Secret Horsham

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Secret Horsham explores the lesser-known history of the West Sussex town of Horsham through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive photographs.

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Genre : Photography
Author : Maggie Weir-Wilson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Release : 2019-08-15
File : 187 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781445686462


Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers

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"Nuclear Bunkers" tells the previously undisclosed story of the secret defence structures built by the West during the Cold War years. The book describes in fascinating detail a vast umbrella of radar stations that spanned the North American continent and the north Atlantic from the Aleutian islands through Canada to the North Yorkshire moors, all centred upon an enormous secret control centre buried hundreds of feet below Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado. This is complemented in the United Kingdom with a chain of secret radars codenamed 'Rotor' built in the early 1950's, and eight huge, inland sector control centres, built over 100' underground at enormous cost. The book reveals the various bunkers built for the U.S Administration, including the Raven Rock alternate war headquarters (the Pentagon's wartime hideout), the Greenbrier bunker for the Senate and House of Representatives, and the Mount Weather central government headquarters amongst others. Developments in Canada, including the Ottawa 'Diefenbunker' and the regional government bunkers are also studied. In the UK there were the London bunkers and the Regional War rooms built in the 1950's to protect against the Soviet threat, and their replacement in 1958 by much more hardened, underground Regional Seats of Government in the provinces, and the unique Central Government War Headquarters at Corsham. Also included in the UK coverage is the UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation with its underground bunkers and observation posts, as well as the little known bunkers built by the various local authorities and by the public utilities. Finally the book examines the provision, (or more accurately, lack of provision), of shelter space for the general population, comparing the situation in the USA and the UK with some other European countries and with the Soviet Union.

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Genre : History
Author : Nick McCamley
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Release : 2013-05-31
File : 303 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781844155088


Horsham Township

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Horsham Township began as a farming and residential community. Today, the Willow Grove Naval Air Station is Horsham's largest employer and its most recognized feature. The predecessor of the air station was the Pitcairn Airfield. Here, Harold Pitcairn built the Mailwing airplane, delivered airmail along the East Coast, formed Eastern Air Lines, developed the Autogiro, and entertained celebrities such as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Photographs in Horsham Township show the Quaker meetinghouse, which is the oldest religious building in Horsham and is still in continuous use; the highways that served the township farmers, such as Limekiln Pike, York Road, and Easton Road; and the trolley cars from Doylestown to Willow Grove that connected the township to Philadelphia.

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Genre : History
Author : Leon Clemmer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Release : 2004
File : 134 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0738534897


Secret Chichester

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A history of Chichester taking an unusual approach to some known topics while dwelling on the lesser known.

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Genre : Photography
Author : Philip MacDougall
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Release : 2016-02-15
File : 176 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781445650401


The Stuart Secret Army

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This book is unique in bringing together all strands of English Jacobism in an accessible chronological framework, highlighting key individuals, providing a biographical dictionary of less well known English Jacobites, an account of the major primary source material, and a gazetteer of places to visit. It will appeal to any member of the general public who is interested in the Stuart cause and the Jacobite rebellions as well as those who would like to know more about 18th century society in the great house and the tavern.

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Genre : History
Author : Evelyn Lord
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2017-09-19
File : 265 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781317868545


The Oxford Handbook Of Percy Bysshe Shelley

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The book is an authoritative and up-to-date collection of original essays on one of the greatest of all English poets, Percy Bysshe Shelley. It covers a wide range of topics, exploring Shelley's life and work from various angles.

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Genre : History
Author : Madeleine Callaghan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release : 2013
File : 734 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780199558360


A Z Of Horsham

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Explore the Sussex town of Horsham in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

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Genre : Photography
Author : Eddy Greenfield
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Release : 2019-02-15
File : 165 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781445686325


Murders Of The Black Museum

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New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, houses the notorious Black Museum, a unique collection of exhibits, photographs and other items connected with some of the most famous crimes of the last century. Fifty of those crimes were murders and they are explored in detail in this compelling book. Recently renamed The Crime Museum the author Gordon Honeycombe was given privileged access to its darkest secrets. His book spans a hundred years of murder, manslaughter and attempted assassinations and reveals the true facts behind some of the country's most notorious murder cases, including Jack the Ripper, Dr Crippen and the Krays. This is the ultimate guide to the most incredible crimes ever committed, featuring contemporary photographs never seen outside Scotland Yard. • Closely researched and objective, this book is a fascinating guide to murder and a grim insight into the minds of those who practice it. Honeycombe takes an unflinching look at why people murder and asks important questions about this most appalling of crimes, execution and the law itself.

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Genre : True Crime
Author : Gordon Honeycombe
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Release : 2011-02-07
File : 538 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781843584414


The Private Schooling Of Girls

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Hitherto only a small proportion of the research on private education has been on the schooling of girls. Debate on the subject, while often heated, even prejudiced, proceeds largely in ignorance of the historical development of private schooling, the currently changing nature of private schooling, and the wide diversity of provision of private schooling. This collection of previously unpublished essays presents important new research on the history and development of girls' private schools, their present role and the experience of privately educated girls. Taken together, the findings are both enlightening and likely to stimulate further exploration of this surprisingly under-researched area.

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Genre : Education
Author : Geoffrey Walford
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release : 2023-04-28
File : 238 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781000938524


Veterinary Success Secrets Revealed

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Discover how other veterinarians have achieved happiness and success and how you can too! International author, speaker, veterinary business coach and mentor Dr Diederik Gelderman (AVBA President 2015/2016), shares the simple, but little known and rarely applied, secrets to Veterinary success and an amazing, rewarding life. His probing interviews of these highly successful practitioners reveals the simple and yet profound keys, mindsets, behaviours and strategies that help them achieve their success. There is no 'magic' involved and therefore you can do it too - one step at a time, just apply these simple, easy step-by-step strategies and you too will achieve the personal and professional satisfaction that you want and deserve. You'll learn: - That practice success and work-life balance is not a myth and how you can achieve it too. - The 3 things that every new graduate and young veterinarian must know if they want to achieve success - How to rekindle (rediscover) your passion and why it's your key to success - The 5 biggest pitfalls in 'vet' and how to avoid them - Being successful and happy doesn't mean being a slave to your practice (unless that's what you really want) - How to accelerate and grow your success and happiness by finding the right mentor and coach who has blazed the trail before you and succeeded - How to make enough money to retire on comfortably (even if retirement is only 5 years away) You too can have all the personal and professional satisfaction you want.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Diederik Gelderman
Publisher : Global Publishing Group
Release : 2018-11-01
File : 166 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781925282962