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Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames

Author : Lara Maiklem
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 163149497X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames written by Lara Maiklem and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Engrossing . . . evokes the subculture of the ‘mudlarks,’ who scour the banks for fragments of London’s past.”—The New Yorker The international bestseller that mesmerizingly charts quixotic journeys through London’s past, Mudlark thrills Anglophiles and history lovers alike. Long heralded as a city treasure herself, beloved “Mudlark” Lara Maiklem tirelessly treks along the Thames’ muddy shores, unearthing a myriad of artifacts and their stories—from Roman hairpins and perfectly preserved Tudor shoes to the clay pipes that were smoked in riverside taverns. Seamlessly interweaving reflections from her own life with meditations on the art of wandering, Maiklem ultimately delivers a treatise “as deep and as rich as the Thames and its treasures” (Stanley Tucci).

Mudlarking

Author : Lara Maiklem
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 140888920X
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Mudlarking written by Lara Maiklem and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-18 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: _______________ WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION THE TOP 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR _______________ Mudlark (/'mAdla;k/) noun A person who scavenges for usable debris in the mud of a river or harbour Lara Maiklem has scoured the banks of the Thames for over fifteen years, in pursuit of the objects that the river unearths: from Neolithic flints to Roman hair pins, medieval buckles to Tudor buttons, Georgian clay pipes to Victorian toys. These objects tell her about London and its lost ways of life. Moving from the river's tidal origins in the west of the city to the point where it meets the sea in the east, Mudlarking is a search for urban solitude and history on the River Thames, which Lara calls the longest archaeological site in England. As she has discovered, it is often the tiniest objects that tell the greatest stories. _______________ 'Enchanting' - Sunday Times 'Driven by curiosity, freighted with mystery and tempered by chance, wonders gleam from every page' - Melissa Harrison 'Brilliant. No one has looked at these odd corners since Sherlock Holmes' - Sunday Telegraph 'The very best books that deal with the past are love letters to their subject, and the very best of those are about subjects that love their authors in return. Such books are very rare, but this is one' - Ian Mortimer 'Fascinating. There is nothing that Maiklem does not know about the history of the river or the thingyness of things' - Guardian 'A treasure. One of the best books I've read in years' - Tracy Borman

Thames Mudlarking

Author : Jason Sandy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784424307
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Thames Mudlarking written by Jason Sandy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often seen combing the shoreline of the River Thames at low tide, groups of archaeology enthusiasts known as 'mudlarks' continue a tradition that dates back to the eighteenth century. Over the years they have found a vast array of historical artefacts providing glimpses into the city's past. Objects lost or discarded centuries ago – from ancient river offerings such as the Battersea Shield and Waterloo Helmet, to seventeenth-century trade tokens and even medals for bravery – have been discovered in the river. This book explores a fascinating assortment of finds from prehistoric to modern times, which collectively tell the rich and illustrious story of London and its inhabitants.

London Labour and the London Poor

Author : Henry Mayhew
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1605207330
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book London Labour and the London Poor written by Henry Mayhew and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assembled from a series of newspaper articles first published in the newspaper *Morning Chronicle* throughout the 1840s, this exhaustively researched, richly detailed survey of the teeming street denizens of London is a work both of groundbreaking sociology and salacious voyeurism. In an 1850 review of the survey, just prior to its initial book publication, William Makepeace Thackeray called it "tale of terror and wonder" offering "a picture of human life so wonderful, so awful, so piteous and pathetic, so exciting and terrible, that readers of romances own they never read anything like to it." Delving into the world of the London "street-folk"-the buyers and sellers of goods, performers, artisans, laborers and others-this extraordinary work inspired the socially conscious fiction of Charles Dickens in the 19th century as well as the urban fantasy of Neil Gaiman in the late 20th. Volume I explores the lives of: the "wandering tribes" costermongers sellers of fish, fruits and vegetables sellers of books and stationery sellers of manufactured goods women and children on the streets and more. English journalist HENRY MAYHEW (1812-1887) was a founder and editor of the satirical magazine *Punch.*

