Soho Nights

Author : Martin Sterling
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781847539830

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Soho Nights by Martin Sterling Pdf

SOHO. London's most notorious and unforgettable village. The Bohemian heart beating at the city centre for more than three hundred years. The place where respectable West End theatres, gay bars, hookers and sex shops vie for your pound, dollar or yen less than a mile from Buckingham Palace. Sit outside one of Soho's many street cafes for any length of time and you'll see a huge variety of people passing by. A handful will have been born there, most are visitors who've come to work, to seek out sensation or to cruise for sex. But some came once, got seduced or found what they were looking for, and never left. SOHO NIGHTS is the uproarious, witty and touching saga of an engaging cast of characters - straight, gay, black, white, old, young - who share an ancient house in Soho and whose personal stories, separate yet intertwined, funny as well as dramatic, smash all social and sexual barriers.

Author : FRANK. BERNARD NORMAN (JEFFREY. MILES, BARRY.),Jeffrey Bernard,Barry Miles
Publisher : Acc Art Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1788842650

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Soho Night & Day by FRANK. BERNARD NORMAN (JEFFREY. MILES, BARRY.),Jeffrey Bernard,Barry Miles Pdf

- A highly coveted classic - Written by Frank Norman and abundantly illustrated with Jeffrey Bernard's photos - Candid shots of Soho legends like Muriel Belcher, Gaston Berlemont, Madame Floris and more - Embellished with an introduction by Barry Miles, and Jeffrey Bernard's moving obituary for Frank Norman - An authentic and very personal portrait of Soho in the 1960s "My London is Soho" - Frank Norman For as long as anyone can remember, Soho has been the fluttering heart of London. Its storied pubs, shops, trattorias, gambling dens and nightclubs are every bit as alive as the millions of tourists, locals and crosstown visitors who crowd the streets all year round. People from all walks of life are made and unmade in Soho, and few knew it better than Frank Norman and Jeffrey Bernard. Writers and raconteurs, the pair haunted Soho's establishments for much of their lives. While Bernard was renowned for his Low Life column in the Spectator, these pages collect his photos of the Soho he loved, with insightful commentary from Norman, an acclaimed novelist in his own right. Soho Night & Day is an authentic and very personal portrait of a special time and place, telling the tale of Soho in the '60s. This new edition is embellished with an introduction by Barry Miles, as well as Jeffrey Bernard's moving obituary for Frank Norman.

Author : Judith Walkowitz
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300183689

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Nights Out by Judith Walkowitz Pdf

London's Soho district underwent a spectacular transformation between the late Victorian era and the end of the Second World War: its fin-de-siècle buildings and dark streets infamous for sex, crime, political disloyalty, and ethnic diversity became a center of culinary and cultural tourism servicing patrons of nearby shops and theaters. Indulgences for the privileged and the upwardly mobile edged a dangerous, transgressive space imagined to be "outside" the nation. Treating Soho as exceptional, but also representative of London's urban transformation, Judith Walkowitz shows how the area's foreignness, liminality, and porousness were key to the explosion of culture and development of modernity in the first half of the twentieth century. She draws on a vast and unusual range of sources to stitch together a rich patchwork quilt of vivid stories and unforgettable characters, revealing how Soho became a showcase for a new cosmopolitan identity.

Author : Michael Tolkin
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781555847470

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The Player by Michael Tolkin Pdf

The “shrewd, entertainingly dark Hollywood novel” that inspired the award-winning Robert Altman film (The New York Times Book Review). Hollywood insider Michael Tolkin perfectly skewers the movie-making business through the mind of Griffin Mill, senior vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio. Ruthlessly ambitious, Mill is driven to control the levers of America’s dream-making machinery. He listens to writers pitch him stories all day, sitting in judgment of their fantasies, their lives. But now one writer whose pitch he responded to so glibly is sending him mortally threatening postcards. Squeezed between the threat to his life and the threat to his job, Mill’s deliberate and horrifying response spins him into a nightmare. Then he meets the sad and beautiful June Mercator and his obsession for her threatens to destroy them both. “One of the most wounding and satirical of all Hollywood exposes.” —Los Angeles Times “In its wry, acerbic description of life behind the studio gates Tolkin’s book recalls F. Scott Fitzgerald . . . and the vengeful comedy of Nathaniel West’s The Day of the Locust.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

Author : Melissa Tyler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107182738

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Soho at Work by Melissa Tyler Pdf

An ethnographic study of working in sex shops in London's distinctive Soho area, demonstrating the importance of place in shaping the identities and experiences of workers and customers.

Author : Christopher Howse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472914828

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Soho in the Eighties by Christopher Howse Pdf

In the 1980s Daniel Farson published Soho in the Fifties. This memoir is a sequel from the Eighties, a decade that saw the brilliant flowering of a daily tragi-comedy enacted in pubs like the Coach and Horses or the French and in drinking clubs like the Colony Room. These were places of constant conversation and regular rows fuelled by alcohol. The cast was more improbable than any soap opera. Some were widely known – Jeffrey Bernard, Francis Bacon, Tom Baker or John Hurt. Just as important were the character actors: the Village Postmistress, the Red Baron, Granny Smith. The bite came from the underlying tragedy: lost spouses, lost jobs, pennilessness, homelessness and death. Christopher Howse recaptures the lost Soho he once knew as home, its cellar cafés and butchers' shops, its villains and its generosity. While it lasted, time in those smoky rooms always seemed to be half past ten, not long to closing time. As the author relates, he never laughed so much as he did in Soho in the Eighties.

