This London Life

Author : Ben Judah
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447274803

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This is London by Ben Judah Pdf

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

Author : Simon Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 1785588435

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London Life by Simon Wells Pdf

While many books, films and documentaries claim to have captured the phenomenon that was Swinging London, just one magazine was present in the capital during the 1960s to illustrate this extraordinary moment as it unravelled. London Life emerged in October 1965 and, over the next fifteen months, would document the capital's action at its absolute zenith. With imagery from the likes of David Bailey, Duffy and Terence Donovan, designs from Peter Blake, David Hockney, Gerald Scarfe and fledgling artist Ian Dury plus words and opinions from those riding high on the city`s cutting-edge, London Life remains the coolest document from the capital's most exciting period. Collected for the first time, including forewords from Peter Blake and David Puttnam and a scene-setting introduction from Simon Wells, London Life offers a remarkable and candid view on a period when London was the creative hub of the world.

Author : Charl. Manby Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10281875

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Curiosities of London Life: or, Phases, physiological and social, of the great Metropolis by Charl. Manby Smith Pdf

Author : Tom Jones
Publisher : Random House
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781448132232

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Tired of London, Tired of Life by Tom Jones Pdf

A charming and inspiring book of 365 things to do in London. Beautifully illustrated with bitesize entries ranging from the well-known to the quirky, this is the perfect gift for anyone wanting to discover all of the gems London has to offer... 'One thing to do every day that'll stop you getting tired of the big smoke.' -- The Guardian 'A great way to explore London!' -- ***** Reader review 'Great fun and great information' -- ***** Reader review 'Great book to dip into. Always find something new to do/somewhere new to go' -- ***** Reader review 'A brilliant book with fascinating ideas to do around the city' -- ***** Reader review ****************************************************************************************************** As the late great Samuel Johnson sagely observed, 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.' When author Tom Jones found himself doing the same things week in, week out while living in England's treasured capital, he decided to heed Johnson's words and seek out a thing to do each day in London to make him fall back in love with the city. Here, in Tired of London, Tired of Life, Tom shares the fun, diverting and imaginative things that you can do to keep yourself amused in London. With seasonally appropriate suggestions for each day of the year, you can explore East London by canoe, search for Fagin's lair in Clerkenwell, play petanque in Southwark, seek out Aphrodite in the British Museum on Valentine's Day and enjoy a host of unusual ways to enjoy the capital. So grab your A-Z and start discovering a whole other side to this majestic city!

Author : Gretchen Gerzina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015002284884

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Black London by Gretchen Gerzina Pdf

In Black London, Gretchen Gerzina shows how by the eighteenth century the work of all kinds of artists - Hogarth, Reynolds, Gillray, Rowlandson - as well as work by poets, playwrights and novelists, reveals to sharp eyes that not everyone in that elegant, vigorous, earthy world was white. In fact there were black pubs and clubs, balls for blacks only, black churches, and organizations for helping blacks out of work or in trouble. Many blacks were prosperous and respected: George Bridgtower was a concert violinist who knew Beethoven; Ignatius Sancho corresponded with Laurence Sterne; Francis Williams studied at Cambridge. Others, like Jack Beef, were successful stewards or men of business. But many more were servants or beggars, some turning to prostitution or theft. Alongside the free black world was slavery, from which many of these people escaped. In particular, it was the business of kidnapping blacks for export to the West Indies that made Granville Sharp an abolitionist and brought the celebrated Somerset case before Lord Justice Mansfield. Those men are now heroes of human rights, yet Sharp probably did not believe in racial equality; and Mansfield, whose own much-loved great-niece was black, was so worried about property rights that he did all he could to avoid a judgment that would set blacks free. The ties and conflicts of black and white in England, often cruel, often moving, were also complex and surprising. This book presents a fascinating chapter of history and one long in need of exploration.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Boxtree
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781760558376

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Scenes of London Life by Charles Dickens Pdf

