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  • A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles and Occupations

    by Colin Waters ...
    In our own time, the world of work has changed enormously and some of the once familiar names and terms have fallen into disuse only to be understood with the help of a dictionary. For instance, who now know what buddle boys, claquers, dobbers, hokey pokey men, rogue spotters and sperviters are?Colin Waters’ excellent dictionary explains the function of nearly 4,000 old trades, titles and ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Whitby and its Place Names

    by Colin Waters ...
    If you've ever wondered where Cross Bar Lane, Banjo Cottage, the Blue Robin and the Bug House cinema were, or how Jacky Fields, Caller Beck, Egton Village, Gallows Close and Cock Mill got their names, then A History of Whitby & its Place Names will be of interest to you. This absorbing and well-researched book by local historian Colin Waters is full of fascinating facts laid out in an easy to read ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Untold Story of Captain James Cook RN

    Revelations of a Historical Researcher

    by Colin Waters ...
    The explosive findings within this book are history-changing. They discount the age-old belief that Captain James Cook, the great circumnavigator, left no modern direct descendants. Using compelling, detailed and verifiable evidence, Colin Waters completely unravels, for the first time, the full fascinating story concerning the mysterious supposed 18th century drowning of his son, James Cook ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition

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  • Harbors and High Seas

    An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian

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  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cigars, 2nd Edition

    Buying and Smoking Tips to Know Before You Light Up

    by Tad Gage ...
    For millions of men and women, it’s the ultimate pleasure . . .From private parties to hip bars to posh gentlemen’s clubs, cigar smoking has become an eight billion dollar global pastime. But, like wine, a fine cigar requires dedicated study and tasting. Here’s the only comprehensive book on the subject, featuring all the information that novice and veteran cigar aficionados need.• New handy 6x9 ... Read more

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  • The Mansion of Happiness

    A History of Life and Death

    by Jill Lepore ...
    Renowned Harvard scholar and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has composed a strikingly original, ingeniously conceived, and beautifully crafted history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave.How does life begin? What does it mean? What happens when we die? “All anyone can do is ask,” Lepore writes. “That's why any history of ideas about life and death ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Trace Your Roots with DNA

    Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree

    by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, Ann Turner ...
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  • Where's Merrill? A Genealogical Thriller

    by Gearoid O'Neary ...
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  • The Curiosities of Heraldry

    With Illustrations from Old English Writers

    by M. A. Lower ...
    LITTLE need be said to the lover of antiquity in commendation of the subject of this volume; and I take it for granted that every one who reads the history of the Middle Ages in a right spirit will readily acknowledge that Heraldry, as a system, is by no means so contemptible a thing as the mere utilitarian considers it to be. Yet, notwithstanding, how few are there who have even a partial ... Read more

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  • Japanese Tea Ceremony

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    by A.L. Sadler ...
    The tea cermony—known as cha-no-yu, or literally "hot water for tea"—has touched nearly every aspect of Japanese life.First published in 1933 as Cha-No-Yu, or The Japanese Tea Ceremony, this classic remains the gold standard for books on the five-centuries-old tea ceremony, which is itself "an epitome of Japanese civilization." Abundantly illustrated with drawings and photographs showing every ... Read more

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