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From Aintree to York

Racing Around Britain

By: Stephen Cartmell

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From Aintree to York

Racing Around Britain

By: Stephen Cartmell

Writer and psychologist Stephen Cartmell set off to explore Britain using the cultural melting pot of the UK's 60 racecourses as his staging posts. During his travels the author observed the frequent absurdity of the British, the peculiarities of their institutions and developed a satirical critique of one of the country's favourite pastimes. With his acute eye for observation, an appreciation of the ridiculous and the ability to find humour even in the face of petty officialdom, this acclaimed book is not simply a travelogue of racing but a key to understanding Britain and its curiously comical inhabitants. Racegoer, traveller or first time visitor, Stephen Cartmell's colourful stories are sure to entertain.

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Random House

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1446465330

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9781446465332

Viv "and the Geordie Mafia"

By: Stephen Richards

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Viv "and the Geordie Mafia"

By: Stephen Richards

Featuring interviews with those close to the Geordie Godfather who was gunned down in a gangland hit, this book is the follow up to Viv (Graham) - 'Simply the Best'. It reveals stories of Graham's life and of his murder, and includes a comparison between nightclubs in Liverpool and Newcastle.

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Mirage Publishing

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1902578015

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9781902578019

Sondheim's Broadway Musicals

By: Stephen Banfield

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Sondheim's Broadway Musicals

By: Stephen Banfield

The first in-depth look at the work and career of one of the most important figures in the history of musical theater

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University of Michigan Press

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0472080830

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9780472080830

When the Yankees Came

Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865

By: Stephen V. Ash

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When the Yankees Came

Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865

By: Stephen V. Ash

Southerners whose communities were invaded by the Union army during the Civil War endured a profoundly painful ordeal. For most, the coming of the Yankees was a nightmare become real; for some, it was the answer to a prayer. But as Stephen Ash argues, for all, invasion and occupation were essential parts of the experience of defeat that helped shape the southern postwar mentality. When the Yankees Came is the first comprehensive study of the occupied South, bringing to light a wealth of new information about the southern home front. Among the intriguing topics Ash explores are guerrilla warfare and other forms of civilian resistance; the evolution of Union occupation policy from leniency to repression; the impact of occupation on families, churches, and local government; and conflicts between southern aristocrats and poor whites. In analyzing these topics, Ash examines events from the perspective not only of southerners but also of the northern invaders, and he shows how the experiences of southerners differed according to their distance from a garrisoned town.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807860131

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9780807860137

Ancient Ocean Crossings

Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas

By: Stephen C. Jett

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Ancient Ocean Crossings

Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas

By: Stephen C. Jett

Paints a compelling picture of impressive pre-Columbian cultures and Old World civilizations that, contrary to many prevailing notions, were not isolated from one another In Ancient Ocean Crossings: Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas, Stephen Jett encourages readers to reevaluate the common belief that there was no significant interchange between the chiefdoms and civilizations of Eurasia and Africa and peoples who occupied the alleged terra incognita beyond the great oceans. More than a hundred centuries separate the time that Ice Age hunters are conventionally thought to have crossed a land bridge from Asia into North America and the arrival of Columbus in the Bahamas in 1492. Traditional belief has long held that earth’s two hemispheres were essentially cut off from one another as a result of the post-Pleistocene meltwater-fed rising oceans that covered that bridge. The oceans, along with arctic climates and daunting terrestrial distances, formed impermeable barriers to interhemispheric communication. This viewpoint implies that the cultures of the Old World and those of the Americas developed independently. Drawing on abundant and concrete evidence to support his theory for significant pre-Columbian contacts, Jett suggests that many ancient peoples had both the seafaring capabilities and the motives to cross the oceans and, in fact, did so repeatedly and with great impact. His deep and broad work synthesizes information and ideas from archaeology, geography, linguistics, climatology, oceanography, ethnobotany, genetics, medicine, and the history of navigation and seafaring, making an innovative and persuasive multidisciplinary case for a new understanding of human societies and their diffuse but interconnected development.

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529

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University of Alabama Press

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0817319395

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9780817319397

The Amusement Park

900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dreamers and Schemers Who Built Them

By: Stephen M. Silverman

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The Amusement Park

900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dreamers and Schemers Who Built Them

By: Stephen M. Silverman

Experience the electrifying, never-before-told true story of amusement parks, from the middle ages to present day, and meet the colorful (and sometimes criminal) characters who are responsible for their enchanting charms. Step right up! The Amusement Park is a rich, anecdotal history that begins nine centuries ago with the "pleasure gardens" of Europe and England and ends with the most elaborate modern parks in the world. It's a history told largely through the stories of the colorful, sometimes hedonistic characters who built them, including: Showmen like Joseph and Nicholas Schenck and Marcus Loew Railroad barons Andrew Mellon and Henry E. Huntington The men who ultimately destroyed the parks, including Robert Moses and Fred Trump Gifted artisans and craft-people who brought the parks to life An amazing cast of supporting players, from Al Capone to Annie Oakley And, of course, this is a full-throttle celebration of the rides, those marvels of engineering and heart-stopping thrills from an author, Stephen Silverman, whose life-long passion for his subject shines through. The parks and fairs featured include the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Coney Island, Steeplechase Park, Dreamland, Euclid Beach Park, Cedar Point, Palisades Park, Ferrari World, Dollywood, Sea World, Six Flags Great Adventure, Universal Studios, Disney World and Disneyland, and many more.

