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Book SynopsisLost Empire is the second phenomenal FARGO Adventure from international bestseller, Clive Cussler. Some treasures are best left buried . . .Scuba diving off the Tanzanian coast, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team, Sam and Remi Fargo discover a huge ship''s bell, covered in cryptic carvings. But as they struggle to first recover the bell and then decode its clues, they find they are not alone in wanting to discover its secrets.When news of the find is publicised, Mexican President Quauhtli Garza is forced to act. He knows that this bell comes from a former Confederate ship that sank off the African coast and he fears that the discovery of a missing piece of a Quetzalcoatl statuette, which was aboard the ship, will undermine his plans for Mexico''s future. With Garza determined to stop the Fargos investigation at all costs, the couple are drawn into a deadly conspiracy that connects the 1883 Krakatoa explosion with an attempt to resur

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Book SynopsisA fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history, from the Neolithic period up to the late Roman Empire, that offers a fresh new perspective on the roots of urban life. The ruins of ancient Athens, Luxor and Rome are familiar cornerstones of world history, visited by travellers from across the globe. But what about the cities that have dropped off the map that have been submerged under water, or swallowed up by the sands of time? Where are they, and what can they tell us about our past? In this compendium of forgotten cities, Philip Matyszak explores the trials, tribulations and triumphs they faced, revealing how people have embarked on the shared endeavour of living together since we first settled down 12,000 years ago. Illustrated throughout with important artefacts, ruins and maps, Lost Cities of the Ancient World brings to life the sites and settlements across Europe, the Middle East and beyond that time forgot, from the sunken city of Ropotamo in the Black Sea Table of ContentsIntroduction: Ghosts of the Past The Oldest Cities 1. Çatalhöyük 2. Skara Brae 3. Akkad 4. Pavlopetri 5. Zoar 6. Hattusa 7. Mardaman 8. Thebes 9. Phaistos From Troy to Rome 10. Troy 11. Thonis 12. Mycenae 13. Seleucia-on-the-Tigris 14. Sybaris 15. Plataea 16. Taxila 17. Tigranocerta 18. Persepolis 19. Numantia Across the Roman Empire 20. Glanum 21. Falerii Novi 22. Cyrene 23. Tipasa 24. Baiae 25. Volubilis 26. Stabiae 27. Maiden Castle 28. Timgad 29. Antinopolis The Empire’s Edge and Beyond 30. Palmyra 31. Waldgirmes 32. Sarmizegetusa Regia 33. Gerasa 34. Venta Silurum 35. Dura-Europos 36. Beta Samati 37. Derinkuyu Epilogue

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Book SynopsisA charming and heartfelt tale of adventure about finding your self-confidence with a brilliant spot-and-find theme. From the exciting debut author-illustrator, Alice Courtley. Maya loves her small perfect family - it''s just her, Granny and their little kitten Sammy in their perfect peaceful house. So when Granny announces they are going on a big adventure to the city, Maya is scared. She''s too small for the city, surely? And what about Sammy?When they arrive amongst the towering grey buildings, Maya discovers that Sammy has followed them! And when he escapes, Maya must face her fears and look after him. A fun and adventurous story about getting out of your comfort zone and how the love and support of family can help you achieve almost anything.

