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The Cherwell School
The First Fifty Years 1963-2013
Written by Martin Roberts
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $9.99
Originally among the smallest secondary schools in Oxford, and without much of a reputation, by 2013 The Cherwell School had grown fourfold and established a national reputation for quality. Andrew Roberts tells the story of this remarkable change, recalling key events and personalities along the way. Featuring artwork and photography from pupils... Read more >
The First Fifty Years 1963-2013
Written by Martin Roberts
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $9.99
Originally among the smallest secondary schools in Oxford, and without much of a reputation, by 2013 The Cherwell School had grown fourfold and established a national reputation for quality. Andrew Roberts tells the story of this remarkable change, recalling key events and personalities along the way. Featuring artwork and photography from pupils... Read more >
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Colonial Food
Written by Ann Chandonnet
Format: Trade Paperback, 60 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $9.95
Written by Ann Chandonnet
Format: Trade Paperback, 60 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $9.95
Of the one hundred Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth in 1620, nearly half had died within months of hardship, starvation or disease. One of the colony’s most urgent challenges was to find ways to grow and prepare food in the harsh, unfamiliar climate of the New World. From the meager subsistence...
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Colonial Food
Written by Ann Chandonnet
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
Written by Ann Chandonnet
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
Of the one hundred Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth in 1620, nearly half had died within months of hardship, starvation or disease. One of the colony’s most urgent challenges was to find ways to grow and prepare food in the harsh, unfamiliar climate of the New World. From the meager subsistence...
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Gypsies of Britain
Written by Janet Keet-Black
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
This title tells the story of the Romany Gypsies in Britain. Where they came from, how they arrived. It explores their travelling way of life and their traditional occupations, including harvesting, making baskets, dealing in horses, fortune telling and rat catching to royalty. Their impact on traditional museum dancing. It reveals... Read more >
Written by Janet Keet-Black
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
This title tells the story of the Romany Gypsies in Britain. Where they came from, how they arrived. It explores their travelling way of life and their traditional occupations, including harvesting, making baskets, dealing in horses, fortune telling and rat catching to royalty. Their impact on traditional museum dancing. It reveals... Read more >
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eBook.
Gypsies of Britain
Written by Janet Keet-Black
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
This title tells the story of the Romany Gypsies in Britain. Where they came from, how they arrived. It explores their travelling way of life and their traditional occupations, including harvesting, making baskets, dealing in horses, fortune telling and rat catching to royalty. Their impact on traditional museum dancing. It reveals... Read more >
Written by Janet Keet-Black
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
This title tells the story of the Romany Gypsies in Britain. Where they came from, how they arrived. It explores their travelling way of life and their traditional occupations, including harvesting, making baskets, dealing in horses, fortune telling and rat catching to royalty. Their impact on traditional museum dancing. It reveals... Read more >
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New College School, Oxford
A History
Written by Matthew Jenkinson
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $11.99
New College School is one of the oldest continually functioning schools in the United Kingdom and, indeed, the world. It was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, to provide choristers for the chapel of New College, Oxford. Since then the School has had a peripatetic existence, occupying... Read more >
A History
Written by Matthew Jenkinson
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $11.99
New College School is one of the oldest continually functioning schools in the United Kingdom and, indeed, the world. It was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, to provide choristers for the chapel of New College, Oxford. Since then the School has had a peripatetic existence, occupying... Read more >
The Girl Who Loved Camellias
The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis
Written by Julie Kavanagh
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $13.99
The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis
Written by Julie Kavanagh
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $13.99
From the author of Nureyev, the definitive biography of the celebrated Russian dancer, now comes the astonishing and unknown story of Marie Duplessis, the courtesan who inspired Alexandre Dumas fils’s novel and play La dame aux camélias, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata, George Cukor’s film Camille, and Frederick Ashton’s ballet Marguerite...
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The Girl Who Loved Camellias
The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis
Written by Julie Kavanagh
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $27.95
The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis
Written by Julie Kavanagh
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $27.95
From the author of Nureyev, the definitive biography of the celebrated Russian dancer, now comes the astonishing and unknown story of Marie Duplessis, the courtesan who inspired Alexandre Dumas fils’s novel and play La dame aux camélias, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata, George Cukor’s film Camille, and Frederick Ashton’s ballet Marguerite...
