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The Nanteos Grail

The Evolution of a Holy Relic

By: John Matthews,Ian Pegler,Fred Stedman-Jones

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The Nanteos Grail

The Evolution of a Holy Relic

By: John Matthews,Ian Pegler,Fred Stedman-Jones

Did seven monks carry The Grail from Glastonbury Abbey at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539, to the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Florida in Mid Wales? The mystery of the Nanteos Cup and its healing powers has fascinated and intrigued for 300 years.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1398106232

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9781398106239

The Fifteen Guinea Special

The End of Steam and the Story of Preservation on the Mainline

By: Ian Hardman

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The Fifteen Guinea Special

The End of Steam and the Story of Preservation on the Mainline

By: Ian Hardman

A lavishly illustrated look back at the famous fifteen guinea special, and how the steam preservation movement developed in the years following it.

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193

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445685043

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9781445685045

British railway enthusiasm

By: Ian Carter

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British railway enthusiasm

By: Ian Carter

Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the post-war train spotting craze swept most boys and some girls into a passion for railways, and for many, ignited a lifetime’s interest. British railway enthusiasm traces this post-war cohort, and those which followed, as they invigorated different sectors in the world of railway enthusiasm – train spotting, railway modelling, collecting railway relics – and then, in response to the demise of main line steam traction, Britain’s now-huge preserved railway industry. Today this industry finds itself riven by tensions between preserving a loved past which ever fewer people can remember and earning money from tourist visitors. The widespread and enduring significance of railway enthusiasm will ensure that this groundbreaking text remains a key work in transport studies, and will appeal to enthusiasts as much as to students and scholars of transport and cultural history.

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Manchester University Press

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1526129744

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9781526129741

Alcoholica Esoterica

A Collection of Useful and Useless Information As It Relates to the History and Consumption of All Manner of Booze

By: Ian Lendler

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Alcoholica Esoterica

A Collection of Useful and Useless Information As It Relates to the History and Consumption of All Manner of Booze

By: Ian Lendler

Finally, there’s a book that’s almost as much fun as having a couple of drinks. Alcoholica Esoterica presents the history and culture of booze as told by a writer with a knack for distilling all the boring bits into the most interesting facts and hilarious tales. It’s almost like pulling up a stool next to the smartest and funniest guy in the bar. Divided into chapters covering the basic booze groups—including beer, wine, Champagne, whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, and tequila—Alcoholica Esoterica charts the origin and rise of each alcohol’s particular charms and influence. Other sections chronicle “Great Moments in Hic-story,” “Great Country Drinking Songs,” “10 Odd Laws,” and “Mt. Lushmore, Parts I–V.” Additionally, famous quotes on the joys and sorrows of liquor offer useful shots of advice and intoxicating whimsy. Did you know... that the word bar is short for barrier? Yes, that’s right—to keep the customers from getting at all the booze. that Winston Churchill’s mother supposedly invented the Manhattan? that the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock because the sailors on the Mayflower were running low on beer and were tired of sharing? that you have a higher chance of being killed by a flying Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider? that the Code of Hammurabi mandated that brewers of low-quality beer be drowned in it? that beer was so popular with medieval priests and monks that in the thirteenth century they stopped baptizing babies with holy water and started using beer?

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Penguin

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1440626693

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9781440626692

The Royal Air Force: The Trenchard Years, 1918–1929

By: Ian M. Philpott

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The Royal Air Force: The Trenchard Years, 1918–1929

By: Ian M. Philpott

The inter-war years between 1918 and 1939 saw the newly created Royal Air Force fighting for its very existence politically, being dispatched to the remotest corners of the British Empire and its Protectorates in various policing roles and then finally engaged in a headlong rush to modernize in the face of the new German Fascist regime that was threatening British and European freedom. Yet this important period in RAF history and its effect on political and military rationale during the period has never been completely documented. This exhaustive and comprehensive reference is the most detailed work to be published on the subject. The author gives full information on the changing structure of the Force during the period, squadron operations, political machinations and their effects, the airplanes and their equipment, the personnel, technical advances in navigation and breakthroughs achieved in engine performance. The book is cross-referenced throughout, extremely well illustrated and contains an abundance of location maps and other diagrams. This book will become a Bible for anyone interested in the history of the RAF.This work has been reviewed by personnel at the RAF Historical Branch who praise it.

