Download or read book The Glasgow Book of Days written by Norman Ferguson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Glasgow Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing or important event or fact from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of Scotland as a whole. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Glasgow's archives, it will delight residents and visitors alike.

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Download or read book The Book of Days written by Robert Chambers and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1863. A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in connection with the calendar. Including anecdote, biography, and history. Curiosities of literature and oddities of human life and character.

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Download or read book The Book of Days A Miscellany of Popular Antiquties in Connection with the Calendar Edited by R Chambers written by Robert Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Edinburgh Book of Days written by Michael T R B Turnbull and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from original records, diaries and contemporary reports, The Edinburgh Book of Days contains a momentous, calamitous or intriguing event or fact for every day of the year, from the earliest periods of Edinburgh's history to the present. Among these are extracts about politics, crime, religion, education, sport and the arts; all topics that resonate in today’s world. This informative and fascinating little book will enthrall residents and visitors alike, revealing how the hopes and fears of our ancestors are not so far from our own.

Download or read book The book of days a miscellany of popular antiquities written by Robert Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Book of Days written by Vaughan Pilikian and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplication, lament, invitation, warning; invocation, danger, devotion. You cannot consider these poems anything but true, but to what world do they correspond? With flames and shadows, birds and stars, for days of rage and of wonder, Vaughan Pilikian takes us on a series of risky, exalting journeys to the end of lyric. Read and live them.

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