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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 8 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Georgian Liverpool by Hugh Hollinghurst
    Georgian Liverpool - by Hugh Hollinghurst

    £15.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398110632 | ISBN 10: 1398110639

    The history of Georgian Liverpool through its buildings. All those interested in the history of Liverpool will find this a fascinating exploration of the Georgian heritage of this city.   Liverpool grew rapidly in the Georgian period as it ... more

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  • Cover image of book Walking on Water Street: A Stroll Along the Original Shoreline of the River Mersey by Graham Jones
    Walking on Water Street: A Stroll Along the Original Shoreline of the River Mersey - by Graham Jones

    £49.95   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781915292483 | ISBN 10: 1915292484

    "I am astonished at the amount of research which you've put into this book, and written with such a lightness of touch."(Peter Elson, Blue Coat School Development Officer) "Thank you so much another wonderful production on a par with your book on ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Hidden History: The Irish Language in Liverpool/An Ghaeilge i Learpholl by Tony Birtill
    A Hidden History: The Irish Language in Liverpool/An Ghaeilge i Learpholl - by Tony Birtill

    £12.00   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781999803827 | ISBN 10: 1999803825

    Local teacher, journalist and Irish language enthusiast, Tony Birtill, tells the fascinating history of the Irish language in Liverpool over the past 200 years and examines the Irish language vocabulary and speech patterns still in use in present day ... more

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  • Cover image of book Speke Hall by The National Trust
    Speke Hall - by The National Trust

    £6.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781843595205 | ISBN 10: 1843595206

    Speke Hall is a precious survival from the Tudor age - one of the most important timber-framed buildings in the north of England. Neglected during most of the eighteenth century, Speke was restored in the 1850s by Richard Watt, who filled its pannel ... more

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  • Cover image of book Harry Constable: In His Own Words by Bill Hunter
    Harry Constable: In His Own Words - by Bill Hunter

    £10.00   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780954207755 | ISBN 10: 0954207750

    Dockers set the pace for all the gains in wages and conditions during the 1940s and 50s. Most of their battles, against their bosses, the government and sometimes their own union, were led by rank and file committees. Harry Constable was one of their ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hillsborough Voices: The Real Story Told by the People Themselves by Kevin Sampson, in association with the Hillsborough Justice Campaign
    Hillsborough Voices: The Real Story Told by the People Themselves - by Kevin Sampson, in association with the Hillsborough Justice Campaign

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780091955625 | ISBN 10: 0091955629

    On 15 April 1989 the world witnessed one of the worst football disasters occur at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield: 96 people were crushed to death and another 766 injured in what later was admitted to be caused by a shocking failure by police. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Liverpool City Centre Through Time by Ian Collard
    Liverpool City Centre Through Time - by Ian Collard

    £14.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781445604121 | ISBN 10: 1445604124

    Although Liverpool has existed as a port since the thirteenth century, it wasn’t until the seventeenth century that it truly began to grow on the profits of trade with America, importing sugar from the West Indies and Virginia tobacco and exporting t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Images of England: Central Liverpool by David Paul
    Images of England: Central Liverpool - by David Paul

    £12.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780752406404 | ISBN 10: 075240640x

    This book of photographs not only depicts the cosmopolitan face of Liverpool but also traces the many changes that Liverpudlians have experienced over the last century. This isn't just a story based around grand buildings, it's about the ordinary peo ... more

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