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Beautiful Music All Around Us
Field Recordings and the American Experience
Av Stephen Wade
2012
417 kr
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The Beautiful Music All Around Us presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field recordings between 1934 and 1942 in locations reaching from Southern Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and the Great Plains. Including the children's play …
Our Common Life
Folksong from the Front Porch to the Concert Hall
Av Stephen Wade
Inbunden, 2026
354 kr
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"I can't teach you, but I can show you." With these words, Kentucky balladeer Doc Hopkins shared his musical knowledge with a willing student, summoning an independent streak deeply embedded in the American character. His words capture the informal creativity and colloquial practice that marks folk …
Beautiful Music All Around Us
Field Recordings and the American Experience
Av Stephen Wade
Häftad, 2015
224 kr
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The Beautiful Music All Around Us presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field recordings between 1934 and 1942 in locations reaching from Southern Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and the Great Plains. Including the children's play …
Beautiful Music All Around Us
Field Recordings and the American Experience
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2012
390 kr
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The Beautiful Music All Around Us presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field recordings between 1934 and 1942 in locations reaching from Southern Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and the Great Plains. Including the children''s …
In My Own Shire
Region and Belonging in British Writing, 1840-1970
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2002
1076 kr
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An overview of 19th- and 20th-century writing from the British Isles shows a constant interplay between metropolitan centers and regional peripheries—an interplay that points to the basic importance of place and belonging in literary creation and evaluation. This volume examines the relationship …
In My Own Shire
Region and Belonging in British Writing, 1840-1970
Av Stephen Wade
Inbunden, 2002
985 kr
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An overview of 19th- and 20th-century writing from the British Isles shows a constant interplay between metropolitan centers and regional peripheries—an interplay that points to the basic importance of place and belonging in literary creation and evaluation. This volume examines the relationship …
A-Z of Curious Lincolnshire
Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics
Av Stephen Wade
Häftad, 2011
178 kr
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Curious Tales from Lincolnshire is filled with hilarious and surprising examples of folklore, eccentrics, historical and literary events, and popular culture from days gone by, all taken from Lincolnshire’s tumultuous history. Here the reader will meet forgers, poets, aristocrats, politicians and …
Jane Austen’s Aunt Behind Bars
Writers and their Criminal Relatives and Associates, 1700–1900
Av Stephen Wade
Häftad, 2013
204 kr
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The collected essays explore the lives of several writers in Georgian and Victorian Britain, in terms of their knowledge and experience of prison life. This book focuses on the lives of the writers themselves, or on the prison stretches endured by their relatives or acquaintances. Some of these …
Jane Austen's Aunt Behind Bars
Writers and their Criminal Relatives and Associates, 1700–1900
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2013
107 kr
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The collected essays explore the lives of several writers in Georgian and Victorian Britain, in terms of their knowledge and experience of prison life. This book focuses on the lives of the writers themselves, or on the prison stretches endured by their relatives or acquaintances. Some of these …
Rejected: Literary Failure and My Contribution to It
Av Stephen Wade
Häftad, 2017
356 kr
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Worlds of Dorothy L. Sayers
The Life and Works of the Crime Writer and Poet
Av Stephen Wade
Inbunden, 2025
282 kr
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Dorothy L. Sayers: the name conjures images of Lord Peter Wimsey's sleuthing adventures, and masterful translations of Dante. Yet, she was more than a literary luminary of the interwar Golden Age of crime fiction; she was a trailblazer, a feminist, and a scholar, whose influence resonates to this …
History of Criminal Tudor England
Av Stephen Wade
Inbunden, 2026
239 kr
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From noble intrigues at the restless royal court to the rough justice of parish life, A History of Criminal Tudor England explores how law, transgression, and faith shaped a society perched between medieval order and modern ambition. In a world ruled by the rhythm of the church and the uncertainty …
Jewish American Literature since 1945
An Introduction
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2013
837 kr
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Jewish American writing is an exciting and controversial genre within post-war literature. Jewish American Literature since 1945 offers a student guide to the major writers, their key works, and their cultural and philosophical backgrounds. The theoretical underpinnings of the literature--including …
Jewish American Literature since 1945
An Introduction
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2013
837 kr
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Jewish American writing is an exciting and controversial genre within post-war literature. Jewish American Literature since 1945 offers a student guide to the major writers, their key works, and their cultural and philosophical backgrounds. The theoretical underpinnings of the literature--including …
Dark History of York
Av Stephen Wade
Häftad, 2027
187 kr
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Founded as a garrison town by the Romans, taken over by the Anglo-Saxons then captured by the Vikings, York’s early history was a mixture of turbulence and prosperity. Local uprisings against Norman invaders led to the building of York Castle but during the Middle Ages the city become a wealthy …
Dictionary of True Crime
A Reference Guide to the Dark and Curious Crimes of British History
Av Stephen Wade
Inbunden, 2024
232 kr
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A Dictionary of True Crime is a guide to the most compelling cases of extreme and violent crime in the writing files, from the 17th century to present day. Amongst notorious criminals like Jack the Ripper and the Moors Murderers, lesser-known but provoking cases which have occupied the writer’s …
Women Writers’ Revolution: More than Bloomsbury
The Success of Female Authors during the Interwar Years
Av Stephen Wade
Inbunden, 2025
274 kr
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In The Women Writers' Revolution, embark on a captivating journey through the dynamic social fabric of Britain from the aftermath of the First World War through to the burgeoning regional writing movement of the 1950s. This illuminating account not only delves into the literary achievements of …
From the Battle of Britain to the Korean War
Serving in the Women''s Voluntary Service and Auxiliary Air Force, 1940–1954
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2023
169 kr
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In 1941, Beryl Baxter, a dressmaker from Grimsby, signed up to do her bit in the Battle of Britain. She was to serve as a plotter as aircraftswoman in the WAAF and, upon discharge in 1949 she began life as a welfare worker for the Women''s Voluntary Service. Her postings included the Korean War, …
Escapes from the Noose
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2010
169 kr
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Over the centuries of British history, from the Anglo-Saxons to the 1960s, our society imposed the death penalty for serious crime. In the Regency years, the number of capital offences increased to over 200. But by the side of retribution there was always clemency. What could save a felon from the …
Rowlandson's Human Comedy
A Biography of the Regency Artist
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2011
148 kr
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Thomas Rowlandson was one of the most productive and influential artists of Britain''s Regency years. He worked hard and enjoyed the company of friends and fellow artists, and his client base was immense. His caricatures and satires of contemporary society have in many ways defined our iconic …
Yorkshire Murders & Misdemeanours
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2009
169 kr
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Yorkshire Murders & Misdemeanours invites the reader to take a look at the dark side of life. This gruesome collection of historical murders and misdemeanours vividly brings to life a selection of true crimes; crimes which took place on the streets, on public transport, in homes, pubs, prisons, …
No More Soldiering
Conscientious Objectors of the First World War
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2016
189 kr
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The enduring legacy of those who said ‘No’.January 2016 marks the centenary of the Military Service Act, which brought in conscription after the large-scale loss of manpower in the major campaigns of the Western Front. The Act was to create a sustained and dramatic confrontation between the …
Count of Scotland Yard
The Controversial Life and Cases of DCS Herbert Hannam
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2018
194 kr
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Bert Hannam was a dapper, charismatic figure in the Scotland Yard of the post-war years. As a young sergeant he made his name in London, and soon became a presence in the world of criminal investigation. When the most dramatic and sensational murders of the mid-fifties came along, he was in the …
Harrogate and Ripon in the Great War
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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Harrogate and Ripon, just a few miles apart in one of the most beautiful localities in Yorkshire, have rarely had their contributions to the Great War told all together, in one volume. Stephen Wade has written an account of their importance, from the Ripon camps, where thousands of infantrymen for …
Going to Extremes
The Adventurous Life of Harry de Windt
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2021
130 kr
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Harry de Windt (1856–1933) was a man who, by any standards, was a personality, a marked presence in the world of Victorian and Edwardian literature and social life. He was a member of the literary circle around Oscar Wilde and his friend and lover, Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas); he was active in the …
The Justice Women
The Female Presence in the Criminal Justice System 1800-1970
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2021
130 kr
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The first policewomen were established during the Great War, but with no powers of arrest; the first women lawyers did not practise until the early twentieth century, and despite the fact that women worked as matrons in Victorian prisons, there were few professional women working as prison officers …
Grimsby in the Great War
Av Stephen Wade
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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Grimsby in the Great War is a detailed account of how the experience of war impacted on the seaside town of Grimsby from the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, to the long-awaited peace of 1918. Grimsby and Cleethorpes were among the most vulnerable and exposed British towns in August 1914 when the …
Lost to the Sea
Britain's Vanished Coastal Communities: The Yorkshire Coast & Holderness
Av Stephen Wade
Häftad, 2017
157 kr
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Once there was a Roman settlement on what is now Filey Brig. In Holderness, a prosperous town called Ravenser saw kings and princes on its soil, and its progress threatened the good people of Grimsby. But the Romans and the Ravenser folk are long gone, as are their streets and buildings sunk …
Lost to the Sea
Britain's Vanished Coastal Communities: Norfolk and Suffolk
Av Stephen Wade
Häftad, 2017
166 kr
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_Lost to the Sea: Norfolk & Suffolk_ relates the stories of how the human communities along the coast of these counties maintained their struggle with the sea. From very early Neolithic times, when global changes created the Continental Shelf and raised the cliffs along Britain's eastern …
Tracing Your Prisoner Ancestors
A Guide for Family Historians
Av Stephen Wade
Häftad, 2020
176 kr
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The history of the British prison system only had systematic records from the middle of the nineteenth century. Before that, material on prisoners in local gaols and houses of correction was patchy and minimal. In more recent times, many prison records have been destroyed.In Tracing Your Prisoner …