Landscape of Memory. Living Folklore in England, Paperback - Jerry Bird

Publisher: Green Magic PublishingAuthor(s): Jerry BirdIllustration(s): 1, black & white illustrationsNumber of pages: 308Publication date: 2009Dime...

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The thirteenth century was a crucial period of reform in the English church, especially for the pastoral care of laypeople. With this holistic stud...

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David Hey was one of the leading local historians of our age and the author of a number of highly regarded books on the practice of local history. ...

Represents an unparalleled exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines how Anglo-Saxon communities pe...

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An overview and introduction to railway goods sheds and warehouses in England with a comprehenzive gazetteer.

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Barnaby Lenon, a former schoolmaster and headmaster who is chair of the Independent Schools Council, takes an in-depth look at the elements that ma...

Written when the author was only twenty-four, and inspired in particular by his time living amongst the poor in Manchester, this title explores the...

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A powerful exploration of trees in both the real and the imagined Anglo-Saxon landscape.

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This is a historical novel, beginning in 1497 and taking us, in a series of vignettes, through five centuries of interconnections between the Mi'km...

A description of regional varieties of British English, along with discussion of current research in dialectology/ variationist sociolinguistics.

The 18th-century phenomenon of the English Landscape Garden was so widespread that even today, when so much has been built over or otherwise change...

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A monumental account of one migrant community's everyday lives, struggles, and aspirations Forty years of continuous war and conflict have made Afg...

This edited volume reflects on the multitude of ways by which humans shape and are shaped by the natural world, and how Archaeology and its cognate...

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A collection of folk tales from the Algonquin people, gathered by Charles Leland and Reverend Silas T. Rand, among others, and relating episodic ta...

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The definitive guide to `the most haunted house in England', new in paperback

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