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The Cavern Club

The Rise of The Beatles and Merseybeat

By: Spencer Leigh.

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The Cavern Club

The Rise of The Beatles and Merseybeat

By: Spencer Leigh.

This is the story of the Cavern Club - the most famous club in the world. The Cavern saw the birth of the Beatles and Merseybeat, and more. Respected author, music journalist and Merseybeat historian Spencer Leigh - with a little help from Sir Paul McCartney, who provides the Foreword - tells the Cavern's history by talking to the owners, hundreds of musicians who played at the club, the backroom staff and fans. Spencer paints a vivid picture of the Cavern, from its days as a jazz club, through the Beatles years to the present

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475

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McNidder and Grace Limited

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0857160982

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9780857160980

The Thames Path

National Trail from London to the river's source in Gloucestershire

By: Leigh Hatts

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The Thames Path

National Trail from London to the river's source in Gloucestershire

By: Leigh Hatts

A guidebook to walking the Thames Path, a 182-mile National Trail from the Woolwich Foot Tunnel in London to the river's source in near Cirencester, passing from central London through Windsor, Henley, and Oxford, and rural countryside. Described in 20 sections, of between 4 and 16 miles (6.5-32km), it is an mainly flat route with good access by public transport and typically takes two weeks to walk. On its way it passes historic sites such as Greenwich, Kew Gardens, Hampton Court, Runnymede, Windsor Castle and Oxford. This guidebook features complete OS 1:50,000 scale mapping of the route and comprehensive information about accommodation, facilities, refreshments and transport links for each stage of the route. It is crammed with fascinating details about the places and features passed along the way. A separate pocket-sized map booklet is also included showing the full route on 1:25,000 scale OS maps, providing all the mapping needed to complete the trail. The Thames Path is an easy riverside walk that discovers the constantly changing character of the River Thames.

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382

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Cicerone Press Limited

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1783629762

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9781783629763

Sally Hemings

Given Her Time

By: Leigh Fought

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Sally Hemings

Given Her Time

By: Leigh Fought

Sally Hemings: Given Her Time is an exciting, concise biography tells that tells the extraordinary tale of Sally Hemings, mother of Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved children. Born on the eve of the American Revolution, the war hung over Sally Hemings' childhood. As a teenager, she travelled to Paris to witness the beginning of another revolution. There, she entered a painful bargain and became Jefferson’s concubine in exchange for her children’s freedom. Over thirty-six years she gave birth to seven children, buried three, and raised four, all while hoping their father would make good on his promise. Placing Hemings within the history of American women and slavery, the book acts as an introduction to race, gender, slavery, and freedom in the first fifty years of the American republic. Within this context, Hemings’ life demands an honest reckoning with the national foundations of race, gender, bondage, and freedom from the vantage of a woman for whom nothing was created equal and for whom life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness came with great costs. This textbook includes study questions for students to consider and documents to encourage students to engage with primary source materials. Sally Hemings: Given Her Time is an accessible and lively read for students in women and gender studies, women’s history, and African American Studies.

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182

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Taylor & Francis

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1040088929

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9781040088920

Possum Crossing

A Tale of a Place in West Virginia

By: Leigh Anne Cooper

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Possum Crossing

A Tale of a Place in West Virginia

By: Leigh Anne Cooper

Youve heard the slogan WV Almost Heaven. Possum Crossing is a story about what the narrator refers to as a real heaven here on earth. It is populated by mountaineers who are hardworking and patriotic citizens of Possum. Like the state as a whole, Possum has seen growth from the frontier to boom times, and having experienced whiplash from boom to bust, it is now on the cusp of a new boom. Despite adversity and abandonment by politicians, Possums, as residents of the town call themselves, do not give up on the mountain state and are poised to bring prosperity and new glory to her. The story of these proud people is a story shared by millions in this time of changes occurring with the speed of light. Possums do not abandon West Virginia for greener grass elsewhere, but they remain to bring about a rebirth of better times.

