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Nation to Nation

Published 11 March 2021

Scotland has a distinctive place in the world. Nation to Nation explores how this unique relationship with the rest of the world has developed over the years and how it manifests itself today. In this book Stephen Gethins combines his knowledge from years of work in the field - from the conflict zones of the former Soviet Union to the corridors of power in Westminster and Brussels - with insights from political, cultural and academic figures who have been at the heart of foreign policy in Scotla...


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Broadmoor Women

by Thomas, Kim E

Published 12 April 2022
Adult

Broadmoor, Britain's first asylum for criminal lunatics, was founded in 1863. In the first years of its existence, one in five patients was female. Most had been tried for terrible crimes and sent to Broadmoor after being found not guilty by virtue of insanity. Many had murdered their own children, while others had killed husbands or other family members. Drawing on Broadmoor's rich archive, this book tells the story of seven of those women, ranging from a farmer's daughter in her 20s who shot...


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Ben Bennions DFC

by Thomas, Nick

Published 27 May 2022
Adult

Ben Bennion enlisted in the pre-war RAF, serving first as an 'erk' before being selected for pilot training. His first posting led to service in the Middle -East and Bennion's passport and other travel documents had to be rushed through. A clerical error led to his name being recorded as 'Bennions'. Ben served in 41 Squadron and, following their overseas tour he returned to the UK and Catterick. Patrols and scrambles were common throughout the early months of the war, but it was in May 1940, th...


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Rearming the RAF for the Second World War

by Phillips, Adrian

Published 15 June 2022
Adult

When the RAF rearmed to meet the growing threat from Nazi Germany's remorseless expansion in the late 1930s, it faced immense challenges. It had to manage a huge increase in size as well as mastering rapid advances in aviation technology. To protect Britain from attack, the RAF's commanders had to choose the right strategy and the right balance in its forces. The choices had to be made in peacetime with no guidance from combat experience. These visions then had to be translated into practical re...


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Britain Against the Xhosa and Zulu Peoples

by Stephen Neal Manning

Published 17 May 2022
Adult

Britain's war against the Zulu people of southern Africa in the late nineteenth century is one of the most famous clashes in the history of the British empire, but her earlier wars against the Xhosa, also in southern Africa, are far less well known. And, although the role Lord Chelmsford played in the Anglo-Zulu War has been recounted in exhaustive detail, his earlier experience against the Xhosa has rarely been explored in the same intensive way. That is why Stephen Manning's absorbing study of...


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Consolidated B-24 Liberator

by Simons, Graham M

Published 30 July 2022
Adult

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was almost certainly the most versatile Second World War Bomber. Apart from its bombing role in all theatres of operation, the B-24 hauled fuel to France during the push towards Germany, carried troops, fought U-boats in the Atlantic and, probably most important of all, made a vital contribution towards winning the war in the Pacific. Its most famous single exploit is possibly the raid on the Ploesti oilfields in August 1943. The B-24 ended World War Two as the m...


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Palestine

by Erickson, Edward J

Published 30 June 2022
Adult

The campaigns fought by the Ottomans against the British in Palestine are often neglected in accounts of the Great War, yet they are fascinating from the point of view of military history and critically important because of their impact upon the modern Middle East. Edward Erickson's authoritative and absorbing account of the four-year struggle for control of Palestine between 1914 and 1918 of the battles fought for Suez, Sinai, Gaza, Jordan and Syria opens up this little-understood aspect of the...


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Britains Railways Through the Seasons

by Goodyear, David

Published 30 September 2022
Adult

The four seasons pass by like a gliding ship, each signalled by a transformation of changing colours and hues of light, thus providing a form of marker to these passages of time. Living in the temperate zone we experience four distinct seasons. The railway scene reflects such in its own special character - cold winter air enhances the bountiful steam escaping from the hissing steam locomotive impatiently awaiting its departure, while autumn enchants with trees that exude a variety of hues which...


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Franklin Roosevelt's Foreign Policy and the Welles Mission (The World of the Roosevelts)

by J. Rofe

Published 12 June 2007

A new and original analysis of the mission undertaken by FDR's Secretary of State during the Phoney War, Rofe's work explains the motivations and goals of Roosevelt through an analysis of the president's foreign policy and of the nature of the Anglo-American relationship of the time.


