Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia
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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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No Foreign Bones in China
University of Alberta Press (CA)£21.99| /Noted Canadian journalist Peter Stursberg traces his family's history in China through the Opium Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Second World Wa...
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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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