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Black Dog & Leventhal

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0316416479

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9780316416474

R. G. Collingwood: A Research Companion

By: James Connelly,Peter Johnson,Stephen Leach

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R. G. Collingwood: A Research Companion

By: James Connelly,Peter Johnson,Stephen Leach

R. G. Collingwood is an important 20th-century historian, archaeologist and philosopher whose works are the subject of continued interest, analysis and study. There is an unquestionable need to support this research activity with the provision of a reference guide which is fully up-to-date, informed and authoritative. The Companion therefore lists all primary and secondary material relevant to the study of Collingwood in all his fields of expertise - historical theory, philosophy and archaeology. It also provides a guide to archive material relevant to his life, together with sources and locations. The resulting volume is an essential companion to the understanding of the life and thought of R. G. Collingwood.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441140727

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9781441140722

The British School Film

From Tom Brown to Harry Potter

By: Stephen Glynn

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The British School Film

From Tom Brown to Harry Potter

By: Stephen Glynn

Through close textual and contextual analysis of British films spanning a century, this book explores how pupils, teachers and secondary education in general have been represented on the British screen. The author addresses a number of topics including the nature of public (fee-paying) and state schooling; the values of special, single-sex and co-education; the role of male and female teachers; and the nature of childhood and adolescence itself. From the silents of Hitchcock to the sorcery of Harry Potter, British cinema’s continued explorations of school life highlights its importance in the nation’s everyday experience and imaginary landscape. Beyond this, the school film, varying in scope from low-budget exploitation to Hollywood-financed blockbusters, serves both as a prism through which one can trace major shifts in the British film industry and as a barometer of the social and cultural concerns of the cinema-going public. This applies especially for gender, race and, in all senses, class.

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272

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Springer

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1137558873

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9781137558879

William Wordsworth

21st-Century Oxford Authors

By: William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth

21st-Century Oxford Authors

By: William Wordsworth

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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841

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Oxford University Press

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0199238618

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9780199238613

UK Vineyards Guide 2016

By: Stephen Skelton MW

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UK Vineyards Guide 2016

By: Stephen Skelton MW

UK Vineyards Guide 2016. This book is a directory of vineyards in Great Britain, Ireland and the Channel Isles and contains chapters on the history of viticulture in the UK, the current situation, wine quality schemes, the UK's largest producers, and visiting vineyards. The majority of the book lists all the 600+ vineyards in the UK, Ireland and the Channel Isles. There is also a UK Wine Industry - Facts and Figures page, a list of all the organic and biodynamic vineyards, a list of wineries offering contract winemaking services and a breakdown of vineyards by region and county.

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142

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Lulu.com

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0993123503

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9780993123504

Russian Literary Culture in the Camera Age

The Word as Image

By: Stephen Hutchings

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Russian Literary Culture in the Camera Age

The Word as Image

By: Stephen Hutchings

This book explores how one of the world's most literary-oriented societies entered the modern visual era, beginning with the advent of photography in the nineteenth century, focusing then on literature's role in helping to shape cinema as a tool of official totalitarian culture during the Soviet period, and concluding with an examination of post-Soviet Russia's encounter with global television. As well as pioneering the exploration of this important new area in Slavic Studies, the book illuminates aspects of cultural theory by investigating how the Russian case affects general notions of literature's fate within post-literate culture, the ramifications of communism's fall for media globalization, and the applicability of text/image models to problems of intercultural change.

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280

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Routledge

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1134400500

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9781134400508

The War on Hospital Ships, 1914–1918

By: Stephen McGreal

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The War on Hospital Ships, 1914–1918

By: Stephen McGreal

It is often said The first casualty of war is the truth and there is no better example of this than the furore caused by the claims and counterclaims of the British and German Governments at the height of the First World War. Wounded allied personnel were invariably repatriated by hospital ships, which ran the gauntlet of mined waters and gambled on the humanity of the U-Boat commanders. For, contrary to the terms of the Geneva Convention, on occasions Germany had sunk the unarmed hospital ships under the pretense they carried reinforcement troops and ammunition. The press seized on these examples of Hun Barbarity, especially the drowning of noncombatant female nurses. The crisis heightened following the German Governments 1 February 1917 introduction of unrestricted naval warfare. The white painted allied hospital ships emblazoned with huge red crosses now became in German eyes legitimate targets for the U-Boats. As the war on the almost 100 strong fleet of hospital ships intensified the British threatened reprisals against Germany, in particular an Anglo-French bombing raid upon a German town. Undeterred the Germans stepped up their campaign sinking two hospital ships in swift succession. Seven hospital ships struck mines and a further eight were torpedoed. Faced with such a massacre of the innocents Britain decided her hospital ships, painted and brightly lit in accordance with the Geneva Convention, could no longer rely on this immunity. The vessels were repainted in drab colors, defensively armed and sailed as ambulance transports among protected convoys. Germany had successfully banished hospital ships from the high seas.

