Local Interest, Family History
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The University of Alberta Library
The University of Alberta Press (CA)£15.99| /Although its mission and centrality to teaching and research remain fundamentally unchanged, the University of Alberta Library of today bears scant...
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The Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay
Tidewater-Cornell Maritime£31.99| /"I must have presented a strange and humorous sight to him as I carefully approached on the rickety pier, arms slightly extended for balance. Camer...
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These Hamptons
Schiffer£45.99| /In over 180 vivid color photos, this beautiful book provides a photographic exploration of the lifestyles and landscape of Long Island's famed East...
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Thompson's Highway
Ronsdale Press (CA)£19.99| /Twigg traces the writings of David Thompson, Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser and thirty of their peers, mainly Scotsmen, who founded and managed ...
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Thousand Years of Russian History
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)£190.99| /The mighty Russian Empire was not built in a day -- from a small beginning and by a number of different processes it has grown to its present dimen...
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Three Against the Wilderness
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£18.99| /Timeless tales about wilderness living. Eric Collier's riveting recollections about the 26 years that he, his wife Lillian and son Veasy spent home...
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Three Centuries in a Cape Cod Village
Schiffer£31.99| /Life has changed in this beautiful seaside village on the elbow of Cape Cod since pioneers William and Anne Busby Nickerson bought it from the Mono...
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To Touch a Dream
Ronsdale Press (CA)£16.99| /This warm-hearted memoir tells the story of the dream of many North Americans: to throw up a dull job and journey into the wilderness to live off t...
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Tour to Preston Guild in 1802
Harris Museum & Art Gallery (UK)£5.00| /An hilarious, never before published account of a trip to the 1802 Preston Guild from a young man not afraid to have a good time and express his op...
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Trapped in the Green Line
Rustem (CY)£9.99| /Includes CD-ROM. When I began to write this book, in order to promote my documentary mainly to the Greek Cypriots who would not have the chance to ...
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Treasure Under the Tundra
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /It is said that the sparkle from Canadian diamonds mimics the awesome and seductive radiance of the northern lights. Yet until 1991, no one thought...
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True Tales of the American Southwest
Clear Light Publishers (US)£17.99| /Compiled here are the recollections of some remarkable men and women who experienced frontier life in the American Southwest during the latter part...
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Turkey Hill -- A Family Vision
Schiffer£15.99| /Have you ever wondered why a leading regional brand of ice cream and tea calls itself Turkey Hill? Recalling more simplistic times when local milkm...
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UBCM (Union of British Columbia Municipalities)
Granville Island Publishing (CA)£38.99| /This book provides readers with accessible and thought-provoking commentary, teamed with newspaper accounts and personal anecdotes. The book is amp...
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Vancouver Kids
Brindle & Glass (CA)£13.99| /Children and teenagers stroll between the skyscrapers in Vancouver and experience the city in a different way than adults do. They have helped Vanc...
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Vienna
Ariadne Press (US)£16.99| /The best access to Vienna is through its history. This chronologically organised survey of Vienna from its origins to the present does not presuppo...
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Voices of the Chesapeake Bay
DIST£18.99| /The Voices of the Chesapeake Bay radio show has featured hundreds of people who live, work, and play on the Chesapeake Bay. Now host Michael Buckle...
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Voices of the Chesapeake Bay
DIST£27.99| /The Voices of the Chesapeake Bay radio show has featured hundreds of people who live, work, and play on the Chesapeake Bay. Now host Michael Buckle...
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Weird U.S. Laws
Blue Bike Books (CA)£14.99| /Curious about what you can and can't do across the continental U.S.? Don't even think about putting salt on a railroad track in Alabama; you could ...
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West Chester History
Schiffer£22.99| /Explore the county seat of Chester County, in the southeast corner of Pennsyvania. Its rich history and beautiful environs have made West Chester a...
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When Edmonton Was Young
University of Alberta Press (CA)£16.99| /Edmonton, circa 1910, never thought of itself as small. The citizens were young, an unlikely concentration of resourceful individuals attracted fro...
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When the Great Spirit Died
Linden Publishing (US)£20.99| /The most persistent enemy of the native Californians was the firmly rooted white philosophy which preached that, one way or another, the Indian was...
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Will the Real Alberta Please Stand Up?
University of Alberta Press (CA)£29.99| /One little question propels both author and reader on a genre-bending quest to find the elusive essence of a Canadian province built on sturdy ster...
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Wisdom of Angels
Branden Publishing Co (US)£15.99| /The Abruzzese village was as one would expect -- replete with copper-coloured roofs, mountain pine trees, ageing edifices, and a host of onlookers ...
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