Nairn's London

Author: Ian Nairn
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141396164
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 451

Book Description
TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR and OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014 'This book is a record of what has moved me between Uxbridge and Dagenham. My hope is that it moves you, too.' Nairn's London is an idiosyncratic, poetic and intensely subjective meditation on a city and its buildings. Including railway stations, synagogues, abandoned gasworks, dock cranes, suburban gardens, East End markets, Hawksmoor churches, a Gothic cinema and twenty-seven different pubs, it is a portrait of the soul of a place, from a writer of genius.

Nairn's London

Author: Ian Nairn
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780141396156
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Presents a subjective meditation on a city and its buildings including railway stations, synagogues, abandoned gasworks, dock cranes, suburban gardens, East End markets, Hawksmoor churches, a Gothic cinema and twenty-seven different pubs.

Nairn's London

Author: Ian Nairn
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
ISBN: 9781585790449
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Nairn's Paris

Author: Ian Nairn
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1910749508
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
50th Anniversary of original publication; this is a unique Paris guidebook from the late, great, architecture and travel writer Ian Nairn. Illustrated with the author's black and white snaps of the city, Nairn shows his eye for detail - whether it is stonework on an archway, shadows cast by a railing, or an empty chair in a Paris park, in this book which celebrates the City of Light. Nairn's Paris captures the city on the cusp of great changes and provides a glimpse of a city that is about to disappear. Here is an idiosyncratic and unpretentious portrait of the 'collective masterpiece' that is Paris. Introduced by writer and BBC presenter Andrew Hussey, author of the popular Paris: The Secret History. 'About one third of the book is discovery, in the sense that I came upon the sites by accident or by following a topographical hunch. There must be many more, and all you need for the search is the ability to turn off the main road, switch on your antennae and respond. Good luck.' - Ian Nairn

The Enchanted Glass

Author: Tom Nairn
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1844677753
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 442

Book Description
In this acclaimed study of British statehood, identity and culture, Tom Nairn deftly dispels the conviction that the Royal Family is nothing more than an amusing relic of feudalism or a mere tourist attraction. Instead, he argues that the monarchy is both apex and essence of the British state, the symbol of a national backwardness. In this fully updated edition, Nairn’s powerful and bitterly comic prose lays bare Britain’s peculiar, pseudo-modern, national identity—which remains stubbornly fixated on the Crown and its constitutional framework, the “parliamentary sovereignty” of Westminster.

Britain's Changing Towns

Author: Ian Nairn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description

Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier

Author: Jon Day
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1910749303
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 123

Book Description
Cyclogeography is about the bicycle in the cultural imagination and also a portrait of London as seen from the saddle. In the great tradition of the psychogeographers, Jon Day attempts to depart from the map and reclaim the streets of the city. Informed by several grinding years spent as a bicycle courier, he lifts the lid on the solitary life of the courier. Traveling the unmapped byways, shortcuts, and urban edgelands, couriers are the declining, invisible workforce of the city. The parcels they deliver keep things running. For those who survive the crushing toughness of the job, the bicycle can become what holds them together.

Practical Guide to Evidence

Author: Christopher Allen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317670183
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 526

Book Description
Practical Guide to Evidence provides a clear and readable account of the law of evidence, acknowledging the importance of arguments about facts and principles as well as rules. This fifth edition has been revised and updated to address recent changes in the law and debates on controversial topics such as surveillance and human rights. Coverage of expert evidence has also been expanded to include forensic evidence, bringing the text right up-to-date. Including enhanced pedagogical support such as chapter summaries, further reading advice and self-test exercises, this leading textbook can be used on both undergraduate and professional courses.

The Perfect London Walk

Author: Daniel Curley
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836279290
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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.

Employment Law for Business Students

Author: Janice Nairns
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 9780582472761
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 436

Book Description
"A guide to employment law for students with no prior legal training, Employment Law for Business Students provides explanations of all the key topics in this area. Legal rules are described as they relate to the business world, highlighting how the law works in practice."--BOOK JACKET.