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The book opens with the first beginnings of bike racing in the London area - at High Beech - in 1928 and continues with the pre-war history of the North Circular as one of Britain's new 'arterial' roads, and?the establishment of the Ace 'road-house' at Stonebridge Park in 1939. Then, Barry 'Noddy' Cheese, one of the Ace's original 'ton-up' boys, paints a graphic picture for us of the excitement of life at the cafe in the 1950-1960s. The controversial...
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This collection of essays inverts the way we see the Cold War by looking at the conflict from the perspective of the so-called developing world, rather than of the superpowers, through the birth and first decades of India's life as a postcolonial nation. Contributors draw on a wide array of new material, from recently opened archival sources to literature and film, and meld approaches from diplomatic history to development studies to explain the choices...
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A homicide crisis began sweeping America after massive quantities of cocaine first began their journey into America in 1986. Drugs were trucked along the highways of the Cocaine Trail to every city in America. This influx of a deadly new drug led directly to a series of record deaths from overdoses, suicides and crime-related murders, family breakdowns and destroyed lives. Drugs are credited with driving the highest homicide rates in American history...
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One sheep makes a difference. Without her something is missing. Now my flock is complete.
Oh, no! The man is missing his sheep! The woman is missing her coin! The father is missing his son! Can you help them find what they are looking for?
Who Counts? is a creative retelling of three popular parables: the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son. As young readers count to help the characters find what's missing, Who Counts? teaches that every...
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Welcome to the amazing world of Owls Photos and Facts for Everyone! The animal facts in nature book to be amazed by Owls.
You will find Owls in nature with pictures to include the many Owls species, size, breeding, eating habits, and interesting facts. Owls Photos and Facts for Everyone is Book 25 of the Learn with Facts Series. This book is around a clear concept: The amazing life of Owls with facts and color photos.
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Welcome to the amazing world of Turkeys Photos and Facts for Everyone! The animal facts in nature book to be amazed by Turkeys.You will find Turkeys in nature with pictures to include the many Turkeys species, size, breeding, eating habits, and interesting facts. Turkeys Photos and Facts for Everyone is Book 101 of the Learn with Facts Series. This book is around a clear concept: The amazing life of Turkeys with facts and color photos.Be sure to read...
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L'Islande est un volcan. Au sens propre comme au sens figuré. Et ce volcan ne sommeille plus. Il s'est réveillé, nous attire, irrigue notre imagination de ses geysers.
Vous en doutez ? Regardez l'explosion du nombre de touristes qui en reviennent émerveillés. Familiarisez-vous avec l'ampleur des changements survenus dans ce pays assommé par la crise financière de 2008. Déstabilisée, l'Islande a tenu parce qu'elle est incassable. Ce rocher...
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The 2023 edition of The Enlightenment Trap includes two new chapters, photography, and updated total revision. In 2012, 38-year-old Ian Thorson's search for spiritual transcendence ended in tragedy on a remote Arizona mountaintop. His wife, a woman anointed as a goddess by an eccentric Buddhist community, held him in her arms as he slowly died from dehydration and dysentery. For Scott Carney, a journalist and anthropologist who lived in India for...
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Dedication Promises helps explain to children the significance of their dedication in church and the promises their family and church community made to them on that special day. Featuring easy-to-follow language, bright and inclusive artwork, and four simple prayers, this inspiring book shows young children how important they are to God and to the whole church. Dedication Promises includes a special dedication page in the front of the book and is...
71) The Triumvirate: Captain Edward J. Smith, Bruce Ismay, Thomas Andrews and the Sinking of Titanic
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Presenting the true stories of three core individuals in Titanic's history - Captain Edward J. Smith, shipbuilder Thomas Andrews, and White Star Line chairman Joseph Bruce Ismay
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Combining evocative haiku, informative text and luminous illustrations, The West Is Calling is a celebration, for our youngest readers, of one hundred and fifty years of British Columbia's history. Each detail-rich illustration depicts a particular moment in the province's dynamic saga, from pre-contact Haida culture to the natural resources-fueled economic boom in the 1960s and beyond, to Expo 86, to the opening up of the North and the growing appreciation...
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India Independence Through Non Violence goes into the transformative story of India's struggle for freedom, emphasizing the profound impact of non-violence as espoused by Mahatma Gandhi. From the colonial rule and exploitation by the British Empire to the birth of a powerful movement rooted in non-violent resistance, this book encapsulates the essence of India's fight for independence. It goes into Gandhi's philosophical underpinnings, exploring the...
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As this book shows, the women of the Durham coalfield played an equal role in shaping daily life and trajectories of history in the region, just as women today are building their own futures in communities around the world.' - Hillary Rodham Clinton
The final book in a series charting the true family history of a Durham coal-mining family, which started in the 1830s
The Second World War took its toll on all sections of society. The appeal...
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Welcome to the amazing world of Sea Turtles Photos and Facts for Everyone! The animal facts in nature book to be amazed by Sea Turtles.
You will find Sea Turtles in nature with pictures to include the many Sea Turtles species, size, breeding, eating habits, and interesting facts. Sea Turtles Photos and Facts for Everyone is Book 30 of the Learn with Facts Series. This book is around a clear concept: The amazing life of Sea Turtles with facts and...
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The fame and might of our Indian rulers are incomparable! This book – 'The Five Great Indian Kings and The Legendary King Maker' holds the many tales of the five efficient Indian rulers – Maharaja Porus, Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka the Great, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and Maharana Pratap, and the greatest ancient Indian teacher – Chanakya.Shivathmaj M. Shenoy has succeeded in recording and analyzing the precious history of India in this book....
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Questions asked by our children are sometimes the most precious and can even be thought-provoking. Read this book and witness this little child's search for the answers to their questions. Why can't we see Jesus? Keep reading and learn the different ways that Jesus can be found in our everyday lives, in our everyday movements.
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People of North America are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. Encounter the spirits said to roam Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Kentucky. Go to Mexico's Island of the Dolls to witness countless toy dolls plus perhaps the ghost of a young girl. Travel northward to Canada to see ghostly train lights at the site of a deadly train accident. Young readers will be fascinated by each story that comes with its...
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"The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither" is a travel narrative penned by Isabella Lucy Bird during the late 19th century, documenting her extensive journey through Southeast Asia. Published in 1883, this book chronicles Bird's explorations across the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and other regions in what is now known as Malaysia and Thailand.
In her signature descriptive style, Bird paints vivid pictures of the landscapes, cultures, and peoples...
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Descubre la vida épica de Gerda Taro, la fotógrafa valiente que capturó la Guerra Civil Española. "Gerda Taro, el último disparo" te transportará a las trincheras y calles incendiadas, donde el coraje y la determinación se entrelazan con el poder de una cámara.Con ilustraciones cautivadoras y una narrativa vibrante, esta novela gráfica te sumergirá en la cruda realidad de la guerra y en el alma de una mujer excepcional. Únete a Gerda Taro...
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