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Haunted Heritage: The Cultural Politics of Ghost Tourism, Populism, and the Past
ISBN: 9781611322262 / Angielski / Miękka / 205 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Haunted Heritage is a fascinating scholarly examination of the dynamics of ghost or paranormal tourism. Michele Hanks explores how this phenomenon allows for the re-articulation and re-configuring of ideas of heritage, epistemic authority, nation, and belonging. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, Hanks delves into the anthropological, sociological, political, historical, and cultural factors that drive this burgeoning business. Using York, England, said to be "the most haunted city in the world," as the base for her research, Hanks focuses on three forms of ghost tourism: ghost...
Haunted Heritage is a fascinating scholarly examination of the dynamics of ghost or paranormal tourism. Michele Hanks explores how this phenomenon all...
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228,27 |
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The 'Gwenili' Logs: A compendium of voyages 1955-1999 and other stories
ISBN: 9781965190166 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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234,10 |
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Summer 2013
ISBN: 9781499759839 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A picture book about a 2013 summer vacation in Germany, Switzerland, France, and Great Britain. In Germany the authors/photographers visited the Hanseatic town of Lemgo (near Hannover). In Switzerland they explored Stein (Aargau) and La Chaux-de-Fonds. In France they visited several small towns that are part of the Plus-Beaux-Village circuit, and in the United Kingdom the authors traveled through the south of England, tracing a large circle around London, through small towns and the picturesque landscape, with overnight stays in B&Bs, and visits to National Trust properties (manor houses,...
A picture book about a 2013 summer vacation in Germany, Switzerland, France, and Great Britain. In Germany the authors/photographers visited the Hanse...
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235,47 |
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A Tour through Part of North Wales, in the Year 1798, and at Other Times
ISBN: 9781910893272 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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237,97 |
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Sacred Architecture of London
ISBN: 9781904658627 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. London has a unique series of churches built after the Great Fire of 1666, when most of the City of London was destroyed. Among these iconic churches are St Paul s, St Mary-le-Bow, St Bride s, St Clement Danes, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St Mary-le-Strand, St George Bloomsbury and Christ Church Spitalfields. They remain today as outstanding landmarks that define their local cityscapes. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and his followers Hawksmoor, Gibbs, Archer and James these beautiful churches embody spiritual principles expressed through the conventions of Classical architecture. Underlying...
London has a unique series of churches built after the Great Fire of 1666, when most of the City of London was destroyed. Among these iconic churches ...
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239,46 |
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And There We Were
ISBN: 9781736274385 / Angielski / Twarda / 622 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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239,46 |
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From Auckland to Orkney: A Kiwi lass returns to Scotland and goes further and farther
ISBN: 9781979356923 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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243,45 |
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An Entertaining Life: Designing Town and Country
ISBN: 9780865654266 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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251,61 |
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The Discovery of Britain (Routledge Revivals): The English Tourists 1540-1840
ISBN: 9780415821889 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1964, this book examines the Tour of Britain. It focuses, neither on foreign tourists coming to Britain, nor on British tourists travelling abroad, but on British people exploring their native land in the three centuries from 1540 to 1840. During this period, it became a popular pastime amongst gentlemen of leisure to travel for weeks, even months, in discovery of their own country and this book describes both the pleasure taken by tourists of Britain and the hardships they endured. Tracking these journeys over three centuries, the book presents a changing English...
First published in 1964, this book examines the Tour of Britain. It focuses, neither on foreign tourists coming to Britain, nor on British tourists tr...
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252,56 |
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The Excavation of Roman and Mediaeval London
ISBN: 9781138817814 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an immensely fascinating work, published originally in 1968, which is of great value in understanding London s past. The immediate background to the excavations was the bombing of London during the Second World War, which led to the destruction of more than fifty of the three hundred and fifty or so acres that make up the walled city. The interval before rebuilding was a magnificent opportunity for archaeological excavation. The Royal Society of Antiquaries of London established the Roman and Mediaeval London Excavation Council to organise an extended programme which began in July... This is an immensely fascinating work, published originally in 1968, which is of great value in understanding London s past. The immediate backgrou... |
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252,56 |
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The Pictorial Directory of Scotland's Castles
ISBN: 9781802273854 / Angielski / Twarda / 530 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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252,71 |
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Visions of Anglotopia: A Personal Tour of Britain
ISBN: 9781955273213 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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255,38 |
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South Downs Walking: Hiking The South Downs Way
ISBN: 9781537013831 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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255,39 |
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A History of English Field Names
ISBN: 9780582081581 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Field names are not only interesting in themselves, but also a rich source of information about the communities originating them. This is a pioneering history, by the author of the standard Dictionary of Field Names.
Field names are not only interesting in themselves, but also a rich source of information about the communities originating them. This is a pioneering...
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257,42 |
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Scotland: A Guide to Hidden Scotland
ISBN: 9798869326973 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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266,03 |
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A Genealogical Gazetteer of England. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Places, with Their Location, Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, Population, and the Date of the Earliest Entry in the Registers of Every An
ISBN: 9780806303161 / Angielski / Miękka / 620 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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268,20 |
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The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950
ISBN: 9780521438148 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The final volume discusses the institutions that affected social conditions and influenced values and attitudes. Social policies were made for the most part by the comfortably off and those in power for the supposed good of the less fortunate. Contributors to this volume examine these initiatives with regard to, among others, the development of health care, philanthropy and the voluntary sector, the police and crime, professional associations and unions.
The final volume discusses the institutions that affected social conditions and influenced values and attitudes. Social policies were made for the mos...
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268,62 |
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The Changing Geography of the UK
ISBN: 9780415179003 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fully revised edition of a widely used introductory text presents a full description and interpretation of the changes that have occurred during the 1990s.
This fully revised edition of a widely used introductory text presents a full description and interpretation of the changes that have occurred during ...
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271,99 |