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A Scattered People
Written by Gerald McFarland
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2013
Price: $13.99
The movement of millions of ordinary people westward across the American continent was one of the great folk migrations of all time, stretching over two centuries and thousands of hard-traveled miles. Using a canvas as broad as the country itself, Gerald McFarland turns this journey into a resonant personal experience by... Read more >
Written by Gerald McFarland
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2013
Price: $13.99
The movement of millions of ordinary people westward across the American continent was one of the great folk migrations of all time, stretching over two centuries and thousands of hard-traveled miles. Using a canvas as broad as the country itself, Gerald McFarland turns this journey into a resonant personal experience by... Read more >
Fair America
World's Fairs in the United States
Written by Robert W. Rydell, John E. Findling and Kimberly Pelle
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $15.95
Since their inception with New York's Crystal Palace Exhibition in the mid-nineteenth century, world's fairs have introduced Americans to “exotic” pleasures such as belly dancing and the Ferris Wheel; pathbreaking technologies such as telephones and X rays; and futuristic architectural, landscaping, and transportation schemes. Billed by their promoters as “encyclopedias of... Read more >
World's Fairs in the United States
Written by Robert W. Rydell, John E. Findling and Kimberly Pelle
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $15.95
Since their inception with New York's Crystal Palace Exhibition in the mid-nineteenth century, world's fairs have introduced Americans to “exotic” pleasures such as belly dancing and the Ferris Wheel; pathbreaking technologies such as telephones and X rays; and futuristic architectural, landscaping, and transportation schemes. Billed by their promoters as “encyclopedias of... Read more >
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Told You So
The Big Book of Weekly Columns
Written by Ralph Nader
Introduction by Jim Hightower
Format: Trade Paperback, 540 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $29.95
“What sets Ralph Nader apart is that he has moved beyond social criticism to effective political action.”
—The New York Times
The column is the most natural literary form for a citizen’s advocate, and Ralph Nader may be its most robust and forceful practitioner. The Big Book of Ralph Nader Columns presents... Read more >
The Big Book of Weekly Columns
Written by Ralph Nader
Introduction by Jim Hightower
Format: Trade Paperback, 540 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $29.95
“What sets Ralph Nader apart is that he has moved beyond social criticism to effective political action.”
—The New York Times
The column is the most natural literary form for a citizen’s advocate, and Ralph Nader may be its most robust and forceful practitioner. The Big Book of Ralph Nader Columns presents... Read more >
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eBook.
Told You So
The Big Book of Weekly Columns
Written by Ralph Nader
Introduction by Jim Hightower
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $29.95
“What sets Ralph Nader apart is that he has moved beyond social criticism to effective political action.”
—The New York Times
The column is the most natural literary form for a citizen’s advocate, and Ralph Nader may be its most robust and forceful practitioner. The Big Book of Ralph Nader Columns presents a... Read more >
The Big Book of Weekly Columns
Written by Ralph Nader
Introduction by Jim Hightower
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $29.95
“What sets Ralph Nader apart is that he has moved beyond social criticism to effective political action.”
—The New York Times
The column is the most natural literary form for a citizen’s advocate, and Ralph Nader may be its most robust and forceful practitioner. The Big Book of Ralph Nader Columns presents a... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Behind the Times:
Inside the New New York Times
Written by Edwin Diamond
Format: eBook, 436 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2013
Price: $11.99
An incisive examination of the world's most respected paper, Behind the Times tells the story of changing Timesian values and of a new era for the paper—a tale of editorial struggles, star columnists and critics, institutional self-importance, and the political and cultural favorites of the Times' owners and editors. Taking the... Read more >
Inside the New New York Times
Written by Edwin Diamond
Format: eBook, 436 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2013
Price: $11.99
An incisive examination of the world's most respected paper, Behind the Times tells the story of changing Timesian values and of a new era for the paper—a tale of editorial struggles, star columnists and critics, institutional self-importance, and the political and cultural favorites of the Times' owners and editors. Taking the... Read more >
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Amusement Parks
Written by Jim Hillman
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
America's amusement industry emerged from simple swimming ponds, family picnic areas, and community gathering spots. Although the first major entrepreneurial-driven amusement resort, known as Jones Woods, grew from the banks of New York's East River in the 1800s, the Golden Age of American amusement parks began with the mid-1800s development of... Read more >
Written by Jim Hillman
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
America's amusement industry emerged from simple swimming ponds, family picnic areas, and community gathering spots. Although the first major entrepreneurial-driven amusement resort, known as Jones Woods, grew from the banks of New York's East River in the 1800s, the Golden Age of American amusement parks began with the mid-1800s development of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Amusement Parks
Written by Jim Hillman
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $7.95
America's amusement industry emerged from simple swimming ponds, family picnic areas, and community gathering spots. Although the first major entrepreneurial-driven amusement resort, known as Jones Woods, grew from the banks of New York's East River in the 1800s, the Golden Age of American amusement parks began with the mid-1800s development of... Read more >
Written by Jim Hillman
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $7.95
America's amusement industry emerged from simple swimming ponds, family picnic areas, and community gathering spots. Although the first major entrepreneurial-driven amusement resort, known as Jones Woods, grew from the banks of New York's East River in the 1800s, the Golden Age of American amusement parks began with the mid-1800s development of... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Jews in Britain
Written by Michael Leventhal
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $12.95
The Jewish community is the oldest ethnic minority in the country. This book tells the epic story of Jews in Britain over a thousand years. Many came as wealthy traders - others as desperate refugees. Sometimes they were feared and had to lead secret lives. At other times they stood shoulder... Read more >
Written by Michael Leventhal
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $12.95
