A Classic work, essential in the study of London history. This is the third edition. The author locates the rivers once above ground in London, though now mostly or completely buried & only occasionally apparent. He surveys what we know of them & their courses, their uses & their effect on London's development. This is without doubt the best book on the subject & comes with a fold-out map showing the courses of the rivers. ...

A moving investigation into the human comedy. The men aboard an impounded freighter in the port of Marseilles are divided
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Rebecca Wilding, an archaeology professor, traces the past for a living. But suddenly, truth & certainty are turning against her. Rebecca is accused of serious fraud, & worse, she suspects
- she knows
- that her husb&, Stephen, is having an affair. Desperate to find answers, Rebecca leaves with Stephen for Greece, Italy & Paris, where she can uncover the conspiracy against her, & hopefully win Stephen back to her side, where he belongs. There`s too much at stake
- her love, her work, her family. But on the idyllic Amalfi Coast, Stephen goes swimming & doesn`t come back. In a swirling daze of panic & fear, Rebecca is dealt with fresh allegations. & with time against her, she must uncover the dark secrets that stand between her & Stephen, & the deceit that has chased her halfway around the world.


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` Lost Tommies` brings together stunning never-before-seen images of Western Front tommies & their amazing stories in a beautiful ...

The German missionary Martin Gusinde arrived in Tierra del Fuego in 1919. Although his initial mission was to convert the Indians among whom he lived, Gusinde in fact ended up doing the very opposite: he was to become one of the first Westerners to be initiated into the Indians sacred rites. Over the course of five years, he studied the Alakaluf, Yamana & Selknam peoples, travelling from the canals of Western Patagonia to the great island of Tierra del Fuego. Gradually, the missionary became an anthropologist. Gusindes isolation on this land at the end of the earth made his approach highly unique. Fascinated by what he saw, he took over a thousand photographs, all produced using a portable darkroom. The portraits he captured constitute a kind of genealogical & social tree. Unlike his contemporaries, Gusinde photographed mainly the body in extraordinary manifestations: feather-clad figures sporting high head-dresses made from bark, wrapped up in guanaco furs, or entirely covered with ritual paint Captured in a landscape battered by wind & rain or covered in snow, in the heart of a natural world that Darwin celebrated for its wild & rough aspects, & framed in poses codified by ritual, these Indians bear witness to a society on the wane. Magic, spirits, communion with nature & initiatory rites draw the outlines of a world in which appearances vie with reality. The exceptional circumstances of the photos creation coupled with the personality & engagement of their author make these images a unique testimonial. ...

The idea of the village
- unspoilt, unpretentious, unchanging & growing almost organically out of the landscape
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From the genius behind ITV`s THE GHOST HUNTERS, this haunting novel is inspired by real historical events & features the notorious real-life ghost hunter, Harry Price. Many years ago, soldiers entered a remote English village called Imber & forced every inhabitant out. It remains abandoned... Each winter, on one night only, Imber`s former residents return to visit loved ones buried in the overgrown churchyard. But this year, something has gone wrong. Secrets are surfacing, putting all who come near Imber in danger. & only one man can help. Notorious ghost hunter Harry Price has reluctantly reunited with his former assistant Sarah Grey. Once, she worshipped Harry, but their relationship has recently soured. Harry knows that Sarah could be the key to unlocking the mystery of Imber, but will her involvement in the case be the undoing of them both? ...

In 1930 wealthy Scottish socialite Dorothy Brooke followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former British war horses leading lives of toil & misery. Brought to the Middle East by British forces during the Great War, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war`s end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send home. Grant Hayter-Menzies chronicles not only the lives & eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation & suffering found respite in the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital established by Dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding & maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scale. The legacy of the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital & its founder endures today in the dozens of international Brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys & mules across Africa, Asia & Latin America. ...

In 1930 wealthy Scottish socialite Dorothy Brooke followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former British war horses leading lives of toil & misery. Brought to the Middle East by British forces during the Great War, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war`s end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send home. Grant Hayter-Menzies chronicles not only the lives & eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation & suffering found respite in the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital established by Dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding & maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scale. The legacy of the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital & its founder endures today in the dozens of international Brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys & mules across Africa, Asia & Latin America. ...

SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER` One of the most beautiful books of the year... A symphony to the wonders of the natural world, & a stand against the disappearance of wild childhood` The Bookseller From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane & acclaimed artist & author Jackie Morris All over the country, there are words disappearing from children`s lives. These are the words of the natural world -- Dandelion, Otter, Bramble & Acorn, all gone. The rich landscape of wild imagination & wild play is rapidly fading from our children`s minds. The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of nature words & the natural world they invoke. With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane & h&-painted illustration by Jackie Morris, this enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language & nature for all ages. ...