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Electronically Yours

Vol. I: My Autobiography

By: Martyn Ware

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This is a music autobiography to remember. This is the story of Martyn Ware. The Human League and Heaven 17 were among some of the most pioneering bands of the 1980s, with Ware having played an integral role in each of their numerous successes. A young lad from the heart of post-war Sheffield, Ware formed The Human League a few years out of school in his early twenties. Described by David Bowie as 'the future of music', it wasn't long before the band become known for their innovative and infectiously catchy singles such as 'Being Boiled', touring with the likes of Siouxsie and the Banshees and Iggy Pop before Ware's departure. Heaven 17 followed suit, with their soon-to-be classic albums, Penthouse & Pavement and The Luxury Gap, featuring several colossal hits. Ground-breaking icons in new wave and synth pop, both groups remain some of the biggest-selling bands across the UK and worldwide. In Electronically Yours, Martyn takes us through his incredible route to stardom; from his austere upbringing in various council houses and close teenage friendship with former-bandmate Phil Oakey, to the white-hot experimentation in the 'Synth Britannia' era and his production career, which allowed him to work with some of the world's greatest singers, including Tina Turner. But it's not just his life inside the industry which is compelling; a proud socialist, Martyn writes poignantly about politics - how it can be a soulful, personal, moral duty - and its role in his music creation and Britain today. With charming meditations on culture, humour, travel and sport, Martyn also shares his love of 60s films, explains why Venice is the most beautiful city in the world, and reveals how Sheffield Wednesday has forever been his first and eternal passion. A huge page-turner and always warmly told, Electronically Yours sees Martyn talk candidly for the very first time about his extraordinary journey. Discover amusing anecdotes, raw confessions, and moving reflections of a life well and truly lived at the height of the music industry.

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Constable

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0349135126

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9780349135120

Brewing in Hertfordshire

By: Martyn Cornell

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Brewing in Hertfordshire

By: Martyn Cornell

The story of the county's brewing history, supported by a fascinating selection of rare and previously unpublished images.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1398108456

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9781398108455

Morgan – An English Enigma

The Vintage and Classic Years

By: Martyn Webb

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Morgan – An English Enigma

The Vintage and Classic Years

By: Martyn Webb

This books tells the amazing story of the Morgan Motor Company, from the primitive, but very successful cyclecars of Edwardian times, through to the iconic British sports cars of the Classic period in the 1960s. Morgan defied conventions, survived economic hardships, resisted take-over bids and carried on in its inimitable way, hand-crafting 'proper' cars out of the historic row of workshops in the spa town of Malvern. Morgan – An English Enigma takes an in-depth look at the Morgan Motor Company during the Vintage and Classic periods, benefitting from access to previously unseen documents and drawings, and featuring 500 images, over half of which have never before been published. This fascinating story will appeal to those with an interest in motoring history, the motor sport enthusiast and anyone who appreciates fine British sports cars.

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The Crowood Press

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0719842506

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9780719842504

The Origins of England 410–600

By: Martyn J. Whittock

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The Origins of England 410–600

By: Martyn J. Whittock

The Origins of England (1986) gives a comprehensive overview of the crucial period of migration and settlement that can be seen as the beginning of English history. It takes into account recent discoveries and debates on the origins of the English, their arrival and conquest of England, and the social life and culture of the settlers. Topics covered include the resistance of the British to the English invaders, the relation of the English to the crumbling Roman society, the founding of the kingdoms and the Christian missionaries. Besides archaeological evidence, the author considers the evidence of place names, the visual arts and literary and legendary sources.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000921255

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9781000921250

The Neolithic Flint Mines of England

By: Martyn Barber,David Field,Peter Topping

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The Neolithic Flint Mines of England

By: Martyn Barber,David Field,Peter Topping

Only rarely in Europe do the surface remains of Neolithic flint mines remain so dramatically for all to see as those located along the South Downs and in the Breckland of England. Even within England they represent a diminishing resource and only ten sites have been recorded with any certainty. As examples of our earliest industrial heritage they represent archaeological sites of the first importance and have a special part to play in the history of technology. However, despite a lengthy history of archaeological investigation, they have rarely been considered nationally as a class of monument. Although some sites such as Grime's Graves are well known through excavation campaigns, others are known only through obscure articles and unpublished archival material. Many of those that survive as earthworks or cropmarks have never been surveyed previously or accurately planned. Consequently, English Heritage has compiled detailed plans of the surface areas of all of the known flint mines and investigated the sites of other potential examples. Using a combination of field survey, aerial photography and archival research, this volume looks at each site in its own right as a major and important complex and - for the first time - offers a synthesis of the evidence to date.

