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This is London

Author : Ben Judah

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 433 pages

File Size : 13,28 MB

Release : 2016-01-28

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1447274806

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This is London in the eyes of its beggars, bankers, coppers, gangsters, carers, witch-doctors and sex workers. This is London in the voices of Arabs, Afghans, Nigerians, Poles, Romanians and Russians. This is London as you've never seen it before. Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2016 Shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage 2019 'An eye-opening investigation into the hidden immigrant life of the city' Sunday Times 'Full of nuggets of unexpected information about the lives of others . . . It recalls the journalism of Orwell' Financial Times 'Ben Judah grabs hold of London and shakes out its secrets' The Economist



L Is for London

Author : Paul Thurlby

Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.

Page : 62 pages

File Size : 16,29 MB

Release : 2018-04-03

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1492675059

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An alphabet book to discover the best of London with award-winning illustrator Paul Thurlby! From A for Abbey Road, K for Kew Gardens, L for London Eye, T for Tower Bridge, to Z for London Zoo and more, this striking book is bursting with the sights, sounds, and energy of London! See familiar, iconic landmarks and discover the lesser known charms of the city. London has never been more spectacular! P.S. If you look carefully, you'll notice a sneaky little animal on every spread, exploring the city sights with you!



This is London

Author : Philip Prowse

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 20,39 MB

Release : 2006

Category : English language

ISBN : 9780230425965

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London is the Place for Me

Author : Kennetta Hammond Perry

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 25,49 MB

Release : 2015

Category : History

ISBN : 0190240202

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In London Is The Place for Me, Kennetta Hammond Perry explores how Afro-Caribbean migrants navigated the politics of race and citizenship in Britain and reconfigured the boundaries of what it meant to be both Black and British at a critical juncture in the history of Empire and twentieth century transnational race politics.



Where Is the Tower of London?

Author : Janet B. Pascal

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 113 pages

File Size : 39,20 MB

Release : 2018-09-18

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1524786071

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The Tower of London holds almost a thousand years' worth of secrets! The Tower of London draws more than 2 million visitors a year! Almost 1,000 years old and first built by William the Conqueror in 1066, the tower has been a fortress, a palace, a zoo, and an exhibit site for the amazing Crown Jewels. But the tower's reputation as a prison is probably what accounts for its popularity! Two young princes in the time of King Richard III were never again heard from after entering the castle, and two of King Henry VIII's wives were held captive here. Author Janet B. Pascal brings to life one of the most fascinating landmarks in the world.



London Lives

Author : Tim Hitchcock

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 479 pages

File Size : 33,73 MB

Release : 2015-12-03

Category : History

ISBN : 1107025273

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This book surveys the lives and experiences of hundreds of thousands of eighteenth-century non-elite Londoners in the evolution of the modern world.



The London Review of Books

Author : Sam Kinchin-Smith

Publisher : Faber & Faber

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 22,34 MB

Release : 2020-01-07

Category : English essays

ISBN : 9780571358045

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London Review of Books: An Incomplete History invites readers behind the scenes for the first time, reproducing a fascinating selection of artefacts and ephemera from the paper's archives, personal collections and forgotten filing cabinets. Letters, notebooks, drawings, postcards, fieldnotes and typescripts, many of them never previously published, bring an idiosyncratic slice of Bloomsbury's heritage to life. Fragments by legendary contributors - from Alan Bennett to Angela Carter, Oliver Sacks to Edward Said, Ted Hughes to Christopher Hitchens, Richard Rorty to Jenny Diski, plus the occasional prime minister or Nobel prize-winner - are contextualised with captions and backstories by LRB writers and editors. The result is an intimate account of forty years of intellectual life, which sheds new light on great careers, famous incidents and some of the history going on in the background: a testament to the power of print - and well-edited sentences - in the new information age.



What Happens in London

Author : Julia Quinn

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 339 pages

File Size : 28,24 MB

Release : 2009-06-30

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0061891991

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Rumors and Gossip . . . The lifeblood of London When Olivia Bevelstoke is told that her new neighbor may have killed his fiancée, she doesn't believe it for a second, but, still, how can she help spying on him, just to be sure? So she stakes out a spot near her bedroom window, cleverly concealed by curtains, watches, and waits . . . and discovers a most intriguing man, who is definitely up to something. Sir Harry Valentine works for the boring branch of the War Office, translating documents vital to national security. He's not a spy, but he's had all the training, and when a gorgeous blonde begins to watch him from her window, he is instantly suspicious. But just when he decides that she's nothing more than an annoyingly nosy debutante, he discovers that she might be engaged to a foreign prince, who might be plotting against England. And when Harry is roped into spying on Olivia, he discovers that he might be falling for her himself . . .



Big Capital

Author : Anna Minton

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 35,18 MB

Release : 2017

Category : Housing

ISBN : 9780141984995

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"London is facing the worst housing crisis in modern times, with knock-on effects for the rest of the UK. Despite the desperate shortage of housing, tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of affordable homes are being pulled down, replaced by luxury apartments aimed at foreign investors. In this ideological war, housing is no longer considered a public good. Instead, only market solutions are considered - and these respond to the needs of global capital, rather than the needs of ordinary people. In politically uncertain times, the housing crisis has become a key driver creating and fuelling the inequalities of a divided nation. Anna Minton cuts through the complexities, jargon and spin to give a clear-sighted account of how we got into this mess and how we can get out of it."--



The Wizard of London

Author : Mercedes Lackey

Publisher : Titan Books

Page : 350 pages

File Size : 10,19 MB

Release : 2014-05-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 178329390X

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Set in Victorian London-where magic is real and Elemental Masters control the powers of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth-the fourth novel in this best-selling series tells the story of Lord Alderscroft, Master of the British Elemental Masters Council-the most powerful Fire Master ever to lead the Council. Loosely based on The Snow Queen, The Wizard of London delves into Lord Alderscroft's youth, when he was bespelled by an evil Elemental Master who hoped to use him for political gain.