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Queen Elizabeth Coloring Book

by Diana Windsor

Published 10 October 2017
Adult


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Henry VIII - Tudor Serial Killer

by Gerard Batten

Published 6 November 2014
Adult


Cover of Annals And Antiquities Of The Counties And County Families Of Wales (Volume Ii) Containing A Record Of All Ranks Of The Gentry, Their Lineage, Alliances, Appointments, Armorial Ensigns, And Residences, With Many Ancient Pedigree And Memorials Of Old And E

Annals And Antiquities Of The Counties And County Families Of Wales (Volume Ii) Containing A Record Of All Ranks Of The Gentry, Their Lineage, Alliances, Appointments, Armorial Ensigns, And Residences, With Many Ancient Pedigree And Memorials Of Old And E

by Thomas Nicholas

Published 28 December 2020
Adult


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British Land Forces in the Falklands War

by Mark Magreehan

Published 30 September 2022
Adult

Few people in Britain had heard much about the Falkland Islands before the Argentine invasion of 1982. Since then they have rarely been out of the headlines, and the story of the recapture of the islands by British forces is one that has been told many times. Yet, surprisingly, there are still some elements of that memorable conflict that remain largely unknown - not least among which is the uniforms and equipment that were used. In this highly-illustrated publication, soldier-historian Mark Ma...


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Luton's Transport

by Beddall, David

Published 30 August 2022
Adult

Located in the Chiltern Hills, Luton has a rich transport history, being home to London Luton Airport and Vauxhall Motors. This south Bedfordshire town has also had an interesting public transport history, most notable being Luton Corporation Transport, Eastern National, United Counties and London Transport. The towns of Luton and Dunstable are linked by one of the longest guided busways in the world. Luton's Transport takes a look at the development of Luton's tramway, along with the developmen...


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Hitler's Revenge Weapons

by Walpole, Nigel

Published 30 July 2022
Adult

From September 1940 until May 1941, Britain - especially Greater London - suffered heavily under a barrage of day and night-time raids by the then mighty Luftwaffe; raids which killed some 20,000 people and destroyed or damaged one million homes during what came to be known as the London Blitz. A baby blitz' followed, from January to May 1944, which was destined to be the final manned bomber offensive by a much depleted Luftwaffe. Afterwards, there came the last gasp, the final blitz on London,...


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London Transport Buses in the 1960s

by Blake, Jim

Published 30 August 2022
Adult

Just as life in Britain generally changed dramatically during the 1960s, so did London Transport's buses and their operations. Most striking was the abandonment of London's trolleybuses, once the world's biggest system, and their replacement by motorbuses. Begun in 1959 using surplus RT-types, it was completed by May 1962 using new Routemasters, designed specifically to replace them. They then continued to replace RT types, too. Traffic congestion and staff shortages played havoc with London Tr...


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Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives 1923 - 1959 (Locomotive Portfolio)

by Maidment, David and Meanley, Bob

Published 30 October 2022
Adult

The Great Western Castles were one of the most successful locomotive designs of the twentieth century in terms of both performance and efficiency. Designed by Charles Collett in 1923, based on the 1907 Churchward Star' class, 155 were constructed almost continuously, apart from the war years, between 1923 and 1950, in addition to fifteen rebuilt Stars' and one rebuilt from the Great Bear pacific. Many were modernised with increased superheat and double-chimneys in the late 1950s and the class...


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The Fall of the Monarchy of Charles I, Vol. 2

by Samuel Rawson Gardiner

Published 17 January 2019
Adult


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The Pleasures of the Imagination

by John Brewer

Published 22 May 1997

The Pleasures of the Imagination examines the birth and development of English "high culture" in the eighteenth century. It charts the growth of a literary and artistic world fostered by publishers, theatrical and musical impresarios, picture dealers and auctioneers, and presented to th public in coffee-houses, concert halls, libraries, theatres and pleasure gardens. In 1660, there were few professional authors, musicians and painters, no public concert series, galleries, newspaper critics or re...


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Popular Piety and Art in the Late Middle Age (The New Middle Ages)

by Kathleen Kamerick

Published 29 June 2002

Medieval churchmen typically defended religious art as "books" to teach unlettered laity their faith; but in late medieval England, Lollard accusations of idolatry stimulated renewed debate over image worship. "Popular Piety and Art in the Late Middle Ages" places this dispute within the context of the religious beliefs and devotional practices of lay people, showing how they used and responded to holy images in their parish churches, at shrines and in prayer books. Far more than substitutes for...


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Longman Handbook to Modern British History 1714 - 2001

by Chris Cook and John Stevenson

Published 1 January 2014
Adult


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An Epitome of English History

by S Agnes Kummer

Published 28 January 2019
Adult


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Urquhart and Glenmoriston Olden Times

Published 13 January 2013
Adult


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Grace Book D

by John Venn

Published 10 October 2019
Adult


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