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Liverpool University Press

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1848021887

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9781848021884

The Habsburg Empire: A Very Short Introduction

By: Martyn Rady

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The Habsburg Empire: A Very Short Introduction

By: Martyn Rady

The Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe. From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, they ruled much of Central Europe, and for two centuries were also rulers of Spain. Through the Spanish connection, they acquired lands around the Mediterranean and a chunk of the New World, spreading eastwards to include the Philippines. Reaching from South-East Asia to what is now Ukraine, the Habsburg Empire was truly global. In this Very Short Introduction Martin Rady looks at the history of the Habsburgs, from their tenth-century origins in Switzerland, to the dissolution of the Habsburg Empire in 1918. He introduces the pantheon of Habsburg rulers, which included adventurers, lunatics, and at least one monarch who was so malformed that his true portrait could never be exhibited. He also discusses the lands and kingdoms that made up the Habsburg Empire, and the decisive moments that shaped their history. Dynasty, Europe, global power, and the idea of the multi-national state all converge on the history of the Habsburg Empire. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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Oxford University Press

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0192511343

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9780192511348

Amber, Gold and Black

The History of Britain's Great Beers

By: Martyn Cornell

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Amber, Gold and Black

The History of Britain's Great Beers

By: Martyn Cornell

Amber, Gold and Black is the most comprehensive history of British beer in all its variety ever written. Learn all there is to know about the history of the beers Britons have brewed and enjoyed down the centuries: Bitter, Porter, Mild and Stout, IPA, Brown Ale, Burton Ale and Old Ale, Barley Wine and Stingo, Golden Ale, Gale Ale, Honey Ale, White Beer, Heather Ale and Mum. This is a celebration of the depth of our beery heritage, a look at the roots of the styles we enjoy today, as well as those ales and beers we have lost, and a study of how the liquids that fill our beer glasses, amber, gold and black, developed over the years. Whatever your knowledge of beer, from beginner to buff, Amber, Gold and Black will tell you things you never knew before about Britain's favourite drink.

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The History Press

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0752475940

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9780752475943

Ghosts, Landscapes and Social Memory

By: Martyn Hudson

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Ghosts, Landscapes and Social Memory

By: Martyn Hudson

This book is a groundbreaking attempt to rethink the landscapes of the social world and historical practice by theorising ‘social haunting’: the ways in which the social forms, figures, phantasms and ghosts of the past become present to us time and time again. Examining the relationship between historical practices such as archaeology and archival work in order to think about how the social landscape is reinvented with reference to the ghosts of the past, the author explores the literary and historical status and accounts of the ghost, not for what they might tell us about these figures, but for their significance for our, constantly re-invented, re-vivified, re-ghosted social world. With chapters on haunted houses and castles, slave ghosts, the haunting airs of music, the prehistoric origin of spirits, Marxist spectres, Freudian revenants, and the ghosts in the machine, Ghosts, Landscapes and Social Memory adopts multi-disciplinary methods for understanding the past, the dead and social ghosts and the landscapes they appear in. A sociology of haunting that illustrates how social landscapes have their genesis and perpetuation in haunting and the past, this volume will appeal to sociologists and social theorists with interests in memory, haunting and culture.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315306662

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9781315306667

Martyn Croft - The Omnibus Edition

By: Martyn Croft

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Martyn Croft - The Omnibus Edition

By: Martyn Croft

This is paperback version of the omnibus edition containing the last 3 books in the series of fantasy adventure stories about best friends Eddie and Len, of which 'The Fantastic Journey'(published by Arima and available from www.arimapublishing.co.uk)was the first. Three unusual tales in one volume!

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Lulu.com

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0955987237

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9780955987236

The Civil Wars Experienced

Britain and Ireland, 1638-1661

By: Martyn Bennett

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The Civil Wars Experienced

Britain and Ireland, 1638-1661

By: Martyn Bennett

The Civil Wars Experienced is an exciting new history of the civil wars, which recounts their effects on the 'common people'. This engaging survey throws new light onto a century of violence and political and social upheaval By looking at personal sources such as diaries, petitions, letters and social sources including the press, The Civil War Experienced clearly sets out the true social and cultural effects of the wars on the peoples of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland and how common experiences transcended national and regional boundaries. It ranges widely from the Orkneys to Galway and from Radnorshire to Norfolk. The Civil Wars Experienced explores exactly how far-reaching the changes caused by civil wars actually were for both women and men and carefully assesses individual reactions towards them. For most people fear, familial concerns and material priorities dictated their lives, but for others the civil revolutions provided a positive force for their own spiritual and religious development. By placing the military and political developments of the civil wars in a social context, this book portrays a very different interpretation of a century of regicide and republic.

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Routledge

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1134724543

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A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages

By: Martyn Whittock

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A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages

By: Martyn Whittock

Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life in this fascinating new portrait that brings together the everyday and the extraordinary. Thus we glimpse 11th-century rural society through a conversation between a ploughman and his master. The life of Dick Whittington illuminates the rise of the urban elite. The stories of Roger 'the Raker' who drowned in his own sewage, a 'merman' imprisoned in Orford Castle and the sufferings of the Jews of Bristol reveal the extraordinary diversity of medieval society. Through these characters and events - and using the latest discoveries and research - the dynamic and engaging panorama of medieval England is revealed.

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Robinson

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1472107667

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Sanctuary

Poems by Martyn Halsall

By: Martyn Halsall

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Sanctuary

Poems by Martyn Halsall

By: Martyn Halsall

A collection of poems that emerged from prize-winning poet Martyn Halsall’s year in residence at Carlisle Cathedral in 2013. Based on his observations, notes and interactions, they reflect the wonders, joys and rhythm of cathedral life, patiently celebrating the presence of God in a society where the divine is as optional as poetry.

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Canterbury Press

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1848256779

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9781848256774

A Falling of Angels

By: Martyn Kinsella-Jones

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A Falling of Angels

By: Martyn Kinsella-Jones

Ace Police interrogator and mind reader Paul Calvin is a man trying to keep his job, find kidnapped children, get some well earned rest and keep the peace with his ex-wife. Which is not easy when he has to help crack the multiple murder of child slave prostitutes. With certain unknown parties wanting you dead, and finding that the truth may well lie with an ultra libertarian organisation styling themselves 'Freemen'. He's not so sure he's on the right side any more. 'A Falling of Angels' is the second volume in the Cerberus Conspiracy series of novels. In a future when the lines between the good and bad guys are becoming increasingly blurry.

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Lulu.com

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1312653310

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9781312653313

Typewriter Century

A Cultural History of Writing Practices

By: Martyn Lyons

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Typewriter Century

A Cultural History of Writing Practices

By: Martyn Lyons

As a vehicle for outstanding creativity, the typewriter has been taken for granted and was, until now, a blind spot in the history of writing practices.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487525737

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9781487525736

Historical Dictionary of the British and Irish Civil Wars 1637-1660

By: Martyn Bennett

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Historical Dictionary of the British and Irish Civil Wars 1637-1660

By: Martyn Bennett

When a large number of the people in Scotland rejected King Charles I's religious policy, they set in motion a train of events that resonated throughout England, Wales, and Ireland and challenged the rule of the king. Between 1637 and 1660 the British Isles were embroiled in a series of wars, rebellions, and revolutions that affected not only all the political and social institutions within them, but all of the people living there. Radical changes in the political relationships within the four nations sparked a series of wars that brought far-reaching political revolution. By spring 1649 the king had been executed, the monarchy abolished in England and Wales, and a republic established. The 1650s saw Scotland and Ireland incorporated into the republic as the wars finally ended. The republic had a brief life but by 1660 it was ended and the monarchy restored, the united nation established in 1653 was again broken into its component parts, and the old institutions seemingly returned to preeminence. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the British and Irish Civil Wars 1637-1660 contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, and military technology, as well as descriptions of the battles of the war. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this period in history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442262648

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9781442262645

Bone Machine

By: Martyn Waites

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Bone Machine

By: Martyn Waites

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Simon and Schuster

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1416502238

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9781416502234

The Politics of Consumption in Eighteenth-Century Ireland

By: Martyn J. Powell

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The Politics of Consumption in Eighteenth-Century Ireland

By: Martyn J. Powell

This book explores the politicization of consumer goods in eighteenth-century Ireland. Moving beyond tangible items purchased by consumers, it examines the political manifestations of the consumption of elite leisure activities, entertainment and display, and in doing so makes a vital contribution to work on the cultural life of the Protestant Ascendancy. As with many other areas of Irish culture and society, consumption cannot be separated from the problems of Anglo-Irish relations, and therefore an appreciation of these politcal overtones is vitally important.

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Springer

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0230512739

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9780230512733

Martyn Lawrence-Bullard

Live, Love, and Decorate

By: Martyn Lawrence Bullard

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Martyn Lawrence-Bullard

Live, Love, and Decorate

By: Martyn Lawrence Bullard

For those who love boldness in design, Los Angeles-based interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard demonstrates his mastery of dramatic environments for a clientele of celebrities. Drawn to glamour, Martyn Lawrence Bullard moved from London to Los Angeles to pursue acting but became a star decorator instead. His designs balance the contemporary with the traditional, the Occidental with the ethnic. His celebrity clients’ homes are inspiring in their chic yet sumptuous styles, including Sir Elton John’s disco-luxurious apartment with a python-skin bed, green lacquered walls, and mirrored cabinets;Grey’s Anatomystar Ellen Pompeo’s hip Mediterranean villa in the Hollywood Hills; Cher’s residences-a Moorish palazzo in Malibu and a Beverly Hills Indian fantasy; and Tamara Mellon’s New York City penthouse that dazzles with bold artwork and striking color. With a knack for beautiful and dramatic spaces that don’t sacrifice comfort, Lawrence Bullard-who stars in the upcoming Bravo television showMillion Dollar Decorators-reveals his know-how for creating a sensational home.

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Random House Digital, Inc.

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0847836762

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9780847836765

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