Author: John Fowles
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780671437589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The history and meaning of Stonehenge with photographs of the ancient monument as it is today.
The Enigma of Stonehenge
Author: John Fowles
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780671437589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The history and meaning of Stonehenge with photographs of the ancient monument as it is today.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780671437589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The history and meaning of Stonehenge with photographs of the ancient monument as it is today.
The Widower's Son
Author: Alan Sillitoe
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 150403368X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Raised by a career soldier, a working class Englishman tries to find his place—both in and out of uniform—in this compelling novel of love and war Charlie Scorton sees his best friend killed beside him in the mine, and resolves to join the army. His father throws him out for deserting the coal miner’s life, but Charlie never looks back. For twenty-four years, he roams the empire, a king’s soldier who is finally left with no choice but to come home. He has a child, his wife dies, and the old soldier dedicates himself to raising his boy. Charlie trains his son, William, to be an artilleryman from birth. William finds a home in the army, the sort he has always longed for, and makes his mark during World War II, performing heroically during the retreat at Dunkirk, risking his life to save thousands. But soon, he will be forced to answer the question his father never could: What does a soldier do when war is over? Alan Sillitoe, the bestselling author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, examines where the fight ends and life begins for a soldier in this story of love and war, and the blurred lines between them.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 150403368X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Raised by a career soldier, a working class Englishman tries to find his place—both in and out of uniform—in this compelling novel of love and war Charlie Scorton sees his best friend killed beside him in the mine, and resolves to join the army. His father throws him out for deserting the coal miner’s life, but Charlie never looks back. For twenty-four years, he roams the empire, a king’s soldier who is finally left with no choice but to come home. He has a child, his wife dies, and the old soldier dedicates himself to raising his boy. Charlie trains his son, William, to be an artilleryman from birth. William finds a home in the army, the sort he has always longed for, and makes his mark during World War II, performing heroically during the retreat at Dunkirk, risking his life to save thousands. But soon, he will be forced to answer the question his father never could: What does a soldier do when war is over? Alan Sillitoe, the bestselling author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, examines where the fight ends and life begins for a soldier in this story of love and war, and the blurred lines between them.
The Nightwalker
Author: Diane Guest
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780002242929
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Something, somewhere, is casting terror over Clairemont House, a terror which only Gillian can dispel, yet threatens her with a vengeful death. By the author of F̀orbidden garden', and L̀ullaby'.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780002242929
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Something, somewhere, is casting terror over Clairemont House, a terror which only Gillian can dispel, yet threatens her with a vengeful death. By the author of F̀orbidden garden', and L̀ullaby'.
Of Truth of Water
Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: Carlisle
ISBN: 9781869979317
Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A new edition of John Ruskin's Of Truth of Water (from Modern Painters) with specially commissioned introductory essays by Heather Birchall, Howard Hull and Mark Haywood, has been published to accompany Ruskin's Pond. Each book has been designed as a separate but related publication and can be purchased either individually or together.
Publisher: Carlisle
ISBN: 9781869979317
Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A new edition of John Ruskin's Of Truth of Water (from Modern Painters) with specially commissioned introductory essays by Heather Birchall, Howard Hull and Mark Haywood, has been published to accompany Ruskin's Pond. Each book has been designed as a separate but related publication and can be purchased either individually or together.