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Book Synopsis'Not all lost cities are real, but this one was.' The extraordinary story of Alexander the Great's lost city, and a quest to unravel one of the most captivating mysteries in ancient history. ‘Superb … impeccably researched, but with the pace and deftly woven plot complexity of a John le Carré novel ... utterly brilliant’ William Dalrymple, Guardian ‘[An] exceptional biography ... This is a jewel of a book’ Sunday Times ‘A brilliant and evocative biography, written with consummate scholarship, great style and wit’ Daily Telegraph ______ For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghanistan by the unlikeliest person imaginable: Charles Masson, an ordinary working-class boy from London turned deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist and highly respected scholar. On the way into one of history’s most extraordinary stories, Masson would take tea with kings, travel with holy men and become the master of a hundred disguises; he would see things no westerner had glimpsed before and few have glimpsed since. He would spy for the East India Company and be suspected of spying for Russia at the same time, for this was the era of the Great Game, when imperial powers confronted each other in these staggeringly beautiful lands. Masson discovered tens of thousands of pieces of Afghan history, including the 2,000-year-old Bimaran golden casket, which has upon it the earliest known face of the Buddha. He would be offered his own kingdom; he would change the world, and the world would destroy him. This is a wild journey through nineteenth-century India and Afghanistan, with impeccably researched storytelling that shows us a world of espionage and dreamers, ne’er-do-wells and opportunists, extreme violence both personal and military, and boundless hope. At the edge of empire, amid the deserts and the mountains, it is the story of an obsession passed down the centuries. **Chosen as a Book of the Year by the Spectator, Listener and Sydney Morning Herald**Trade ReviewCharles Masson is the quixotic and wildly colourful subject of this exceptional biography ... This is a jewel of a book. It rescues Masson from history's cutting-room floor and brings him richly, ripely to life ... Brave, dedicated, endlessly curious, Masson deserves his rediscovery -- James McConnachie * Sunday Times *Only now, with this superb biography, is Masson’s tale told in full for the first time. The result, evocatively written, impeccably researched and minutely footnoted, but with the pace and deftly woven plot complexity of a John le Carré novel, is a small masterpiece. It solves most of the mysteries of Masson’s story and deserves all the acclaim it will undoubtedly win ... utterly brilliant -- William Dalrymple * Guardian *Enthralling … A remarkable story, full of grandeur and violence … [and] a powerful commentary on the horrors inflicted by the East India Company … Richardson’s colourful and compelling account gives this forgotten figure his due. -- Joshua Hammer * New York Times *Masson was one of the most extraordinary of many extraordinary Europeans roaming between Persia and India in the 19th century ... A brilliant and evocative biography, written with consummate scholarship, great style and wit. Through the study of one man, Richardson illuminates an entire world -- Harry Sidebottom * Daily Telegraph *Masson’s story is brilliantly retold by Edmund Richardson … A lucid, thrilling and poetic narrative that does justice to the subject. -- Bijan Omrani * Literary Review *History in the best sense of the word – a well-told story that shines a clear and penetrating light on the past. While thoroughly researched and extensively documented, it reads like a thriller by John Grisham. But this is not only a story about Masson and his life. The book helps us understand the mystery of Central Asia and why the struggle to control it is such a central feature of our time … Marvellously readable. -- Terry W. Hartle * Christian Science Monitor *Rarely has a work of non-fiction so brilliantly wrong-footed its readers as Edmund Richardson’s Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City, which expertly