The Heath

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838934812
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Book Synopsis The Heath by : Hunter Davies

Download or read book The Heath written by Hunter Davies and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging portrait of Hampstead Heath – a place rich not just in natural wonders but in history and monuments, emotions and memories, people and places. 'I enjoyed every inch of the way, from Parliament Hill to the Pergola... A late-life little masterpiece' Ferdinand Mount 'A love letter, both to the Heath and to his late wife' Islington Tribune 'An affectionate book which blends personal anecdote, history and interviews' Ham & High The eight hundred acres of Hampstead Heath lie just four miles from central London; and yet unlike the manicured inner-city parks, it feels like the countryside: it has hills and lakes, wild spots and tame spots. Hunter Davies has lived within a stone's throw of Hampstead Heath for more than sixty years and has walked on it nearly every day of his London life. For him, it is not just a place of recreation and relaxation but also a treasure-house of memories and emotions. In The Heath, he visits all parts of this, the largest area of common land in Britain's capital city: from Kenwood House to the Vale of Health, from Parliament Hill to Boudicca's Mound, and from the Ladies Bathing Pond to the fabulous pergola. As he walks, Davies talks to the diverse array of individuals who frequent the Heath: regulars; visitors; dog walkers; stall holders at the weekly farmer's market; famous faces having their morning stroll; twenty-first-century hippies spreading peace, love and happiness.

On Hampstead Heath

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ISBN 13 : 9781529422658
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (226 download)

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Book Synopsis On Hampstead Heath by : Marika Cobbold

Download or read book On Hampstead Heath written by Marika Cobbold and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

At the Pond

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ISBN 13 : 9781911547396
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Book Synopsis At the Pond by : Margaret Drabble

Download or read book At the Pond written by Margaret Drabble and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining personal reminiscence with reflections on the history of the place over the years and through the seasons, for the first time this collection brings together writers' impressions of the Pond.

Notes from Hampstead

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374530599
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (745 download)

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Book Synopsis Notes from Hampstead by : Elias Canetti

Download or read book Notes from Hampstead written by Elias Canetti and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTES FROM HAMPSTEAD is a map of the late Nobel Laureate Elias Canetti's thinking. Canetti draws on the troubled period following the death of his wife and the publication of his masterwork of social theory, CROWDS AND POWER. Wide-ranging in form and content, the book is suffused with Canetti's uncommon intelligence, his rage at the defects of the spirit, and an unquenchable thirst for elusive truths.

The Millstone

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Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547542143
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Book Synopsis The Millstone by : Margaret Drabble

Download or read book The Millstone written by Margaret Drabble and published by HMH. This book was released on 1998-10-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an upper-middle-class unwed mother in 1960s London, from a novelist who is “often as meticulous as Jane Austen and as deadly as Evelyn Waugh” (Los Angeles Times). In a newly swinging London, Rosamund Stacey indulges in a premarital sexual encounter—and soon thereafter finds herself pregnant. Despite her fierce independence and academic brilliance, Rosamund is in fact naïve and unworldly, and the choices before her are terrifying. But in the perfection and helplessness of her baby she finds an unconditional love she has never known before—and as she navigates a situation still considered scandalous in her circles, she may discover that motherhood and independence need not be mutually exclusive. From “one of Britain’s most dazzling writers,” the award-winning author of The Dark Flood Rises, The Millstone captures both a moment in history when women’s lives were changing dramatically and the timeless truths of the female experience (The New York Times Book Review).

