A Grim Almanac Of The Black Country

Author : Nicola Sly
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752489520

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Grim Almanac of the Black Country by Nicola Sly Pdf

A Grim Almanac of the Black Country is a day-by-day catalogue of 366 ghastly tales from around the area. Full of dreadful deeds, strange disappearances and a multitude of mysteries, this almanac explores the darker side of the Black Country’s past.Here are stories of tragedy, torment and the truly unfortunate with diverse tales of mining disasters, freak weather, bizarre deaths and tragic accidents, including the gunpowder explosion at a factory in Tipton which claimed nineteen lives in 1922. Also featured is the corpse in West Bromwich that was twice wrongly identified in 1929, the collapse of a concert hall roof in Walsall in 1921, and the two labourers buried in molten glass near Stourbridge in 1893. All these, plus tales of fires, catastrophes, mysteries and executions, are here.Generously illustrated, this chronicle is an entertaining and readable record of the Black Country’s grim past. Read on ... if you dare!

Author : Nicola Sly
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780752489483

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A Grim Almanac of Leicestershire by Nicola Sly Pdf

A Grim Almanac of Leicestershire is a day-by-day catalogue of 366 macabre moments from the county's past. Featured here are such diverse tales as mining disasters, freak weather conditions, industrial catastrophes, train crashes and tragic accidents, including the Oadby woman who was killed by a wasp sting in 1925 and Dorothy Cain, who performed her first ever parachute jump in 1926 — without her parachute. Among the murders detailed in this volume are the assisted suicide of the vicar of Hungerton in 1925, and the unsolved 'Green Bicycle Murder' of 1919 at Little Stretton. Generously illustrated with 100 pictures, this chronicle is an entertaining and readable record of Leicestershire's grim past. Read on... if you dare!

Author : Nicola Sly
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780752489346

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A Grim Almanac of Oxfordshire by Nicola Sly Pdf

A Grim Almanac of Oxfordshire is a day-by-day catalogue of 366 ghastly tales from the county’s past.There are murders and manslaughters, including the killing by Mrs Barber of her entire family in 1909 while temporarily insane, and the brutal murder of four-year-old Edward Busby in 1871, killed by his mother to prevent his father ill-treating him. There are bizarre deaths, including those of four-year-old Charles Taylor, who was accidentally kicked clean through a top storey window in 1844 by a child playing on a swing, George Sheppard, who was struck by a cricket ball during a match in 1905, and of the vicar of Bucknell, who starved himself to death in 1935.There is an assortment of calamities which include strange and unusual crimes, devastating fires, rail crashes, explosions, disasters, mysteries, freak weather and a plethora of uncanny accidents.Generously illustrated, this chronicle is an entertaining and readable record of Oxfordshire’s grim past. Delve into the dreadful deeds of Oxford’s past, if you dare...

Author : Michael Pearson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750951784

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The Little Book of the Black Country by Michael Pearson Pdf

Did You Know? Butcher Keith Boxley of Wombourne made the longest continuous sausage in 1988. It was 21.12km in length! The first general strike in the Black Country took place in 1842. The widespread public unrest was regarded nationally as the first ever general strike. Hell Lane in Sedgley was described as the ‘most unruly place’ in the Black Country. A woman who lived in the lane was said to have been a witch and could turn herself into a white rabbit to spy on her neighbours. The Little Book of the Black Country is a funny, fact-packed compendium of frivolous, fantastic, and simply strange information. Here we find out about the region’s most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, quirky history, famous figures and literally hundreds of wacky facts. From royal visits and local celebrities, to the riotous Wednesbury protests and a particularly notorious reverend, this is a myriad of data on the Black Country, gathered together by author and local historian Michael Pearson. A handy reference and quirky guide, this engaging little book can be dipped into time and again to reveal something you never knew, making it essential reading for visitors and locals alike.

Author : Nicola Sly
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752492216

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In Hot Blood by Nicola Sly Pdf

This chilling compendium of historic crimes features 28 cases that shocked the nation during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Among the cases featured here are the shooting of Bessie Cross, after she fell pregnant while her husband was away serving his country in 1917, and the 1869 murders of Maria Death and her alleged lover by Maria's partner, Frederick Hinson. It also recalls the tragic stories of Elvira Barney and Ruth Ellis, who shot and killed their lovers in 1932 and 1955 respectively, with very different consequences. Along with the most notorious cases, this book also features many that did not make national headlines, examining not only the methods and motives but also the real stories of the perpetrators and their victims. This book is a must for true-crime fans everywhere.

Author : Karen Evans
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750955430

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Grim Almanac of Staffordshire by Karen Evans Pdf

A Grim Almanac of Staffordshire is a day-by-day catalogue of 366 ghastly tales from around the county. Full of dreadful deeds, strange disappearances and a multitude of murders, this almanac explores the darker side of the Staffordshire’s past. Here are stories of tragedy, torment and the truly unfortunate with diverse tales of freak weather, bizarre deaths and terrible accidents, including the young lad ‘jellified’ after falling into factory machinery, and the deaths of 155 men in the Minnie Pit disaster of 1918. Alongside tales of fires, catastrophes, suicides, thefts and executions - it’s all here. Generously illustrated, this chronicle is an entertaining and readable record of Staffordshire’s grim past. Read on ... if you dare!

Author : Karen Evans
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750964555

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A Grim Almanac of Birmingham by Karen Evans Pdf

Discover 366 gruesome tales from Birmingham’s past. With appalling accidents, frightful crimes and extraordinary deaths, there’s something to surprise even the most hardened reader.Featured here is the man who deliberately swallowed his wooden walking stick, a nineteenth-century horsemeat scandal, a drunken dispute that led to a man being stabbed in the eye with a table fork, and the lightning storm which hit a fog-signalling factory, setting off 43,000 explosions.True accounts of fires, catastrophes, murders, executions and a variety of nasty goings-on in the Birmingham of yesteryear await you within.

Author : Jan Bondeson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781445666310

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Victorian Murders by Jan Bondeson Pdf

This book features fifty-six Victorian murder cases from the files of the Illustrated Police News.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105014883271

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Aidan McQuade
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781783528080

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The Undiscovered Country by Aidan McQuade Pdf

'A smart and pacy debut' Irish Times ‘One is struck by its mordant wit and fierce intelligence’ Martin W. Sandler, National Book Award-winning author and historian 'A cracker read about morality and ethics in a time of conflict . . . A really accessible way of getting into complex stuff on nation-building and justice' Claire Hanna, MP for Belfast South 1920, the Irish War of Independence. Amid the turmoil of an emerging nation, two young IRA members assigned to police a rural village discover the body of a young boy, apparently drowned. One of them, a veteran of the First World War, recognises violence when he sees it – but does one more corpse really matter in this time of bitter conflict? The reluctant detectives must navigate the vicious bloodshed, murky allegiances and savage complexities of a land defining itself to find justice for the murdered boy. Neither of them realises just how dangerous their task will become.

Author : Michael Barone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1482 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Alamancs
ISBN : 0892340312

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The Almanac of American Politics, 1984 by Michael Barone Pdf

Author : Associated Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : UOM:39015043642035

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The Official Associated Press Almanac by Associated Press Pdf

Author : Ernest Cline
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307887450

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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. “Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • San Francisco Chronicle • Village Voice • Chicago Sun-Times • iO9 • The AV Club “Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost “An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN “A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”—Boston Globe “Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR “[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”—iO9

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1012 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : NYPL:33433005014596

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The American Almanac, Year-book, Cyclopaedia and Atlas by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : UOM:39015004856640

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Ohio Almanac by Anonim Pdf