Mudlark

Author : John Sedden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780141318684
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Mudlark written by John Sedden and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of two boys living in Portsmouth at the time of the First World War. Jimmy and Reg have no fathers, and help eke out their mothers' paltry wages by mudlarking - scavenging for coins in the black mud of Portsmouth harbour. When they find a skull in the mud, they unleash a chain of events which ends in the boys uncovering a terrible secret of murder. Seven women have been killed - is it Jack the Ripper again? For some reason the authorities are covering up the murders and the boys are arrested and then drafted into the army to stop them talking. Jimmy has been suspecting the king - he's always visiting the troops when the women are murdered, but the truth turns out to be just as shocking.

Mudlarks

Author : Vickie Donoghue
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408173050
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Mudlarks written by Vickie Donoghue and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mudlarks is a tragic, beautifully realised play about three young men trapped at the wrong end of the river. On the muddy banks of the Thames, downstream from the bright lights of London, three boys hide from the police after a night of recklessness. Over the course of the freezing night their fears, secrets and dreams emerge, collide and combust revealing the desperate frustration of lives barely led but already ravaged. As morning dawns, their options diminish and just two questions remain: do they have the power to determine their own fates, or are they destined to sink into the mud? Mudlarks heralds the arrival of an urgent new voice in British theatre. Essex-born Vickie Donoghue'spowerful debut exposes the culture she grew up with and sees on a daily basis. With brutal honesty she explores teenagers' impulse to dream, and its futility in a reality that has no space for dreamers.

The World of Child Labor

Author : Hugh D. Hindman
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 0765626470
Total Pages : 1033 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (656 download)

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Download or read book The World of Child Labor written by Hugh D. Hindman and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2009 with total page 1033 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The World of Child Labor" details both the current and historical state of child labor in each region of the world, focusing on its causes, consequences, and cures. Child labor remains a problem of immense social and economic proportions throughout the developing world, and there is a global movement underway to do away with it. Volume editor Hugh D. Hindman has assembled an international team of leading child labor scholars, researchers, policy-makers, and activists to provide a comprehensive reference with over 220 essays. This volume first provides a current global snapshot with overview essays on the dimensions of the problem and those institutions and organizations combating child labor. Thereafter the organization of the work is regional, covering developed, developing, and less developed regions of the world.The reference goes around the globe to document the contemporary and historical state of child labor within each major region (Africa, Latin and South America, North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Oceania) including country-level accounts for nearly half of the world's nations. Country-level essays for more developed nations include historical material in addition to current issues in child labor. All country-level essays address specific facets of child labor problems, such as industries and occupations in which children commonly work, the national child welfare policy, occupational safety regulations, educational system, and laws, and often highlight significant initiatives against child labor.Current statistical data accompany most country-level essays that include ratifications to UN and ILO conventions, the Human Development Index, human capital indicators, economic indicators, and national child labor surveys conducted by the Statistical Information and Monitoring Program on Child Labor. "The World of Child Labor" is designed to be a self-contained, comprehensive reference for high school, college, and professional researchers. Maps, photos, figures, tables, references, and index are included.

The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music written by Colin Larkin and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the facts and informed opinion that you need on the artists who made the history of this decade are contained in this single volume, distilled from The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, universally acclaimed as the world's leading source of reference on rock and pop history.

Mudlark's Ghosts

Author : Ian Scott
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1574092456
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Mudlark's Ghosts written by Ian Scott and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mudlark, build in 1953, is a modified version of the iconic Meadow Lark, a shallow-draft leeboard sharpie ketch designed by L Francis Herreshoff. But she is about to sink. Ian Scott decides to save her, and to do the work himself. This is the story of why and how he devoted many years to the restoration of Mudlark, and of what he learned in the process about wooden boats, the timbers they are made of, the designers and craftsmen who make and repair them, the tools they use and, not least, about himself. It is also the story of his imaginary conversation with Mudlark's ghosts: the designer, the naval architect who modified the sail plan, the commissioning owner and the builder. All are long dead, but their work lives on in Mudlark.

