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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 13 books in this booklist
£15.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398111660 | ISBN 10: 139811166x
The relationship between humans and horses has played a vital role in shaping our towns and cities. This book offers a fascinating insight into the history of working horses in Liverpool. Working horses have been part of the story of Liv ... more
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£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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£15.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781445695938 | ISBN 10: 1445695936
This book brings to life a selection of the most notorious, and grimmest, murders and other crimes in and around Liverpool from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. The tales include ‘Fire in the Menagerie’, ‘Mu ... more
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£14.00 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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£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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£12.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781445634869 | ISBN 10: 1445634864
"Hillsborough will be remembered as one of the biggest injustices of the twentieth century, because those who were there to protect the public turned against them in their hour of need. The power of print media was at its absolute peak at that time, ... more
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£12.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781445648866 | ISBN 10: 1445648865
Liverpool’s proud past can be well summed up by its headlines. Local author Daniel K. Longman delves into the archives of the Liverpool Echo to discover the events and personalities that have made the city what it is today. From the dramatic effects ... more
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£12.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781445639895 | ISBN 10: 1445639890
Popular history will tell the tale of how the steam locomotive came to dominate Victorian Britain but while the steam railway died out in the 1960s, the electric railway was already a success story and one that would not only endure but dominate rail ... more
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£18.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781445637570 | ISBN 10: 144563757x
The unique tale of the great port and city of ‘Leverpul’ begins in 1207; it does not even appear in William the Conqueror’s Domesday Book of 1086. Liverpool was created by the belligerent English monarch King John. Within sixty years of the end of th ... more
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£12.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780752465708 | ISBN 10: 0752465708
Take a photographic journey into Liverpool’s often overlooked local, craft and advertising history. This intriguing book profiles hand-painted advertising from across the city and investigates the companies that commissioned the signs that now appear ... more
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£14.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781445604145 | ISBN 10: 1445604140
The Port of Liverpool handles more container trade with the United States than any other port in the UK and now also serves more than 100 other non-EU destinations, from China to Africa and the Middle East, and from Australia to South America. Liverp ... more
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£19.50 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781904380726 | ISBN 10: 1904380727
The true story of Liverpool’s Cameo Cinema murders vividly demonstrates the need to guard against police corruption and legal manipulation. George Kelly was hanged in 1950 for shooting dead two men early in 1949: the manager of the Cameo ... more
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£18.65 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781846316470 | ISBN 10: 1846316472
Uncontrollable, anarchic, separate and alienated from mainstream England, the Liverpool of popular imagination is a hotbed of radicalism and creativity. But is that reputation really justified? Starting in 1911, a year which saw a warship o ... more
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