The Thames
Title | The Thames PDF eBook |
Author | Mick Sinclair |
Publisher | Andrews UK Limited |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2012-04-24 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1908493186 |
It may not be the longest, deepest or widest river in the world but few bodies of water reveal as much about a nation's past and present, or as suggestive of its future, as England's River Thames. Tales of legendary lock-keepers and long-vanished weirs evoke the distant past of a river which evolved into a prime commercial artery linking the heart of England with the ports of Europe. In Victorian times, the Thames hosted regattas galore, its new bridges and tunnels were celebrated as marvels of their time, and London’s river was transformed from sewer to centrepiece of the British Empire. Talk of the Thames Gateway and the effectiveness of the Thames Barrier keeps the river in the news today, while the lengthening Thames Path makes the waterway more accessible than ever before. Through quiet meadows, rolling hills, leafy suburbia, industrial sites and a changing London riverside, Mick Sinclair tracks the Thames from source to sea, documenting internationally-known landmarks such as Tower Bridge and Windsor Castle and revealing lesser known features such as Godstow Abbey, Canvey Island, the Sandford Lasher, and George Orwell’s tranquil grave.
Metropolis
Title | Metropolis PDF eBook |
Author | Gábor Halász |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2013-12-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9401766894 |
London in the Twentieth Century
Title | London in the Twentieth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry White |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 578 |
Release | 2009-11-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1407013076 |
Jerry White's London in the Twentieth Century, Winner of the Wolfson Prize, is a masterful account of the city’s most tumultuous century by its leading expert. In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. For its inhabitants, such contradictions and diversity were the defining experience of the next century of dazzling change. In the worlds of work and popular culture, politics and crime, through war, immigration and sexual revolution, Jerry White’s richly detailed and captivating history shows how the city shaped their lives and how it in turn was shaped by them.
Espionage: Past, Present and Future?
Title | Espionage: Past, Present and Future? PDF eBook |
Author | Wesley K. Wark |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 173 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1136296905 |
Highlights of the volume include pioneering essays on the methodology of intelligence studies by Michael Fry and Miles Hochstein, and the future perils of the surveillance state by James Der Derian. Two leading authorities on the history of Soviet/Russian intelligence, Christopher Andrew and Oleg Gordievsky, contribute essays on the final days of the KGB. Also, the mythology surrounding the life of Second World War intelligence chief, Sir William Stephenson, The Man Called Intrepid', is penetrated in a persuasive revisionist account by Timothy Naftali. The collection is rounded off by a series of essays devoted to unearthing the history of the Canadian intelligence service.
London's River
Title | London's River PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Howard |
Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 9780241892374 |
London's River
Title | London's River PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Samuel De Maré |
Publisher | |
Pages | 134 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | London (England) |
ISBN | 9780370008462 |
Espionage
Title | Espionage PDF eBook |
Author | Wesley K. Wark |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Espionage |
ISBN | 071464515X |
Highlights of the volume include pioneering essays on the methodology of intelligence studies by Michael Fry and Miles Hochstein, and the future perils of the surveillance state by James Der Derian. Two leading authorities on the history of Soviet/Russian intelligence, Christopher Andrew and Oleg Gordievsky, contribute essays on the final days of the KGB. Also, the mythology surrounding the life of Second World War intelligence chief, Sir William Stephenson, The Man Called Intrepid', is penetrated in a persuasive revisionist account by Timothy Naftali. The collection is rounded off by a series of essays devoted to unearthing the history of the Canadian intelligence service.