The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral and How it Changed the American West
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"The genius of this book is that, for all its historical accuracy and sophistication, it still tells...
The Lifeboat Service in England: The South West and Bristol Channel: Station by Station
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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution was established in 1824 and has a long and proud tradition...
Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD
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Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for...
Employment Location in Regional Economic Planning: A Case Study of the West Midlands
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Originally published in 1970. During the times of planned population movements and new towns, with a...
Travels in West Africa: the Classic Account of One Woman's Epic and Eccentric Journey in the 1890s
Mary H. Kingsley and Lynnette Turner
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A remarkable account by a pioneering woman explorer who was described by Rudyard Kipling as 'the...
New York's New Edge: Contemporary Art, the High Line, and Urban Megaprojects on the Far West Side
David Halle and Elisabeth Tiso
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The story of New York's west side no longer stars the Sharks and the Jets. Instead it's a story of...
Contesting French West Africa: Battles Over Schools and the Colonial Order, 1900-1950
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After the turn of the twentieth century, schools played a pivotal role in the construction of French...
The Making of the West End Stage: Marriage, Management and the Mapping of Gender in London, 1830-1870
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All roads lead to London - and to the West End theatre. This book presents a new history of the...