Arcturus The British on Holiday Glynne-Jones Tim

Чаепития и ужины по телевизору, очереди и поездки на работу, забастовки и уличные вечеринки, линолеум и газонокосилки - прошлый век был благодатным временем в развитии британского образа жизни. И начиная с бурных двадцатых годов и заканчивая комичной эксцентричностью 1970-х, британский образ жизни претерпел масштабную революцию. Книга "Британцы дома" запечатлела это порой неловкое развитие событий в подборке трогательных фотографий, которые навеют на вас приятные воспоминания • Книга на английском языке • Teasmades and TV dinners, queuing and commuting, strikes and street parties, lino and lawnmowers - the last century was a fertile time in the development of the British way of life. And from the Roaring Twenties to the comical eccentricity of the 1970s, the British way of life underwent a massive revolution

Мясник, пекарь, изготовитель подсвечников, кораблестроитель, банкир, молочник и танцор... эта книга отражает всю гамму трудовых практик Британии в 20 веке, когда страна превратилась из гордой промышленной державы в более яркую творческую силу. От бегунов с препятствиями в плоских кепках, взбирающихся на лондонские памятники, до толпы женщин в Ливерпуле, оформляющих купоны на посещение бассейнов, в нем представлены потрясающие фотографии, которые оживляют человеческую сторону постоянно меняющегося рабочего ландшафта Британии • Книга на английском языке • The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, shipbuilder, banker, milkman and dancer... this book captures the gamut of working practices of Britain in the 20th century, when the nation went from a proud industrial power to a more flamboyant creative force

The 1930s came in with the Great Depression and went out with World War II. Amid all the political and financial upheaval, it was a decade that saw many traditions shaken to their foundations and new thinking taking centre-stage, leading to the abdication of Edward VIII, great leaps forward in health and education and the launch of BBC television. In this book the human side of this revolutionary decade is captured vividly in words and pictures

Take a stroll down Memory Lane with this wonderful collection of photographs of Britain in the 1960s, a revolutionary decade when the consumer society arrived on every family's doorstep and Swinging London briefly came to be the centre of the world. Over 90 photographs are accompanied by a witty and moving commentary describing a golden decade when the traditional stiff upper lip gave way to the counter-culture and kids no longer wanted to be like Dad and Mum. This was a time of great change when families started holidaying abroad, mods and rockers fought at seaside resorts and television came to be the centre-piece of many homes. Born in the 40s and Born in the 50s, this is guaranteed to produce a golden glow in every reader, and a perfect family gift

ake a stroll down Memory Lane with this wonderful collection of photographs of Britain in the 1940s, which evokes those Happy Days when everyone pulled together to defeat Hitler and kept smiling despite the hardship of the post-war years. Over 90 photographs are accompanied by a witty and moving commentary describing a decade when the 'Three Rs' ruled in every classroom, it was safe for children to play out on the streets and boys had sensible names like James, Robert and John, while the top three names for girls were Mary, Barbara and Patricia. A companion volume to Born in the 50s and Born in the 60s, this is guaranteed to produce a golden glow in every reader, and a perfect family gift

Take a stroll down Memory Lane with this wonderful collection of photographs of Britain in the 1970s, a fast-changing decade which saw a steady rise in living standards, the introduction of package tours abroad, far too many oranges and browns in home furnishings, bottles of Blue Nun and Black Tower, Vesta curries, spacehoppers, Bagpuss and Curlie-Wurlies, prawn cocktails and avocados, colour TV, Kevin Keegan's perm, the Nolan Sisters, Abba, Edward Heath & Harold Wilson, Arthur Scargill & Maggie Thatcher

Discover the wonder of mathematics with this comprehensive encyclopedia. Full of surprising facts and stunning photographs, this book will reveal how numbers shape our lives, from computer coding to making music • Key concepts in maths are explained in easy-to-understand terms, and clarified by clear diagrams. Theories are linked back to the real world, showing that maths is accessible, meaningful, and most of all enjoyable

The poems of Wilfred Owen have shaped our remembrance of World War I. The power of his writing arises not only from his role as witness but due to his poetical prowess and the strength of his descriptions. His work conveys the sheer range of suffering experienced during the war, from the graphic depiction of a gas attack in 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and the blinding of a soldier in 'The Sentry' to the reflections on madness in 'Mental Cases' and 'The Chances' to the nightmarish visions of a haunted psyche in 'Strange Meeting'. Owen's poems capture the physical, mental and emotional toll of the war with devasting clarity. A leading voice for a lost generation, he was killed in November 1918, one week before the war's end

'The Boy-scouts mistook my signal, and have killed the postman. I've had very little practice in this sort of thing, you see' • The British short story tradition is probably the richest, most varied and historically extensive in the world. This new anthology celebrates the full diversity and energy of its writers, subjects and tones, from the story's origins with Defoe, Swift and Fielding, to the 'golden age' of the fin de siecle and Edwardian period, ending with the First World War. Including the most famous authors as well as some magnificent, little-known stories never republished since their first appearance in magazines and periodicals, these stories are by turns topical and playful, ghostly and theatrical, rumbustious and sublime • Edited with an introduction by Philip Hensher

Who was Britain's longest reigning monarch? Did Henry I assassinate his brother? How did clans develop in feudal Scotland? • For more than 1,000 years the British monarchy has dramatically shaped national and international history. Kings and queens have conquered territory, imposed religious change and extracted taxation, each with their own motivations and ambitions • In this beautifully illustrated book, Cath Senker delves into the extraordinary history of the British monarchy and its host of kings, queens and pretenders. There have been benevolent rulers, violent ones, religious fanatics, brilliant economists, masters of diplomacy and the power hungry. But whether they have abused their power or used it for good, each monarch has played a part in the rich tapestry of British history, coping with both international and civil wars, rebellions and criticism

Why did Florence Nightingale introduce pie charts? How did Lewis Carroll regard Pythagoras? Who learned calculus from her nursery wallpaper? • Spanning from the ancient world to the modern age, The Great Mathematicians tells fascinating and unusual tales of the men and women who transformed mathematics. We meet the mathematician who knew eight languages by the time he was 11, the one who was sent to jail for gambling and the one who published a lot yet never existed • As well as providing rich bibliographic detail, Professors Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson explain various theorems using concise and accessible language. These include the Pythagorean theorem, Godel's Incompleteness theorem, Fermat's Last Theorem and many more. Flood and Wilson are both former presidents of the British Society for the History of Mathematics and are uniquely qualified to lay out this incredible tale

Orb and sceptre, crown and coinage, pomp and circumstance ... sharpen your pencil and connect the dots to reveal more than 30 fascinating scenarios featuring the British monarchy. With images of key members of the family, including William and Kate, and Harry and Meghan, this book is packed with pictures to thrill watchers and puzzle enthusiasts alike