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This is the story of a village in East Anglia, astride its common stream, a saga of continuity and change which stretches back across a landscape of two thousand years

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A journey through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse track, to a medieval parish and staging post for travellers, onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats and an 18th century resort of pleasure gardens eventually transformed by a warren of railway lines.

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The Glasgow Enlightenmentis widely regarded as the first book to explore the nature and accomplishments of the Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Glasgow in a comprehensive manner. This edition features a new bibliographical preface by Richard B. Sher.

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Part of the "Gwent County History" series, this work covers the history of Gwent from pre-historic times to the twentieth century. It deals with the Age of the Marcher Lordships, 1070-1536, from the coming of the Norman conquerors to the acts of Union between Wales and England, dealing with many aspects of the region's history.

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The first and finest handbook for travelers of the Old American West. First published in 1859, "The Prairie Traveler" was the indispensable book for looking to follow the American dream, pull up stakes, head into the wilderness of the frontier, and build a new life out West.

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Pioneering account of San Antonio's Spanish-era acequia system

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The story of the founding and growth of one of the nation's exceptional institutions for higher learning

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Take an intimate promenade through Paris with some 500 images from Eugne Atget, the flneur photographer who excelled in city "documents." Down main streets and side streets, through courtyards, arcades, and the city's 20 arrondissements, we find a unique portrait of a beloved city and the making of a photographic master, hailed by Man Ray, Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, and beyond.

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Hometown Tales: Celebrating regional voices
A compelling fiction set in the Scottish Highlands and a memoir of growing up in the Hebrides

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Many travellers have had their imaginations captured by the beautiful Hebridean island of Islay and have been moved to write about it, among them the renowned Thomas Pennant and Martin Martin. But Ileachs - the natives of Islay - have also been inspired to record their experience.

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With 200 thought-provoking and lighthearted writing prompts and exercises organized into chapters based on her life, My Grandmother's Life guides your grandmother to begin her life's memoir and create a fully realized record of her adventures, stories, and wisdom for you and your family to cherish for future generations.

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With 200 thought-provoking and lighthearted writing prompts and exercises organized into chapters based on life stages, My Life Story gets you started on your life's memoir and allows you to create a fully realized record of your adventures.

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Provides a fresh and revealing perspective on this celebrated heritage suburb in Sydney - one of the largest and most intact Victorian enclaves in the world. Leading historians and specialists explore the makeup of Paddington's diverse community and discuss the evolution of the suburb's unique architecture and landscape.

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Stories from Britain's largest oral history project.

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A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-gatherers penetrated into the virgin interior, where Celtic warlords ruled, the Romans came but could not conquer, and where the glittering kingdom of Northumbria thrived.

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The book brings vividly to life the passions and hopes of four generations, amid tales of wealth inherited and lost, eccentricity, sexual indiscretion and madness.