Charles Dickens was one of the great chroniclers of London life. From the colourful chaos of dances and gin-shops to the sparse destitution of the pawnshop and the penitentiary, he captured the grime and the glory of the English capital with singular brilliance. Orphans and beggars, lord mayors and murderers, actors, criminals, cab drivers and prostitutes; all rub shoulders in this wonderful selection from Sketches by Boz. Chosen and introduced by the playwright J. B. Priestley, these thirteen marvellous sketches are accompanied by George Cruikshank’s evocative illustrations. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Author : Henry James
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9357090460

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A London Life, and Other Tales by Henry James Pdf

A London Life, and Other Tales, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for both current and future generations. This complete book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not scans of the authors' original publications, the text is readable and clear.

Author : Maureen Waller
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 1568582161

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1700 by Maureen Waller Pdf

Maureen Waller captures the grit and excitement of London in 1700. Combining investigative reporting with popular history, she portrays London's teeming, sprawling urban life and creates a brilliant cultural map of a city poised between medievalism and empire in this Book of the Month Club Selection.

Author : Mrs. Mary Dorothy (Gordon) George
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : London (England)
ISBN : PSU:000018849288

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London Life in the XVIIIth Century by Mrs. Mary Dorothy (Gordon) George Pdf

Author : London Life,James Payn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433075900104

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Lights and Shadows of London Life by London Life,James Payn Pdf

Author : Michael Owen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781613738597

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Go Slow by Michael Owen Pdf

It has been said that the records of singer and actress Julie London were purchased for their provocative, full-color cover photographs as frequently as they were for the music contained in their grooves. During the 1950s and 1960s, her piercing blue eyes, strawberry-blonde hair, and shapely figure were used to sell the world an image of cool sexuality that stoked the fevered dreams of many men. The contrast between that image and reality, the public and the private, is at the heart of Julie London's story. Through years of research, extensive interviews with family, friends, and musical associates, and access to rarely seen or heard archival material, author Michael Owen reveals the impact that her image had on the direction of her career and how it influenced the choices she made, including the decision to walk away from performing. Go Slow follows Julie London's life and career through its many stages: her transformation from 1940s movie starlet to the coolly defiant singer of the classic torch ballad "Cry Me a River" of the 1950s, and her journey from Las Vegas hotel entertainer during the rock and roll revolution of the 1960s to the no-nonsense nurse of the 1970s hit television series Emergency!

Author : Boris Johnson
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780007418954

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Johnson’s Life of London: The People Who Made the City That Made the World by Boris Johnson Pdf

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Author : Andrew Dempsey,Lulu Norman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 1901192539

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Leon Kossoff by Andrew Dempsey,Lulu Norman Pdf

Piano Nobile is delighted to announce Leon Kossoff: A London Life, an exhibition of paintings and drawings by one of Britain's most acclaimed living artists, curated in partnership with Andrew Dempsey (curator and writer).

Author : Liza Picard
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780226507

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Elizabeth's London by Liza Picard Pdf

'Reading this book is like taking a ride on a marvellously exhilarating time-machine, alive with colour, surprise and sheer merriment' Jan Morris Elizabethan London reveals the practical details of everyday life so often ignored in conventional history books. It begins with the River Thames, the lifeblood of Elizabethan London, before turning to the streets and the traffic in them. Liza Picard surveys building methods and shows us the interior decor of the rich and the not-so-rich, and what they were likely to be growing in their gardens. Then the Londoners of the time take the stage, in all their amazing finery. Plague, smallpox and other diseases afflicted them. But food and drink, sex and marriage and family life provided comfort. Cares could be forgotten in a playhouse or the bull-baiting of bear-baiting rings, or watching a good cockfight. Liza Picard's wonderfully skilful and vivid evocation of the London of Elizabeth I enables us to share the delights, as well as the horrors, of the everyday lives of our sixteenth-century ancestors.

Author : Peter Whitfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127457815

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London by Peter Whitfield Pdf

London has been changing and evolving. It has been renewing or replacing the streets and buildings at its heart and has been spreading inexorably outwards. This book illustrates this process by maps of London; and offers a panorama of London's history by focusing on its maps.