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A Site of Convergence
Monash University PublishingOriginal price £26.99Current price £17.54| /17 September 2011 will mark 10 years exactly since the formal opening of the Monash University Prato Centre, Monash Universitys teaching and resear...
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Georgia
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)Original price £61.99Current price £40.29| /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
SchifferOriginal price £15.99Current price £11.99| /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
SchifferOriginal price £22.99Current price £17.24| /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)Original price £26.99Current price £17.54| /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
SchifferOriginal price £27.99Current price £18.19| /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)Original price £15.99Current price £11.99| /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
SchifferOriginal price £18.99Current price £14.24| /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)Original price £42.99Current price £27.94| /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
SchifferOriginal price £22.99Current price £17.24| /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)Original price £20.99Current price £15.74| /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)Original price £84.99Current price £55.24| /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)Original price £23.99Current price £17.99| /"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)Original price £13.99Current price £12.99| /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
SchifferOriginal price £27.99Current price £18.19| /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)Original price £16.99Current price £12.74| /Maps and illustrations are included, as are a chronology of the Wars for Independence, suggestions for further reading, and a thorough index.