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Casemate Publishers

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1783409681

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9781783409686

The Birds of British Columbia

Nonpasserines: Diurnal Birds of Prey Through Woodpeckers

By: Robert Wayne Campbell,Neil K. Dawe,British Columbia. Wildlife Branch,Canadian Wildlife Service,Ian McTaggart-Cowan

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The Birds of British Columbia

Nonpasserines: Diurnal Birds of Prey Through Woodpeckers

By: Robert Wayne Campbell,Neil K. Dawe,British Columbia. Wildlife Branch,Canadian Wildlife Service,Ian McTaggart-Cowan

This volume completes the nonpasserine species and contains accounts for the diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers.

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636

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UBC Press, [1997]-2001.

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0774806192

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9780774806190

Rekill

By: Ian Kennedy Martin

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Rekill

By: Ian Kennedy Martin

REKILL is the gripping story of a manhunt. The target is Van Dhoc. Tall, soft-spoken, a former captain of the North Vietnamese Army, he has a psychopaths obsession: to work his way, systematically and ruthlessly, down a list of participants in the brutal massacre at Da Loc, a village that had been wiped from the map one sunny afternoon in the war. John Leeming, former head of a Special Forces Camp in Vietnam has a past of his own to conceal - a past which had eventually driven him back to the anonymity of civilian life. For him, the summons to Paris by SHAPE represents an unexpected opportunity to remake his history. Then he witnesses the grisly aftermath of Van Dhoc's latest strike and derives his own obsession, to hunt down and either kill or be killed by the man capable of such madness. It is a mission that will take him as far as Albania and to the ancient citadel of Scutari, there to discover the most important military secret of the decade.

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Lulu.com

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1291040676

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9781291040678

East Anglia and the East Coast Railways

The Late 1940s to Late 1960s

By: Brian Reading,Ian Reading

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East Anglia and the East Coast Railways

The Late 1940s to Late 1960s

By: Brian Reading,Ian Reading

Stunning previously unpublished photographs documenting the end of steam railways in the East Anglia area.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445699672

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America's Forgotten Wars

From Lord Dunmore to the Philippines

By: Ian Hernon

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America's Forgotten Wars

From Lord Dunmore to the Philippines

By: Ian Hernon

What were US troops doing in Sumatra in 1832? And why was there a Korean War in 1844? This book puts US history in a whole new different light.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445695316

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9781445695310

Playfair Cricket Annual 2017

By: Ian Marshall

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Playfair Cricket Annual 2017

By: Ian Marshall

The cricket world's bestselling pocket annual. The indispensable guide to the season. The Playfair Cricket Annual 2017 includes coverage of the 2016 season, including the Specsavers County Championship, Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest T20 Blast. It also contains: a detailed register of all current first-class county players and umpires; county records and 2016 first-class averages; current county players' first-class and List A limited-overs career records; Test match scores and averages (May 2016-February 2017); women's International records, plus England players' register; register of probable touring teams and series records; 2017 fixtures, including 2nd XI and Minor Counties.

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1472232550

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9781472232557

Playfair Cricket Annual 2022: Celebrating 75 Years

By: Ian Marshall

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Playfair Cricket Annual 2022: Celebrating 75 Years

By: Ian Marshall

The world's bestselling cricket annual. The indispensable pocket guide to the cricket season. The 75th edition of the Playfair Cricket Annual is packed with all the information you need to follow the cricket season in 2022, as well as a review of events during the previous Covid-impacted twelve months. India are the main attraction this coming season, and here you'll find comprehensive Test match and limited-overs records and career records to help you follow the action. County cricket is covered in unrivalled depth, with biographies of all players registered to the counties at the start of the season, full coverage of last summer's events and a fixture list for all major domestic matches in 2022. There are also sections on women's cricket and the major domestic T20 competitions from around the world, which in 2021 will include The Hundred. For any cricket fan, the season is never complete without a copy of Playfair to guide you through it all.

