393円 In 1910, seventeen-year-old Elias immigrated to America to find a job and send aid to his Lebanese village. Elias left Tripoli, Syria (later named Lebanon) with nothing but the clothes on his back and a bandoleer containing a coat and blanket slung over his shoulder. In New York City, Elias colla...

1,617円 Shortlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize 'A remarkable achievement...should become a classic.' - Margaret Drabble 'Light writes beautifully...Common People is part memoir, part thrilling social history of the England of the Industrial Revolution, but above all a work of quiet poetry and insi...

1,040円 Como devemos nos dirigir a um Rei? Um Sultão é a mesma coisa que um Califa? Quem era mais importante, um Duque ou um Barão? Que cargos havia nas cortes da Idade Média? Para responder a essas e a outras perguntas de curiosos pelas organizações sociais e militares através do tempo, a Editora Draco ...

794円 Find out what your surname means and trace your ancestors who share it too. Perhaps your surname is that of a Norman who came to Britain after the Battle of Hastings; or a Celtic clan name. Maybe it is an old English trade. It may be distinctive of a particular location. And just possibly you mig...

2,588円 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Surnames are much more than convenient identity tags; they are windows into our families’ pasts. Some suggest ancestral trades (Butcher, Smith, Roper) or physical appearance (Long, Brown, Thynne). Some provide clues to where we come from (McDonald, Evans, Patel). And s...

1,068円 Previously published as My Uncle Charlie. If you lived on the notorious Canterbury Estate in the ‘40s and ‘50s, then you knew there was one man you did not want to cross: Charlie Hudson. A solitary man, feared and respected by the gangsters of the time, Charlie was a boxer who never lost a fight,...

387円 Previously published as My Mam Shirley. Closer than Blood can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 2 of 3. You can read Part 2 two weeks ahead of release of the full-length eBook and paperback. Behind the notorious Hudson men who dominated the Ca...

387円 Previously published as My Uncle Charlie. Blood Line can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 1 of 3. You can read Part 1 three weeks ahead of release of the full-length eBook and paperback. If you lived on the notorious Canterbury Estate in the ...

387円 Previously published as My Mam Shirley. Closer than Blood can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 3 of 3. You can read Part 3 one week ahead of the full-length eBook and paperback. Behind the notorious Hudson men who dominated the Canterbury Est...

0円 The first in a series of short books which record some of the research findings of Phil and Kath Walton. Most of the ancestors are from North Staffordshire or South Cheshire. The books present the research methods in a interesting format.

393円 The time had arrived to document the history of our family before the opportunity was lost and this book has been written to provide our grandchildren with an understanding of their family heritage and to let them know that Nana and Grandad were not always old and had a life long before they even...

472円 It doesn't matter who you talk to, everyone thinks their generation was the best. Even those who experienced tremendous hardships recall mostly the good bits, and my Grandma is no exception. Whilst she's survived two world wars and been surrounded by lots of death, endured years of hard work with...