The East End: Roman burial ground, mediaeval rubbish tip, Victorian hell hole, WW2 bombing target, 21st century gentrification template. Always a rum place...more details Format:Hardback Pages:320
This new edition of Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and practical reference guide to the most important aspects of modern Hebrew...more details Format:Hardback Pages:300
Dispatch: 3 to 7 business days, stock levels permitting
Glinert
ISBN:9780415700825
This new edition of Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and practical reference guide to the most important aspects of modern Hebrew...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:300
Dispatch: 3 to 7 business days, stock levels permitting
Glinert Ed
ISBN:9780141017181
From the mystics in Wellclose Square conjuring up golems in kabbalistic rituals to the gory Ratcliffe Highway Murders on a December night in 1811; from the Huguenot weavers to the horrors of the Black Death...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:224
Dispatch: 3 to 7 business days, stock levels permitting
GLINERT
ISBN:9780195086683
When do you say mazal tov? What is a get, a golem, a kibbutz, a chalutz? What four plant species are waved during prayers on the harvest festival of Sukkot? You'll find answers to these questions and hundreds of others in this remarkable collection of the best known...more details Format:Paperback Pages:304
Dispatch: 3 to 7 business days, stock levels permitting
Ed Glinert
ISBN:9780140279047
From the Globe at Bankside to the Wimpole Street home of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, London is , and always has been, crammed with literary life. Playwrights...more details Format:Paperback Pages:464
From the Globe at Bankside to the Wimpole Street home of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, London is, and always has been, crammed with literary life. Playwrights...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:464
Dispatch: 3 to 7 business days, stock levels permitting
Ed Glinert
ISBN:9780141012131
The streets of London resonate with secret stories, from East End lore to Cold War espionage, from tales of riots, rakes, brothers, anarchy and grisly murders...more details Format:Paperback Pages:512
Organised by London postal district and containing an entry on every significant building, place and street in London, this is a surprising and compelling look at the hidden city. Packed with stories on every conceivable subject from East End criminals to espionage...more details Format:Hardback Pages:512
Ed Glinert unearths some of the capital's most gruesome stories as he brings together this compendium of facts about London's dead. From famous and infamous people to unsung heroes and victims...more details Format:Hardback Pages:309
Dispatch: 3 to 7 business days, stock levels permitting
Ed Glinert
ISBN:9780713999716
In the same format as the successful "London Compendium", the "Manchester Compendium" will cover every aspect of human activity in England's second city - politics...more details Format:Hardback Pages:352
Dispatch: 3 to 7 business days, stock levels permitting
Glinert Ed
ISBN:9780141029306
In the same format as the successful "London Compendium", the "Manchester Compendium" relates the remarkable and diverse history of England's second city. Manchester's town hall and its Royal Exchange epitomise the city's architectural grandeur and its industrial heritage....more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:350
Dispatch: 3 to 7 business days, stock levels permitting
Ed Glinert
ISBN:9780007286423
Did Joseph of Arimathea really bring the holy grail to Glastonbury? Why do many conspiracy theorists believe architects such as Wren and Hawksmoore secretly built London according to principles from the Old Testament? What were the true reasons for the executions of martyrs such as Ridley...more details Format:Hardback Pages:400
Dispatch: 3 to 7 business days, stock levels permitting
Lewis Glinert
ISBN:9780521611886
A reference book on Modern Hebrew morphology and syntax, this describes the language as it is really spoken and written in Israel today. The author pays particular attention to functional distinctions...more details Format:Paperback Pages:612
The streets and squares of the West End of London, some of the most famous in the world, have been home to poets and pop stars, world-renowned artists and revolutionary anarchists. They have been a playground of gangsters and gamblers...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:400
Dispatch: 3 to 7 business days, stock levels permitting
Ed Glinert
ISBN:9780713999006
Like the East End, the West End has a strong and memorable identity. There are few more visited areas in Britain. It is a vigorous place, laden with wealth...more details Format:Hardback Pages:304