A Mudlark's Treasures

Author : Ted Sandling
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 1781012172
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book A Mudlark's Treasures written by Ted Sandling and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A beautiful book.' Daily Mail 'Exhilaratingly curious.' Evening Standard 'Gripping.' Spectator 'Brilliant.' Penelope Lively 'Indefatigably researched.' Country Life 'Beautifully illustrated.' Monocle Mudlarking, the act of searching the Thames foreshore for items of value, has a long tradition in England's capital. In the late 18th and 19th centuries, mudlarks were small boys grubbing a living from scrap. Today’s mudlarks unearth relics of the past from the banks of the Thames which tell stories of Londoners throughout history. From Roman tiles to elegant Georgian pottery, presented here are modern-day mudlark Ted Sandling's most evocative finds, gorgeously photographed. Together they create a mosaic of everyday London life through the centuries, touching on the journeys, pleasures, vices, industries, adornments and comforts of a world city. This unique and stunning book celebrates the beauty of small things, and makes sense of the intangible connection that found objects give us to the individuals who lost them.

Cleansing the City

Author : Michelle Elizabeth Allen
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821417703
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Cleansing the City written by Michelle Elizabeth Allen and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleansing the City: Sanitary Geographies in Victorian Londonexplores not only the challenges faced by reformers as they strove toclean up an increasingly filthy city but the resistance to their efforts.Beginning in the 1830s, reform-minded citizens, under the banner of sanitaryimprovement, plunged into London's dark and dirty spaces and returned withthe material they needed to promote public health legislation and magnificentprojects of sanitary engineering. Sanitary reform, however, was not alwaysmet with unqualified enthusiasm. While some improvements, such as slumclearances, the development of sewerage, and the embankment of the Thames,may have made London a cleaner place to live, these projects also destroyedand reshaped the built environment, and in doing so, altered the meanings andexperiences of the city. From the novels of Charles Dickens and George Gissing to anonymous magazinearticles and pamphlets, resistance to reform found expression in the nostalgicappreciation of a threatened urban landscape and anxiety about domestic autonomyin an era of networked sanitary services. Cleansing the City emphasizes the disruptions and disorientation occasioned by purification--a process we are generally inclined to see as positive. By recovering these sometimes oppositional, sometimes ambivalent responses, Michelle Allen elevates a significant undercurrent of Victorian thought into the mainstream and thus provides insight into the contested nature of sanitary modernization.

The Time They Saved Tomorrow

Author : Steve Nallon
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1804251518
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Time They Saved Tomorrow written by Steve Nallon and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2024-03-31 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in The Swidgers series. He can't lie, he can't harm but he can save lives. After their dramatic escape from the devastating fire at the Old Coach Inn, the Swidger railway tunnel takes William Arthur and Granny on to London for what appears to be a new adventure ... or is it? Dark forces that seeks out William Arthur are at play, leading our young hero to doubt his future as a SWIDGER. But then he is given a mysterious red book by an old man with a white beard. William is told to protect it with his life – yet the pages are blank. A sudden catastrophe changes everything and William and Granny must somehow find a way to put the world back to what it was. Could the blank pages of the mystery red book somehow be the key? Only time will tell

The Mud Puddlers

Author : Pamela Rushby
Publisher : Walker Books Australia
ISBN 13 : 1760655821
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book The Mud Puddlers written by Pamela Rushby and published by Walker Books Australia. This book was released on 2023-04-05 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What lies hidden in the mud? What might happen if you look at it too long? And what will happen if you let it go? Twelve-year-old Nina is not happy. Her scientist parents are spending a year in Antarctica. And Nina's being sent to London to stay with her Aunt Bee, an intertidal archaeologist, who lives on a converted barge on the Thames. She's also a keen mud larker, combing the river mud for fascinating, long-forgotten articles from past lives. Nina arrives with an Attitude. Her parents have never left her behind before. It takes time for her to settle in, helped by the MudPuddlers, a local group of enthusiastic amateur mud larks, and especially by Molly, an elderly MudPuddler living on a nearby barge. Molly draws Nina into the magic and mystery of the ancient river and its treasures. When she finds herself stranded in time, in the Blitz in 1940, Nina and a very unwilling fellow traveller, Tom, become runaways, fumbling their way across wartime England, desperate to return to London. Will they ever see their families again?

