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  • Dublin

    A Writer's City

    Serier serie Imagining Cities
    The words of its writers are part of the texture of Dublin, an invisible counterpart to the bricks and pavement we see around us. Beyond the ever-present footsteps of James Joyce's characters, Leopold Bloom or Stephen Dedalus, around the city centre, an ordinary-looking residential street overlooking Dublin Bay, for instance, presents the house where Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney lived for many ... Læs mere

    159,95 kr.

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    (And Almost Everything In It)

    A celebratory and beautiful mixture of memoir, social history and cultural observation, Paul Morley's The North is a unique portrait of Northern England and almost everything within it'Breathtaking tour de force' Mail on Sunday***'***Packed with raw emotions and ambivalent passions … Morley writes with care and precision, though, and his rhythm is such that his book is a lively, breezy read' ... Læs mere

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  • The Book Of Lists London

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    Why did London Underground once employ a one-legged man to ride up and down the escalators at Earl's Court tube station? What did Hitler plan to do with Nelson's Column? Why is London's only medieval mummy a prostitute named Clarice la Claterballock? How did a beer flood in Tottenham Court Road drown nine people? Where can you see a pair of Queen Victoria's knickers?Containing chapters covering ... Læs mere

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  • Chronicles of Old London

    Exploring England's Historic Capital

    af Kevin Jackson ...
    Serier serie Chronicles Series
    Discover one of the world's most fascinating and historic cities through 30 dramatic true stories spanning the rich history of London. Author Kevin Jackson takes readers through more than 2,000 years of British history with exciting essays on topics such as London's origins, Richard the Lion-Hearted, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry V, Shakespeare, Queen Victoria, Jack the Ripper, Charles Dickens, Oscar ... Læs mere

    94,67 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Bang in the Middle

    af Robert Shore ...
    A book to put the Midlands back on the map.Everyone knows what they think of the North and South of England – the clichés abound. But what about that big, anonymous stretch of land in between: the Midlands? Despite being home to around a third of the English population, it’s a region that seems to have neither purpose nor identity. In this humorous exploration, the author – a Midlander exiled in ... Læs mere

    134,32 kr.

  • The London Pocket Bible

    The London Pocket Bible offers entertaining advice for the visiting tourist or life-long Londoner, as well as:- Essential travel tips for the first time visitor; from not getting caught in the rush hour to understanding London's famous tube map- Being easy-to-use and small enough to take on the move as you travel around London- A handy reference guide; dip into as you visit sites such as the ... Læs mere

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  • Noble Ambitions

    The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House

    From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend: a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with aristocratic values.'Preposterously entertaining' Observer'Brilliant' Daily Telegraph'Rollicking' Sunday TimesAs the sun set slowly on the British Empire in the years after the S... ... Læs mere

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  • The Book Lover's Guide to London

    af Sarah Milne ...
    "Brings literature lovers on a journey through London, from Chaucer in the fourteenth century to present day . . . as diverse as the city itself." — British Heritage TravelMany of the greatest names in literature have visited or made their home in the colorful and diverse metropolis of London. From Charles Dickens to George Orwell, Virginia Woolf to Bernadine Evaristo, London's writers have ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Our Liverpool

    Memories of Life in Disappearing Britain

    af Piers Dudgeon ...
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  • Come Here to Me!

    Dublin's Other History

    In a history book that looks at things from a different angle, Come Here To Me!: Dublin's Other History discusses everything from punk music and stand-up comedy venues to pirate radio stations and drug use in Dublin city. It talks about fire-fighters, newspaper boys, street gangs, gay bars and footballers, as well as our changing attitudes to feminism and sex . . .Dublin's Social History, as seen ... Læs mere

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  • Finding the Plot

    100 Graves to Visit Before You Die

    af Ann Treneman ...
    Ann Treneman, the award-winning Times writer best known for her incisive parliamentary sketches, has branched out - to graveyards. In this riveting book she takes you to the most interesting graves in Britain. You'll meet the real War Horse, the best 'funambulist' ever, Byron and his dog Boatswain, Florence Nightingale and her pet owl Athena, prime ministers, kings and queens, highwaymen, ... Læs mere

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  • The London Compendium

    af Ed Glinert ...
    The streets of London resonate with secret stories, from East End lore to Cold War espionage, from tales of riots, rakes, anarchy and grisly murders, to Rolling Stones gigs, gangland drinking dens, Orwell's Fitzrovia and Lenin's haunts. Ed Glinert has walked the length and breadth of the city to unravel its mysteries, travelling through time from the Romans' London wall to the new Olympic site at ... Læs mere

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