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A beautifully illustrated guide to timber-framed buildings and how they have been constructed from medieval times to the nineteenth century.

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An illustrated introduction to rites and traditions relating to death, funerary rites and commemoration, from Medieval times to the present day.

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A beautifully illustrated history of the car manufacturer Vauxhall from its first model in 1903 through some of the most successful car models of the late twentieth century and up to the modern day.

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The story of Lambretta and Vespa scooters in the UK and their social history.

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A beautifully illustrated guide to the world of Victorian stained glass and its manufacturers and designers.

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Walled kitchen gardens were found in the grounds of most large country houses in Britain and Ireland. They were designed to provide a continual supply of fruit, flowers and vegetables. The remains of these gardens can still be seen, some converted to other uses, some simply abandoned. This book examines the history of these old kitchen gardens.

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An illustrated introduction to how British industries, supported by thousands of newly recruited women, strove to meet the nation's wartime need for munitions, armour, shipping, uniforms and aircraft.

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Explores the development of witchcraft and of the belief in it, the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century obsession that spawned witch-hunting, the eventual decline of witchcraft, and the phenomenon's fascinating 'afterlife' that has involved the Nazis' fixation and modern treatments including Arthur Miller's acclaimed The Crucible.

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How women donned goggles and gloves to fly through a predominantly man's world and on into the age of equality.

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Traces the history of the trolleybus since the first experiments in this mode of electric transport were conducted over a century ago.

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Traces the history of Quakerism through the tumultuous period of the Civil War and Restoration, its zealous and unrelenting opposition to the slave trade, and its continued work at the forefront of peacemaking, poverty relief, conflict resolution and charity.

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Heritage railways are a serious matter, bringing visitors, employment and a sense of local identity to regions throughout Britain. This title tells the story of this phenomenon and looks at the range of challenges that have been overcome to create the vibrant world of the Heritage railway that we enjoy today.

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"Sailing Barges".

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Shows the growth of iron making from the Middle Ages, covering the importation of blast-furnace methods in the fifteenth century, the adoption of coke as a fuel in the eighteenth century, and the invention of mass-produced steel in the nineteenth century.

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Although lacking the weapons of today, Victorian soldiers were no different from their present-day successors. This volume aims to bring these soldiers to life through their uniforms, weapons, equipment and illustrations of them at war and at peace.

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William De Morgan designed and manufactured ceramics from 1870 to 1907, and lifelong friendships with William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones placed him at the heart of the Arts and Crafts revolution. After designing stained glass for William Morris, De Morgan set up his own pottery works. This book offers a look at the man and his works.

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William Morris' many-sided career placed him at the centre of an age and culture he both condemned and shaped. This is an illustrated biography of William Morris, who is an artist, designer, poet, weaver, dyer, calligrapher, printer, businessman, journalist and novelist.