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List view record 1: England's Rural RevolutionList view anchor tag for record 1: England's Rural Revolution

England's Rural Revolution

Kiloh, George2023
Books, Manuscripts
During the mid-1800s rural England underwent its own revolution. This book looks at how things changed, using as a prime example the small Sussex town of Battle. Because of the importance of the urban industrial revolution little has been written about the enormous changes that also hit market to...
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List view record 2: Letters from the barrier : miscellaneous poetry & prose within modern lifeList view anchor tag for record 2: Letters from the barrier : miscellaneous poetry & prose within modern life
List view record 3: Human, all too humanList view anchor tag for record 3: Human, all too human

Human, all too human

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-19001994
Books, Manuscripts
Written after Nietzsche had ended his friendship with Richard Wagner and had been forced to leave academic life through ill health, this book can be read as a monument to his personal crisis. Written after Nietzsche had ended his friendship with Richard Wagner and had been forced to leave academi...
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List view record 4: Singapore burning : heroism and surrender in World War IIList view anchor tag for record 4: Singapore burning : heroism and surrender in World War II
List view record 5: Dante's InfernoList view anchor tag for record 5: Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno

Goodison, Lorna2025
Books, Manuscripts
This Jamaican Dante is as much a transformation as it is translation, by one of the most celebrated Caribbean writers of our time and former Poet Laureate of Jamaica. A quarter of a century in the making, this new version, using the entire continuum of Jamaican speech yet grounded in Dante's form...
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List view record 6: How to move it : reset your bodyList view anchor tag for record 6: How to move it : reset your body

How to move it : reset your body

Rule, Joslyn Thompson2025
Books, Manuscripts
This text is about motivating your body through the power of movement, focusing on you as an individual and not the ideal of fitness we see so often. Before you lift a single kettle bell or hit the yoga mat, Nike Master Trainer Joslyn Thompson Rule will break down the stages to moving your body f...
List view record 7: English battlefields : 500 battlefields that shaped English historyList view anchor tag for record 7: English battlefields : 500 battlefields that shaped English history
List view record 8: Kincora : Britain's shame : Mountbatten, MI5, the Belfast Boys' Home sex abuse scandal and the British cover-upList view anchor tag for record 8: Kincora : Britain's shame : Mountbatten, MI5, the Belfast Boys' Home sex abuse scandal and the British cover-up
List view record 9: The shortest history of economicsList view anchor tag for record 9: The shortest history of economics

The shortest history of economics

Leigh, Andrew2025
Books, Manuscripts
'The Shortest History of Economics' unearths the hidden economic forces behind war, innovation and social transformation, tracing how capitalism and the market system emerged. From the emergence of agriculture to the war in Ukraine, Andrew Leigh weaves a fascinating narrative punctuated by expert...
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Meetings with remarkable animals

Clunes, Martin, 1961-2025
Books, Manuscripts
Guide dog Laura needed a new home. And, after listening to her owner talk on the radio about what would happen to her much loved guide and companion when she retired, Martin Clunes picked up the phone. He'd always been a soft touch when it came to animals. One more couldn't hurt. Adopting Laura o...
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