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Karori Streets 18412019 explores the stories of the people, places and events behind the street names which reflect the vibrant history of Karori. Discover how Hauraki and Paparata Streets were named, the origins behind Flers Street, Messines Road and Lemnos Avenue, and the families identified with Donald, Eagle and Raine Streets.

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(Paperback)

Mt. Cook's grandeur was always going to attract attention. From the first intrepid travellers and the early pioneers to today's adventure tourists, the region has always been a mecca for visitors. With many never previously published stories and pictures, Life at the Top: Tales from Aoraki-Mt. Cook describes their colourful lives.

(Hardback)

Charting the quirky past of one of the most important cities in the world, this title challenges what you thought you knew and blow your mind with things you most certainly didn't.

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LONDONTOWN is a photographic love letter to this bustling world capital.

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(Paperback, Illustrated edition)

Chinese who have become Christians in Aotearoa New Zealand have had significant impact and influence on the Christian churches & their communities. Christian missionaries offered reliable, first-hand perspectives of events in China and of the Chinese. They have informed and altered public attitudes, often towards more positive views.

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Chinese laundries first opened in the 1880s and were an integral part of New Zealand's social fabric until the 1950s. How did they develop in towns from Southland to the Far North before slowly disappearing after the 1940sStarch Work by Experts: tells the story of the laundrymen, their families and customers.

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The exploits of a hapless cat for whom nine lives are not nearly enough

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From petticoat duels and lucky cats to the Stiffs Express, Lord Nelson's spare nose, the Piccadilly earthquake and the Great Beer Flood of 1814, this book takes you on a captivating, wildly entertaining tour of the city you think you know, unearthing the capital's secrets and commemorating its rich, colourful and unusual history.

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(Paperback)

'After Mark Cockers glorious book, you will never look at a blackberry bush the same way again.'
Philip Hoare, New Statesman

In 2001 Mark Cocker moved to Claxton, a small village in Norfolk.

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A collection of stories about Daniel Boone and his neighbors. A first hand account of the early pioneers in and around the greater St. Charles and St. Louis, Missouri area.
This collection has been stored in my families basements for three generations. We found these and many other documents in several boxes with my Great Grandfathers name on it. It took over a year to get to this point.

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Twenty years ago, Jacqueline Yallop was leading guided walks at Nenthead, one of a network of model villages which sprang up across Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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Using archive photos from the 1870s to the 1980s matched with the same view today, Dublin Then and Now shows how the city has changed over 150 years to become a vibrant tourist destination rich in literary connections.

(Paperback, Main)

How Dublin grew from Viking settlement to capital city of Ireland: a one-of-its kind comprehensive history of one of the most popular cities in the world.

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Includes sections on MARITIME GREENWICH - home of the Maritime museum and the CUTTY SARK; ROYAL GREENWICH - Greenwich Park was Henry VIII's favourite residence and where he met Anne Boleyn; SCIENTIFIC GREENWICH - home of the Royal Observatory and GMT and of course The Dome itself.

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(Hardback)

Climb the famous 311 steps of the Monument, go from East to West and back again at Greenwich and fly the world's biggest big wheel.

Brimming with facts, stories and snippets providing a spellbinding insight into the history of London, this beautifully illustrated gem of a book is guaranteed to inform and amuse in equal measure.

(Hardback)

To uncover the spellbinding tales that lie hidden within Scotland's wild and romantic shores, to experience what inspired the country's powerful literature and towering castles, and to tread in the footsteps of her villains and victors, is to capture the spirit of this fascinating country and bring every place you visit to life.

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In this captivating book bestselling author Christopher Winn turns his attention to the Scottish people, taking us on an eye-opening journey around their homeland, discovering en route the intriguing and surprising ways the places and their history contribute to the Scottish character.

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(Paperback)

From the sources of the Fleet in Hampstead's ponds to the mouth of the Effra in Vauxhall, via the meander of the Westbourne through 'Knight's Bridge' and the Tyburn's curve along Marylebone Lane, this title unearths the hidden waterways that flow beneath the streets of London.

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A short, entertaining and passionate history of London by the bestselling author of The Victorians.