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  • Hauntings at the Black Cat Inn

    A welcoming inn with a shiver down the spineThe ancient Black Cat Inn is rooted on the wild Cornish coast. It's a haven for travellers but its hospitality comes with an unsettling feeling that all is not as it seems.Over the centuries many claimed to have seen or heard the lost souls who inhabit the inn.Do you believe the famous writer of mysteries? Can anyone explain the bullet hole left in the ... Read more

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  • Medicine, the Penal System and Sexual Crimes in England, 1919-1960s

    Diagnosing Deviance

    by Janet Weston ...
    Sexual crime, past and present, is rarely far from the headlines. How these crimes are punished, policed and understood has changed considerably over the last century. From hormone injections to cognitive behavioural therapy, medical and psychological approaches to sexual offenders have proliferated. This book sets out the history of such theories and treatments in England.Beginning in the early ... Read more

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  • Looking After Miss Alexander

    Care, Mental Capacity, and the Court of Protection in Mid-Twentieth-Century England

    by Janet Weston ...
    Series Book 7 - States, People, and the History of Social Change
    In July 1939, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, fifty-nine-year-old Beatrice Alexander was found incapable of managing her own property and affairs. Although Alexander and those living with her insisted that she was perfectly well, the official solicitor took control of her home and money, evicted her “friends,” and hired a live-in companion to watch over her. Alexander remained legally ... Read more

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  • Histories of HIV/AIDS in Western Europe

    New and regional perspectives

    Series Book 40 - Social Histories of Medicine
    The early 2020s marked the fortieth anniversary of the first confirmed cases of AIDS and a new wave of historical interest in the ongoing epidemic. This edited collection showcases some of this exciting new work, with a particular focus on less well-known histories from western Europe. Featuring research from social, cultural and public historians, sociologists and area studies scholars, its eight ... Read more

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  • 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Engaging Parents

    Series series 100 Ideas for Teachers
    No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners.___ ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Engaging Parents

    Series series 100 Ideas for Teachers
    No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners ... Read more

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  • Recipes from Hauntings at the Black Cat Inn

    Welcome to The Black Cat Inn and its famous fareThe Black Cat Inn is renowned for two very different things—its fine food and its ghosts. Take a sneak peek inside its archive of recipes, some of them hundreds of years old and others as new as the crisp white linen on the tables.Would a Satan's Whisker attract an unexpected visitor wrapped in a dark cloak?Could sampling a Wigg break down the ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Forgotten Authors, The - Women - Volume 2

    Maud Diver to Mary Elizabeth Hawker

    Unabridged

    Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

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  • Public Health

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries or departments of public health, whilst international agencies such as the World Health Organisation promote public health policies, and regional organisations such as the European Union have public health funding and policies. But what do we mean when ... Read more

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  • The British Baking Book

    The History of British Baking, Savory and Sweet

    "Packed with joyful food writing, each recipe complemented by its history and stunning photography." — Appetite MagazineWith over one hundred iconic recipes, The British Baking Book tells the wonderfully evocative story of baking in Britain—and how this internationally cherished tradition has evolved from its rich heritage to today's immense popularity of The Great British Bake Off. With lavish ... Read more

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  • Wakenhyrst

    A Times Best Book of 2019.'Paver is one of Britain's modern greats. This sinister, gothic chiller shows why' BIG ISSUE, Books of the Year 2019. "Something has been let loose..."In Edwardian Suffolk, a manor house stands alone in a lost corner of the Fens: a glinting wilderness of water whose whispering reeds guard ancient secrets. Maud is a lonely child growing up without a mother,... ... Read more

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