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266

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Casemate Publishers

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1844689557

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9781844689552

Voices from a Wilderness Expedition

The Journals and Men of Benedict Arnold's Expedition to Quebec in 1775

By: Stephen Darley

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Voices from a Wilderness Expedition

The Journals and Men of Benedict Arnold's Expedition to Quebec in 1775

By: Stephen Darley

The purpose of "Voices from a Wilderness Expedition" is to reawaken the now silent voices of the brave men who made the historic 1775 march through the Maine wilderness with Benedict Arnold to attack Quebec and conquer Canada. This book is not a chronological history of the expedition, but rather offers details and new information about the lives of the men who participated and, equally important, the journals that chronicaled the hardships of the march. It contains significant new information on both the men and the journals that has never been published. The book features: * First ever bibliography of all prntings of thirty journals written by participants * Three newly discovered journals found in the University of Glasgow Library * Two never before published journals written by privates on the expedition * New biographical information on seven officers * Examination of the career of Col. Roger Enos whose 3 companies left early to return to Cambridge * Identification of Capt Scott, a previously unknown company commander * Transcription of 2nd Isaac Senter journal * Comprehensive roster of names of 1124 officers and men who were on the expedition

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AuthorHouse

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1456761072

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9781456761073

From Neuroscience to Neurology

Neuroscience, Molecular Medicine, and the Therapeutic Transformation of Neurology

By: Stephen Waxman

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From Neuroscience to Neurology

Neuroscience, Molecular Medicine, and the Therapeutic Transformation of Neurology

By: Stephen Waxman

The field of neurology is being transformed, from a therapeutically nihilistic discipline with few effective treatments, to a therapeutic specialty which offers new, effective treatments for disorders of the brain and spinal cord. This remarkable transformation has bridged neuroscience, molecular medicine, and clinical investigation, and represents a major triumph for biomedical research. This book, which contains chapters by more than 29 internationally recognized authorities who have made major contributions to neurotherapeutics, tells the stories of how new treatments for disabling disorders of the nervous system, such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and migraine, were developed, and explores evolving themes and technologies that offer hope for even more effective treatments and ultimately cures for currently untreatable disorders of the brain and spinal cord. The first part of this book reviews the development of new therapies in neurology, from their inception in terms of basic science to their introduction into the clinical world. It also explores evolving themes and new technologies. This book will be of interest to everyone – clinicians and basic scientists alike – interested in diseases of the brain and spinal cord, and in the quest for new treatments for these disorders.* Presents the evolution of the field of neurology into a therapeutic discipline * Discusses lessons learned from past successes and applications to ongoing work* Explores the future of this field

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549

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Elsevier

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0080506984

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9780080506982

Golf On The Edge

By: Stephen Cartmell

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Golf On The Edge

By: Stephen Cartmell

Because of its island status, the British shoreline enjoys more traditional coastal golf courses than anywhere in world. When Stephen Cartmell set himself the challenge of finding and testing eighteen of the most outstanding links courses in Britain, he decided that they had to meet a number of important criteria - the most significant of which was that the sea had to be visible from the course and, preferably, should present a physical hazard to any wayward shots. Stephen Cartmell provides hilarious descriptions of these sea-flanked courses, not to mention the characters he meets on his journey around the British coastline in this perfect guide for those tempted to play Golf on the Edge.

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Random House

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1446465314

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9781446465318

From Aintree to York

Racing Around Britain

By: Stephen Cartmell

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From Aintree to York

Racing Around Britain

By: Stephen Cartmell

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From Aintree to York

By: Stephen Cartmell

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From Aintree to York

By: Stephen Cartmell

Whether you are an occasional or a regular racegoer this title aims to enhance the rich and varied experience of a day at the races. Stephen Cartmell uses both his knowledge of racing as well as his keen skills in observing people to write an entertaining guide and travelogue.

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1904328024

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9781904328025

The Random Book Of-- Stephen

By: Stephen Grant

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The Random Book Of-- Stephen

By: Stephen Grant

This title features facts, figures, stats and trivia on legions of record-breakers, record losers, actors, singers, sportsmen, historical figures, the famous and infamous, felons, inventors, rulers, heartthrobs, politicians and scientists called Stephen.

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Stripe

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1907158138

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9781907158131

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