The Jewish community is the oldest ethnic minority in the country. This book tells the epic story of Jews in Britain over a thousand years. Many came as wealthy traders - others as desperate refugees. Sometimes they were feared and had to lead secret lives. At other times they stood shoulder... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Jews in Britain
Written by Michael Leventhal
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $7.95
The Jewish community is the oldest ethnic minority in the country. This book tells the epic story of Jews in Britain over a thousand years. Many came as wealthy traders - others as desperate refugees. Sometimes they were feared and had to lead secret lives. At other times they stood shoulder... Read more >
Written by Michael Leventhal
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $7.95
The Jewish community is the oldest ethnic minority in the country. This book tells the epic story of Jews in Britain over a thousand years. Many came as wealthy traders - others as desperate refugees. Sometimes they were feared and had to lead secret lives. At other times they stood shoulder... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis
The Military Origins of Everyday Words and Phrases
Written by Graeme Donald
Format: eBook, 280 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
Did you know they started 'hearing through the grapevine' during the American Civil War? It was a reference to the telegraph lines used for communicating with the army. These looked like twisted grapevines. And why does the phrase now suggest unreliable information? Because the lines were used by enemy troops to... Read more >
The Military Origins of Everyday Words and Phrases
Written by Graeme Donald
Format: eBook, 280 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
Did you know they started 'hearing through the grapevine' during the American Civil War? It was a reference to the telegraph lines used for communicating with the army. These looked like twisted grapevines. And why does the phrase now suggest unreliable information? Because the lines were used by enemy troops to... Read more >
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Superman
The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero
Written by Larry Tye
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.00
Seventy-five years after he came to life, Superman remains one of America’s most adored and enduring heroes. Now Larry Tye, the prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Satchel, has written the first full-fledged history not just of the Man of Steel but of the creators, designers, owners, and... Read more >
The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero
Written by Larry Tye
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.00
Seventy-five years after he came to life, Superman remains one of America’s most adored and enduring heroes. Now Larry Tye, the prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Satchel, has written the first full-fledged history not just of the Man of Steel but of the creators, designers, owners, and... Read more >
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The World of the Shining Prince
Court Life in Ancient Japan
Written by Ivan Morris
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.00
Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan.
Using The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone. Focusing... Read more >
Court Life in Ancient Japan
Written by Ivan Morris
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.00
Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan.
Using The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone. Focusing... Read more >
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Bunch of Amateurs
Inside America's Hidden World of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Job Creators
Written by Jack Hitt
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.95
What is it that drives the success of America and the identity of its people? Jack Hitt thinks it's because we're all a bunch of amateurs.
America’s self-invented tinkerers are back at it in their metaphorical garages—fiddling with everything from solar-powered cars to space elevators. In Bunch of Amateurs... Read more >
Inside America's Hidden World of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Job Creators
Written by Jack Hitt
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.95
What is it that drives the success of America and the identity of its people? Jack Hitt thinks it's because we're all a bunch of amateurs.
America’s self-invented tinkerers are back at it in their metaphorical garages—fiddling with everything from solar-powered cars to space elevators. In Bunch of Amateurs... Read more >
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Outlaw Marriages
The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
Written by Rodger Streitmatter
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $16.00
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many... Read more >
The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
Written by Rodger Streitmatter
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $16.00
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many... Read more >
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America the Philosophical
Written by Carlin Romano
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $18.00
Written by Carlin Romano
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $18.00
This bold, insightful book argues that America today towers as the most philosophical culture in the history of the world, an unprecedented marketplace for truth and debate.
With verve and keen intelligence, Carlin Romano—Pulitzer Prize finalist, award-winning book critic, and professor of philosophy—takes on the widely held belief that the United States...
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Coin Finds in Britain
A Collector's Guide
Written by Michael Cuddeford
Format: Trade Paperback, 310 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $12.95
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of the types of coins commonly found in the soil of Britain. Coin finds occur with surprising regularity and are commonly uncovered by gardeners and building workers, but more often by archaeologists and metal detector users. Although there... Read more >
A Collector's Guide
Written by Michael Cuddeford
Format: Trade Paperback, 310 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $12.95
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of the types of coins commonly found in the soil of Britain. Coin finds occur with surprising regularity and are commonly uncovered by gardeners and building workers, but more often by archaeologists and metal detector users. Although there... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Coin Finds in Britain
A Collector's Guide
Written by Michael Cuddeford
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $7.95
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of the types of coins commonly found in the soil of Britain. Coin finds occur with surprising regularity and are commonly uncovered by gardeners and building workers, but more often by archaeologists and metal detector users. Although there... Read more >
A Collector's Guide
Written by Michael Cuddeford
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $7.95
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of the types of coins commonly found in the soil of Britain. Coin finds occur with surprising regularity and are commonly uncovered by gardeners and building workers, but more often by archaeologists and metal detector users. Although there... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
