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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Adventures on the High Teas Adventures on the High Teas Stuart Maconie The Sunday Times bestselling author of Pies and Prejudice goes in search of middle EnglandEveryone talks about 'Middle England'. Sometimes they mean something bad, like a lynch mob of Daily Mail read… OL14910139W
I Never Knew That About the English I Never Knew That About the English Christopher Winn This wonderful book takes an affectionate, entertaining and perceptive look at the English people. Here are their traditions, foibles, quirks, customs, humour and achievements, triumphs and failures,… OL15177579W
Adapting detective fiction Adapting detective fiction Neil McCaw >*Adapting Detective Fiction* is in one sense a study of specific instances of adaptation, with close readings of both the originating sources and adapted texts themselves. But it is also more than t… OL15955520W
Why pamper life's complexities? Why pamper life's complexities? Sean Campbell In this text devoted to the Smiths, writers from a range of perspectives set out to consider the cultural significance and enduring appeal of one of the most influential and controversial bands of re… OL15960913W
Tickling the English Tickling the English Dara O. Briain Nostalgia, identity, eccentricity, gin consumption and occasional violence ... these are just some of the themes that stand-up comedian Dara O Briain explores in Tickling the English. OL17701637W
I never knew that about the English I never knew that about the English Christopher Winn Takes a perceptive look at the English people. This book presents their traditions, foibles, quirks, customs, humour and achievements, triumphs and failures, peccadilloes and passions. It shows how e… OL24271686W
Le dossier of Hortense de Monplaisir, or, How to survive the English Le dossier of Hortense de Monplaisir, or, How to survive the English Sarah Long In this insightful & hitherto only privately available handbook, Parisian wife & mother, Hortense de Monplaisir shares with us the secrets of her survival amongst the English. Exiled to London for th… OL24278927W
365 reasons to be proud to be English 365 reasons to be proud to be English Richard Happer This title is a year-long scenic route of jollyness taking in the quirky events, inventions, traditions, people, places and characters that make England a nation worth celebrating everyday of the yea… OL24708353W
True Blue True Blue Chris Horrie,David Matthews 248 pages ; 22 cm OL27977926W
The English The English Jeremy Paxman Light Blue for big ideas Green for mystery Orange for fantastic fiction Pink for distant lands Dark Blue for real lives Purple for viewpoints Whether orange, blue, green, pink or purple, Penguin… OL3778302W
England for the English England for the English Richard Body 181 p. : 24 cm OL4371714W
Empire and the English character Empire and the English character Kathryn Tidrick x, 338p. ; 22cm OL4570401W