Cinemas and Cinemagoing in Wartime Britain, 1939-45: The Utility Dream Palace
Jeffrey Richards and Richard Farmer
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During the Second World War, the popularity and importance of the cinema in Britain was at its peak....
Journalism and the Periodical Press in Nineteenth-Century Britain
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Newly commissioned essays by leading scholars offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of...
Make Do and Send: Nostalgic Letters on Fifteen Years of Rationing in Britain
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This engaging collection of letters gives a quirky picture of family life in Britain under fifteen...
The Iron Age Round-house: Later Prehistoric Building in Britain and Beyond
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In contrast to Continental Europe, where the Iron Age is abundantly represented by funerary remains...
Riding Route 94: An Accidental Journey Through the Story of Britain
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On previous journeys through Britain, David McKie headed for places he had heard of and was eager to...
Spitfire Pilot: An Extraordinary True Story of Combat in the Battle of Britain
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This is the Battle of Britain memoir of Roger Hall, a 152 Squadron Spitfire pilot based in southern...
Bradshaw's Handbook: 1861 Railway Handbook of Great Britain and Ireland
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An enlarged facsimile edition of Bradshaw's descriptive railway handbook of Great Britain and...
Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour
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You know the people in this book. You'll remember the harassed waitress from your local Chinese...
A Dialogue with Nature: Romantic Landscapes from Britain and Germany
Matthew Hargraves and Rachel Sloan
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"The artist should not only paint what he sees before him," claimed Caspar David Friedrich, "but...