subverts expectations, interweaving narrative, history and biography throughout ... A remarkable achievement, and that rare thing, a book guaranteed to change your perspective on the world -- Sebastian Milbank * Tablet *Immensely enjoyable … a highly entertaining representation of the world of 19th-century India and Afghanistan, and of the daredevil antics of an adventurer hooked on the past, looking to survive, prosper and make his mark in a world of shifting sands and shadows * BBC History Magazine *Richardson is a natural teller of such exuberant stories and the book is full of colourful characters -- A. S. H. Smyth * Spectator *Richardson skillfully weaves the tale of Alexander’s empire with Masson’s adventures, using a novelistic approach rather than dry academic one that focuses on the action without sacrificing key details about the history. -- Andrew DeMillo * AP News *Impressive. In a string of spirited encounters classicist Edmund Richardson tails the vagabond antiquarian who called himself Charles Masson to 1830s Afghanistan ... Masson has at last found the intrepid biographer he has so long deserved. -- John Keay

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Book SynopsisLost City is a nerve-shredding NUMA Files novel from Clive Cussler, international bestseller.Kurt Austin''s toughest assignment yet...The discovery of a body frozen for ninety years in a glacier high in the French Alps seems of unlikely concern to Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects team. But when those on site are trapped in alpine tunnels flooding with glacial meltwater, Austin can hardly ignore a cry for help. And this near tragedy proves to be no mere accident. For the body held a secret. A secret someone was prepared to kill for.Soon Austin is plunged into a mystery involving a virulent algal weed ravaging the Atlantic''s Lost City trench, while he and the team face a family of astonishing greed - who will stop at nothing to get what they want ... Clive Cussler, author of the best-selling Dirk Pitt novels Arctic Drift and The Treasure of Khan, and co-author Paul Kemprecos unravel a tangled web of conspiracy a

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Book SynopsisThe dean of New York history brings together a wide-ranging, eclectic, and entertaining survey of the best writing about the city of New York and its peopleTrade ReviewThe city, in all its confounding glory, is the subject of Kenneth T. Jackson and David S. Dunbar's anthology, Empire City. New Yorker A rich harvest of wide-ranging writings about New York City. Library Journal A huge-but readable-collection of nearly 400 years of writing about New York. New York Magazine The sheer amount of out-of-the-way text and lore among these 158 pieces is worth the price of admission; the city comes alive through the texts it has produced. Publishers Weekly Fine... a well-wrought anthology. -- Fred Siegel New York Sun This volume is an anthology to be savored...Empire City is a treat for anyone who is interested in New York. -- Barbara Blumberg The Historian A monumental documentary history of New York City... These documents illustrate much of the American experience beyond the five boroughs. This collection is of value to anyone who seeks to add eyewitness understanding to his or her perception of the development and growth of the United States. -- John A. Grigg New York History [Kenneth Jackson and David Dunbar's] excellent anthology of New York writings. -- Russell Shorto New York Times MagazineTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Colonial Period (1624-1783) Account of Henry Hudson's Voyage in 1609, Emanuel Van Meteren, (1611) New Amsterdam, Frontier Trading Post, from Historisch Verhael, Nicolaes van Wassenaer, (1626) Letter of the Eight Men to the States-General of the United Netherlands Provinces Regarding the Fear in New Amsterdam of the Indians during the Wars of 1643-45 (1643 ) The Representation of New Netherland, 1650, from Collections of the New-York Historical Society, Adriaen Van Der Donck, (1849) Exclusion of Jews from Military Service in New Amsterdam, the Burgher Council, (1655) Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of the Town of