An Expensive Education cuts between the African bush & Harvard
- taking its readers deep inside this iconic university & the inner
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Following `A Change in Climate`, this brilliant novel from the double Man Booker prize-winning author of ` Wolf Hall` is a coming-of-age tale set in Seventies London. It is London, 1970. Carmel Mc Bain, in her first term at university, has cut free of her childhood roots in the north. Among the gossiping, flirtatious girls of Tonbridge Hall, she begins her experiments in life & love. But the year turns. The mini-skirt falls out of style & an era of concealment begins. Carmel`s world darkens, & tragedy waits in the wings. ...

With over eighty maps & accompanying articles, the Historical Atlas of Hertfordshire contains an immense amount of research which will be invaluable to all those with an interest in the history of this important English county. Arranged thematically, it guides the reader through geology, geography & topography, administrative organisation, buildings, transport & communications, demography, settlement, agriculture, industry & trade, landscape, religion, welfare, war & civil unrest. Although it is one of the smaller counties, Hertfordshire is surprisingly diverse. Lacking any simple topographical uniformity, its natural features have in turn influenced the development of the county`s landscape, settlements & industries. The diversity & particularity of Hertfordshire help to explain the wide range of topics presented in this atlas, but the breadth of the book is also due to the variety of interests that Hertfordshire local historians display. Few county historical atlases can boast such detailed information on, for example, ice-houses, dovecotes, medieval & Tudor graffiti, local volunteers for military service, or eighteenth- & nineteenth-century transportations & executions. Hertfordshire has had an essentially agrarian economy for much of its history, but has nonetheless benefited from the development of a number of important industries. It may not have been at the cutting edge of the industrial revolution, yet it has certainly not been devoid of manufacturing activity. From the later eighteenth century forwards it boasted significant involvement in paper-making, silk throwing, brewing & malting &
- more distinctively
- the straw plait industry, for which it assumed an importance surpassed only by neighbouring Bedfordshire. The twentieth century witnessed the rise of printing, pharmaceuticals, a film industry & the extraction of aggregates. All these areas of activity are explored in detail as is the long history of settlement in the county, from the Palaeolithic period to the garden cities & new towns. Printed in full colour, & with a fold-out parish map, the Historical Atlas is an essential tool for the local historian & anyone with an interest in this fascinating county.

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“ An Historical Atlas of Kent” is an atlas that seeks to show the varied historical background of ‘the Garden of England’; with it, authors David Killingray & Terence Lawson fill a notable gap in the published histories of the county. It

Includes:: 250 newly-drawn & reader-friendly maps covering topics ranging from the earliest Stone-Age occupation to such modern developments as the growth of leisure industries. Several other areas not usually covered by other county atlases include the introduction of public water & gas supplies in the nineteenth century, together with the expansion of banking services & the local press. Virtually every aspect of Kent’s history is mapped & explained in this atlas, & will make an already important of England that much more interesting, whether a resident, or virgin traveller.

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Map reverse carries an illustrated gazetteer of sites of interest: approx. 6, 600 words Map cover carries inside a brief history of Hull: 1, 300 words. Illustrations: coloured engravings & early views of buildings, monuments & street scenes A full colour map, based on an Ordnance Survey map of 1928, with buildings & sites of interest picked out. Few cities have experienced Hull`s uninterrupted position as one of Britain`s leading centres of population & economic activity over nine centuries. The variety & richness of its architecture are too often overlooked. The map shows the main medieval & post-medieval buildings in this remarkable & interesting city, the second-most historic city of Yorkshire. The map`s cover has a short introduction to the city`s history, & on the reverse an illustrated & comprehensive gazetteer of Hull`s main buildings & sites of interest, from medieval monasteries to cinemas & theatres, & the huge fortified citadel. ...

