Tag: Swinging

The Isle of Man Stone Age to Swinging Sixties (Visitors’ Historic Britain)


Free Download The Isle of Man: Stone Age to Swinging Sixties (Visitors’ Historic Britain) by Matthew Richardson
English | November 6, 2020 | ISBN: 1526720779 | 160 pages | PDF | 7.09 Mb
The reader will perhaps be surprised to learn that the tiny Isle of Man, midway between the coasts of Lancashire and Northern Ireland, is one of the richest historic landscapes in Europe. Packed into its 225 square miles are dramatic stories of Bronze Age conflict, Viking warriors, Medieval kings, smugglers, maritime and railway history, wartime airfields and even a pirate radio station. Add to that the Island’s unique motorsport heritage (on two, three and four wheels), and you have a combination unrivaled anywhere in the British Isles.

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Journeywoman Swinging a Hammer in a Man’s World


Free Download Kate Braid, "Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man’s World"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1894759877 | EPUB | pages: 272 | 0.9 mb
Since women started working in the trades in the 1970s, very little has been published about their experiences. In this provocative and important book, Kate Braid tells the story of how she became a carpenter in the face of skepticism and discouragement.

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