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This year Queen Elizabeth II enjoys 60 glorious years as monarch with a Diamond Jubilee celebration to be held on 5th June 2012. Queen Elizabeth II, Her Story recounts the life of our Queen from her birth to present day. It is the story of a princess who became Queen... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:26 | <div>The river hobbler had a unique life. Falling through the cracks of society, he paid no taxes and worked at whatever was available on and around the river, so in a year he would mix catching salmon or elvers with rabbiting, cleaning barrels and castrating p... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:26 | <div>A personal memoir of an ordinary working-class woman who grew up in the back streets of Darlaston between the wars. Illustrated with family photos and 25 images of between-the-wars Darlaston, this book captures the spirit of an era.</div> |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:26 | This concise and fully illustrated introduction to methods of excavation describes a technique that is essential for all kinds of archaeology. It presents new ideas on excavation techniques and challenges traditional approaches to site organisation and recording. Joh... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:26 | Standing alone at the bottom tip of England and despite the enormous influx of tourists it receives each year, Cornwall boasts many unique traditions. This volume touches on the wide variety of legends, songs and stories and their relationship with the rugged landsca... Полное описание |
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{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:27 | <div>Until 1999 official British records of the fifteen trials that followed the Easter Rising of 1916 were kept a close secret. Further material released in 2001 included the trial of Countess Markievicz and important evidence about the 'shoot to kill' tactics... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:27 | A BIG story about a small boy who sees the world a little differentlyMilo curled his thumb and forefinger together to make a small hole and held his fingers up to Al's eyes. 'Look through here. That's what I see. Kind of, only worse.''Wow, that must be amazing.'Milo ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:27 | A loveable local legend and true character to all who knew him, Copper was no ordinary dog. With more stories to tell than you could count on the pads of one paw, this curly-tailed, shaggy-bearded mongrel (but don't let him hear you call him that) led a truly astonis... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:29 | Criminoloogist Robin Odell has compiled this gruesome gallery of cases from all over the world, revealing the growth in serial slayings, contract killings and middle-class murders and investigating what motivates people to commit the ultimate crime. As well as gangst... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:29 | The battle to keep the nation fed during the Second World War was waged by an army of workers on the land and the resourcefulness of the housewives on the Kitchen Front. The rationing of food, clothing and other substances played a big part in making sure that everyo... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:29 | In December 1941, a Japanese battalion of 143rd Regiment of 55th Division crossed the Burma-Siam border and siezed Victoria Point, heralding the invasion of Burma. The first air raids on Rangoon were opposed by only two fighter squadrons - 16 P40s of the American Vol... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:29 | During the Second World War, Britain's top secret Special Operations Executive plotted to assassinate Hitler. A small department of SOE known as Section X had the tantalisingly complext task of investigating how, when and where their plan could be executed. The secti... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:30 | Do you remember trying to solve the Rubik's cube whilst dressed in your He-Man picture pyjamas? Did you try to make 'cool' sound effects with your mouth like Jones from Police Academy? Or maybe you swooned over Scott and Charlene's (aka Jason and Kylie's) wedding of ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:30 | The people of Southampton have had a lot to put up with over the centuries. If the Danes of French weren't attacking it, pirates from further along were. Treasonous plots were hatched behind its ancient walls and mutiny hit its shipping. This book looks at such blood... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:30 | Built by the Romans, looted by the Danes and conquered by King William I (who devastated the town to build a castle and a cathedral), the city of Lincoln has had a long and most dreadful history. Containing medieval child murder, vile sieges of (and escapes from) the... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:31 | From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions and manifestations, to eerie encounters with phantoms and spirits, this collection of stories reveals the dark history of Salisbury. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, Haunted Salisbury examines some of the liv... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:31 | This chilling collection of cases delves into the villainous deeds that have taken place in and around Buckinghamshire during its long history. Cases of robbery, murder and self-destruction are all examined as the darker side of the county's past is exposed. From Joh... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:31 | <div>Along with its rich history and spectacular scenery, Dumfries and Galloway is home to a great many curious and unusual buildings, objects and landscape features that have survived the centuries. This well-illustrated book is a guide to 100 of these remarka... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:31 | 'Rosslyn Chapel Revealed' offers the reader an increased understanding and respect for one of Europe's finest pre-Reformation buildings. Rosslyn Chapel, with its fountains in the world of nature, still points bravely to the heavens. That there is mystery of the esote... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:31 | An inspiring look at the historic foreign policy triumph of John F. Kennedy's presidencythe crusade for world peace that consumed his final year in officeby the New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Civilization, Common Wealth, and The End of Poverty The ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:32 | <div>Born in Penzance in 1778, Humphry Davy's scientific reputation grew with his pioneering discoveries of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), sodium, calcium and the invention of the miners' Davy lamp.</div> |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:32 | Historians have largely neglected domestic medicine in favour of "e;official medicine"e;. In this title, the author has gathered material from manuscripts, letters, diaries and personal interviews to produce a detailed picture of the use of domestic remedies ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:32 | Fought on the night of 22/23 January 1879 and immortalised in the film epic Zulu, Rorke's Drift represented one of the most glorious, if subsequently controversial episodes in British military history. For twelve desperate hours, outnumbered by over 25-1, barely 140 ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 31 марта 2010, 0:32 | <div>With over 60,000 combatants, the Battle of the Boyne, which took place on 1 July 1690 was the largest battle ever fought on Irish soil, and has long been regarded as the pivotal event of the Williamite War. But despite the Boyne's celebrated place in Irish... Полное описание |
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