Flushing (1657 ) Description of the Towne of Mannadens, Anonymous, (1661) Mercantilist Ideas, from England's Treasure by Forraign Trade, Thomas Mun (1664) Prosperity in New York, from A Brief Description of New York, Daniel Denton (1670) True Copy of Articles Whereupon... the New Netherlands Were Surrendered (January, 1674) The Demand for English Liberties in New York: The Charter of Liberties and Privileges (October 30, 1683) Leisler's Rebellion: Benjamin Blagge's Memorial from The Documentary History of the State of New-York, Benjamin Blagge (1689) Contract of an Indentured Apprentice (October 2, 1718) From the New York Weekly Journal (March 11, 1733) From A Brief Narrative of Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger, Andrew Hamilton's Defense(1736) The Great Negro Plot of 1741, from The New York Conspiracy, Daniel Horsmanden (1741) The Trial of John Ury, from The New York Conspiracy, Daniel Horsmanden (1741) Description of New York City in 1748, from Travels into America, Peter Kalm (1748) Opposition to a Sectarian College, from The Independent Reflector,William Livingston (1753 ) State of the Province of New York, from New York Historical Society Collections, Cadwallander Colden (1765) From A Tour Through Part of the North Provinces of America, Patrick M'Robert (1774) From Diary of Pastor Schaukirk, Ewald G. Schaukirk (1775) From Journal of Lieutenant Isaac Bangs, Issac Bangs (1776) Hessian Views of New York City, Anonymous (1777, 1780) The Forgotten Saga of the Prison Ships, Kenneth T. Jackson (1990) Part 2. Rise to National Dominance (1783-1860) An Excursion to the United States of North America in the Summer of 1794, Henry Wansey (1794) From Travels, Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1799) Travels Through Canada, and the United States of North America, in the Years 1806, 1807, 1808, John Lambert Remarks of the Commissioners for Laying Out Streets and Roads in the City of New York" (1811) Free Schools, DeWitt Clinton (1809) Accounts and Recollections of the War of 1812 from the Popular Press (1814, 1846) From A History of New York, Washington Irving (Diedrich Knickerbocker) (1819) From Travels Through North America, Karl Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825) Notions of the Americans, James Fennimore Cooper (1828) From Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828, Basil Hall (1827, 1828 ) From America and the Americans, James Boardman (1833 ) From The Domestic Manners of the American, Frances Trollope (1832) Letter, March 1, 1833, John Pintard Workies, from Men and Manners in America, Thomas Hamilton (1833) Diary: 1835, 1847, 1849, Philip Hone From Cinco meses en los Estados-Unidos de la America del Norte desde el 20 de abril al 23 de setiembre de 1835 (Five Months in the United States of North America from April 20 to September 23, 1835), Ramon de la Sagra The Dans Kamer: A Revery in the Highlands, Andrew Jackson Downing (1835) From Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville (1835) Letters from New York, Lydia Maria Child (September 23, 1841; October 21, 1841; May 1, 1843) From American Notes for General Circulation, Charles Dickens (1842) Two Worlds, from Journal, Richard Henry Dana (1843) Doings in Gotham, Letters III and V, Edgar Allen Poe (1844) Murray Hill Reservoir, November 25, Walt Whitman (1849) From Travels in the United States... during 1849 and 1850, Lady Emmelin Stuart-Wortley The Points at Midnight, George G. Foster (1850) Moby Dick, Chapter 1: Loomings, Herman Melville (1851) From Things as They Are in America, William Chambers (1853) From A Few Months in America: Containing Remarks on Some of Its Industrial and Commercial Interests, James Robertson (1854) From The Englishwoman in America, Isabella Bird (1854) George Templeton Strong, "New York Riot," July 5 and 7, 1857; "Central Park," June 11, 1859; "Draft Riots," July 19, 1863; "Women in Law School," October 9, 1869 From Land und Leute in Amerika: Skizzen aus dem Amerikanischen Leben (Land and People in America: Sketches of American Life), Karl Theodor Griesinger (1857) From Life and Liberty in America, Charles Mackay (1857) Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (1856); Mannahatta (1860); Walt Whitman Part 3. Industrial Metropolis (1860-1898) Selected Writings of African Americans in Brooklyn, (1849-1928 ) The Republic of New-York, from Debow's Review, George Fitzhugh (1861) Up Broadway to Madison Square, from Ragged Dick Horatio Alger (1868) Selected Writings on Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted (1858, 1870) The Life of the Street Rats, from The Dangerous Classes of New York and Twenty Years Among Them, Charles Loring Brace (1872) From The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton (1920) Sandhog, from My Life and Loves, Frank Harris (1922) From Progress and Poverty, Henry George (1833, 1879) Vice-Buster, from Frauds Exposed, Anthony Comstock (1880) The New Colossus, Emma Lazarus (1883) Bathing at Coney Island, from Coney Island Frolics, Richard K. Fox (1883) The Workingman's View of His Situation, Testimony of Thomas B. McGuire (1883) Experience of a Chinese Journalist, from Puck, Wong Chin Foo The Two Revelations, from Evolution and Religion, Henry Ward Beecher (1885) From How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1890) A Glimpse of High Society, from Society as I Have Found It, Ward McAllister (1890) From New York History 1860-1890, Theodore Roosevelt (1891) From Darkness and Daylight, Helen Campbell (1892) Minetta Lane, Stephen Crane (1896) Selections from George Waring's Writing, George Waring (1897, 1899) Part 4. World City (1898-1948) Brooklyn Could Have Been a Contender, from the New York Times (1997 ) The Tenement-House Exhibition of 1899, Lawrence Veiller (1900-1901) The Padrone System, Reports of the Industrial Commission on Immigration and Education (1901) The Plan of a City, Jean Schopfer (1902) Immigrant Attitudes, a Humorous View, from Observations by Mr. Dooley, Finley Peter Dunne (1902) New York: Good Government in Danger, from McClures, Lincoln Steffens (1903) The Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie (1903) No Constantine in Sight, from The Education of Henry Adams, Henry Adams (1904) Built Like a Bonfire: The General Slocum Disaster, June 15, 1904, Edward T. O'Donnell (2001) The Desirability of Comprehensive Municipal Planning in Advance of Development, Calvin Tomkins (1905) The Day's Work of a "New Law" Tenement Inspector, from Charities and the Commons 17, Lewis E. Palmer (1906-1907) Selections from The American Scene, Henry James (1907) Selections from Plunkitt of Tammany Hall by William Riordon (1905) Selected Writings of O. Henry, O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) (1862-1910) The Spirit of the Girl Strikers, from The Outlook, Miriam Finn Scott (1910) Scenes at the Morgue, from the New York Times, March 26, 1911 Opening Statement: Abram I. Elkus, Counsel to the Commission, from New York State Factory Investigating Commission (October, 10, 1911) Selection from The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, James Weldon Johnson (1912) Judges in the Gate, from They Who Knock At Our Gates in American Magazine, Mary Antin (1914) A Meditation in Broadway, from What I Saw in America, G. K. Chesterton (1921 ) Compact Between the States of New York and New Jersey, The Port Authority (1921) Selections from The Color of a Great City, Theodore Dreiser (1923) Selection from Manhattan Transfer, John dos Passos (1925) Arrangement in Black and White, Dorothy Parker (1927) An American Catholic Answers Back, from the Atlantic Monthly, Alfred E. Smith (1927) The Graphic Regional Plan of 1929: General Retrospect and Summary Enchanted City, from The Web and the Rock, Thomas Wolfe (1925-1935 ) Harlem Runs Wild, Claude McKay (1935) New York, Marianne Moore (1935) The Man-Moth, Elizabeth Bishop (1935) Selection from Going to the Territory, Ralph Ellison (1986) The Fourteenth Ward, from Black Spring, Henry Miller (1936) My Lost City, from The Crack-Up, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1936) The Fairy Catastrophe, from When the Cathedrals Were White, Le Corbusier (1936) Apology for Breathing, from Back Where I Came From, A. J. Liebling (1938) Excerpt from The Mohawks in High Steel, from Up in the Old Hotel, Joseph Mitchell (1938) The Mayor Challenges-"Ten Misconceptions of New York" (1939) In Dreams Begin