Max Decharne: 2 books
Capital Crimes
Seven Centuries of London Life and Murder
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Over seven centuries London has changed dramatically - from walled medieval settlement to bustling modern metropolis. But throughout its history there has been one inescapable constant: murder. It winds through the heart of the capital as surely as the River Thames.
Capital Crimes tells the...
Straight from the Fridge, Dad
A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2002
Righteous jive for all you weedheads, moochers, b-girls, gassers, bandrats, triggermen, grifters, snowbirds, and long-gone daddies.
Much of the slang popularly associated with the hippie generation of the 1960s actually dates back to before World War II, hijacked in the main from jazz and blues...