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The Lost Villages: In Search of Britain's Vanished

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Buckton, Henry, PUBLISHER: I. B. Tauris & Company, In Britain there are more than lost villages--once thriving communities that fell victim to the pressures of disease, industry, and social and political change. Reduced to ivy-clad remnants nestled in valleys and woodlands, or to weather-worn ruins on moorland and coast, all are echoes of a former age and evoke a natural curiosity as to who lived in them, what life was like there, and what caused their decline. In "The Lost Villages," bestselling author Henry Buckton makes a selection of some of the more recent lost villages from around Britain. Combining rare photographs, personal research and the memories of those who knew the communities before their demise he has been able to piece together their story. The result is an engaging and timely record of vanished communities whose stories would otherwise soon be lost for ever.

Two old village books shell and lost villages

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The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCarthy, Pete, PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate (GB), Pete McCarthy established one cardinal rule of travel in his bestselling debut "McCarthy's Bar: "Never pass a bar with your name on it." In this equally wry and insightful follow-up, Pete's characteristic good humor, curiosity, and thirst for adventure take him on a fantastic jaunt around the world in search of his Irish roots -- from Morocco, where he tracks down the unlikely chief of the McCarthy clan, to Rocky Sullivan's in New York, where he braves a crowd of stratospherically drunken Scotsmen in the midst of their St. Patrick's Day celebrations -- just before he is engulfed by a sea of green plastic bowler hats on Fifth Avenue. After clocking thousands of miles and landing in more than a few exotic locations, he finally reaches his coveted destination: a remote and sparsely populated Alaskan town (named McCarthy, of course) where the eighteen townspeople are far outnumbered by the bears. Risking life, limb, and liberty in an almost heroic effort to trace his own lineage, he also happens to discover the peculiar and fascinating history of McCarthys everywhere while managing to down a few good pints along the way. Packed with unexpected detours and dozens of hilarious moments, "The Road to McCarthy is a quixotic and anything but typical Irish odyssey that confirms Pete McCarthy's status as one of the funniest and most incisive authors writing today.

AA Book of the British Villages

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In search of the impossible

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In Search of the Edge of Time - John Gribbin

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J*DaVeY - The Beauty in Dostortion/The Land of The Lost

Personnel: Georgia Anne Muldrow (vocals). Recording information: The Temple Bar. Although they've been known to refer to themselves as the black Eurythmics,the music of duo J*Davey is difficult to categorize. The new wave influence is clear,but trackmaker Brook D'Leau and singer Jack Davey also draw heavily on urban contemporary,hip-hop,indie rock,funk,and psychedelia. The musical mix is idiosyncratic and refreshing,as are D'Leau's alternately layered and driving productions and Davey's unique,nas

In search of a book titled "La Medmulle" The Story of Weydon

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The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brandt, Anthony, PUBLISHER: Anchor Books, The enthralling and often harrowing history of the adventurers who searched for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of nineteenth-century British exploration. After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in , the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the sixteenth century: find the fabled Northwest Passage, a shortcut to the Orient via a sea route over northern Canada. For the next thirty-five years the British Admiralty sent out expedition after expedition to probe the ice-bound waters of the Canadian Arctic in search of a route, and then, after , to find Sir John Franklin, the Royal Navy hero who led the last of these Admiralty expeditions and vanished into the maze of channels, sounds, and icy seas with two ships and 128 officers and men. In "The Man Who Ate His Boots, " Anthony Brandt tells the whole story of the search for the Northwest Passage, from its beginnings early in the age of exploration through its development into a British national obsession to the final sordid, terrible descent into scurvy, starvation, and cannibalism. Sir John Franklin is the focus of the book but it covers all the major expeditions and a number of fascinating characters, including Franklin's extraordinary wife, Lady Jane, in vivid detail. "The Man Who Ate His Boots" is a rich and engaging work of narrative history that captures the glory and the folly of this ultimately tragic enterprise. "From the Hardcover edition."

