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81 produkter
Bridgerton Revisited
Women, Fashion & Society in the Regency Period
Inbunden, 2026
263 kr
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Bridgerton Revisited is the first book to place the hugely successful Netflix production Bridgerton in its historical context, the Regency Period of English history which ran from around 17295 until 1837.This eagerly anticipated book is in three parts: Part One examines in detail the social history …
History of the World in 100 Pandemics, Plagues and Epidemics
Inbunden, 2021
271 kr
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This revelatory book charts and explains the impact and consequences of successive pandemics, plagues and epidemics on the course of world history - all through the lens of today's ongoing global experience of COVID 19\. Ranging from prehistory to the present day, it first defines what constitutes …
Chocolate
The British Chocolate Industry
Av Paul Chrystal, Joe Dickinson
Häftad, 2011
126 kr
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The British passion for chocolate is centuries old and shows no signs of abating.Paul Chrystal here tells the story of chocolate in Britain, from its arrival in the late sixteen hundreds, through the glory days of such brands as Cadbury's, Fry's and Rowntree's in the nineteenth and twentieth …
Chocolate
The British Chocolate Industry
Av Paul Chrystal, Joe Dickinson
E-bok, 2013
126 kr
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The British passion for chocolate is centuries old and shows no signs of abating. Paul Chrystal here tells the story of chocolate in Britain, from its arrival in the late sixteen hundreds, through the glory days of such brands as Cadbury''s, Fry''s and Rowntree''s in the nineteenth and twentieth …
Chocolate
The British Chocolate Industry
Av Paul Chrystal, Joe Dickinson
E-bok, 2013
122 kr
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Kit Kat, Turkish Delight, Creme Egg, Rolo and All Gold: they are all as much a part of British life as were the companies that made them and which led the chocolate revolution in the nineteenth century: Rowntree''s, Fry''s, Cadbury''s, Mackintosh and Terry''s. This book charts the history of …
Jack Youll VC, Great War Hero
And the First World War on the Western Front and in Italy
Inbunden, 2025
271 kr
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John (‘Jack’) Scott Youll (June 1897- 27 October 1918) was a colliery electrician from a small village near Hartlepool, County Durham, before volunteering for the Army in 1915. Joining 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, he showed early promise and was selected for officer training. He first …
Trailblazing Women of the Industrial Revolution
Inbunden, 2026
271 kr
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We hear a lot about the contribution of men to the brave new world which began to emerge in the mid-18th century with the start of the Industrial Revolution; and we can read the uplifting story of the tens of thousands of women who clocked on at the mills, mines and factories to resolutely power …
History of the World in 100 Pandemics, Plagues and Epidemics
E-bok, 2021
148 kr
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This "timely, topical, informative [and] exceptionally well written" history explores the impact of disease from prehistoric plagues to Covid-19 (Midwest Book Review). Historian Paul Chrystal charts how human civilization has grappled with successive pandemics, plagues, and epidemics across …
History of the World in 100 Pandemics, Plagues and Epidemics
E-bok, 2021
148 kr
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This "timely, topical, informative [and] exceptionally well written" history explores the impact of disease from prehistoric plagues to Covid-19 (Midwest Book Review). Historian Paul Chrystal charts how human civilization has grappled with successive pandemics, plagues, and epidemics across …
Factory Girls
The Working Lives of Women and Children
Inbunden, 2022
280 kr
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Ever since there have been factories women and children have, more often than not, worked in those factories. What is perhaps less well known is that women also worked underground in coal mines and overground scaling the inside of chimneys. Young children were also put to work in factories and …
Factory Girls
The Working Lives of Women & Children
E-bok, 2022
132 kr
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Ever since there have been factories women and children have, more often than not, worked in those factories. What is perhaps less well known is that women also worked underground in coal mines and overground scaling the inside of chimneys. Young children were also put to work in factories and …
Factory Girls
The Working Lives of Women and Children
E-bok, 2022
132 kr
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Ever since there have been factories women and children have, more often than not, worked in those factories. What is perhaps less well known is that women also worked underground in coal mines and overground scaling the inside of chimneys. Young children were also put to work in factories and …
Roman Empire and the Wider World
The Two-way Trade of Goods, Culture, Knowledge and Religion
Inbunden, 2025
280 kr
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Much has been written about the great extent encompassed by the Roman Empire's borders, their armies’ attempts to expand and defend them, and about the extent to which ‘Romanization’ imposed a uniform culture within them. But far less attention has been lavished on Rome's relations with the wider …
Seaforth Highlanders
Aiding the King, 1881-1961
Inbunden, 2025
334 kr
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Formed in 1881 through the amalgamation of two line infantry regiments, 72nd Regiment and 78th (Highland) Regiment, the Seaforth Highlanders fought in various late colonial wars in Africa (invasion of Egypt, Mahdist War, 2nd Boer War) and India (Hazara Campaigns and Chitral Expedition, Northwest …
World-Changing Women
150 Women who Rewrote the Histories of Ancient Egypt, Israel, Greece and Rome
Inbunden, 2024
232 kr
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Countless books have been written about prominent women in Greece and Rome, so we know all about Medea, Sappho, Lucretia, Boudica and Cleopatra and their significant actions and achievements. This book extends the invaluable story of women in early history to pre-classical civilisations, ancient …
