Author: David Hampshire
Publisher: Survival Books, Ltd.
Keywords: living, britain, working, amp, survival, handbook
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2008-02-25
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1905303122
ISBN-13: 9781905303120
Written in an entertaining style with a touch of humor, Living and Working in Britain is designed to provide newcomers with the practical information necessary for a relatively trouble-free life. Its contents include finding a job, permits & visas, health, accommodation, finance, insurance, education, shopping, post office and telephone services, public transport, motoring, TV and radio, leisure, sports and much, much more. It is packed with vital information and insider tips to help minimize culture shock and reduce the newcomers’ rookie period to a minimum. Living and Working in Br
Author: Martin Daunto
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: history, britain, social, economic, poverty, progress
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 1995-08-24
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0198222815
ISBN-13: 9780198222811
Previous textbooks on 18th and 19th century Britain have tended to be written either from a social and political standpoint, or about economics in the abstract, as if the history could be reduced to statistical analysis. The aim of this book is to incorporate the revisionist work on British economic growth, which deals impersonally in broad national aggregates, with the work of social and political historians. It stresses the connections between the economy and debates over public policy, and examines the regional variations in agriculture and industry, with particular attention to the differe
Author: Denise Yim
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: nineteenth, century, britain, music, letters, chinnerys, relationship, charted, viotti
Number of Pages: 293
Published: 2004-09-30
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0754631613
ISBN-13: 9780754631613
Features over 100 Viotti letters and other documents and drawing extensively on these papers investigates the new light they cast on Viotti’s life and career as a violinist, as well as the context in which he lived and worked, his connection with the Chinnery household and his relationship with Mme de Stael.
Author: Hunter Publishing
Publisher: Hunter Publishing (NJ)
Keywords: britain, pubs, inns, recommended, country, amp
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2005-01-30
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 1588434125
ISBN-13: 9781588434128
Author: Cynthia Clayton Ochterbeck
Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications
Keywords: britain, guide, michelin, english
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2007-10-15
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1906261083
ISBN-13: 9781906261085
The long-standing Michelin Travel Guides are an ideal travel companion for travelers who really want to connect with the world. Get to know the local way of life through detailed background information on the country, people, and culture. Quickly identify the best places to visit using Michelin’s star rating system. The best sites are highlighted on the sites map or you can follow a pre-planned driving tour. With the Michelin Travel Guide to Great Britain, examine a Bellini in Sir William Burrell’s Glasgow art collection, queue to watch House of Commons proceedings in London, sit
Authors:Roderick Floud, Paul Johnson,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: britain, volume, cambridge, modern, history, economic, paperback
Number of Pages: 494
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0521527384
ISBN-13: 9780521527385
Author: Phyllis Weliver
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: nineteenth, century, music, britain, poetry, british, figure
Number of Pages: 266
Published: 2005-04
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0754605477
ISBN-13: 9780754605478
How was music depicted in and mediated through Romantic and Victorian poetry? That is the question which this volume of essays explores in order to achieve a better understanding of the place of music and its significance in 19th-century British culture.
