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  • The Good, The Bad and The Crafty

    by Paul Hurley ...
    After serving in the Royal Navy, Paul joined the Cheshire Police, initial training, uniform, and plain clothes duties followed by the Divisional CID. Stories from the period, which include CID politics! This was followed by secondment to the No 1 Regional Crime Squad (RCS), advanced driver, and surveillance training. Undercover work on the biggest police drugs operation in the Northwest at the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Northwich Reflections

    by Paul Hurley ...
    Series series Reflections
    During Roman times, Northwich was known as ‘Salinae’ or the ‘salt works’, and later by the Celtic name ‘Hellath Dhu’, or the black salt town by the Ancient Britons. The Cheshire town grew up at the confluence of the River Dane and River Weaver and lies on underground salt beds, which were exploited through the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Over the years, mines were dug and later abandoned ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Sir William A. Stanier FRS

    The Working Life of a Man of Steel

    by Paul Hurley, Phil Braithwaite ...
    Swindon-born William A. Stanier joined Great Western Railway as a fifteen-year-old trainee and began rising swiftly through the ranks. In 1904 he was appointed assistant to the divisional locomotive superintendent in London, and by 1931 he was chief mechanical engineer of the London Midland & Scottish Railway. The LMS locomotives were in a poor state, with some dating back to the 1800s, and ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Northwich and Around at Work

    People and Industries Through the Years

    by Paul Hurley, Rose Hurley ...
    Series series At Work
    The town of Northwich in Cheshire has been known for its salt production for centuries. The salt mines beneath the town were exploited by the Romans through to the modern era and the vast excavations have caused major subsidence in Northwich. By the nineteenth century Northwich was also a centre of the chemical industry in the north-west of England. Brunner Mond started the production of soda ash ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Chester in the 1950s

    Ten Years that Changed a City

    by Paul Hurley ...
    Series series Ten Years that Changed a City
    Chester is well known as a Roman city, and has seen significant change over the centuries. This has been done sympathetically for the most part, and in keeping with the general antiquity of the surrounding buildings and streets. Chester in the 1950s was a time of reawakening following the dark years of the Second World War. The city was lucky to miss much damage during the conflict, but like the ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Against the Tyranny of Outcomes

    by Paul Hurley ...
    Outcomes tyrannize over prevailing accounts of ethics, actions, reasons, attitudes, and social practices. The right action promotes the best outcome, the end of every action is an outcome to be promoted, reasons to act are reasons to promote outcomes, and preferences and desires rationalize actions that aim at the outcome of realizing their contents. This book canvasses two sets of seemingly ... Read more

    $86.79 CAD

  • Think and Be Slim

    by Paul Hurley ...
    This book has been written for anyone who wants to achieve his or her health fitness goals. Whilst it has chapters dealing with both exercise and nutrition, it is NOT a diet or exercise book. The subject of this book is how to program your brain to achieve your goals. Every action and subsequent result begins with a thought. By changing the way you think, you change the way you act, the results ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Tragic Cheshire

    Historic Tales of Misfortune and Disaster

    by Paul Hurley, Rose Hurley ...
    This book covers tragic happenings within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. The tragedies cover a wide range of human and natural disasters, from accidents in carts, cars, trains and aircraft to the devastating effects of fire and floods. Some of the misfortunes that individuals suffered were caused by others, including their own family ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Britain Invaded

    by Paul Hurley ...
    The novel comprises well researched fact and plausible ? ction, carefully interwoven to form an alternative and frightening history.It is a military tale, not just a war story, it is a thriller and love story based on the premise that in 1940 Germany invaded Britain! It is written factually until the point where the allies reach Dunkirk. The cream of the allied armies are then trapped and ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chester in 50 Buildings

    by Paul Hurley ...
    Series series In 50 Buildings
    From its earliest days as a major Roman fortress to its current status as one of Britain’s most visited tourist destinations, Chester has a proud and distinctive identity. Its extraordinary history is embodied in the rich architecture that has shaped this jewel of the North West, famed for its perfectly preserved city walls. Chester in 50 Buildings explores the history of this much-loved city ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Northwich Through the Ages

    by Paul Hurley ...
    Series series Through the Ages
    Northwich Through the Ages offers a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country with a completely new set of past and present images. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Northwich, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people of this town throughout the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. Looking beyond the ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Frodsham & Helsby Through Time

    by Paul Hurley ...
    Series series Through Time
    Frodsham and Helsby lie comfortably between the lovely Cheshire countryside that once was part of the great Royal Forest of Mara and Mondrem, now Delamere, and the mighty River Mersey. Above Frodsham is the high peak that once boasted the popular pleasure ground of the Mersey View or, as it is known locally, Overton Hills, with its stunning views across the Mersey estuary to Liverpool and North ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD