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Galway
City of Heritage
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9781913934583
Pub Date: 2024-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wordwell Books
96 Pages
The city of Galway has a rich body of historic buildings that date from its establishment in the thirteenth century to the present day. The city is positioned on the estuary of the River Corrib where...
Pub Life
Last Orders at Rhondda Pubs and Clubs Past and Present
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 9781800993181
Pub Date: 2023-05-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
160 Pages
A revealing and humorous trawl through Rhondda pubs and clubs past and present, giving a fascinating, revealing insight into the sights, sounds, stories, life and characters within them. Pub Life details those pubs and clubs that are still in existence and importantly those that are sadly no more. Both are remembered and recorded here.
Dublin Castle
From Fortress to Palace (Vol 1)
Price: $70.00
ISBN: 9781446880715
Pub Date: 2022-11-29
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Wordwell Books
320 Pages
This is the first of a three-volume series dedicated to Dublin Castle and the archaeological excavations carried out there. Volume 1 presents a history of Dublin Castle, covering the period from the first Viking settlement in the ninth century to 1850.
The Wood That Built London
A Human History of the Great North Wood
Price: $18.99
ISBN: 9781914518164
Pub Date: 2022-09-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sandstone Press
320 Pages
From Croydon to Deptford there once stood a vast forest. This compelling history charts the fortunes of the Great North Wood from earliest times, through gradual deforestation to the present.
On Bonfires, Butlins and Being Welsh
Growing up in Pwllheli in the 1950s and 1960s
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 9781800991873
Pub Date: 2022-08-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
256 Pages
The author’s memories of growing up on the Llŷn Peninsula in north Wales in the 1950s and 1960s, bookended by recollections from other members of the Pwllheli Facebook group which inspired the book.
Kimmage
An Illustrated History
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 9781913934323
Pub Date: 2022-07-20
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wordwell Books
128 Pages
At the foundation of the State in 1922, Kimmage was just a crossroads (KCR), with farmland all around, but then thousands of houses were built by Dublin Corporation in the 1930’s, bringing life to the area.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Mapping the City
Price: $44.95
ISBN: 9781780277264
Pub Date: 2022-01-11
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
272 Pages
This book takes an innovative approach to telling the history of Newcastle upon Tyne by focusing on the historic maps and plans that record its growth and development over many centuries.
The Outer Hebrides
A Historical Guide
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781780273679
Pub Date: 2021-09-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
272 Pages
The Outer Hebrides lie 40 miles to the west of mainland Scotland, forming a barrier to the North Atlantic. Culturally distinct from early prehistory, the islands contain a wealth of historical and archaeological...
Galway
City of Heritage
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9781913934583
Pub Date: 2024-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wordwell Books
96 Pages
Pub Life
Last Orders at Rhondda Pubs and Clubs Past and Present
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 9781800993181
Pub Date: 2023-05-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
160 Pages
Dublin Castle
From Fortress to Palace (Vol 1)
Price: $70.00
ISBN: 9781446880715
Pub Date: 2022-11-29
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Wordwell Books
320 Pages
The Wood That Built London
A Human History of the Great North Wood
Price: $18.99
ISBN: 9781914518164
Pub Date: 2022-09-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sandstone Press
320 Pages
On Bonfires, Butlins and Being Welsh
Growing up in Pwllheli in the 1950s and 1960s
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 9781800991873
Pub Date: 2022-08-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
256 Pages
Kimmage
An Illustrated History
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 9781913934323
Pub Date: 2022-07-20
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wordwell Books
128 Pages
Newcastle upon Tyne
Mapping the City
Price: $44.95
ISBN: 9781780277264
Pub Date: 2022-01-11
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
272 Pages
The Outer Hebrides
A Historical Guide
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781780273679
Pub Date: 2021-09-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
272 Pages