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The Dark Side of Jane Austen's World
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781399080842
Pub Date: 2024-10-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
Jane Austen’s novels are read all over the globe, and adaptations of her works have graced both film and TV screens. Although sometimes criticised for being detached from the real world, providing...
The Montiers
From Enslavement to Paul Robeson and Beyond
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781955041041
Pub Date: 2024-09-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
264 Pages
This is the story of the African-American Montier family, which traces its roots to Philadelphia’s first mayor, a white Quaker named Humphrey Morrey, and includes generations of Black activists, artists and scholars
The Soap Man
Lewis, Harris and Lord Leverhulme
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 9781839830594
Pub Date: 2024-09-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
256 Pages
In 1918, as the First World War was drawing to a close, the eminent liberal industrial Lord Leverhulme bought - lock, stock and barrel - the Hebridean island of Lewis. His intention was to revolutionise...
A People's History of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9781916742550
Pub Date: 2024-08-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wordwell Books
320 Pages
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown is known for its incredible diversity in geography, socio-economic status, industries, religion and occupations. From coastal areas to modern suburbs, sparsely-populated uplands,...
Reeling in the Queers
Tales of Ireland’s LGBTQ Past
Price: $18.99
ISBN: 9781848409224
Pub Date: 2024-08-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: New Island Books
256 Pages
Amidst the moments of seismic change in LGBTQ history in Ireland lie the stories of ordinary people, who did extraordinary things to change queer Ireland and Irish culture.
Whare de yea belang?
A Dictionary of North East Dialect
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9780857162700
Pub Date: 2024-08-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: McNidder and Grace
280 Pages
Until the 20th century, dialect was a marker of economic, social and cultural change. We know that the North East maritime connections with the Dutch led to the introduction of many ‘new’ words....
A Dark History of Tea
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781526766816
Pub Date: 2024-07-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
184 Pages
This book explores our long relationship with this most revered of hot beverages.
Pitmatic
Stories and the Talk of the North East Coalfield
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9780857162724
Pub Date: 2024-07-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: McNidder and Grace
272 Pages
The last major mine in the North East region closed in 2005 and with it went a way of life. Through dialect words, humor, stories and songs Pitmatic will help you to understand the everyday lives and...
The Dark Side of Jane Austen's World
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781399080842
Pub Date: 2024-10-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
The Montiers
From Enslavement to Paul Robeson and Beyond
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781955041041
Pub Date: 2024-09-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
264 Pages
The Soap Man
Lewis, Harris and Lord Leverhulme
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 9781839830594
Pub Date: 2024-09-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
256 Pages
A People's History of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9781916742550
Pub Date: 2024-08-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wordwell Books
320 Pages
Reeling in the Queers
Tales of Ireland’s LGBTQ Past
Price: $18.99
ISBN: 9781848409224
Pub Date: 2024-08-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: New Island Books
256 Pages
Whare de yea belang?
A Dictionary of North East Dialect
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9780857162700
Pub Date: 2024-08-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: McNidder and Grace
280 Pages
A Dark History of Tea
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781526766816
Pub Date: 2024-07-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
184 Pages
Pitmatic
Stories and the Talk of the North East Coalfield
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9780857162724
Pub Date: 2024-07-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: McNidder and Grace
272 Pages