Author : Andrew Pulver
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781838717322

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Night and the City by Andrew Pulver Pdf

Night and the City (1950), directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark, is the compelling story of a hoodlum on the make in postwar London. Andrew Pulver's study of the film traces the film's production history and places it in the context of British film noir and the urban mythology of its West End setting.

Author : Soho House
Publisher : Preface Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1848094787

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Morning, Noon, Night by Soho House Pdf

The new book on cooking, style and decoration from Soho House, the world's leading members club. A Way of Living charts the Soho House journey in design, food and drink. From the perfect burger to the most inspiring art, from afternoon tea to how to light a room. Developing themes from their first book Eat, Drink, Nap, Soho House shares hints and tips to get the best out of what is around us morning, noon and night. They have included their favourite recipes for every event, tips on creating an inspiring workspace, how to dress an outdoor space and much more. They have simply packed A Way of Living full of everything they think you might need to live the Soho House lifestyle. Whether you want to press your own juice, create your own bathroom style or host the best parties. It's all here.

Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780241202142

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The Rough Guide to England by Rough Guides Pdf

The new Rough Guide to England is the definitive insider's guide to a country rich in history, heritage and culture. Now in full colour throughout, this fully updated guide has clear maps, detailed itineraries and regional highlights. Now available in PDF format. There's practical information and advice on visiting England's beautiful countryside and coastline, as well as the many diverse cities, towns and picture-postcard villages. Don't miss a thing with up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, from boutique hotels to budget hostels, the most authentic pubs and new-on-the-scene restaurants, and the most exciting activities and experiences. Whether you're camping on a remote Cornish peninsula, hiking in the Peak District, being pampered in a spa town or browsing markets in London's East End, explore every corner of this superb country with easy-to-use maps and detailed sights information. Make the most of your time on EarthTM with The Rough Guide to England.

Author : Ronnie O'Sullivan
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781509863969

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Double Kiss by Ronnie O'Sullivan Pdf

Double Kiss is the fast-paced, thrilling sequel to Framed, by snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan The race is on. The stakes are high. Frankie James thought his troubles were behind him. He’s busy running his Soho Club, and his brother’s finally out of prison. But when a postcard arrives from Mallorca, he’s stopped in his tracks . . . Is it from his mother – the woman who’s been missing for eight years? When the goddaughter of London’s fiercest gangster, Tommy Riley, goes missing in Ibiza, Tommy knows there’s one man for the job – Frankie James. Just when Frankie was on the straight and narrow, he’s now faced with an impossible choice. If he agrees to help find Tanya, he’ll be thrown into a world of danger. If he doesn’t, Tommy could destroy him. For Frankie James, old habits die hard. One thing’s for sure, playing with this gang is no game. But with everything at stake, how can Frankie say no?

Author : Ray Kinsella
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031055553

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The Bebop Scene in London's Soho, 1945-1950 by Ray Kinsella Pdf

This is the first book to tell the story of the bebop subculture in London’s Soho, a subculture that emerged in 1945 and reached its pinnacle in 1950. In an exploration via the intersections of race, class and gender, it shows how bebop identities were constructed and articulated. Combining a wide range of archival research and theory, the book evocatively demonstrates how the scene evolved in Soho’s clubs, the fashion that formed around the music, drug usage amongst a contingent of the group, and the moral panic which led to the police raids on the clubs between 1947 and 1950. Thereafter it maps the changes in popular culture in Soho during the 1950s, and argues that the bebop story is an important precedent to the institutional harassment of black-related spaces and culture that continued in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book therefore rewrites the first chapter of the ‘classic’ subcultural canon, and resets the subcultural clock; requiring us to rethink the periodization and social make-up of British post-war youth subcultures.

Author : Bill Lessard,Steve Baldwin
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022151067

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Netslaves by Bill Lessard,Steve Baldwin Pdf

A funny, horrifying, compulsively readable expose of the cyber-sweatshop culture--a riveting read for anyone who is fascinated by the new Web society.

Author : Elizabeth George
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553384826

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A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George Pdf

“Ms. George proves that the classiest crime writers are true novelists.”—The New York Times Award-winning author Elizabeth George gives us an early glimpse into the lives of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James, and Lady Helen Clyde in a superlative mystery that is also a fascinating inquiry into the crimes of the heart. Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his family home, the young woman he has asked to be his bride. But the savage murder of a local journalist is the catalyst for a lethal series of events that shatters the calm of a picturesque Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction—and a little too close to home. When a second death follows closely on the heels of the first, Lynley finds he can't help taking the investigation personally—because the evidence points to a killer within his own family. Praise for A Suitable Vengeance “Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifying complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.”—Entertainment Weekly “Ms. George can do it all, with style to spare.”—The Wall Street Journal “George goes to the head of the genre, with class.”—People

Author : Herbert Stuart Stone,Bliss Carman,Harrison Rhodes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : UCAL:C2618480

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The Chap-book by Herbert Stuart Stone,Bliss Carman,Harrison Rhodes Pdf

Author : Giorgio Locatelli
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780007368129

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Made in Italy: Food and Stories by Giorgio Locatelli Pdf

An exquisitely designed volume of innovative restaurant dishes and old family favourites from Giorgio Locatelli, Britain’s best-loved Italian chef and restaurateur.