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A Century of Weather Service: A History of the Birth and Growth of the National Weather Service, 1870-1970
1st Edition
By Patrick Hughes
January 19, 2026
First Published in 1970, A Century of Weather Service provides a comprehensive history of the birth and growth of the National Weather Service from 1870 to 1970 in America. It discusses important themes such as coping with disaster; American weather pioneers; a military weather service; The United ...
A Commentary on the Charter of the United Nations
1st Edition
By Norman Bentwich, Andrew Martin
January 19, 2026
First published in 1950, A Commentary on the Charter of the United Nations presents a collection of documentary material detailing various aspects of the UN Charter. It discusses themes like the evolution of the Charter; purposes and principles; Pacific settlements of disputes; the General Assembly...
A History of Classical Greek Literature: From Homer to Aristotle
1st Edition
By T. A. Sinclair
January 19, 2026
First Published in 1934, this book gives a general survey of the history of classical Greek literature from Homer to Aristotle. It discusses important themes like Homeric criticism and the Homeric question; elegiac poetry; lyric poetry; myth and history in verse; Heraclitus and philosophy in prose;...
A History of England
1st Edition
By Llewellyn Woodward
January 19, 2026
First Published in 1947, A History of England combines a concise record of events with an absorbing picture of England’s evolution in the political, social, economic, and cultural spheres. It brings important themes like Britain under the Romans; the Norman conquest; Edward I and the parliaments; ...
A History of English Costume
1st Edition
By Iris Brooke
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1937 and reprinted as a fourth edition in paperback in 1979, this is a history of dress in England from the Norman Conquest to the mid-20th century. Despite being an excellent resource for the student or designer, this book also provides a wealth of material for the social ...
A History of Local Government in the Twentieth Century
1st Edition
By Bryan Keith-Lucas, Peter G. Richards
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1978, this book covers all aspects of the development of local authorities; the changing types of people who worked in them – solicitors, trade unionists, politicians and reformers; the growing influence of political parties in local affairs; the widening concept of the ...
A History of Rhodesia
1st Edition
By Robert Blake
January 19, 2026
First published in 1977, A History of Rhodesia is a history of the origins and course of modern European occupation of ‘Southern Rhodesia’, ‘Rhodesia’ as it has been termed since the old ‘Northern Rhodesia’ became independent under the name Zambia in 1963. Robert Blake describes the years of the ...
A History of Spain
1st Edition
By Harold Livermore
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1958, this was the first scholarly anglophone history of Spain. It covers the whole story from Spanish pre-history onwards and includes a full treatment of the various states until their fusion as a modern nation, and on through the Civil War until the late 20th Century. The...
A History of the Carpenters Company
1st Edition
By B W E Alford, T Barker
January 19, 2026
First published in 1968, A History of the Carpenters Company deals with developments in the carpenter’s craft as well as with the Company's own internal growth. It examines the effectiveness of efforts to enforce regulations dealing with wages, apprenticeship, and building, which emanated from both...
A History of the Modern Church: From 1500 to the Present Day
1st Edition
By J. W. C. Wand
January 19, 2026
First published in 1930, A History of the Modern Church is a scholarly and readable account of the church from the beginning of the Reformation to modern times. It traces the rise of many attitudes towards life, many conceptions of the faith, and many ecclesiastical systems. This book will be of ...
A History of the Public Library Movement in Great Britain and Ireland
1st Edition
By John Minto
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1932, A History of the Public Library Movement in Great Britain and Ireland is concerned with the rise and progress of the public library as it stood at that time. The establishment and growth of the public library may be viewed as part of the great social movement for the ...
A Hundred Years of District Nursing
1st Edition
By Mary Stocks
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1960, this is a graphic and humorous story of district nursing from its beginning, with the first nurse engaged to work in the slums of nineteenth-century Liverpool, up to the time of publication. Mrs Stocks records how ‘our nurse’ had been and still was a familiar and ...