The River Welland, Shipping & Mariners of Spalding (9780752494494)

In its heyday Spalding was a busy commercial port, with a shipping industry that affected a large majority of the local population. But today that rich history is almost forgotten and the town is known mainly for its agricultural produce. Keith Seaton nostalgically seeks to recover that lost past, beginning with the River Welland of Roman times and traversing history up to the early twentieth century, when river traffic began to decline. The Industrial Revolution was a boom period for the waterway, and as such special attention is given to the master mariners of this important period.

Using key sources such as census and shipping records, local family history records, maps and fascinating illustrations, The River Welland: Shipping & Mariners of Spalding creates a rich tapestry of the heritage of this once-thriving shipping area.

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• Format Paperback | 192 pages
• Dimensions 156 x 234 x 20mm | 408.23g
• Publication date 01 Jan 2014
• Publisher The History Press Ltd
• Publication City/Country Stroud, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note 180 Illustrations, black and white
• ISBN10 075249449X
• ISBN13 9780752494494
• Bestsellers rank 1,196,289

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Embed : To the End With the World's Armies in Afghanistan (9780750955843)

In 2007, journalist Nick Allen quit a secure job in Pakistan as a news agency writer to experience the life of foreign troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. Over several years he journeyed as an embedded reporter with a dozen armies, working his way through placid backwaters to remote, savage hotspots where daily clashes with insurgent forces were the norm.

Driven by a desire to himself live and then convey some of the drama, tragedy, farce and sheer frustration experienced by soldiers and marines from California to Copenhagen, Allen returned again and again for `embeds' with different contingents to explore a multinational effort that will surely define NATO's future and events in South Asia, and the world, for many years to come.

No other writer managed to gain such broad access to the forty-two-country Coalition that was deployed in Afghanistan, or produce an account that carries so much of the essence of soldiering in this inhospitable environment, where extremes of climate, treachery and enemy cunning have always defeated nations that dared to wage war in the `graveyard of empires.'

Embed explores the fragile calm of Bamiyan and its ancient sites and other low-intensity regions - usually ignored but a vital part of the overall picture - together with the ferocious clashes of Helmand, Kandahar, Kunar and other provinces. The author found that even the most sophisticated armed forces had been sucked into a fight they were ill-prepared for and, amid political uncertainty and dwindling public support back home, ultimately could not win.

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• Format Paperback | 304 pages
• Dimensions 172 x 248 x 15.24mm | 816.47g
• Publication date 01 Feb 2015
• Publisher The History Press Ltd
• Publication City/Country Stroud, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition New edition
• Edition Statement New edition
• Illustrations note 16 Plates, color; 40 Illustrations, color; 120 Illustrations, black and white
• ISBN10 0750955848
• ISBN13 9780750955843
• Bestsellers rank 1,699,210

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The Boulevard Book : History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards (9780262600583)

A celebration of the multiway boulevard and an argument for its revival, with design guidelines and historic examples.

First built in Europe and grandly imported to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, the classic multiway boulevard has been in decline for many years, victim of a narrowly focused approach to street design that views unencumbered vehicular traffic flow as the highest priority. The American preoccupation with destination and speed has made multiway boulevards increasingly rare as artifacts of the urban landscape. This book reintroduces the boulevard, tree-lined and with separate realms for through traffic and for slow-paced vehicular-pedestrian movement, as an important and often crucial feature of both historic and contemporary cities. It presents more than fifty boulevards-as varied as Avenue Montaigne, in Paris; C. G. Road, in Ahmedabad, India; and The Esplanade, in Chico, California-celebrating their usefulness and beauty. It discusses their history and evolution, the misconceptions that led to their near-demise in the United States, and their potential as a modern street type.

Based on wide research, The Boulevard Book examines the safety of these streets and offers design guidelines for professionals, scholars, and community decision makers. Extensive plans, cross sections, and perspective drawings permit visual comparisons. The book shows how multiway boulevards respond to many issues that are central to urban life, including livability, mobility, safety, interest, economic opportunity, mass transit, and open space.

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• Format Paperback | 268 pages
• Dimensions 229 x 279 x 16mm | 816g
• Publication date 03 Oct 2003
• Publisher MIT Press Ltd
• Imprint MIT Press
• Publication City/Country Cambridge, Mass., United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note 200 illus.; 200 Illustrations, unspecified
• ISBN10 0262600587
• ISBN13 9780262600583
• Bestsellers rank 88,772

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Victoria & Abdul : The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant (9780752458533)

The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was established as a powerful figure at court, becoming the queen's teacher, or Munshi, and instructing her in Urdu and Indian affairs. Devastated by the death of John Brown, her Scottish ghillie, the queen had at last found his replacement. But her intense and controversial relationship with the Munshi led to a near-revolt in the royal household.

Victoria & Abdul examines how a young Indian Muslim came to play a central role at the heart of the empire, and his influence over the queen at a time when independence movements in the sub-continent were growing in force. Yet, at its heart, it is a tender love story between an ordinary Indian and his elderly queen, a relationship that survived the best attempts to destroy it.

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• Format Paperback | 288 pages
• Dimensions 120 x 200 x 20mm | 340g
• Publication date 29 Mar 2011
• Publisher The History Press Ltd
• Publication City/Country Stroud, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Media tie-in
• Edition Statement Media tie-in
• Illustrations note Illustrations, maps, ports.
• ISBN10 0752458531
• ISBN13 9780752458533
• Bestsellers rank 279,197

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Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV (9780750990134)

THE TELEVISION SET - the humble box in the corner of almost every British household - has brought about some of the biggest social changes in modern times. It gives us a window into the lives of people who are different from us: different classes, different races, different sexualities. And through this window, we've learnt that, perhaps, we're not so different after all.

Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV looks at gay male representation on and off the small screen - from the programmes that hinted at homoeroticism to Mary Whitehouse's Clean Up TV campaign, and The Naked Civil Servant to the birth of Channel 4 as an exciting 'alternative' television channel. Here, acclaimed social historian Stephen Bourne tells the story of the innovation, experimentation, back-tracking and bravery that led British television to help change society for the better.

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• Format Paperback | 224 pages
• Dimensions 156 x 234mm
• Publication date 22 Nov 2019
• Publisher The History Press Ltd
• Publication City/Country Stroud, United Kingdom
• Illustrations note 20 Illustrations, black and white
• ISBN10 0750990139
• ISBN13 9780750990134

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In the Footsteps of William Wallace : In Scotland and Northern England (9780752456386)

For nearly 700 years debate has raged over the true nature of William Wallace and his role in Scotland's turbulent history. Was he the Braveheart of Blind Harry's legendary account, the bold, but savage, hero of the Scottish wars? Or, as some contemporary chroniclers attested, nothing but a villainous thief and vagrant fugitive? This book draws on a wide range of contemporary and modern sources to look behind the figure of legend to find Wallace's true character.

Through superb photographs, we trace the journey of Wallace from his modest upbringing in south-west Scotland and his first victory as a `guerilla' leader and military commander at Stirling Bridge to his painful death seven years later. We see his `invasion' of Northumberland and Cumberland.

This is an essential travelling companion for a journey through Wallace's kingdom and to learn more about the myth and the man.

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• Format Paperback | 208 pages
• Dimensions 170 x 250 x 10mm | 530g
• Publication date 01 Oct 2011
• Publisher The History Press Ltd
• Publication City/Country Stroud, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note Illustrations (some col.)
• ISBN10 0752456385
• ISBN13 9780752456386
• Bestsellers rank 842,794

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J. Samuel White & Co., Shipbuilders (9780752466125)

J. Samuel White & Company was the oldest firm on the Admiralty List and built 252 ships for the Royal Navy alone. The yard's closure in 1966 ended 300 years of shipbuilding during which time the company had gained acclaim from mercantile and naval customers alike. Famed early on for fast Revenue cutters and naval brigs, in its final years Royal Navy destroyers earned it great distinction. Highly innovative, it developed and patented many pioneering products while other innovations included semi-diesel engines, heat exchangers, air conditioners and compressors, besides a range of marine thruster units.
Not only did the company build ships and boats but it also constructed a range of marine aircraft. During the First World War, White's production accounted for 100 ships, including twenty-seven destroyers, and 201 seaplanes. Production during the Second World War added up to 317 ships, among them twenty-six destroyers and a large minelayer. Illustrated with photographs of these and many of the company's other products, this book tells the story of J. Samuel White and its subsidiary concerns, a business built on a reputation of quality which earned it the slogan: "White's-built - well-built!".

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• Format Paperback | 176 pages
• Dimensions 165 x 235 x 12.7mm | 408.23g
• Publication date 01 Jul 2012
• Publisher The History Press Ltd
• Publication City/Country Stroud, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 0752466127
• ISBN13 9780752466125
• Bestsellers rank 1,207,121

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A Companion to the Falklands War (9780750981774)

The Falklands War is a story of occupation, fierce air battles, heavy naval losses and bitter encounters between ground forces amidst an inhospitable terrain and unforgiving climate. With complex political machinations and nationalist sentiment at the centre of the conflict, even today the sovereignty of the islands is hotly contested in political circles.

For the first time, renowned military historian Gregory Fremont-Barnes has compiled a definitive A-Z guide to the British involvement in the Falklands conflict, including personalities, weapons, battles, ships, places, and much more. This accessible yet comprehensive companion to the Falklands War will be a welcome addition to any enthusiast's shelves.