Responsibilities, Delmore Schwartz (1938) The Eighty Yard Run, Irwin Shaw (1942) The Making of a New Yorker, John Steinbeck (1943) Voice, Woody Guthrie (1945) Beyond, from A Walker in the City, Alfred Kazin (1946) Part 5. World Capital (1948-2000) A Place (Any Place) to Transcend All Places, William Carlos Williams (1948) Here Is New York, E. B. White (1949) Selected Writings, Langston Hughes (1940, 1951) The King of Harlem, Federico Garcia Lorca (1955) Angel Levine, Bernard Malamud (1955) Remarks on the Groundbreaking at Lincoln Square, Robert Moses (1959) The Day Lady Died, Frank O'Hara (1959) Fifth Avenue, Uptown, James Baldwin (1960) New York Scenes, from Lonesome Traveler, Jack Kerouac (1960) The Blackout, November 9, 1965, from POPism: The Warhol '60s, Andy Warhol (1980) The Balloon, Donald Barthelme (1968) The Second Regional Plan: Introduction and Summary (1968) Goodbye to All That, from Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion (1968) The Yankees, Bruce Catton Bedford-Stuyvesant: Giving a Damn About Hell, from Robert Kennedy: A Memoir, Jack Newfield (1969) Young Lords Party:13-Point Program and Platform (1969) Get the Mafia and the Cops out of Gay Bars, Anonymous (1969) Radical Chic from Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, Tom Wolfe (1970) The Fallen Idol: The Harlem Tragedy of Earl Manigault, from The City Game, Pete Axthelm (1970) Ode to New York, Reed Whittemore (1974) New York, Edward Field (1977) The Brooklyn Bridge, from Sketches from Life, Lewis Mumford (1981) It's Six a.m. Do You Know Where You Are?, Jay McInerney (1982) Boodling, Bigotry, and Cosmopolitanism: The Transformation of a Civic Culture, from Dissent, Jim Sleeper (Fall 1987) Auggie Wren's Christmas Story, Paul Auster (1990) Autumn in New York, Murray Kempton (1990) Replacing Memory, Barry Lopez (1993) Shot: A New York Story, Elizabeth Hardwick (1993) Talk That Talk, from In the Place to Be, Guy Trebay (1994) A Region at Risk from The Third Regional Plan (1996) One Large Garlic and Anchovy: The Search for the Perfect Slice, Michael Nadler (1997) The Second Inaugural Address: The Agenda for Permanent Change Rudolph Giuliani (1998) Someplace in Queens, Ian Frazier (1998) The Midnight Tour: Working the Edgar Allen Poe Beat in the Bronx, from the New Yorker, Marcus Laffey (May 15, 2000) Down and Out and Up Again: Walking Freestyle through the Upper East Side and Sleeping Rough in Central Park, from Time Out Book of New York Walks, Lee Stringer (2000) The Synthetic Sublime, from Quarrel and Quandary, Cynthia Ozick (2000) New York: Science Fiction, Junot Diaz (2000) The Resilient City, John P. Avlon (2001) Index

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Book SynopsisOn Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the twentieth century. Almost two million people were caught up in a disaster of truly epic proportions.PARADISE LOST is told with the narrative verve that has made Giles Milton a bestselling historian. It unfolds through the memories of the survivors, many of them interviewed for the first time, and the eyewitness accounts of those who found themselves caught up in one of the greatest catastrophes of the modern age.Trade ReviewGiles Milton . . . has crafted an inspiration for those of us who believe that history can be exciting and entertaining * The Times *Giles Milton's brilliant re-creation of the last days of Smyrna * Sunday Times *Giles Milton's powerful narrative of the ensuing humanitarian catastrophe is compelling . . . incidents of heroism among the carnage, give this tale of ethnic cleansing a rare immediacy. * Telegraph *Engrossing . . . Milton's book celebrates the heroism of individuals who put lives before ideologies * Independent *The sack of that famously cosmopolitan city . . . makes a compelling story. It is also a strikingly neglected one . . . Milton's considerable achievement is to deliver with characteristic clarity and colour this complex epic narrative . . . Milton brings commendable impartiality to his thoroughly researched book . . . PARADISE LOST proves a timely examination of a defining moment in the history of ethnic and religious conflict * Sunday Telegraph *PARADISE LOST is a timely reminder of the