Examines the ways in which urban modernity reshapes 'cultural experience'. This work explores the ways that categories of sexual identity and behaviour were reformulated in relation to the restructuring of urban space and the...
Great Britain
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Author:Swanson, GillianSummary: - Author:Hughes, TalbotSummary:
Explanations of Western European trends in men and women's fashion from prehistoric times to the Victorian Era.
- Author:McCully, Emily ArnoldSummary:
This illuminating biography reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain's most infamous Romantic poet, became the world's first computer programmer. Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing....
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Author:Winston, JoeSummary:This practical handbook for teachers and students makes a major contribution to the growing literature on drama ad its place within children's learning.
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Author:Stoker, BramSummary:When Count Dracula departs Transylvania on a Russian ship, crew members begin to mysteriously disappear. After the ship docks, and more people are attacked, rumours of a monster quickly spread. When Abraham Van Helsing is asked to...
- Author:Fleming, IanSummary:
While in Jamaica looking for a missing agent and his secretary, James Bond learns that the reclusive Dr. No could be connected with their disappearance. When Bond and the exotic Honey Rider are imprisoned on Dr. No's private island...
- Author:Willis, ConnieSummary:
One of the most respected and awarded of all contemporary science fiction writers, Connie Willis repeatedly amazes her many admiring fans with her ability to create vivid characters in unusual situations. With Doomsday Book, she takes...
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Written by legal academics-an American Indian from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe, a New Zealand Maori (Ngati Rawkawa and Ngati Ranginui), an Aboriginal Australian (EualayaiGammilaroi), and a Cree (Neheyiwak) in the country now known as...
- Author:Fleming, IanSummary:
Diamonds are being smuggled on a formidable scale from Africa to America via Britain. 007's assignment is to break the smuggling ring. It's a dangerous mission that takes him to the racecourse and mud-baths of Saratoga Springs...
- Author:Kleypas, LisaSummary:
New York Times bestseller Lisa Kleypas returns with an enthralling and steaming romance between a Scot with a mysterious past and strong-willed lady looking for adventure-and love. "The devil never tries to make people do the wrong...
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Author:White, Nicolas J.Summary:This updated Seminar Studies volume provides an overview of the process of British decolonisation. The eclipse of the British empire has, of course, been one of the central features of postwar international history. At the end of the...
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Thomas Clarady is recruited to spy on a group of radical Puritans at Cambridge University. Francis Bacon is his spymaster; his tutor in both tradecraft and religious politics. Their commission gets off to a deadly start when Tom finds...
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Liza, an orphan girl living on the cold streets of London in 1834, is able to rise above her squalid surroundings to bring joy to the lives of others. Although only 11, she displays amazing courage as she cares for a younger child and...
- Author:Geiger, John, Beattie, OwenSummary:
In 1719, James Knight set out with two ships and 40 men to find the north-west passage, never to be seen again. This book records the authors' search for the truth behind their disappearance, using historical clues, archaeological...
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Author:Barnes, TrevorSummary:Based on newly-released archival material and inside sources from around the world, this book follows the hunt for the highly damaging Portland Spy Ring. The narrative, layered with false identities, deceptions, and betrayal,...
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Author:Speedwell, RowanSummary:Le très charmant flambeur Tristan Northwood semble avoir tout pour lui dans la vie : un nom de famille ancien, un héritage noble, une femme merveilleuse et un fils qu’il aime par-dessus tout. Les femmes l’adorent, les hommes l’admirent...
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Author:Kennedy, A.L.Summary:In 1939, Alfred Day had wanted war. And when he got it, he found purpose in its turmoil: he found his proper role as tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew; and -- most extraordinary of all --...
- Author:Sutcliff, RosemarySummary:
Dawn Wind is a historical novel for children and young adults written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1961 by Oxford University Press, with illustrations by Charles Keeping. It takes place in Britain in the sixth century, after...
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Author:Evelina, NicoleSummary:Before queenship and Camelot, Guinevere was a priestess of Avalon. She loved another before Arthur, a warrior who would one day betray her.In the war-torn world of late fifth century Britain, young Guinevere faces a choice: stay with...
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Author:Finnis, JaneSummary:A fine summer in 100 A.D. and good government under Trajan Caesar promise well for the Roman settlers in the frontier province of Britannia. Aurelia Marcella runs a mansion on a busy road to York. June is always busy, but one day two...
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