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A Century of Black journalism: a kaleidoscopic view of race and the media (1893-2003) - Lionel Morrison

ISBN: 9780955554001

Country of origin: other


 
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The Dagenham murder - Linda Rhodes et al.

ISBN: 0900325372

Winner of the Crime Writers Association Golden Dagger for Non-fiction 2006 this lavishly illustrated book is the full-length study of the brutal murder, still unsolved, of a police constable whilst on night duty. A fascinating study with the authors using original sources to uncover many new facts and insights into this case.

-- Barking and Dagenham

Country of origin: United Kingdom


 
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Prague winter - Gerda Meyer

ISBN: 1870841123

Not long before Hitler annexed the Sudetenland in September 1938, Gerda Mayer's family moved from Karlsbad to Prague. The following March, not long before he entered Prague, she came to England as a kindertransport. She never saw her parents again. The family were German-speaking Czech Jews, some kind of enemy to nearly everyone. But Prague Winter is also an account of what it means to be an eleven-year-old daughter, her ordinary difficulties intensified by the extreme circumstances.

-- Hammersmith and Fulham

Country of origin: Czech Republic


 
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Roman's Journey - Roman Halter

ISBN: 1846270332

A very poignant, moving account of a boy's life during the holocaust and escape from Poland written with humility and compassion.

-- Haringey

Country of origin: United Kingdom


 
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Time Flies: Heathrow at 60 - Alan Gallop

ISBN: 0750938404

Alan Gallop chronicles Heathrow's first 60 years, exploring how a small agricultural community on the outskirts of London became the site of the world's leading international airport. Bringing together Heathrow's human and commercial histories, the book includes stories from all of the airport's six decades, told by the people who were there. Using previously unpublished interviews and illustrations, Time Flies is a sometimes critical but always balanced and entertaining look at the triumphs, tribulations - and controversies - that made Heathrow what it is today.

-- Hillingdon

Country of origin: United Kingdom


 
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Who Cares About Britishness - Vron Ware

ISBN: 1-905147-58-9

'Vron Ware travels around the globe to discover how the debate on Britishness looks from the outside. Who Cares About Britishness? (Arcadia) brilliantly explores issues of identity and belonging in a world where change is the only constant and single identity is as rare as the lamented dodo.' - Ziauddin Sardar, Book of the Year, New Statesman

'Amid the ample fluff that comes with any bout of navel-gazing, the odd original work will emerge. Take Vron Ware's Who Cares About Britishness? The book itself is consistently lively and thoroughly likeable...But that topic has limited appeal to trend-surfing publishers and think-tanks - let alone to insecure prime ministers from Fife.' - Boyd Tonkin, The Independent

-- Richmond

Country of origin: other


 


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