How to be a Brit
Author: George Mikes
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141927011
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The hilariously accurate, witty and indispensable manual for everyone who longs to attain True Britishness 'Got me in tears of laughter' 5***** Reader Review 'Laugh-out-loud hilarious, witty and insightful' 5***** Reader Review _______ Born in Hungary, George Mikes eventually spent more than forty years in the Britain observing behaviours and misbehaviours of local and foreign Brits. With essential chapters such as "How to Avoid Travelling", "On Shopping", "In Praise of Television", "On Not Complaining" and "How to Panic Quietly", you'll get to know Britain like never before. Loved by readers and authors alike, How to Be a Brit contains Mikes's three major works -- How to be an Alien, How to be Inimitable and How to be Decadent. If you're British, you'll love it; if you're a foreigner, you'll appreciate it. Queuing: "An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one." How to plan a town: "Street names should be painted clearly and distinctly on large boards. Then hide these boards carefully." Sex: "Continental people have sex lives: the English have hot water bottles." George Mikes's perceptive bestseller provides a complete guide to the British Way of Life. _______ 'Hilarious and informative essays about the British way of life' 5***** Reader Review 'So many people have tried to describe the English mentality . . . This book is as near as you can get!' 5***** Reader Review
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141927011
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The hilariously accurate, witty and indispensable manual for everyone who longs to attain True Britishness 'Got me in tears of laughter' 5***** Reader Review 'Laugh-out-loud hilarious, witty and insightful' 5***** Reader Review _______ Born in Hungary, George Mikes eventually spent more than forty years in the Britain observing behaviours and misbehaviours of local and foreign Brits. With essential chapters such as "How to Avoid Travelling", "On Shopping", "In Praise of Television", "On Not Complaining" and "How to Panic Quietly", you'll get to know Britain like never before. Loved by readers and authors alike, How to Be a Brit contains Mikes's three major works -- How to be an Alien, How to be Inimitable and How to be Decadent. If you're British, you'll love it; if you're a foreigner, you'll appreciate it. Queuing: "An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one." How to plan a town: "Street names should be painted clearly and distinctly on large boards. Then hide these boards carefully." Sex: "Continental people have sex lives: the English have hot water bottles." George Mikes's perceptive bestseller provides a complete guide to the British Way of Life. _______ 'Hilarious and informative essays about the British way of life' 5***** Reader Review 'So many people have tried to describe the English mentality . . . This book is as near as you can get!' 5***** Reader Review
Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches
Author: Oliver Cromwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Lectures on Architecture and Painting
Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: Horney Press
ISBN: 1406728845
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Originally published in 1897, this early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Contents include; The function of Latin, Chansons De Geste, The Matter of Britain, Antiquity in Romance, The making of English and the settlement of European Prosody, Middle High German Poetry, The 'Fox, ' The 'Rose, ' and the minor Contributions of France, Icelandic and Provencal, The Literature of the Peninsulas, and Conclusion..... Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwor
Publisher: Horney Press
ISBN: 1406728845
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Originally published in 1897, this early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Contents include; The function of Latin, Chansons De Geste, The Matter of Britain, Antiquity in Romance, The making of English and the settlement of European Prosody, Middle High German Poetry, The 'Fox, ' The 'Rose, ' and the minor Contributions of France, Icelandic and Provencal, The Literature of the Peninsulas, and Conclusion..... Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwor
Life of Schiller
Author: Thomas Carlyle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The Garden of Proserpine
Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Original working manuscript of Swinburne's poem "The garden of Proserpine". Bound with the manuscript pages are a printed version of the poem from an unknown published edition (pages numbered 189-192). Formerly owned by the book collector and literary forger Harry Buxton Forman. A note from Forman is written on a blank leaf preceding the manuscript: The Garden of Proserpine, perhaps the loveliest lyric poem Swinburne ever wrote, was set up from this autograph manuscript when the poem took its place in the renowned volume known as Poems and Ballads, issued in the Autumn of 1866, immediately withdrawn under pressure by Mr. Moxon, and speedily re-issued by John Camden Hotten. The calligraphy is more characteristic than excellent. The cancellings and changes, however, are of considerable interest.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Original working manuscript of Swinburne's poem "The garden of Proserpine". Bound with the manuscript pages are a printed version of the poem from an unknown published edition (pages numbered 189-192). Formerly owned by the book collector and literary forger Harry Buxton Forman. A note from Forman is written on a blank leaf preceding the manuscript: The Garden of Proserpine, perhaps the loveliest lyric poem Swinburne ever wrote, was set up from this autograph manuscript when the poem took its place in the renowned volume known as Poems and Ballads, issued in the Autumn of 1866, immediately withdrawn under pressure by Mr. Moxon, and speedily re-issued by John Camden Hotten. The calligraphy is more characteristic than excellent. The cancellings and changes, however, are of considerable interest.
Poems and Ballads
Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description