Circles and Squares

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526643693
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (266 download)

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Book Synopsis Circles and Squares by : Caroline Maclean

Download or read book Circles and Squares written by Caroline Maclean and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spellbinding portrait of the Hampstead Modernists, threading together the lives, loves, rivalries and ambitions of a group of artists at the heart of an international avant-garde. Hampstead in the 1930s. In this peaceful, verdant London suburb, Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson have embarked on a love affair – a passion that will launch an era-defining art movement. In her chronicle of the exhilarating rise and fall of British Modernism, Caroline Maclean captures the dazzling circle drawn into Hepworth and Nicholson's wake: among them Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Herbert Read, and famed émigrés Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and Piet Mondrian, blown in on the winds of change sweeping across Europe. Living and working within a few streets of their Parkhill Road studios, the artists form Unit One, a cornerstone of the Modernist movement which would bring them international renown. Drawing on previously unpublished archive material, Caroline Maclean's electrifying Circles and Squares brings the work, loves and rivalries of the Hampstead Modernists to life as never before, capturing a brief moment in time when a new way of living seemed possible. United in their belief in art's power to change the world, her cast of trailblazers radiate hope and ambition during one of the darkest chapters of the twentieth century.

Great Apes

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Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802193366
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Book Synopsis Great Apes by : Will Self

Download or read book Great Apes written by Will Self and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people lost their sense of proportion, others their sense of scale, but Simon Dykes, a middle-aged, successful London painter, has lost his sense of perspective in a most disturbing fashion. After a night of routine, pedestrian debauchery, traipsing from toilet to toilet, and imbibing a host of narcotics on the way, Simon wakes up cuddled in his girlfriend’s loving arms. Much to his dismay, however, his girlfriend has turned into a chimpanzee. To add insult to injury, the psychiatric crash team sent to deal with him as he flips his lid is also comprised of chimps. Indeed, the entire city is overrun by clever primates, who, when they are not jostling for position, grooming themselves, or mating some of the females, can be found driving Volvos, hanging out on street corners, and running the world. Nonetheless convinced that he is still a human, Simon is confined to the emergency psychiatric ward of Charing Cross Hospital, where he becomes the patient of Dr. Zack Busner, clinical psychologist, medical doctor, anti-psychiatrist, and former television personality—an expert at the height of his reign as alpha male. As Busner attempts to convince him that “everyone who is fully sentient in this world are chimpanzees,” Simon struggles with the horrifying delusion that he is really a human trapped in a chimp’s body. Written with the same brilliant satiric wit that has distinguised Self’s earlier fiction, Great Apes is a hilarious, often disturbing, and absolutely original take on man’s place in the evolutionary chain. In a strange and twisted tale that recalls Jonathan Swift and Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Will Self’s comic genius is impossible to ignore.

Woman at the Devil's Door

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253034655
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Book Synopsis Woman at the Devil's Door by : Sarah Beth Hopton

Download or read book Woman at the Devil's Door written by Sarah Beth Hopton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the haunting untold true story of the woman whose crimes inspired speculation that Jack the Ripper was a woman. On October 24, 1890, a woman was discovered on a pile of rubbish in Hampstead, North London. Her arms were lacerated and her face bloodied; her head was severed from her body save a few sinews. Later that day, a blood-soaked stroller was found leaning against a residential gate, and the following morning the dead body of a baby was found hidden underneath a nettle bush. So began the chilling story of the Hampstead Tragedy. Eventually, Scotland Yard knocked on the door of No. 2 Priory Street, home to Mary Eleanor Pearcey, the pretty 24-year-old mistress whose dying request was as bizarre and mysterious as her life. Woman at the Devil's Door is a thrilling look at this notorious murderer and the webs she wove.

The Hampstead Mystery

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Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017500875
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis The Hampstead Mystery by : John R. Watson

Download or read book The Hampstead Mystery written by John R. Watson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Hampstead Garden Suburb

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ISBN 13 : 9781860774041
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Hampstead Garden Suburb by : Mervyn Miller

Download or read book Hampstead Garden Suburb written by Mervyn Miller and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hampstead Garden Suburb, described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as 'the most nearly perfect example of the unique English invention the Garden Suburb', celebrates its centenary in 2007. Founded by Dame Henrietta Barnett, after a long campaign to protect the open land north of Hampstead Heath from indiscriminate development, the Suburb was planned by Raymond Unwin, with Edwin Lutyens responsible for the Central Square with its twin churches and institute. Unwin, with his partner Barry Parker, had recently planned Letchworth, the first garden city, while Lutyens, after a decade of designing country houses, was anxious to participate in the 'high game' of classical architecture and civic design. The built environment of the Suburb encapsulates a unique blend of Arts and Crafts informality and meticulously detailed Queen Anne and Georgian style.