In Search of the Big Bang - John Gribbin

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Villages in the Future

Villages in the Future: Life in rural communities is bound to change with historically unprecedented speed in the coming decades. How will this change be guided by local, national and global policies in order to enhance the livelihoods of rural inhabitants and to overcome the growing division of rural and urban areas The contributions in this publication, ranging from scientific papers to short reports from practitioners, are grouped around 4 major themes: political and institutional frameworks to foster rural development natural resources management broadening the technological base of rural economies and improved linkages between urban and rural areas. The overall message is unanimous: there is a promising future for the rural areas worldwide if adequate policies can be enforced and more efficient and fair institutions can be created. A 30-min video, attached as a CD-ROM, can be used to foster the dialogue and to reflect the multi-dimensional approach taken.

In Search of the Double Helix - John Gribbin NEW

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In Search of the Big Bang - John Gribbin NEW

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In Search of Derrick Todd Lee: The Internet Social Movement

This book is about criminologist Maurice Godwin's Internet social movement that sprang to life during the Baton Rouge serial murder case. The movement was a response to the Task Force failing to find serial killer Derrick Todd Lee,as citizens in Baton Rouge,South Louisiana,and South Mississippi no longer wished to wait in fear. This is a story of citizen empowerment in a time of crisis. Both scholars and ordinary citizens will be inspired by the way the people in Baton Rouge helped themselves by putting

Exploring Britains Lost Railways by Julian Holland

Exploring Britain`s Lost Railways, A nostalgic journey along 50 long-lost railway lines over 300 pages with photographs some in colour in vgc. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

Kim Devil 3, 4-the lost world-the mystery of the white

The 2 sets are in a very nice complete state, without attribution or other writings.The backs are complete and the book blocks are in almost new condition/mint condition.The disappeared world has a vouwtje top left back cover, which is obtained because it is something too wide is cut off, when you vouwtje off is the angle slightly larger. (see photo) Read More

Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero & The Son of Neptune

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The lament of the lost regions-The Guinea Lord-Deluxe

New comic. Never read. Double bought and therefore sales.Screen printing at the stripNo 116 of the 150 Luxury editions Read More

Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs in Nottingham

Waddingtons Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs board game. All complete. Excellent condition.

The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harman, Oren, PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, Survival of the fittest or survival of the nicest? Since the dawn of time man has contemplated the mystery of altruism, but it was Darwin who posed the question most starkly. From the selfless ant to the stinging bee to the man laying down his life for a stranger, evolution has yielded a goodness that in theory should never be. Set against the sweeping tale of 150 years of scientific attempts to explain kindness, The Price of Altruism tells for the first time the moving story of the eccentric American genius George Price (), as he strives to answer evolution's greatest riddle. An original and penetrating picture of twentieth century thought, it is also a deeply personal journey. From the heights of the Manhattan Project to the inspired equation that explains altruism to the depths of homelessness and despair, Price's life embodies the paradoxes of Darwin's enigma. His tragic suicide in a squatter's flat, among the vagabonds to whom he gave all his possessions, provides the ultimate contemplation on the possibility of genuine benevolence.

Otter Country in search of the wild otter

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Blue budgie lost in the Alverstoke area of Gosport. in

Our female pet budgie escaped in the Alverstoke area. My daughter is devastated. If you live in the Alverstoke area, could you please keep an eye for it, or, if not, could you please share? I include a picture of a similar budgie. Many thanks.

Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Robinson, Andrew, PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson, Undeciphered scripts have long tantalized the public, whether it's the possibility of hearing the voices of ancient peoples or the puzzle solver's taste for the challenges posed by breaking codes. Here, Andrew Robinson investigates the most famous examples, beginning with the stories of three great decipherments: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Maya glyphs, and the Minoan Linear B clay tablets. He then covers the important scripts that have yet to be cracked, such as the Etruscan alphabet and Rongorongo from Easter Island.

Uncharted 4, The Lost Legacy, Shadow of Mordor, Shadow of War and the Eldar Scrolls

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Corsairville, the Lost Domain of the Flying Boat

Famous book on the history of the flying boats. Graham Coster's quest for the lost world of the flying boat. The obscure legend of the flying boat Corsair, rescued from the Belgian Congo in an epic salvage operation, His journey begins in Southampton, from where Imperial Airways' Empire boats departed to fly up the Nile on their way to South Africa, and takes him to the flying boats' old haunts in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe, from Lake Naivasha to Victoria Falls. Paperback. Read More

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