Great Britain category: 1218 books

A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph...

A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Garden Writers Association Gold Award There aren’t many books more beloved than The Tale of Peter Rabbit and even fewer authors as iconic as Beatrix Potter. Her characters—Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, and all the rest—exist in a charmed...

As I am obliged to spend the greatest part of my time in mathematical, philosophical, and physical studies, it was not my design to have written on this subject, although I was advised to do it more than twelve months ago; but on seeing the movements in France, on account of the Revolution, I altered...

*An iBooks US Bestseller* Mary J. Macleod and her husband left the London area for an idyllic place to raise their young children in the late sixties, and they found the island of Papavray in the Scottish Hebrides. There they bought a croft house on a “small acre” of land, and Mary J. (also...

As individuals, the Duchesses of Devonshire have made their mark on history, politics, and English high society. Collectively, they are a force which has made an indelible print on the conservation of their home at Chatsworth. There is no better place to try to get a sense of who these amazing women...

How well do you think you know the real Anne Boleyn? Five hundred years after her death, her legacy is still as strong as ever. Yet she continues to baffle historians. There is no better place to seek the truth about Anne than at her childhood home of Hever Castle. With this book you will unlock the...

Indian summer in the Outer Hebrides is a graphic novel about a magical journey through the Outer Hebrides, one of the most scenic but yet unknown Scottish archipelago. Short text, illustrations, poems : we tried everything to show how the Outer Hebrides changed us.

Book by Samuel Johnson, published in 1775. The Journey was the result of a three-month trip to Scotland that Johnson took with James Boswell in 1773. It contains Johnson's descriptions of the customs, religion, education, trade, and agriculture of a society that was new to him. The account in Boswell's...

Narrativa - racconto lungo (35 pagine) - Il resoconto leggero e divertente, a tratti surreale, di una vacanza sulle rive del Tamigi. Il racconto di Luigi Brasili è un concentrato di ironia, la scrittura scorrevole e ipnotica trascina il lettore per fargli visitare comodamente da casa, in compagnia...

Esto es Londres es el segundo de los álbumes creados por el ilustrador checo Miroslav Sasek (1916-1980) dedicados a las ciudades del mundo, que recupera El Patito a partir de su edición original de 1959. La obra presenta, con una mirada brillante y cargada de encanto, un recorrido por la ciudad...

Discover one of the world’s most fascinating and historic cities through 30 dramatic true stories spanning the rich history of London. Author Kevin Jackson takes readers through more than 2,000 years of British history with exciting essays on topics such as London’s origins, Richard the Lion-Hearted,...

A fascinating story of London as told through the buildings, parks, and palaces that are no longer there   From bull rings to ice fairs and plague pits to molly houses, this is a truly intriguing journey through London's forgotten past—unearthing both the extraordinary stories...

This fascinating biography of one of the world's most famous cities was originally published in the early 20th Century. It chronicles the life of London from its days as an early settlement through to more modern times. Including over 60 images, photographs, engravings and drawings, this excellent...

If you’ve ever wanted to know where the Underground’s station names come from, then this is the book for you! London by Tube is an essential read for anyone curious about London and its historic Underground. The book takes the reader on a fascinating journey around the Tube network to reveal...