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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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"A collection of diary entries and photographs by Milton Gendel"--

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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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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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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 story of one of Scotland's oldest families, from whose estate in Perthshire the world-famous Gleneagles Hotel took its name.

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A gripping memoir and revelatory investigation into the history of the Foundling Hospital and one girl who grew up in its care - the author's own mother.

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Hidden and long-forgotten stories of frontier San Antonio

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A Journey in Search of Ancestors shows the pleasure and understanding to be gained from a study of family history. As Christopher Pope writes: "So many of us have fascinating forebears, and it just needs time and patience to discover them."

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The Shropshire Hills are alive with stories, and each year, a lucky few will hear these weird and wonderful tales as they accompany landscape detective Keith Pybus on his walks around this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Now, for the first time, these stories have been committed to print for all to enjoy.

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The 1930s came in with the Great Depression and went out with World War II. Amid the political upheavals and social unrest, it was a decade that saw traditions shaken to their roots and new thinking taking centre-stage. In this book the black-and-white contrasts of this revolutionary decade are captured vividly in words and pictures.

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A compact, easy-to-use guide to internet sources for family historians.

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Tracing your family history is every more popular and this new guide will be invaluable for those interested in researching their Scottish roots.

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This book is the ideal companion for anybody researching their family tree. It provides advice and inspiration on methods and problem-solving and helps the amateur family historian understand what successful professionals do to get results, and why we should copy them.

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The Isle of Man is best known as a holiday destination and as the venue of the TT motorcycle races. This book tells the story of the island's evolution, from its geological birth pangs in the Cambrian Period of pre-history, some 500 million years ago, to the Viking raids and settlements of the eighth to thirteenth centuries.

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A quirky collection of true stories from the stranger depths of the Thames's history, including the world's first submarine, Lord Nelson's final journey and an infamous Sex Pistols concert.

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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.