The Beau Monde: Fashionable Society in Georgian London (Greig Hannah)(Paperback)

The Beau Monde: Fashionable Society in Georgian London (Greig Hannah)(Paperback)

The story of the world's first fashion-obsessed society in 18th-century London Caricatured for extravagance, vanity, glamorous celebrity and, all too often, embroiled in scandal and gossip, 18th-century London's fashionable society had a well-deserved reputation for frivolity. But to be

The Beau Monde: Fashionable Society in Georgian London (Greig Hannah)(Pevná vazba)

Caricatured for extravagance, vanity, glamorous celebrity and, all too often, embroiled in scandal and gossip, 18th-century London's fashionable society had a well-deserved reputation for frivolity. But to be fashionable in 1700s London meant more than simply being well dressed. Fashion denoted

The Kids (Lowe Hannah)(Paperback)

Hannah Lowe taught for a decade in an inner-city London sixth form. At the heart of this book of compassionate and energetic sonnets are 'The Kids', her students, the teenagers she nurtured. But the poems go further, meeting her own child self as she comes of age in the riotous 80s and 90s, later

The Georgian London Town House: Building, Collecting and Display (Retford Kate)(Paperback)

For every great country house of the Georgian period, there was usually also a town house. Chatsworth, for example, the home of the Devonshires, has officially been recognised as one of the country's favourite national treasures - but most of its visitors know little of Devonshire House, which the

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

Joseph Conrad's dark satire on English society In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and

Pandora

A pure pleasure of a novel set in Georgian London, where the discovery of a mysterious ancient Greek vase sets in motion conspiracies, revelations and romance.London, 1799. Dora Blake is an aspiring jewellery artist who lives with her uncle in what used to be her parents' famed shop of antiquities

Burning Bright (Chevalier Tracy)(Paperback / softback)

'A visual delight' The Times 'A splendidly vital recreation of Georgian London' Sunday

The Snow Angel (Taylor Lulu)(Paperback)

Cressida Felbridge is living the high life as a debutante in 1960s London society when she is courted by a friend of her brother's and set to marry. Her father decrees that she have her portrait painted, but as soon as she meets the painter Ralph Few, Cressie knows her life will never be the same

Down and Out in Paris and London (Orwell George)(Paperback / softback)

Deals with the underworld of society. In this book, the author documents a world of unrelenting drudgery and squalor - sleeping in bug-infested hostels and doss houses of last resort, working as a dishwasher in Paris' vile 'Hotel X', surviving on scraps and cigarette butts, living alongside tramps,

Life in Georgian Richmond, North Yorkshire: A Diary & Its Secrets (Hatcher Jane)(Paperback)

The Georgian Era was a period of immense change in Britain, immortalized in the work of writers such as Jane Austen and architects like John Nash. For such an evocative period, the question must be asked: what was life really like? In Life in Georgian Richmond, the authors present a rare

Awkward Age (James Henry)(Paperback / softback)

Nanda Brookenham is 'coming out' in London society. Thrust suddenly into the vicious, immoral circle that has gathered round her mother, she even finds herself in competition with Mrs Brookenham for the affection of the man she admires. Light and ironic in its touch, The Awkward Age nevertheless

On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service (Bowen Rhys)(Mass Market Paperbound)

Lady Georgiana Rannoch juggles secret missions from the Queen, her beau, and her mother in this mystery in the Royal Spyness series. When royal sleuth Georgie Rannoch receives a letter from her dearest friend Belinda, who's in an Italian villa awaiting the birth of her illegitimate baby, she yearns

Man Who Drew London (Tindall Gillian)(Paperback / softback)

Yet its populous river, its timbered streets, fashionable ladies, old St Paul's, the devestation of the Fire, the palace of Whitehall and the meadows of Islington live on for us in his etchings. Drawing on numerous sources, Gillian Tindall creates a montage of Hollar's life and times and of the

Healthy Placemaking: Wellbeing Through Urban Design (London Fred)(Paperback)

In modern-day society the main threats to public health are now considered 'avoidable illnesses', which are often caused by a lack of exercise and physical activity. Research suggests that architectural and urban design strategies play an important role in reducing the amount of avoidable illnesses

The Promise of Politics (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

In The Promise of Politics, Hannah Arendt examines the conflict between philosophy and politics. In particular, she shows how the tradition of Western political thought, which extends from Plato and Aristotle to its culmination in Marx, failed to account for human action. The concluding section of

The Natural Storyteller: Wildlife Tales for Telling (Keable Georgiana)(Paperback)

Georgiana Keable introduces a staggering wealth ofworld stories about nature and our role in it. These are traditional storiesthat have stood the test of time and often speak of what is universal andenduring in our experiences of and relationship with nature. Culturally diverseand told with great

Northanger Abbey (Austen Jane)(Paperback)

While enjoying a six weeks' stay in fashionable Bath, the young and callow Catherine Morland is introduced to the delights of high society. Thanks to a new literary diet of the sensational and the macabre, Catherine travels to Northanger Abbey fully expecting to become embroiled in a Gothic

Love and Intimacy in Contemporary Society: Love in an International Context (Brooks Ann)(Paperback)

Love and Intimacy in Contemporary Society reflects on relationships in contemporary society and the role of love and intimacy in framing lives. The book draws on sociological perspectives, cultural sociology and gender theory perspectives. It looks at how love and intimacy is experienced

Seasons of My Life (Hauxwell Hannah)(Paperback / softback)

The classic and much-loved memoir by Hannah Hauxwell about life in remote Yorkshire in the

Fall of the House of Byron - Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England (Brand Emily)(Paperback / softback)

A thrilling family story of aristocratic decadence and

Mismade Girl - The Juliette Society, Book III (Grey Sasha)(Paperback / softback)

The third book in the sensual Juliette Society

The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society (Edwards Michael)(Paperback)

In the past two decades, 'civil society' has become a central organizing concept in the social sciences. Occupying the middle ground between the state and private life, the civil sphere encompasses everything from associations to protests to church groups to nongovernmental organizations. Interest

Vinyl London: A Guide to Independent Record Shops (Greig Tom)(Paperback)

London's record shop scene is at its most vital and buoyant point since the 1990s, following a resurgence of interest in vinyl over recent years. Vinyl London is at once a practical guide, featuring maps, addresses, opening times and stock information, and an attractive visual celebration of

Hello World - How to be Human in the Age of the Machine (Fry Hannah)(Paperback / softback)