This book is a riotous, irreverent account of the people and events that have shaped Britain. Always getting those kings and queens confused? Never sure what happened when? Then you need this book. Inside you`ll find rip-roaring stories of power-mad kings, executions, invasions, high treason, global empire building, and forbidden love - not bad for a nation of stiff upper lips! * Revised and expanded to include the historical parliamentary elections of 2010 and the British mission in Afghanistan * Accompanied by access to a timeline and `Who`s Who in British History` section on * This new edition contains an 8-page color insert so you can see who, what and where the ensuing historical action takes place.
Who are the British? This book will tell you about their lives, TV programmes, business, family, life, pets – and the food. This is a book about real people and real life in Britain today
ISBN: 978-1-4479-2539-2
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. David Lodge`s The British Museum is Falling Down was published in 1965 and is a brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. It tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted - not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the 1960s, he and his wife must rely on `Vatican roulette` to avoid a fourth child.
ISBN: 978-0-14-104669-3
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Level: Pre-intermediate (B1) British History Seen Through Art relates the significant events of British history with a detailed commentary on the most important works of art of the period, which are beautifully presented in full colour. Starting with Stonehenge, we see history unfold before our eyes. We observe how the religious art of the Middle Ages became more secular after the reign of Henry VIII, and how continental European art influenced British architecture and painting. We witness important changes in British society: the rise in power of the middle classes in the Georgian Age and how this influenced British painting; the new artistic expression brought by the Industrial Revolution; and the advent of technology of the 20th and...
ISBN: 978887754-618-0
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2011
What does Cymru mean? What did Emperor Hadrian build in England nearly 2000 years ago? What do competitors throw at the Highland games? Why do people ‘kiss the Blarney Stone’? The British Isles tells the story of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. It includes the most important events in their history from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century, as well as key information about their cultures. The British Isles is full of interesting, and sometimes surprising, facts about the people and their way of life.
ISBN: 978885301-098-8
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
"The British Museum is Falling Down" is a brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. First published in 1965, it tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted - not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the 1960s, he and his wife must rely on `Vatican roulette` to avoid a fourth child.
ISBN: 978-0-09-955422-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The British Library Diary 2008 is illustrated with works from the Topographical Collection of George III, now held by the British Library. The collection of some 50,000 items, dating back from 1824 to around 1588, includes printed maps and topographical drawings, watercolours and prints. There are works by leading 18th-century watercolourists, among them Paul Sandby, William Pars, Samuel Hieronymus Grimm and Michelangelo Rooker. This evocative collection is far more than a mere accumulation of maps and views, it is an expression of British patriotism and it breathes the interests, activities and attitudes of the British people.
ISBN: 978-0-7112-2725-5
Издательство:
Frances Lincoln
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A reference guide to the British way of life which explains the often puzzling and confusing terms and phrases used routinely in Britain and by British people. This easy-reference alphabetical guide sheds light on a comprehensive selection of words, phrases, organizations and institutions. All these are fundamental features of British civilization and society, and include aspects of politics and government, the law, economics and industry, education, the media, religion and social welfare, health and housing and leisure and transport.
Why do we celebrate Halloween? Do you want to surprise your sweetheart with a special Valentine card from Loveland, USA? Who invented the Christmas card? This unique book explores the origins of our festivities, their historical significance, and how we celebrate them today.
ISBN: 978-8-853-00194-8
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: январь 2011
The definitive, acclaimed history of the Britpop era, when English music, celebrity, and politics co-mingled in a manner that was as unprecedented as it was fascinating
The ultimate code of conduct for young men-written by TV character Barney Stinson-describes how a true "bro" will behave in any and all situations, describing the history of the "Bro Code," a profile of a "bro," the essential principles and tenets of the code, amendments and violations, and more. Original. 100,000 first printing.
ISBN: 978-1-84739-930-4
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
THE BRO CODE provides men with all the rules they need to know in order to become a bro and behave properly among other bros. THE BRO CODE has never been published before. Few know of its existence, and the code, until now, has been verbally communicated between those in the `bro`. Containing approximately 150 unspoken rules, this code of conduct ranges from the simple (bros before hos) to the complex (the hot-to-crazy ratio, complete with bar graphs and charts). With helpful sidebros THE BRO CODE will help any ordinary guy become the best bro he can be. Let ultimate bro and co-author Barney Stinson and his book, THE BRO CODE share their wisdom, lest you be caught making eye contact in a devil`s three-way (two dudes, duh.) Sample...
ISBN: 978-1-847-39931-1
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: апрель 2011
Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, "Brokeback Mountain" is her masterpiece. Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they`re working as sheepherder and camp tender one summer on a range above the tree line. At first, sharing an isolated tent, the attraction is casual, inevitable, but something deeper catches them that summer. Both men work hard, marry, and have kids because that`s what cowboys do. But over the course of many years and frequent separations this relationship becomes the most important thing in their lives, and they do anything they can to preserve it.
Before he was sent to federal prison for treason (among other things), Joel Backman was an extremely powerful man. Known as "the broker," Backman was a high roller--a lawyer making $10 million a year who could "open any door in Washington." That is, until he tried to broker a deal selling access to the world`s most powerful satellite surveillance system to the highest bidder. When caught, Backman accepted prison as the one option that would keep him safe and alive, since the interested parties (the Israelis, the Saudis, the Russians, and the Chinese) were all itching to get their hands on his secrets at any cost. Little does he know that his own government has designs on accessing that information--or at least letting it die with him....
ISBN: 978-0-440-24158-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
With such tense novels as Blindsighted and Kisscut, Karin Slaughter has firmly positioned herself as one of the most capable exponents of the crime novel at work today - and certainly one of the most disturbing (a skill the author is clearly proud of). What's more, she ensures that each new book is subtly different from its predecessor, as her latest, Broken, demonstrates, with its innovative, edgy mix of tried and trusted elements. We are introduced once again to former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton, proving that the Jacobean taste for bloodshed and mystery is alive and well in contemporary USA. A woman's corpse is discovered in the waters of Lake Grant, and a note is found which seems to point to suicide - but...
When the body of a young woman is discovered in Lake Grant, a note points to suicide. But soon it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It`s a brutal murder. Former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton finds herself unwittingly drawn into the case. But when she arrives at the local police station to see the chief suspect, he is lying dead.
ISBN: 978-0-09-953866-0
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
In his final hours in the Oval Office the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems that Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world`s most sophisticated satellite surveillance system. Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, after he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the...
ISBN: 978-0-09-945716-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