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1472290879

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Legends Never Die

Athletes and their Afterlives in Modern America

By: Richard Ian Kimball

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Legends Never Die

Athletes and their Afterlives in Modern America

By: Richard Ian Kimball

With every touchdown, home run, and three-pointer, star athletes represent an American dream that only an elite group blessed with natural talent can achieve. However, Kimball concentrates on what happens once these modern warriors meet their untimely demise. As athletes die, legends rise in their place. The premature deaths of celebrated players not only capture and immortalize their physical superiority, but also jolt their fans with an unanticipated intensity. These athletes escape the inevitability of aging and decline of skill, with only the prime of their youth left to be remembered. But early mortality alone does not transform athletes into immortals. The living ultimately gain the power to construct the legacies of their fallen heroes. In Legends Never Die, Kimball explores the public myths and representations that surround a wide range of athletes, from Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio to Dale Earnhardt and Bonnie McCarroll. Kimball delves deeper than just the cultural significance of sports and its players; he examines how each athlete’s narrative is shaped by gender relations, religion, and politics in contemporary America. In looking at how Americans react to the tragic deaths of sports heroes, Kimball illuminates the important role sports play in US society and helps to explain why star athletes possess such cultural power.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815654057

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9780815654056

Field Guide to Scorpions of South Africa

By: Ian Engelbrecht

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Field Guide to Scorpions of South Africa

By: Ian Engelbrecht

Among the world’s most fascinating living fossils, scorpions have been around for some 420 million years. South Africa is home to an astonishing variety, with 108 species in three families occurring in most of the region’s biomes, from desert and grassland to fynbos, savanna and forest. Scorpions are even found in urban gardens. Field Guide to Scorpions of South Africa is the first comprehensive guide to describe and illustrate all known species in the country. The clear, detailed species accounts cover appearance, habitat and behaviour, and discuss the variation within species according to region. Up-to-date distribution maps are included for all species and exceptional photographs, carefully worked to show astounding detail and vivid colours, bring to life the intricate patterning and colours of different species. Both males and females are presented, as well as a variety of colour forms, facilitating accurate identification in the field. The introduction discusses scorpion classification, anatomy, biology, behaviour and habitat, as well as venomosity and the treatment of stings. Tips on how and where to find scorpions and how to contribute to their conservation as a citizen scientist are also included. Sales points: The first comprehensive field guide to this group of arachnids. Detailed profiles of families, genera and species. Covers venomosity and the treatment of stings. Extraordinary photography, including colour forms within species.

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Penguin Random House South Africa

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1775845753

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9781775845751

Portland Downs Station

The Untold Story

By: Ian Waples

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Portland Downs Station

The Untold Story

By: Ian Waples

The Portland Downs story begins with the granting of leases in 1865. Portland Downs Station, between Isisford and Ilfracombe in central-western Queensland, was one of the earliest runs (properties) to be settled in the Mitchell District. Conflicts with Aboriginals were infrequent, but they did occur. Daily life for the station community, with some 48 employees at its peak, and the station’s involvement with the wider community. Personal experiences are highlighted including that of a 14-year-old jackaroo who went on to become an Australian Government Minister. There is even a ghost story entwined in these pages!

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Boolarong Press

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0995410534

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9780995410534

Superman

The Persistence of an American Icon

By: Ian Gordon

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Superman

The Persistence of an American Icon

By: Ian Gordon

After debuting in 1938, Superman soon became an American icon. But why has he maintained his iconic status for nearly 80 years? And how can he still be an American icon when the country itself has undergone so much change? Superman: Persistence of an American Icon examines the many iterations of the character in comic books, comic strips, radio series, movie serials, feature films, television shows, animation, toys, and collectibles over the past eight decades. Demonstrating how Superman’s iconic popularity cannot be attributed to any single creator or text, comics expert Ian Gordon embarks on a deeper consideration of cultural mythmaking as a collective and dynamic process. He also outlines the often contentious relationships between the various parties who have contributed to the Superman mythos, including corporate executives, comics writers, artists, nostalgic commentators, and collectors. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of Superman’s appearances in comics and other media, Gordon also digs into comics archives to reveal the prominent role that fans have played in remembering, interpreting, and reimagining Superman’s iconography. Gordon considers how comics, film, and TV producers have taken advantage of fan engagement and nostalgia when selling Superman products. Investigating a character who is equally an icon of American culture, fan culture, and consumer culture, Superman thus offers a provocative analysis of mythmaking in the modern era.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813587549