appalling cost of expansionist political ambitions; it tells a fascinating story with clarity and insight * Economist *PARADISE LOST is essential reading for anyone who cares about the past - and present - of today's Europe, indeed of civilisation itself * Adam LeBor, Literary Review *Giles Milton . . . has written his best book to date * Scotland on Sunday *[Milton is] a master of historical narrative * The Sunday Times *Milton has a terrific eye for the kind of detail that can bring the past vividly to life off the page . . . restores an exotic lustre * Spectator *Milton is a great storyteller . . . he conjures mood from dry parchment * Express on Sunday *Milton has written a grimly memorable book * William Dalrymple, Sunday Times *

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Book SynopsisLondon is one of the most exciting cities in the world-dynamic, noisy, colourful - and non-stop. It can also be exhausting, crowded and intense. So for those of us who like to stop, breathe and enjoy a slower pace of life, Lost in London is for you. If you prefer to spend your weekends walking on London’s commons, or hunting down fireside pubs for a pint rather than frequenting cocktail bars or clubs, then read on. Lost In London first began life as a magazine. From this, its founders Lucy and Tina, have lovingly created a beautiful book that unearths a hidden treasure - the secret side of London. This urban nature guide shows us how to slow down and reconnect with the greener side of the capital. Sections include a guide to exploring the city’s reservoirs, cemeteries, and meadows, an alternative look at the Thames and London’s lakes, canals and wetlands, and an entire section dedicated to foraging, beekeeping and henkeeping.The book is full of delicious recipes for you to make using your foraged food, such as damson gin, pontack, pork, apple and black pudding pasties and blackberry vinegar. There’s gardening advice with suggestions on how to make the most of your allotment, rooftop or window box, practical ideas for outdoorsy day trips, and a brilliant guide to the animals, insects and birds that share our city. Packed with stunning illustrations, gorgeous photography and handy maps, this is an indispensable, inspirational guide to living simply in the city. Lucy Scott and Tina Smith launched Lost in London magazine three years ago over a shared passion for the natural world and reflecting its place in urban life. It was intended to be a oneoff experimental portfolio project, but it quickly established as one of the most foremost independent magazine titles around.

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Book SynopsisFitzgerald planned to publish a collection of his personal essays, but never did. Fortunately he left behind a table of contents, and it has been possible to reconstruct the collection that he envisioned, as My Lost City. This volume features authoritative texts, a textual apparatus, and full explanatory notes.Trade Review'The result is a wealth of context for these very contemporary essays …' Peter Shillingsburg, De Montfort UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Fitzgerald's Selections, 1936: 1. Who's Who - and Why (1920); 2. Princeton (1927); 3. What I Think and Feel at 25 (1922); 4. How to Live on $36,000 a Year (1924); 5. How to Live on Practically Nothing a Year (1924); 6. Imagination - and a Few Mothers (1923); 7. 'Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!' (1924); 8. How to Waste Material (1926); 9. One Hundred False Starts (1933); 10. Ring (1933); 11. A Short Autobiography (1929); 12. Girls Believe in Girls (1930); 13. My Lost City (1935/1940); 14. 'Show Mr. and Mrs. F. to Number' (1934); 15. Echoes of the Jazz Age (1931); 16. The Crack-Up (1936); 17. Pasting It Together (1936); 18. Handle with Care (1936); Part II. Additional Essays, 1936–1940: 19. Auction - Model 1934 (1934); 20. Sleeping and Waking (1934); 21. Author's House (1936); 22. Afternoon of an Author (1936); 23. An Author's Mother (1936); 24. Early Success (1937); 25. My Generation (1939); Record of Variants; Explanatory notes; Illustrations; Appendix 1. 'Show Mr. and Mrs. F. to Number -'; Appendix 2. Publication and Earnings.