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• Format Hardback | 320 pages
• Dimensions 156 x 234 x 33.02mm | 612.35g
• Publication date 18 Oct 2017
• Publisher The History Press Ltd
• Publication City/Country Stroud, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note 60 Illustrations, black and white
• ISBN10 0750981776
• ISBN13 9780750981774
• Bestsellers rank 748,229

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Chaddesden in Old Photographs (9780750921411)

This addition to the "Britain in Old Photographs" series brings together a collection of black-and-white pictures spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn from family albums, local collections and professional photographers, they show the way things were and how they have changed. Every photograph is captioned, providing names and dates where possible, revealing historical and anecdotal detail and giving life to the scenes and personalities captured through the camera lens. Bringing together all aspects of daily life - celebrations and disasters, work and leisure, people and buildings - the collection should inspire memories, as well as serve as an introduction to visitors.

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• Format Paperback | 127 pages
• Publication date 06 May 1999
• Publisher The History Press Ltd
• Imprint Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Publication City/Country Stroud, United Kingdom
• Illustrations note b&w photographs
• ISBN10 0750921412
• ISBN13 9780750921411

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Poverty and Welfare in Ireland 1838-1948 (9780716530893)

This book is a ground-breaking history of poverty and welfare in modern Ireland, in the era of the Irish poor law. As the first study to address poor relief and health care together, the book fills an important gap, providing a much-needed introduction and assessment of the evolution of social welfare in 19th- and early 20th-century Ireland. The collection also addresses a number of related issues, including private philanthropy, the attitudes of landowners towards poor relief, and the crisis of the poor law during the Great Famine of 1845-1850. Together, these interlinking contributions both survey current research and suggest new areas for investigation, providing further stimulus to the growing field of Irish welfare history.

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• Format Hardback | 255 pages
• Dimensions 156 x 234 x 25.4mm | 535.24g
• Publication date 30 Jun 2011
• Publisher Irish Academic Press Ltd
• Publication City/Country County Dublin, Ireland
• Language English
• Edition Statement New
• ISBN10 0716530899
• ISBN13 9780716530893

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Great Principles of Computing (9780262527125)

A new framework for understanding computing: a coherent set of principles spanning technologies, domains, algorithms, architectures, and designs.

Computing is usually viewed as a technology field that advances at the breakneck speed of Moore's Law. If we turn away even for a moment, we might miss a game-changing technological breakthrough or an earthshaking theoretical development. This book takes a different perspective, presenting computing as a science governed by fundamental principles that span all technologies. Computer science is a science of information processes. We need a new language to describe the science, and in this book Peter Denning and Craig Martell offer the great principles framework as just such a language. This is a book about the whole of computing-its algorithms, architectures, and designs.

Denning and Martell divide the great principles of computing into six categories: communication, computation, coordination, recollection, evaluation, and design. They begin with an introduction to computing, its history, its many interactions with other fields, its domains of practice, and the structure of the great principles framework. They go on to examine the great principles in different areas: information, machines, programming, computation, memory, parallelism, queueing, and design. Finally, they apply the great principles to networking, the Internet in particular.

Great Principles of Computing will be essential reading for professionals in science and engineering fields with a "computational" branch, for practitioners in computing who want overviews of less familiar areas of computer science, and for non-computer science majors who want an accessible entry way to the field.

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• Format Paperback | 320 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 13mm | 408.23g
• Publication date 02 Jul 2015
• Publisher MIT Press Ltd
• Imprint MIT Press
• Publication City/Country Cambridge, Mass., United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note 95 b&w illus.; 190 Illustrations, unspecified
• ISBN10 026252712X
• ISBN13 9780262527125
• Bestsellers rank 720,495

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Memories of Enderby (9780752433738)

A history of Enderby

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• Format Paperback | 128 pages
• Dimensions 165 x 250 x 10mm | 300g
• Publication date 01 Oct 2004
• Publisher The History Press Ltd
• Publication City/Country Stroud, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 0752433733
• ISBN13 9780752433738

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Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (9780415943420)

This Encyclopedia on American history and law is the first devoted to examining the issues of civil liberties and their relevance to major current events while providing a historical context and a philosophical discussion of the evolution of civil liberties.

Coverage includes the traditional civil liberties: freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. In addition, it also covers concerns such as privacy, the rights of the accused, and national security. Alphabetically organized for ease of access, the articles range in length from 250 words for a brief biography to 5,000 words for in-depth analyses. Entries are organized around the following themes:

organizations and government bodies
legislation and legislative action, statutes, and acts
historical overviews
biographies
cases
themes, issues, concepts, and events.

The Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties is an essential reference for students and researchers as well as for the general reader to help better understand the world we live in today.

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• Format Hardback | 2304 pages
• Dimensions 216 x 279 x 165.1mm | 6,872g
• Publication date 07 Dec 2006
• Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Imprint ROUTLEDGE
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 0415943426
• ISBN13 9780415943420

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