Groves, Derek.
The Roof of Africa on Wheels:
(Alfresco Books, 1999).
Commentary by Jon Amos. Foreword by Chris Bonnington. Jon Amos became a paraplegic following a road accident when just 17. Since then he has advanced the awareness of what a person with a disability can achieve by the challenges he has personally undertaken, raising thousands of pounds for charity in the process. In 1998 he attained an altitude record by someone in a wheelchair - 16,040 feet up Mount Kilimanjaro. This book vividly describes the preparation and actual ascent by Jon and the team. With a fascinating selection of colour photographs, this story of Jon's grit and determination, and the dedicated teamwork of those who accompanied him, makes inspiring reading. Paperback. Fine. 104pp. Order No. NSBK-A6269
Keywords: 1873727119, Africa, African, Derek Groves, Alfresco Books, Jon Amos, Chris Bonnington, wheelchairs, mountains, mountaineering, disabilities, disability, teamwork, climbing, Mount Kilimanjaro, twentieth century, paraplegics, paraplegic sports, Moshi International School, Moshi Club, Tanzania, wheelchair sport, British Wheelchair Sports Foundation, Marangu Gate, Tanzanian National Parks, TANAPA, Arusha, Mkombozi Street Kids Project, Kishari Orphanage, Mandara Hut, Brice Bennett's Trekking Lodge, Horombo, Kibo, Mwereni Primary School, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, KCMC, Arusha National Park, Ngurdoto Crater, Momella Lodge, Poverty Africa, Cyclone Wheelchairs
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Goodman, Dave.
How the Old Age Pension was Won: the Forgotten Story. No Thanks to Lloyd George
(Third Age Press, 2nd edition, 1998).
Paperback. Very good. 94pp. Order No. NSBK-A14082
Keywords: 1898576122, old age pension, pensions, history, Lloyd George, social security, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, National Insurance, politics, Labour movement, popular politics, aged, old, retirement
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Hetherington, H.
The Poor Man's Guardian, 1831 - 1835: Vol 3
(Merlin Press, 1969).
A Reprint of the Original Journal with Introduction by Patricia Hollis. VOLUME 3. 14th September 1833 to 27th December 1834. Large book. Hardback. Vol 3. A little light spotting to bright green cloth, slight soiling to page edges, otherwise very good in sun-faded, slightly soiled dustwrapper, torn at the spine. xlv + 432pp. Order No. NSBK-A12877
Keywords: Poor Man's Guardian, pre-Chartism, pre-Chartists, pre-Chartist, pre-Chartist movement, working classes, history, 19th century, nineteenth century, Henry Hetherington, radicalism, radicals, Britain, British, England, English, Patricia Hollis, Owenism, Robert Owen, Owenites, National Union of the Working Classes, Labour Theory of Value, Whigs, Reform Act, 1832 Reform Act, 1832 Reform Bill, reformers
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Cherry, Steven.
Medical Services and the Hospitals in Britain, 1860-1939:
(CUP, 1996).
News Studies in Economic and Social History. Paperback. Very good+. vii + 93pp. Order No. NSBK-A7715
Keywords: 0521577845, medical, medicine, health, hospitals, sickness, disabled, disablement, nurses, doctors, mortality, voluntary, poor law, local authority, local authorities, wars, First World War, Great War, World War 1, I, National Health Service, population, deaths, death rates, infant mortality
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Suffragette Postcard, .
Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858 - 1928:
(B. Matthews, Brighouse, Yorkshire, no date).
This postcard is NOT an original from the suffragette era, but dates from the 1960s or 1970s. The image of Emmeline is from the painting by Georgina Brackenbury, National Portrait Gallery, 1927. The card has not been posted. Short message in ink to the rear. Wear and a little creasing to corners, some browning & spotting to rear, otherwise very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-C14836
Keywords: suffragette ephemera, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, politics, political, rights, women's rights, women's movement, Votes for Women, woman, women's history, women's studies, women's suffrage, woman's suffrage, Emmeline Pankhurst, Pankhursts, portraits, portrait, National Portrait Gallery, heroines, suffragette postcards
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Gorman, Daniel.
Imperial Citizenship: Empire and the Question of Belonging
(Manchester University Press, 2006).
Hardback. Brand new, fine in dustwrapper. xi + 243pp. Order No. NSBK-A14636
Keywords: 9780719075292, imperial citizenship, Empire, history, belonging, imperialism, Britain, British, England, English, United Kingdom, UK, colonies, colonialism, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, national identity, Great War, Boer War, Lionel Curtis, John Buchan, Arnold White, Richard Jebb, Thomas Sedgwick, India, emigration, immigration
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Stratton, Helen.
Walberswick Marshes:
(Date unknown).
An original delicate watercolour painting on card (unframed) believed to be by the artist Helen Stratton (24.5 cm x 27.5cm or 9.5 inches x 10.5 inches). Stratton is a highly-regarded illustrator of children's fairy tales. Signed with initials in bottom right-hand corner (active 1891-1925). Framer's plate (which is separate, but which has presumably been on the back of the picture when framed) gives provenance - Walberswick Marshes - Helen Stratton - and her London address: 113 Abingdon Road, Kensington. The picture, in greens and blues, is of a bridge over marshland. Walberswick in Suffolk was a haven for artists in the 1890s and 1900s and is associated with Philip Wilson Steer and his circle of English Impressionists. The card has suffered a little acidification from the original backing boards. Corners worn, one slightly split, some browning to edges, and light brown staining to top left edge, about 1.5cm wide. Otherwise very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15466
Keywords: B07FT384YJ, Helen Stratton, Stratton, painter, painting, original, watercolour, Suffolk, Walberswick Marshes,painters, Walberswick, illustrations, images, art. artist, artists, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, nineteenth century, Helen Isobel Mansfield Ramsey Stratton, Art Nouveau, Glasgow School, woman artist, women artists, book illustrator, illustrators, children's book illustrator, Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest, Walberswick National Nature Reserve, Southwold, marshland, reedbeds, English Impressionists, impressionist, Enfland, 20th century, 19th century, antiquarian, women painters, watercolours
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Summerfield, Penny and Peniston-Bird, Corinna.
Contesting Home Defence: Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War
(MUP, 2007).
Cultural History of Modern War Series. Paperback. Fine, as new. xviii + 307pp. Order No. NSBK-C14504
Keywords: 0719062020, home guard, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, home defence, World War II, Second World War, Dad's Army, oral history, women, Blitz, national identity
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Stringer, Peter and Robinson, Gillian, eds.
Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: First Report, 1990-1991
(The Blackstaff Press, 1991).
Paperback. One corner of front cover slightly bent, otherwise very good. viii + 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A10367
Keywords: 0856404772, Northern Ireland, Irish, social attitudes, society, sociology, Britain, British, British Social Attitudes survey, classes, twentieth century, 20th, national identity, law and order, discrimination, role of women, poverty, morality, AIDS
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Warner, Marina.
Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism
(Weidenfeld & Nicholson, rpt, 1983).
Paperback. Covers creased, corners of rear pages browned and waterstained, otherwise a good working copy. 346pp. Order No. NSBK-C9990
Keywords: medieval, mediaeval, middle ages, Joan of Arc, heroines, French, France, prophets, harlots, martyrs, Catholic, Catholicism, women, woman, women's history, Rouen, fifteenth century, national, mascots
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