A guide to twenty little known destinations, all within an hour of Paris by train. An insider`s guide to the most interesting, beautiful & under-visited places in the countryside around Paris, all an hour or less away by train. Contains historical background, photographs & specially-drawn maps, with full details of how to get there by train & brief directions for car drivers. ...

Discover half-hidden chateaux & artists` country houses; walk, boat or dance by the river; explore old towns & country footpaths; & eat in family-run restaurants with 1950s decor--and prices to match. Based on over 20 years` experience of exploring the Paris countryside by train, each visit

Includes:: the essential historical context & practical information to help you discover places unknown to many Parisians. Written with humor & a flair for the unusual & authentic, the text is illustrated with original photos & local maps. It

Includes:: a unique guide to using the excellent local train network.



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” An Ice-cream War” is William Boyd`s hilarious bestselling novel of love & battle. ` We will all melt like ice-cream in the sun!` British soldier, East Africa, October 1914. As millions are slaughtered on the Western Front, a ridiculous & little-reported campaign is being waged in East Africa
- a war they continued after the Armistice because no one told them to stop. Primarily a gripping story of the men & women swept up by the passions of love & battle, William Boyd`s magnificently entertaining novel also elicits the cruel futility & tragedy of it all. ” An Ice-cream War” will be loved by fans of ” Any Human Heart” & ”A Good Man in Africa”, as well as readers of Ben Macintyre, Sebastian Faulks, Nick Hornby & Hilary Mantel. ” Compulsively readable”. (” Observer”). ” He has a black-edged laughter of his own.. .quite outstanding”. (” Sunday Times”). William Boyd has received world-wide acclaim for his novels. They are: ”A Good Man in Africa” (1981, winner of the Whitbread Award & the Somerset Maugham Prize), ” An Ice Cream War” (1982, shortlisted for the 1982 Booker Prize & winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), ” Stars & Bars” (1984), ” The New Confessions” (1987), ” Brazzaville Beach” (1990, winner of the Mc Vitie Prize & the James Tait Black Memorial Prize), ” The Blue Afternoon” (1993, winner of the 1993 Sunday Express Book of the Year Award & the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction, 1995), ” Armadillo” (1998), & ” Any Human Heart” (2002, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet). He is also the author of a collection of screenplays & a memoir of his school days, ” School Ties” (1985); & three collections of short stories: ” On the Yankee Station” (1981), ” The Destiny of Nathalie `X`” (1995) & ” Fascination” (2004). He also wrote the speculative memoir ” Nat Tate: an American Artist”
- the publication of which, in the spring of 1998, caused something of a stir on both sides of the Atlantic. A collection of his non-fiction writings, 1978-2004, entitled ” Bamboo”, was published in October 2005. His ninth novel, ” Restless”, was published in September 2006 (Costa Book Award, Novel of the Year 2006) & his tenth novel, ” Ordinary Thunderstorms”, published September 2009. His most recent novel is ” Waiting For Sunrise” which published in February 2011.

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William Boyd's An Ice-Cream Warwas published in 1982, an auspicious debut by a young writer who would go on to be recognized as 'the finest storyteller of his generation' (Sebastain Faulks). It follows the fortunes of several wildly different characters
- including an expat farmer & a young English aristocrat
- as they are swept up in the fighting in German East Africa during the First World War, their lives converging amid battle, betrayal, love, comedy & tragedy.

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This title reports from science's new frontlines. An Iceberg as Big as Manhattan is a gripping report on the new frontlines of science & the environment from the BBC's own correspondent, David Shukman. His skill is to get the big picture & to present it amid the everyday details of life & people. & these are the major stories of our day, whether Shukman is journeying up the fabled North West Passage in the Arctic, chasing after loggers in the Amazon, battling through plastic waste in the Pacific, or heading to the bottom of the sea to chart the effects of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This new paperback edition of Reporting Live from the End of the Word (9781846688874) has been revised & updated to take stock of recent events. It provides a fascinating eye-witness account of both the environment & of life behind the cameras at the BBC. ...