Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Thomas, Dylan.
Under Milk Wood: a Play for Voices
(Dent, Everyman's Library, rpt, 1984).
Paperback. Spine sunned, otherwise very good. xiv + 82pp. Order No. NSBK-A7670
Keywords: 0460110063, Dylan Thomas, Wales, Welsh, writers, writing, literature, plays, play, Under Milk Wood, Everyman Library
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Scutt, Jocelynne A.
Women and Magna Carta: A Treaty for Rights or Wrongs?
(Palgrave, 2016).
Hardback. Top corner bumped, otherwise very good+. vii + 154pp. Order No. NSBK-C15650
Keywords: 9781137562340, Magna Carta, women's rights, history, natural rights, human rights
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Wyatt, Charles Henry.
Gardening for Children and Others:
(Thomas Wyatt, 1910).
Hardback. Spine loose / partly detached. Original pictorial boards worn / darkened, otherwise a good working copy. 92pp. Order No. NSBK-A14932
Keywords: B002096PDA, childhood, education, history, children, gardening, gardens, Edwardian, garden plots, seeds, soil, flowers
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Devine, Francis, ed.
Acting For The Actors: Dermot Doolan And The Organisation Of Irish Actors And Performing Artists, 1947 - 1985
(SIPTU, Irish Labour History Society, 1997).
Booklet. Very good. 52pp. Order No. NSBK-A16040
Keywords: B001UF3CQI, booklets, booklets, stored with booklets, history, acting, acting, theatre, equity, Irish Labour History Society, trade unions, trade unionism, actresses
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Murphy, J.T.
Preparing for Power: a Critical study of the History of the British Working-Class Movement
(Pluto Press, 1934).
Paperback. Some darkening and creasing to covers, otherwise very good. 296pp. Order No. NSBK-A15885
Keywords: B008GMO4Y2, labour, labor, working classes, politics, trade unions, communism, trade unionsim
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Kapo, Vito, et al.
Problems of the Struggle for the Complete Emancipation of Women:
(Gamma, rpt, 1978).
A selection of essays. Paperback. Paper covers faded, otherwise good. 282pp. Order No. NSBK-C3676
Keywords: B0032QBUMG, Albanian, women, Tirana, emancipation, politics, freedom, feminism, women's rights, Albania, Albanian women, women's history
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Liddle, Roger.
The New Case for Europe: The Crisis in British Pro-Europeanism - and How to Overcome it
(Fabian Society, 2005).
Fabian Ideas 615. Paperback. Very good. vi + 81pp. Order No. NSBK-A11179
Keywords: 0716306158, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Europe, European, twentieth century, 20th
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IRIS, .
Governance and the Economy in Africa: Tools for Analysis and Reform of Corruption
(IRIS, n.d).
Published by the Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS) University of Maryland at College Park. Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. vi + 196 + 49pp. Order No. NSBK-A7514
Keywords: Africa, African, corruption, politics, political, economics, economy, Benin, Niger, Uganda, Bolivia, Iran-Contra, Dakar, Third World, developing countries, developing world
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Brown, G. Sutton.
A Preliminary Plan for Lancashire:
(Lancashire County Council/Percy Lund, 1950).
With a preface by County Alderman, A. Bates and a foreword by County Councillor A. E, Higham. Includes three sets of planning maps in torn envelopes. (Land Availability: 4 maps, Land Use: 4 maps; Development Proposals: 2 maps - appear to be 2 maps missing?). Hardback. Ex library, boxed edition, some wear to cloth and fraying at spine, a good working copy. xv + 222pp. Order No. NSBK-A10083
Keywords: Lancashire, Lancashire County Council, preliminary plan, regions, Britain, British, England, English, geography, maps, plans, development, twentieth century, 20th, land use, land availability, development proposals
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