The Joy of Addiction: Confessions of a Teenage Wastrel

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ISBN 13 : 9781739991302
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (913 download)

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Taking the Waters

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Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780711232389
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (323 download)

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Book Synopsis Taking the Waters by : Caitlin Davies

Download or read book Taking the Waters written by Caitlin Davies and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the Waters is a celebration of four unique swimming spots on Hampstead Heath: the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond, the Highgate Men’s Pond, the Mixed Bathing Pond, and the Parliament Hill Lido. People have swum at the ponds for over 200 years – from champion swimmers and world famous divers, to international film stars and hardy year round bathers – while the Lido is one of London’s few remaining outdoor pools. Together they attract over a quarter of a million visits a year. How and why did they come to be and what stories do they have to tell? This book is an illustrated history full of personal memories, archive images and stunning modern photography.

Between Each Breath

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ISBN 13 : 9781446418901
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (189 download)

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Book Synopsis Between Each Breath by : Adam Thorpe

Download or read book Between Each Breath written by Adam Thorpe and published by . This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Perfect London Walk

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Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780836279290
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (792 download)

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Book Synopsis The Perfect London Walk by : Daniel Curley

Download or read book The Perfect London Walk written by Daniel Curley and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes a walking tour in London, off the beaten path, and shares observations on British customs and history, and points of interest along the way.

The Book of Dave

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141902507
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis The Book of Dave by : Will Self

Download or read book The Book of Dave written by Will Self and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Dave is Booker-shortlisted author Will Self's dazzling sixth novel What if a demented London cabbie called Dave Rudman wrote a book to his estranged son to give him some fatherly advice? What if that book was buried in Hampstead and hundreds of years later, when rising sea levels have put London underwater, spawned a religion? What if one man decided to question life according to Dave? And what if Dave had indeed made a mistake? Shuttling between the recent past and a far-off future where England is terribly altered, The Book of Dave is a strange and troubling mirror held up to our times: disturbing, satirizing and vilifying who and what we think we are. At once a meditation upon the nature of received religion, a love story, a caustic satire of contemporary urban life and a historical detective story set in the far future - this compulsive novel will be enjoyed by readers everywhere, including fans of Martin Amis and Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange. 'Vivid, visceral and breathtakingly ambitious, this is Self's best yet' GQ 'Mindboggling ... darkly hilarious ... A fascinating book' Evening Standard Will Self is the author of nine novels including Cock and Bull; My Idea of Fun; Great Apes; How the Dead Live; Dorian, an Imitation; The Book of Dave; The Butt; Walking to Hollywood and Umbrella, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has written five collections of shorter fiction and three novellas: The Quantity Theory of Insanity; Grey Area; License to Hug; The Sweet Smell of Psychosis; Design Faults in the Volvo 760 Turbo; Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys; Dr. Mukti and Other Tales of Woe and Liver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes. Self has also compiled a number of nonfiction works, including The Undivided Self: Selected Stories; Junk Mail; Perfidious Man; Sore Sites; Feeding Frenzy; Psychogeography; Psycho Too and The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker.

Floating Dragon

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Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417801602
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Floating Dragon by : Peter Straub

Download or read book Floating Dragon written by Peter Straub and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quiet suburban town of Hampstead is threatened by two horrors--one is natural, the unstoppable creation of man's power gone mad. The other is not natural at all--and makes the first look like child's play. Includes a new Introduction by the author. Reissue.

HOW HAMPSTEAD HEATH WAS SAVED

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ISBN 13 : 9781913213008
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis HOW HAMPSTEAD HEATH WAS SAVED by : HELEN. LAWRENCE

Download or read book HOW HAMPSTEAD HEATH WAS SAVED written by HELEN. LAWRENCE and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: