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Product Description: Britain and Britons are renowned for their eccentricity the world over, and this is a celebration of the odd and the unusual, the mysterious and the bizarre - a journey in which we seek out weird and wonderful places, follies and other curious buildings, events, customs, beliefs and may other aspects of Britain's more curious national heritage...read more

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9780715394694 | David & Charles, March 1, 1991, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Britain and Britons are renowned for their eccentricity the world over, and this is a celebration of the odd and the unusual, the mysterious and the bizarre - a journey in which we seek out weird and wonderful places, follies and other curious buildings, events, customs, beliefs and may other aspects of Britain's more curious national heritage.

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Product Description: An examination of the crop circle phenomenon.

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9780747508434 | Circle Seekers, June 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An examination of the crop circle phenomenon.

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The veteran British paranormal expert describes his summer odyssey through some of Britain's most remote locales with two fellow monster hunters--Jonathan Downes and Richard Freeman--in pursuit of some the country's mysterious phenomena. Original. 20,000 first printing.

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9780743482547, titled "Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monsters, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs, and Ape-men" | Gallery Books, March 2, 2004, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: The veteran British paranormal expert describes his summer odyssey through some of Britain's most remote locales with two fellow monster hunters--Jonathan Downes and Richard Freeman--in pursuit of some the country's mysterious phenomena.

An American living in the United Kingdom journeys through England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in pursuit of the bizarre antics, festivals, competitions, traditions, and other offbeat activities of Great Britain, ranging from cheese rolling and a shin kicking contest to pope burning in which the Pope is burned in effigy. Original.

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9781585676569 | Overlook Pr, March 30, 2005, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An American living in the United Kingdom journeys through England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in pursuit of the bizarre antics, festivals, competitions, traditions, and other offbeat activities of Great Britain, ranging from cheese rolling and a shin kicking contest to pope burning in which the Pope is burned in effigy.

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Product Description: In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War and Festival of Britain from the front pages of national newspapers. Affray had gone to sea on a routine peacetime simulated war patrol in the English Channel...read more

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9780750946568 | Sutton Pub Ltd, January 30, 2009, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Using documents, interviews with experts and contemporary news sources, this book explores how and why Affray became the last British submarine lost at sea.

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9780752459301 | Trafalgar Square, June 1, 2011, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War and Festival of Britain from the front pages of national newspapers.

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