Local History

This book combines the writings of Gavine Campbell, who first went to the Nevis as a young school teacher in 1927 and stories of people who braved the challenges the Nevis threw at them. Gavine married Nevis-born miner Ian McLean. They and their children were the last family to m...ine in the Nevis Valley.
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A practical guide to researching Scottish ancestry using the internet. Chapters on many classes of records and online offerings sourced nationally and from every Scottish county.

This book was a collaboration between three Waikato institutions: the Waikato District Health Board, Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology) and Hamilton-based printing company Print House. Among the book's contributors were Wintec students in journalism, photography, moving ima...ge and graphic design, plus Waikato DHB photographers, designers and communication staff, and contracted writers. # profiles of a wide range of staff currently working at the hospital, each talking about their job and a typical day for them, produced as feature articles and video interviews # the publishing for the first time of historical photos from the 2004 operation to separate conjoined twins # a "day in the life" DVD by Wintec students, capturing activities and people on the current campus
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'Lombardo's impressive debut is a gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory. She juggles a huge cast of characters with seeming effortlessness, bringing each to life with humour, vividness and acute psychological insight.' Madeline Miller, author of Cir...ce and the Women's-Prize-winning The Song of Achilles
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Sandcastles, donkeys, piers and sticks of rock. Beach huts, paddle steamers, promenade shelters and ice cream cones. Our modern seaside is the sum of its parts and all those parts have their history. This book explores the best-loved features of our favourite holiday destinations..., each object and building adding its own layer to the story of our shared seaside heritage. Using a mixture of historic images and modern photographs the book takes a roughly chronological journey through the things that have made our seaside distinctive. The places where we have chosen to take our holidays for the past three hundred years have been transformed from mere stretches of coastline but they are not like inland towns. Inside these pages can be found a celebration of all that makes our seaside special.
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