The Headington Parish Magazine

Author : St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Headington Parish Magazine written by St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Once a Monster

Author : Robert Dinsdale
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1529097401
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Once a Monster written by Robert Dinsdale and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gothic, historical tale of found family and friendship, loss and redemption, Once a Monster is a dazzling reimagining of the myth of the Minotaur set in 19th century London. ‘Robert Dinsdale mixes history and mythology with great panache . . . Richly textured and with an appropriately labyrinthine plot . . . Book of the Month’ - Book of the Month, The Sunday Times Some villains are meant to be heroes . . . London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames along the Ratcliffe Highway. An orphan since her mother died, leaving Nell with only broken dreams and a pair of satin slippers, she spends her days searching for treasure in the mud in order to appease her master, Benjamin Murdstone. But one day, Nell discovers a strange body on the shore. Nearly seven feet tall, the creature has matted hair covering his legs, and on his head is the suggestion of horns. Nell's fellow mudlarks urge her to steal what she can, but as she ventures closer the figure draws breath – and Nell is forced to make a decision that will change her life for ever . . . From the critically acclaimed author of The Toymakers, Robert Dinsdale. Perfect for lovers of historical fiction with a mythical twist, such as Stone Blind and Madeline Miller's Circe. ‘A wonderful magic trick of a story . . . Dinsdale is a beautiful, evocative story teller’ – Stuart Turton, bestselling author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle ‘Imaginative mash-up of the mythical with Victorian gothic’ – The Times ‘Historical writing at its finest’ - Essie Fox, bestselling author of The Fascination

Seems Like a Nice Boy

Author : Mike Malyon
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1911476009
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Seems Like a Nice Boy written by Mike Malyon and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name Larry Grayson will be instantly recognisable to anyone who can remember the 1970s when his catchphrase ‘Shut That Door' was on everybody's lips. However, Larry’s rise to fame was slow in coming, born of years of perfecting his craft in clubs and theatres across the country. This biography details Larry’s early life, how he was handed over as a baby to a miner's family in mysterious circumstances and brought up by his beloved foster sister, Flo, who was to become his lifelong companion. As a boy, encouraged by Flo, Larry would perform comedy routines for his school chums, standing on a tin bath in a wash-house yard, and he took his first steps into showbiz as a teenager with a local concert party. Seems Like a Nice Boy describes how, after a long career, Larry was eventually spotted by a top agent and set on the road to stardom, not only on stage but on television. Larry went on to host The Generation Game, attracting weekly audiences of around twenty million viewers and bringing Larry the kind of fame that he had always dreamed of. This fascinating book reveals how Larry Grayson’s determination to succeed turned him into one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers. This is a must-have read for Larry Grayson fans and anyone who enjoys classic comedy from a bygone age.

The Flight of the Griffin

Author : C.M. Gray
Publisher : Next Chapter
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book The Flight of the Griffin written by C.M. Gray and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingdom of Freya has fallen deep into the clutches of dark forces. After young Pardigan breaks into the home of one of Freya's richest merchants, an unexpected chain of events is set in motion. Sent on a quest to complete an ancient spell and restore order to the world, Pardigan and his friends set sail aboard The Griffin. But danger lies at every turn, and they are soon pursued by The Hawk: a bounty hunter who will stop at nothing to end their quest. LONDON TIMES - BEST CHILDREN'S FICTION FINALIST