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Product Description: From Leonardo da Vinci on the shifting colors of the sky to Charlotte Brontë on the wild moors of Yorkshire, and from DH Lawrence inhabiting the mind of the indomitable tortoise to the intrepid Isabella Bird climbing a Hawaiian volcano, the anthology showcases many voices—lyrical, awestruck, often deeply reflective...read more

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9780712357685 | British Library Board, June 30, 2016, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: From Leonardo da Vinci on the shifting colors of the sky to Charlotte Brontë on the wild moors of Yorkshire, and from DH Lawrence inhabiting the mind of the indomitable tortoise to the intrepid Isabella Bird climbing a Hawaiian volcano, the anthology showcases many voices—lyrical, awestruck, often deeply reflective.

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Product Description: From Arthur Conan Doyle to Charles Dickens, Colin Dexter to Kenneth Grahame, writers and artists have often taken inspiration from the Thames. Gathering poetry, artwork, and short excerpts from longer prose, Writing the Thames includes chapters on topics that dominate in literary and artistic depictions of the Thames, from historical events like Julius Caeser’s crossing in 55 BCE and Elizabeth I’s stand against the Spanish at Tilbury to the explorations of the topographers who mapped and drew the river to the many authors, including Thomas More, Francis Bacon, William Morris, and Henry James, who enjoyed riverside retreats...read more

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9781851244508 | Bodleian Library, June 15, 2016, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: From Arthur Conan Doyle to Charles Dickens, Colin Dexter to Kenneth Grahame, writers and artists have often taken inspiration from the Thames.

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By Christina Hardyment (introduced by)

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9781909621404 | Collectors Library, July 19, 2016, cover price $12.99

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By Christina Hardyment (compiler)

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9780712357203 | British Library Board, April 15, 2014, cover price $32.95

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Product Description: Writing Britain celebrates some of the most dazzling treasures of English literature, showcasing how Britain’s greatest authors have been inspired by, and have even redefined, their country. From Chaucer’s pilgrims journeying from Southwark to Canterbury, to the twenty-first-century suburban hinterlands of J...read more

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9780712358743 | British Library Board, July 15, 2012, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: Writing Britain celebrates some of the most dazzling treasures of English literature, showcasing how Britain’s greatest authors have been inspired by, and have even redefined, their country.

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9780712358750 | 1 edition (British Library Board, July 15, 2012), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Writing Britain celebrates some of the most dazzling treasures of English literature, showcasing how Britain’s greatest authors have been inspired by, and have even redefined, their country.

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9781843793595, titled "The Pleasures of the Garden: An Anthology" | Unabridged edition (Naxos Audio Books, March 2, 2010), cover price $28.98

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Providing an account of how and why the experts' advice has changed with changing times, this work analyses the anxieties of our own age and gives parents confidence in their own ability to choose the advice that best suits them and their babies.

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9780711227996 | Frances Lincoln Ltd, June 1, 2008, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Providing an account of how and why the experts' advice has changed with changing times, this work analyses the anxieties of our own age and gives parents confidence in their own ability to choose the advice that best suits them and their babies.

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Draws on the latest historical research and the only surviving manuscript copy of Malory's masterpiece to provide a fascinating portrait of the enigmatic, fifteenth-century knight who chronicled the literary classic Morte d'Arthur, set against the richly textured backdrop of an era that became a bridge between the Middle Ages and the modern world. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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9780066209814 | Harpercollins, August 1, 2006, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Provides a portrait of the enigmatic fifteenth-century knight who created the literary classic 'Le Morte d'Arthur,' set against the backdrop of an era that became a bridge between the Middle Ages and the modern world.

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9780060935290 | Reprint edition (Perennial, July 1, 2007), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Draws on the latest historical research and the only surviving manuscript copy of Malory's masterpiece to provide a fascinating portrait of the enigmatic, fifteenth-century knight who chronicled the literary classic Morte d'Arthur, set against the richly textured backdrop of an era that became a bridge between the Middle Ages and the modern world.

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Presents an account of a voyage in search of Arthur Ransome. Following up clues found amongst the contents of Ransome's old trunk which was bequeathed to Leeds University, this work sets out to settle the questions that have tantalised generations of readers of the Swallows and Amazons books - are the people real? Are the places true?

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9780224029896 | Jonathan Cape, February 1, 1986, cover price $12.95

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9780711226920 | Frances Lincoln Ltd, April 1, 2007, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Presents an account of a voyage in search of Arthur Ransome.

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Product Description: In November, hundreds of people submitted recordings of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Roger McGough in an attempt to win the prize - participation in the recording of this new poetry collection by Christina Hardyment, historian and audiobook reviewer for "The Times"...read more
By Christina Hardyment (compiler), David Pepper (narrator) and Sandra Douglas Weir (narrator)

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9789626344262 | Unabridged edition (Naxos Audio Books, October 30, 2006), cover price $17.98 | About this edition: In November, hundreds of people submitted recordings of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Roger McGough in an attempt to win the prize - participation in the recording of this new poetry collection by Christina Hardyment, historian and audiobook reviewer for "The Times".

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This is a look at Christmas through excerpts from Charles Dickens, Samuel Pepys, medieval recipes, poems by John Betjeman and C. Day Lewis. It also includes: a traditional Mummer's play and a Christmas sermon; two Victorian "weepies", "Christmas Day in the Workhouse" and "The Little Match Girl"; and an account of a 16-year-old girl's first married Christmas in 19th-century New York. Christmas music is also included.
By Christina Hardyment (compiler)

CD/Spoken Word:

9789626341490, titled "A Christmas Collection" | Abr una edition (Naxos Audio Books, October 30, 2006), cover price $17.98

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9789626346495 | Unabridged edition (Naxos Audio Books, October 1, 1997), cover price $13.98 | About this edition: This is a look at Christmas through excerpts from Charles Dickens, Samuel Pepys, medieval recipes, poems by John Betjeman and C.

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9780707803814 | Natl Trust, July 1, 2003, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Book by unknown

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Product Description: Behind the Scenes is a fascinating exploration of the history of housekeeping through the well-preserved properties of Britain's National Trust.In today's world of fully stocked supermarkets and astonishing appliances, it is hard to imagine how people managed to run a household in the days before gas, electricity, central heating, refrigeration, and running water...read more

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9780707802824 | Natl Trust, February 1, 2001, cover price $39.50 | About this edition: Behind the Scenes is a fascinating exploration of the history of housekeeping through the well-preserved properties of Britain's National Trust.
9780810963436 | Subsequent edition (Harry N Abrams Inc, September 1, 1997), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Behind the Scenes is a fascinating exploration of the history of housekeeping through the well-preserved properties of Britain's National Trust.

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Product Description: This title is one in a series of books in which some of the world's most distinguished academics and writers in their particular fields attempt to forecast the future, over the next 50 years, across a range of social, economic, political , geographical, and technological subject areas...read more

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9780297840787 | Orion Pub Co, February 1, 1999, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: This title is one in a series of books in which some of the world's most distinguished academics and writers in their particular fields attempt to forecast the future, over the next 50 years, across a range of social, economic, political , geographical, and technological subject areas.

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Product Description: From the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, parents have been bombarded with advice on how to look after their babies. Here, Christina Hardyment provides a much-needed new perspective on the whole perplexing business, showing that not only has the advice given always been subject to the prevailing fashions and to the personal quirks of their authors, but that the books have had a hand in provoking the anxieties they set out to quell...read more

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9780192861726 | Rev exp su edition (Oxford Univ Pr, August 1, 1995), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: From the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, parents have been bombarded with advice on how to look after their babies.

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Product Description: 'I must frankly own that, if I had known beforehand the labour which this book has entailed, I should never have been courageous enough to commence it.' So begins Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, and so perhaps should run the first line of this book...read more

Hardcover:

9780897333757 | Academy Chicago Pub, May 1, 1992, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: 'I must frankly own that, if I had known beforehand the labour which this book has entailed, I should never have been courageous enough to commence it.

Hardcover:

9780708921210 | Large print edition (Ulverscroft Large Print Books, March 1, 1990), cover price $18.95

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Product Description: One spring morning in 1985, Christina Hardyment and her four daughters set out from their Oxford home to trace the roots of stories that have captured the imaginations of generations of children worldwide.

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9780871131782 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, May 1, 1988, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: One spring morning in 1985, Christina Hardyment and her four daughters set out from their Oxford home to trace the roots of stories that have captured the imaginations of generations of children worldwide.

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Traces the development of household appliances, including the stove, iron, vacuum cleaner, sewing machine, sink, and dishwasher

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9780745602066 | Blackwell Pub, February 1, 1988, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Traces the development of household appliances, including the stove, iron, vacuum cleaner, sewing machine, sink, and dishwasher

Traces the history of recommended approaches to child rearing, shows how and why advice has changed, and tells how to rely on common sense in selecting a child care approach

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9780060151959 | Harpercollins, October 1, 1983, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of recommended approaches to child rearing, shows how and why advice has changed, and tells how to rely on common sense in selecting a child care approach

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9780060911614 | Harpercollins, September 1, 1984, cover price $7.95

Product Description: Parents have long been bombarded with conflicting advice on how to bring up their babies: from Locke, Rousseau, and Truby King to Spock, Penelope Leach and Gina Ford. Behaviourist warnings in the 1920s about physical contact ('Never hug and kiss them...read more

Hardcover:

9780192860484 | Oxford Univ Pr, June 1, 1984, cover price $9.90 | About this edition: Parents have long been bombarded with conflicting advice on how to bring up their babies: from Locke, Rousseau, and Truby King to Spock, Penelope Leach and Gina Ford.

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