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Book SynopsisIn the months before the First World War, Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle's illusionist act on the Music Hall stage where he comes into contact with larger than life, garish and outrageous characters. Both funny and sad, Lost Empires tells of a young man's awakening to the world of love and sex, and is also a richly coloured portrait of a dying world of theatre and of lives and a society that the Great War would soon change irrevocably. Received with rave reviews when first published in 1965, this Priestley classic was later made into a major television series starring Colin Firth. Priestley delivers a captivating and authentic snapshot of a fascinating period in theatre history whilst creating a social drama with believable and absorbing characterisation.Trade Review"My favourite of all his work... a storyteller supreme, a master of his craft." from the introduction by Roy Hudd; "If you've read this before, embark on a return journey. If you haven't, I envy you."from the introduction by Barry Cryer

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Pamela Long's wonderful book brings the reader into the streets and squares of late Renaissance Rome, and recreates the lost cultures of knowledge and practice that took shape there. She shows in vivid detail how scholars and engineers, artists and prelates struggled to recreate ancient Rome and rebuild the infrastructure of the modern city."--Anthony T. Grafton, Princeton University "In Engineering the Eternal City, Pamela Long recaptures the energy and efflorescence of the Eternal City in the late sixteenth century, when Rome appeared to many visitors to be a vast and never-ending construction site. During these crucial decades after the Sack of Rome popes, architects, engineers, physicians, antiquarians, humanists, and city officials devised numerous solutions to the problems of repairing an ancient city as part of making an early modern city a magnificent expression of Rome's unique legacy as the heart of an ancient empire renewed by faith. Readers who love this city and want to learn more about it will enjoy this book."--Paula Findlen, Stanford University

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Book SynopsisExamines the cities of Algeria and Tunisia under French colonial rule and those of the Ottoman Arab provinces. By shifting the emphasis from the 'centers' of Paris and Istanbul to the 'peripheries', this title presents a more nuanced look at cross-cultural exchanges.Trade Review"Ambitious in scope, marvelously conceived, meticulously researched, and generously illustrated, this book . . . an exemplary work of comparative scholarship on imperial urbanism, one that challenges us to consider that similarities between and within empires were greater that their apparent differences." -- Preeti Chopra * Buildings and Landscapes *"Zeynep Celik's new book masterfully weaves together urban and architectural studies with cultural and intellectual history in what will stand as a key contribution to the study of imperialism and modernity. . . . A testament to the merit of this book is the range of questions it provokes and will likely continue to provoke for some time." * Journal of the American Oriental Society *"Zeynep Celik's elegant and insightful study, Empire and the City is a model of brilliant scholarship and complex cross-cultural analysis. Thanks to her subtle handling of a rich array of archival materials, and to her thorough analysis, Celik points us toward a deeper understanding of a lost world of empire and aspiration, and toward a clearer vision of 'modernity.' Empire and the City tells a compelling story—it is a milestone of scholarship and a terrific read." * 2010 Spiro Kostof Award Committee, on awarding the prize from the Society of Architectural Historians *"Celik provides important lessons for those who see our present condition as absolutely unique to our own time. In some ways Empire, Architecture, and the City allows us to look at globalization as a further destabilization and diffusion of the concept of empire—one that is perhaps no longer connected to concepts of space and place, but that nevertheless still reflects an unequal distribution of power that is infinitely more pervasive than it was in the past and that is tied to larger and more numerous imperials interests." * American Historical Review *"A timely study that provides significant insights into pressing debates about modernity and imperialism, Empire, Architecture, and the City should enjoy a broad audience within and well beyond the fields of urban and architectural history. Celik's book offers a refreshing counterpoint to the prevailing monographic focus on individual cities of much recent urban history, particularly studies focused on imperial and colonial situations. While this book is certainly essential reading for scholars of the French and Ottoman empires, it has much to teach all historians of the modern period interested in better understanding the far-reaching and still on-going consequences of nineteenth-century imperialism." * H-Net *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on Transliterations and Dates Introduction Color Plates 1. Imperial Infrastructures 2. Transforming Urban Fabrics 3. New Public Spaces 4. A New Monumentality and an Official Architecture 5. Affirming Empire: Public Ceremonies Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOxford Read and Imagine is a fiction series written for primary and pre-primary students. Young learners follow Rosie, Ben and Grandpa on their adventures and grow up with the characters as they read and learn. In the rainforest, there is a Lost City of Gold. And in the Lost City, there is a beautiful gold statue. Ben, Rosie, and Grandpa visit the city with Silvia, an archaeologist. But other people know about the city too, and want that statue.

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