Saltaire History Touris a unique insight into the illustrious history of Titus Salt’s model industrial village and how it has changed since acquiring the status of a World Heritage Site. Readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and take a tour around the historical hub of the village, in order to understand the changing face of Saltaire. Local historian Gary Firth guides us through its streets, comparing and contrasting changing modes of transport, employment, fashion, retailing ...

Explore the contemporary significance of the Old Testament and hear the Word of God afreshThis volume offers insightful commentary on Ezra-Nehemiahand explores its significance for today's readers.Respected Old Testament scholar Gary Edward Schnittjer explains that although the Ezra-Nehemiah narrative begins well, it ends in disappointment for the returning exiles. From the first verse to the last, this commentary takes seriously the faithfulness of Yahweh ...

This wonderful new book by local author Malcolm Hitt and local historian Gary Firth, takes a comparative peep into how Titus Salt's model industrial village has changed since acquiring the status of a World Heritage site. Images are brought together to compare and contrast changing modes of transport, employment, fashion, retailing and leisure as well as showing change from Victorian times to the new millennium in the housing and public buildings of Saltaire's historic core. The past and p...

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by John Escott. Come with us to London - a city as old as the Romans, and as new as the twenty-first century. There are places to go - from Oxford Street to Westminster Abbey, from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to Wimbledon Tennis Club. And things to do - ride on the London Eye, visit the markets, go to the theatre, run in the London Marathon. Big, beautiful, noisy, exciting - that's London.

Do you want to maximise your short stay in the beautiful city of Glasgow?If so ... this could be the guide for you!This ebook travel guide:* Gives daily itinerary's which you can follow, or tailor to suit yourself* Has a map, pictures and information on locations and attractions (including address, opening times, web address, how to get there, history &/or other pertinent information)* Is suitable for all age groups and nationalities* Gives tips o...

  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Bath, England.   Bath is a historic Roman and Georgian spa city that is a World Heritage Site.  Bath is situated 100 miles west of London and 15 miles south-east of the nearest big city, Bristol.    Bath is famous for its hot springs, Roman period baths, Medieval heritage and stately Georgian architecture. Set in the rolling Somerset cou...

This walk is one of twelve walks in John Wilks' Walks Through History - Birmingham series which contains twelve walks within the city. The whole book is available as an ebook or physical book or you could try this one out first. The book is a celebration of the beauty and poetry of the county. Each walk in this book has been chosen not only because it is a pleasant walk in its own right, but also because it goes past sites which reveal the rich and varied history of the county. Each walk i...

Welcome to London London, one of the great cities of the world, combines the best of the old and the best of the new; Castles are still in use, they still change the Guard at Buckingham Palace, and you can still find people feeding pigeons in the afternoons at Trafalgar Square. Yet, you can always find a new, dynamic London just around the corner. Today, London is the center for active, entrepreneurial Europe. The bars are flooded with people, the restaurant culture is g...

This walk is one of twelve walks in John Wilks' Walks Through History - Birmingham series which contains twelve walks within the city. The whole book is available as an ebook or physical book or you could try this one out first. The book is a celebration of the beauty and poetry of the county. Each walk in this book has been chosen not only because it is a pleasant walk in its own right, but also because it goes past sites which reveal the rich and varied history of the county. Each walk i...

Felixstowe owes its existence to the 19th-century fashion for seaside holidays when the gentry and businessmen chose to build their summer residences in the parishes of Walton and Felixstowe. In earlier centuries Walton had been the more significant settlement, with a manor and a castle. Even the later fort guarding the Suffolk side of Harwich harbour was often considered to be part of Essex. When the Dutch landed on the Common in 1667 and were defeated by Land guard Fort's garrison, all E...

Battersea has grown to be a fashionable and vibrant district of south-west London. Referred to as Patricesy in the Domesday Book, Battersea was historically best known for market gardening, providing fruit, vegetables and flowers for the City of London. However, the area moved from rural to urban with the coming of the railways, industry and large-scale housing from the 1840s, provoking a population growth from 4,000 to 120,000 by the beginning of the twentieth century. Glimpses of the pas...

This guide takes you on a circular ride across the edge of the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border. Starting and ending at the Attenborough Nature Reserve on the edge of Nottinghamshire. This 16.5 mile journey takes you along the rivers and canals of Attenborough, Sawley, Long Eaton, Stapleford, and Trowell before the climb up the Hemlock Stone hill and back through the cycle paths of Chilwell before arriving back at the Nature Reserve. Things to look out for: The Attenborough Nature Reserve...