Download or read book The Manchester Book of Days written by Ben McGarr and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Manchester Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, shocking, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the city. 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 Manchester's archives and covering the social, criminal, political, religious, agricultural, industrial and military history of the city, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
Download or read book Manchester Book of Days written by Ben McGarr and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Manchester Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, shocking, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the city. 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 Manchester’s archives and covering the social, criminal, political, religious, agricultural, industrial and military history of the city, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
Download or read book The Book of Days written by Robert Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Little Book of Manchester written by Stuart Hylton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did You Know? In 1824 a Pendleton tollkeeper set up Britain's first true public bus service, thought to be one of the first in the world. Communism can claim to have been conceived, if not born, in Manchester as Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx used to meet in the city. Manchester has the grim distinction of being the place where the first death of the English Civil War occurred. The Little Book of Manchester is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and events in the city, from its Roman origins to the present day. Here you can read about the important contributions the city made to the history of the nation, learn about the individual communities and how they came together to form the modern city and meet some of the great men and women, the eccentrics and the scoundrels with which its history is littered. A reliable reference book and quirky guide, its bite-sized chunks of history can be dipped into time and again to reveal some new facts about the story of this amazing city. This is a remarkably engaging little book.
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 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.
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:
Download or read book The Grimsby Book of Days written by Lucy Wood and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Grimsby Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, shocking, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the town. 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 Grimsby’s archives and covering the social, political, religious, agricultural, criminal, industrial and sporting history of the region, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
Download or read book The Isle of Wight Book of Days written by Jan Toms and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Isle of Wight Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the Island. 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 the Isle of Wight's archives and covering the social, criminal, political, religious, industrial, military and sporting history of the Island, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
Download or read book Encountering The Book of Margery Kempe written by Laura Kalas and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative critical volume brings the study of Margery Kempe into the twenty-first century. Structured around four categories of ‘encounter’ – textual, internal, external and performative – the volume offers a capacious exploration of The Book of Margery Kempe, characterised by multiple complementary and dissonant approaches. It employs a multiplicity of scholarly and critical lenses, including the intertextual history of medieval women’s literary culture, medical humanities, history of science, digital humanities, literary criticism, oral history, the global Middle Ages, archival research and creative re-imagining. Revealing several new discoveries about Margery Kempe and her Book in its global contexts, and offering multiple ways of reading the Book in the modern world, it will be an essential companion for years to come.
Download or read book The Official Manchester United Book of Facts and Figures written by Ian Marshall and published by Simon & Schuster UK. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who scored United's first Premier League hat-trick? Which teams in the Football League have United never played? Who are the most surprising people to have pulled on the red jersey? These are just a few of the questions that are answered in this compelling book that will intrigue and surprise all lovers of trivia and statistics. For this book not only reveals the answers to the obvious questions, but also answers many more surprising ones, too. With almost 200 lists, this book provides a wealth of information and reveals those players who may not have been the very best in the club's history but came a very close second - some surprising names emerge from it all, bringing back memories of the stars of the past, and setting those of today in the context of the club's remarkable achievements.
Download or read book The Ipswich Book of Days written by Rachel Field and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Ipswich Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of one of England's oldest towns. 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 Ipswich's archives and covering the social, criminal, political, religious, industrial, military and sporting history of the town, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
Download or read book A Reader s Book of Days True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year written by Tom Nissley and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book connoisseur Tom Nissley has combed literary history to capture the stories that make writers' lives perennially fascinating: their epiphanies, embarrassments and achievements. Each handsome page in A Reader's Book of Days is devoted to a day of the year, featuring original accounts of events in the lives of great writers, and fictional events that took place within beloved books.
Download or read book The Death of a President written by William Manchester and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Manchester's epic and definitive account of President John F. Kennedy's assassination--now restored to print in a new paperback edition. As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of the days immediately preceding and following President John F. Kennedy's death. Through hundreds of interviews, abundant travel and firsthand observation, and with unique access to the proceedings of the Warren Commission, Manchester conducted an exhaustive historical investigation, accumulating forty-five volumes of documents, exhibits, and transcribed tapes. His ultimate objective -- to set down as a whole the national and personal tragedy that was JFK's assassination -- is brilliantly achieved in this galvanizing narrative, a book universally acclaimed as a landmark work of modern history.
Download or read book The Manchester Man written by Mrs. George Linnaeus Banks and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manchester written by Alan J. Kidd and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visually stunning and affordable book on Manchester, the first industrial city and arguably the first modern city. Yet, as the industrial base on which the city had depended for two centuries collapsed, the city had to take a new direction. Written by leading experts with numerous insights and unexpected stories, this profusely illustrated book on the history of Manchester is essential for an understanding of what Manchester has been and what it can become.
Download or read book Manchester United On This Day written by Mike Donovan and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2012-12-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manchester United On This Day recounts, in diary form, major events and magic moments in the history of the Red Devils. With individual entries for each day of the year and multiple entries for busier times, this book covers their ups and downs, domestic and european cup runs, boardroom battles, and sensational signings.