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137

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AuthorHouse

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1524670359

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9781524670351

Grief

By: Mike Leigh

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Grief

By: Mike Leigh

1957. War widow Dorothy lives in a London suburb with her 15-year-old daughter Victoria and her older bachelor brother Edwin. More and more isolated from her married friends with their successful children, Dorothy tries to cope with Victoria's increasingly hostile behaviour. But is she doing her best, as she thinks, or is she in fact responsible for what threatens to become an unendurable situation?'A exquisitely observed, profoundly quiet slice of 1950s suburban life.' The Sunday Times'Meticulously evocative' Independent'Manville is magnificent in this broodingly muted family drama.' Sunday Express'Leigh makes you laugh and laugh - until you cry.' Time Out'A haunting portrait of loss and loneliness, exquisitely acted throughout and led by a riveting performance by Manville.' Financial Times'Leigh's meticulous production potently captures the pain that lurked behind stiff upper lips in the England of the Fifties.' Daily Telegraph'Nobody gets more truthful performances from actors than Mike Leigh.' The Times'The acting is superb.' Guardian'Leigh directs with sensitivity.' Evening Standard'Extraordinarily poignant' Independent on Sunday

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131

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Faber & Faber

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ISBN 10

0571283039

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9780571283033

The Wall

By: Leigh Michael Hartmann

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The Wall

By: Leigh Michael Hartmann

It is the closing days of the Civil War. Grant is pressing Lee harder than ever in Richmond. Lee has stashed some troops and supplies in a nearby town. With those supplies and reinforcements, Lee can delay the close of the war and sue for peace. The President and the Secretary of War have other plans. General Emmett Hanson is charged with capturing the supplies and troops-thereby denying Lee his only remaining hope for the South.

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361

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Xlibris Corporation

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1483625176

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9781483625171

Deals, Datus and Dayaks

Sarawak and Brunei in the Making of Malaysia

By: Michael Leigh

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Deals, Datus and Dayaks

Sarawak and Brunei in the Making of Malaysia

By: Michael Leigh

This book tells the story of Malaysia’s formation and its early struggle for survival. A treasure trove of recently de-classified records from the UK National Archives and the US Consulate in Kuching, demonstrate how the British, Singapore and Malayan governments seized upon the Brunei revolt, and Indonesian attacks across the Sarawak border, to justify their extensive use of coercive measures against the strongest opponents of the federation proposal, and to reinforce strong messaging that forming Malaysia was the best available future for Sarawak, Sabah and Singapore too. Despite all of those efforts, new archival evidence shows how the political situation in Sarawak almost caused Malaysia to be aborted at the last minute. The book then goes on to document how strong international and internal pressures throughout 1964 and 1965 meant that the very survival of Malaysia was in doubt.

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Strategic Information and Research Development Centre

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9672464959

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9789672464952

Sperm Competition and Its Evolutionary Consequences in the Insects

By: Leigh W. Simmons

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Sperm Competition and Its Evolutionary Consequences in the Insects

By: Leigh W. Simmons

One hundred years after Darwin considered how sexual selection shapes the behavioral and morphological characteristics of males for acquiring mates, Parker realized that sexual selection continues after mating through sperm competition. Because females often mate with multiple males before producing offspring, selection favors adaptations that allow males to preempt sperm from previous males and to prevent their own sperm from preemption by future males. Since the 1970s, this area of research has seen exponential growth, and biologists now recognize sperm competition as an evolutionary force that drives such adaptations as mate guarding, genital morphology, and ejaculate chemistry across all animal taxa. The insects have been critical to this research, and they still offer the greatest potential to reveal fully the evolutionary consequences of sperm competition. This book analyzes and extends thirty years of theoretical and empirical work on insect sperm competition. It considers both male and female interests in sperm utilization and the sexual conflict that can arise when these differ. It covers the mechanics of sperm transfer and utilization, morphology, physiology, and behavior. Sperm competition is shown to have dramatic effects on adaptation in the context of reproduction as well as far-reaching ramifications on life-history evolution and speciation. Written by a top researcher in the field, this comprehensive, up-to-date review of the evolutionary causes and consequences of sperm competition in the insects will prove an invaluable reference for students and established researchers in behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology.

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453

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Princeton University Press

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0691207038

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9780691207032

Book's by Leigh Richmond

The Cavern Club

The Cavern Club

The Thames Path

The Thames Path

Sally Hemings

Sally Hemings

Possum Crossing

Possum Crossing

Grief

Grief

The Wall

The Wall

Deals, Datus and Dayaks

Deals, Datus and Dayaks

Sperm Competition and Its Evolutionary Consequences in the Insects

Sperm Competition and Its Evolutionary Consequences in the Insects

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