Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
British encounters with India, 1750-1830 British encounters with India, 1750-1830 Tim Keirn,Norbert Schürer "A collection of 18th- and early 19th-century primary texts and images that represent various facets of the cross-cultural interaction between India and Britain. The anthology suggests that for a bri… OL16495487W
Britannia Britannia Geraldine McCaughrean,Richard Brassey King Canute, Lady Godiva, Guy Fawkes, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Grace Darling and other famous names live again in these 101 tragic, comic, stirring tales of adventure, folly and wickedness. Spanning ne… OL166617W
The Ministry of Nostalgia The Ministry of Nostalgia Owen Hatherley "Why should we have to "Keep Calm and Carry On"? In this sharp, witty polemic, award-winning critic Owen Hatherley questions the many ways we have adopted the gospel of luxurious poverty: from ubiqu… OL19650871W
A London year A London year Nick Rennison,Travis Elborough A London Year is an anthology of short diary entries, one or more for each day of the year, which, taken together, provides an impressionistic portrait of life in the city from Tudor times to the twe… OL24421528W
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
The birth of the Elizabethan Age The birth of the Elizabethan Age Jones, Norman L. Norman Jones' ambitious and imaginative account charts both the daily experiences and the large historical events that shaped life in the 1560s. When Queen Elizabeth came to the throne, her subjects … OL3900687W