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The Trotula

The Trotula was the most influential compendium of women's medicine in medieval Europe. Scholarly debate has long focused on the traditional attribution of the work to the mysterious Trotula, said to...

The Envoy

In July 1944, thirty-two-year-old Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest on a mission to rescue the last Jews of Europe.Over the next six months, he repeatedly risked his life to save t...

The Royal Mile

There are several books about the Royal Mile, so why buy this particular one? The reason is, it covers everything you need to know - all the little closes, wynds and courts running off the main street...

Wexford Then & Now

Wexford is a town of great character and individuality. It has been in existence for one thousand years, and this new publication, researched and written by County Librarian Jarlath Glynn explores tha...

Derby Then & Now

Once an ancient chartered settlement with Roman origins, Derby was caught up in the leading edge of the Industrial Revolution and became the important manufacturing city and regional capital that it i...

The Merchant Bankers

This fascinating chronicle of the world's great financial families offers candid profiles of the personalities behind seven legendary banking houses: Hambros, which now survives in name only; Barings,...

England's Marvelous Gothic Cathedrals and Churches

Birkenhead

Birkenhead is essentially a 19th-century `new town', its planned grid of streets still stretching westwards from the Georgian elegance of Hamilton Square. Two hundred years ago it did not exist. The s...

Hunger Moon

Revenge has no limits.Special Agent Matthew Roarke has abandoned his rogue search for serial killer Cara Lindstrom. He's returned to the FBI to head a task force with one mission: to rid society of it...

Devil and the River

The powerful new thriller from the bestselling author of A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS.When the rains came they found the girl's face. Just her face. At least that was how it appeared...On a perfect summer...

Father Grumble

Presents the text of the song "Father Grumble," in which a farmer bets his wife that he can do all of her work around the house faster than she can.

A Lion in Paris

A Lion in Paris is widely regarded as the most accomplished book by multi-award-winning children's author/illustrator Beatrice Alemagna. It tells the story of a lion who, bored by his rural life in th...