Women at Work in World Wars I and II
Factories, Farms and the Military and Civil Services
Inbunden, 2024
274 kr
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This book is about women in World Wars I & II - women working in factories and on farms, or toiling perilously in field stations just behind the front lines, in inhospitable hospitals and convalescent homes. It is, therefore, about the prodigious contribution women made to the war efforts from …
Women at Work in World Wars I and II
Factories, Farms and the Military and Civil Services
E-bok, 2024
150 kr
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This book is about women in World Wars I & II - women working in factories and on farms, or toiling perilously in field stations just behind the front lines, in inhospitable hospitals and convalescent homes. It is, therefore, about the prodigious contribution women made to the war efforts from …
Gunners from the Sky
1st Air Landing Light Regiment in Italy and at Arnhem, 1942 44
Av Paul Chrystal, David Chrystal
Inbunden, 2023
280 kr
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This is the story of the 1st Air Landing Light Regiment RA and its role in the Italian campaign and at the Battle of Arnhem. It is also the story of one of its soldiers: 14283058 Gunner Eric Wright Chrystal, father of the authors. Eric joined the army in September 1942 and, after training, joined …
Bioterrorism and Biological Warfare
Disease as a Weapon of War
Inbunden, 2023
271 kr
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This important, disturbing and timely book focuses on on the use of disease and germs as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) and the threat bioterrorism poses in an increasingly unpredictable and volatile future for the world.For context it traces developments from the earliest primitive but …
Bioterrorism & Biological Warfare
Disease as a Weapon of War
E-bok, 2023
186 kr
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A timely examination of the use of disease and germs as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) and the threat bioterrorism poses in an increasingly unpredictable and volatile future. This important, disturbing and timely book focuses on on the use of disease and germs as a weapon of mass destruction …
Bioterrorism & Biological Warfare
Disease as a Weapon of War
E-bok, 2023
186 kr
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A timely examination of the use of disease and germs as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) and the threat bioterrorism poses in an increasingly unpredictable and volatile future. This important, disturbing and timely book focuses on on the use of disease and germs as a weapon of mass destruction …
Book in the Ancient World
How the Wisdom of the Ages Was Preserved
Inbunden, 2026
312 kr
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This is both a history of books as objects and artefacts but also a social history about the use and transmission (or restriction) of knowledge in the ancient world. The author sets the scene by discussing the invention of writing and the development of the various alphabets. He then surveys the …
York Industries Through Time
Av Paul Chrystal, Simon Crossley
Häftad, 2012
187 kr
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The foundations of York's commercial identity lie in the powerful medieval guilds that controlled and organised business development here until the nineteenth century. Unlike other Yorkshire towns, York, a major ecclesiastical centre and a fashionable 'tourist' city, was largely untouched by the …
In & Around York District Through Time
Av Paul Chrystal, Simon Crossley
Häftad, 2011
187 kr
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A fascinating and informative look at one of Europe's finest cities and some of the delightful villages which surround it. The book uniquely features a selection of images from the renowned Evelyn Collection of Slides, which depict the city in a highly atmospheric way; they were collected by a man …
Redcar, Marske & Saltburn Through Time
Av Paul Chrystal, Simon Crossley
Häftad, 2011
183 kr
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Redcar, Marske & Saltburn Through Time is a wonderful collection of old and new photographs of this historic area of Yorkshire. The older images are printed alongside a contemporary full colour photograph, which illustrates the same scene. The contrasting illustrations show how the area has changed …
Selby & Goole Through Time
Häftad, 2012
187 kr
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This is the first book to be published which takes a then and now view of Selby, Goole, Cawood and Howden. In Selby we see the magnificent Abbey, its calamitous history and wonderful windows; and the River Ouse and the Selby Canal, powerful commercial arteries which shaped the development of the …
Secret Middlesbrough
Av Paul Chrystal, Stan Laundon
Häftad, 2015
187 kr
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Middlesbrough may have only been a hamlet in the early nineteenth century, but that all changed with the arrival of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, which led to the former farmstead soon becoming a cauldron of industrial activity. It is also home to many impressive works of architecture that are …
Leeds in 50 Buildings
Häftad, 2016
178 kr
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Buildings are among the crucial features that define a city. They create the cityscape and form the horizon while, at a more personal level, they provide the homes for its citizens, their places of education, worship, entertainment, arts and commerce.The fifty buildings described in this book chart …
Central Leeds Through Time
Häftad, 2016
187 kr
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The city of Leeds, self-proclaimed ‘Capital of the North’, has come a long way since receiving its first charter in 1207. From its early developments during the Industrial Revolution, it has become a major area for the production of wool, engineering and printing. Today, with its legal and …
Bramhall Through Time
Av Simon Crossley, Paul Chrystal
Häftad, 2016
187 kr
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Bramhall is a thriving, bustling and leafy suburb of Stockport, close to Manchester. It has been voted the least ‘lonely place’ in Britain; according to research from the University of Sheffield, Bramhall came bottom of the loneliness index nationwide. It has a rich history stretching back to the …
