Columbia's island children, told in their voices, from their perspectives. Composed of twenty-two stories, Island Kids...
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James River Reflections
Schiffer£27.99| /Over 250 photos and eloquent text reveal the majesty of Virginia's James River. Explore the river from its humble beginnings on private property to...
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Kerikeri Mission and Kororipo Pa
Otago University Press (NZ)£11.50| /A concise guide to the Kerikeri mission from its inception in 1819 until 1845, when it became a secular settlement and the Stone Store was sold to ...
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Latin American Independence
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£16.99| /Maps and illustrations are included, as are a chronology of the Wars for Independence, suggestions for further reading, and a thorough index.
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Lexington, Kentucky
Schiffer£22.99| /Compare Lexington of the past from postcards with current buildings and scenery using current color photography. The author collected most of the p...
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Lost History of the North Shore
Schiffer£13.99| /Discover information about the first American naval battle, great escapes in the middle of the night, and many historic tidbits that don't often ap...
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Mallee Country
Monash University Publishing£26.99| /Mallee Country tells the compelling history of mallee lands and people across southern Australia from Deep Time to the present. Carefully shaped an...
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MANCHESTER: IT NEVER RAINS...
Empire Publications (UK)£12.95| /Although it didn't originate there, Manchester was transformed by Punk Rock in a more thorough and long-lasting way than anywhere else in the worl...
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Middletown
Schiffer£22.99| /This area of New Jersey was settled in 1665, making it one of earliest communities on the East Coast of America. Read about English settlers and lo...
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Muskoka
Folklore Publishing (CA)£14.99| /Muskoka is a beloved region for summertime frivolity-a popular destination for tourists and cottagers. The region is also home to a remarkably vari...
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Native Chiefs and Famous Métis
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /These inspiring true stories illuminate the courage and wisdom of five 19th-century Native leaders and famous Métis who fought against impossible o...
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Nechako Country
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£18.99| /The indomitable spirit of Bert Irvine is at the heart of Nechako Country, a story that provides a glimpse into a simpler world in simpler times. Af...
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On the Boulevard
Huntington Press Inc (US)£13.99| /This book brings together the best writing of Las Vegas' most popular columnist, the Las Vegas Review Journal's John L Smith. Smith provides singul...
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On The Street Where You Live
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£20.99| /In the mid-1800s, Victoria grew from a fur-trading post into a provincial capital--the jewel in British Columbia's golden crown. Meanwhile, many of...
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On the Street Where You Live
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£20.99| /Today, the streets of Victoria are busy thoroughfares. Yesterday, they were simple trails, used by the Hudson's Bay Company men and the First Natio...
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People of the Lakes
University of Alberta Press (CA)£34.99| /Many people have a mental picture of the Canadian north that juxtaposes beauty with harshness. For the Van Tat Gwich'in, the northern Yukon is home...
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People of the Moonshell
American Travellers Press (US)£19.99| /With their sensitive eye for natural beauties, the Indians called their river The Moonshell. When the French explorers first poled up its waters, t...
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Persian Gulf -- The Rise of the Gulf Arabs
Mage Publishers Inc (US)£33.50| /The history of the Persian Gulf during the 18th century is still little known. This gap is now being filled by the historian and renowned scholar W...
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Philadelphia Area Cemeteries
Schiffer£11.99| /Tour the cemeteries of Pennsylvania's three original counties (Philadelphia, Delaware, and Chester--"The Birthplace of America"). This fascinating ...
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Philip Timms' Vancouver
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£40.99| /In Philip Timms' Vancouver, the city's "golden age" has been captured with spirit and style by one of British Columbia's foremost photographers. Ph...
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Quantico
Schiffer£36.99| /Learn Quantico, Virginia's history from the 1500s to the early 2000s. More than 300 images trace this sleepy town's evolution where the United Stat...
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Railways Studios
Te Papa Press£53.99| /On the 100th anniversary of its creation, this book celebrates Railways Studios - the design studio of the New Zealand Railways - and its role in h...
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Rancho de las Golondrinas
Museum of New Mexico Press (US)£40.99| /An account of the early history of El Rancho de las Golondrinas from the ranch's beginnings to its establishment as a living history museum, includ...
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Rebel Women of the West Coast
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /Here are the stories of singularly courageous West Coast women--driven, obsessed, sometimes desperate people whose nonconformist beliefs and action...
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Rediscovering the Prairies
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£20.99| /In the early days, Plains Indians travelled on foot across the vast Canadian prairies, with only fierce, wolf-like dogs as companions. Later, with ...
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Regional Integration in Early Modern Scandinavia
Odense University Press (DK)£28.00| /In the Nordic countries regions and regionalism have played a central role in politics, administration, economic and cultural life for a long time....
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Reminiscences of Manchester
Empire Publications (UK)£11.95| /Written over the course of his lifetime, Louis Hayes' memoirs of Manchester life, "Reminiscences of Manchester" is an evocative memoir of the city'...
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Rocky Mountain Madness
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£15.99| /This entertaining collection of historical photographs, amusing newspaper accounts, reminiscences and letters celebrates the capricious antics that...
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