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9780813587547

Playfair Cricket Annual 2012

By: Ian Marshall

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Playfair Cricket Annual 2012

By: Ian Marshall

The 65th edition of the PLAYFAIR CRICKET ANNUAL reviews England's two triumphant 2011 home Test series against Sri Lanka and India, as well as their autumn/winter matches against India and Pakistan. The book is packed with all the essential information required to follow events on the cricket field, with unrivalled up-to-the-minute statistical detail on all first-class players registered in the UK at the time of press. There are fixture lists for the coming season, including 2nd XI and Minor Counties. It also features highlights of the 2011 summer and previews the 2012 tourists the West Indies and South Africa, plus full Test match, first-class and limited-overs international records.

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0755387511

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Birds of British Columbia, Volume 2

Nonpasserines - Diurnal Birds of Prey through Woodpeckers

By: Wayne Campbell,Neil K. Dawe,Ian McTaggart-Cowan,John M. Cooper,Gary W. Kaiser,Michael C.E. McNall

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Birds of British Columbia, Volume 2

Nonpasserines - Diurnal Birds of Prey through Woodpeckers

By: Wayne Campbell,Neil K. Dawe,Ian McTaggart-Cowan,John M. Cooper,Gary W. Kaiser,Michael C.E. McNall

This volume completes the nonpasserine species and contains accounts for the diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers.

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UBC Press

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0774844361

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9780774844369

Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railways

The Late 1940s to Late 1960s

By: Brian Reading,Ian Reading

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Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railways

The Late 1940s to Late 1960s

By: Brian Reading,Ian Reading

With previously unpublished photographs documenting the period's industrial and mineral railways scene.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1398100137

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9781398100138

Blood of the Provinces

The Roman Auxilia and the Making of Provincial Society from Augustus to the Severans

By: Ian Haynes

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Blood of the Provinces

The Roman Auxilia and the Making of Provincial Society from Augustus to the Severans

By: Ian Haynes

Blood of the Provinces is the first fully comprehensive study of the largest part of the Roman army, the auxilia. This non-citizen force constituted more than half of Rome's celebrated armies and was often the military presence in some of its territories. Diverse in origins, character, and culture, they played an essential role in building the empire, sustaining the unequal peace celebrated as the pax Romana, and enacting the emperor's writ. Drawing upon the latest historical and archaeological research to examine recruitment, belief, daily routine, language, tactics, and dress, this volume offers an examination of the Empire and its soldiers in a radical new way. Blood of the Provinces demonstrates how the Roman state addressed a crucial and enduring challenge both on and off the battlefield - retaining control of the miscellaneous auxiliaries upon whom its very existence depended. Crucially, this was not simply achieved by pay and punishment, but also by a very particular set of cultural attributes that characterized provincial society under the Roman Empire. Focusing on the soldiers themselves, and encompassing the disparate military communities of which they were a part, it offers a vital source of information on how individuals and communities were incorporated into provincial society under the Empire, and how the character of that society evolved as a result.

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449

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OUP Oxford

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0191627232

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9780191627231

Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract

By: Ian R. Sanderson,W. Allan Walker

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Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract

By: Ian R. Sanderson,W. Allan Walker

The authors chronicle the development of the gastrointestinal system b eginning with the embryology of the gastrointestinal tract through dev elopment of cells to hormones and enzymes. Each section provides detai led explanation of that stage of development so residents and clinicia ns can better understand the interrelationships of each structure. Spe cial attention is given to the latest cellular information and gene pr omoters in the regulation of intestinal development. Coverage of defec ts due to trauma and infections is also included.

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