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Frozen Water Trade (Text Only)
The story of the 19th-century ice trade, in which ice from the lakes of New England - valued for its incredible purity - revolutionised domestic life around the world.In the days …
Restoration Home
Provides the information you need to take your own home back in time, to discover who built it, how it was used, and even how it looked. This title includes: how to use maps to …
Children of Light
In the early 1870s a night-time view over Britain would have revealed towns lit by the warm glow of gas and oil lamps and a much darker countryside, the only light emanating from …
Signor Marconi's Magic Box
The world at the turn of the twentieth century was in the throes of "Marconi-mania"-brought on by an incredible invention that no one could quite explain, and by a dapper and …
Signor Marconi's Magic Box
The intriguing story of how wireless was invented by Guglielmo Marconi - and how it amused Queen Victoria, saved the lives of the Titanic survivors, tracked down criminals and …
The Great Inoculator
This timely history of the neglected figure of Daniel Sutton—the medical revolutionary who paved the way for present-day vaccination—was named a best book of 2020 by BBC History …
The Frozen Water Trade
In the days before artificial refrigeration, it was thought impossible to transport ice for long distances. But one man, Frederic Tudor, was convinced it could be done. This is the …
Children of Light
In the early 1870s a night-time view over Britain would have revealed towns lit by the warm glow of gas and oil lamps and a much darker countryside, the only light emanating from …
The Frozen Water Trade: A True Story
Traces the rise and fall of the natural ice industry in nineteenth-century North America as presented through the story of Frederick Tudor who, despite hardship and ridicule, …
The Industrial Revolutionaries
International in its sweep, vivid in its execution and original in its argument, this 'meticulous and fascinating' (Guardian) account of the worldwide industrial revolution.The …
Great Inoculator
This timely history of the neglected figure of Daniel Sutton—the medical revolutionary who paved the way for present-day vaccination—was named a best book of 2020 by BBC History …