London can be a terrifying place for first time travelers. We've been to London 20 times over the past 20 years and have had our share of bad experiences, lessons learned and scary moments. We've written the 101 London Travel Tips guide book with our core readers in mind - people that love London and want to make the most of their trip. There are plenty of guidebooks out there that tell you where to go and what to see - this book is a little different - it tells you the stuff those guidebooks leave out. Stuff that you only learn when you're in London that will help you be prepared and have the best trip to London possible. Get London Read with 101 London Travel Tips by Anglotopia. 101 full London tips, plus 101 beautiful pictures of London, and a bonus appendix with 101 Free Things to Do in London. Full color, over 200 pages.
Nicole Wiltrout is a typical American mom of two from Indiana and one day, her family was given the incredible opportunity to move to England for three years when her husband got a job transfer. She then spent three years writing a weekly column for Anglotopia.net about life in England as an American expat. Now compiled into a book, Dispatches from England is an interesting perspective on life in the UK from an American family that grew to love the place. Join Nicole on her incredible journey as she navigates British cultural life with two precocious children.
A study of the fictious world in Hardy’s novels in relation to real places and Hardy’s real-life experiences. Thomas Hardy’s Wessex is one of the great literary evocations of place, populated with colourful and dramatic characters. As lovers of his novels and poetry know, this ‘partly real, partly dream-country’ was firmly rooted in the Dorset into which he had been born. J. B. Bullen explores the relationship between reality and the dream, identifying the places and the settings for Hardy’s writing, and showing how and why he shaped them to serve the needs of his characters and plots. The locations may be natural or man-made, but they are rarely fantastic or imaginary. A few have been destroyed and some moved from their original site, but all of them actually existed, and we can still trace most of them on the ground today. Thomas Hardy: The World of his Novels is essential reading for students of literature and for all Hardy enthusiasts who want to gain new insights into his work. Praise for Thomas Hardy “Take pleasure in a book like this one, which skillfully interweaves its evocative accounts of Hardy’s life, of Dorset and Cornwall places, and of the stories unfolded from places in six of his novels (and a few poems) so that we vividly re-experience them. . . . The pleasures of this book (and they are real) come from its ability to re-enchant us in a way that is not un-Hardy-like, to draw us again into the intensely seen, heard, and felt world of the novels and poems. It set me to re-reading Hardy, with different eyes.” —Review 19
What can Jane Austen teach us about health? Prepare to have your bonnet blown... From the food secrets of Pride and Prejudice to the fitness strategies of Sense and Sensibility, there’s a modern health code hidden in the world’s most popular romances. Join Bryan Kozlowski as he unlocks this “health and happiness” manifesto straight from Jane Austen’s pen, revealing why her prescriptions for achieving total body “bloom” still matter in the 21st century. Whether that’s learning how to eat like Lizzie Bennet, exercise like Emma Woodhouse, or think like Elinor Dashwood, explore how Austen’s timeless body beliefs are more relevant, refreshing, and scientifically sensible now than ever before. After all, it's still a truth universally acknowledged – Jane Austen’s heroines don’t get fat.
British Culture is endlessly fascinating and complicated. 101 UK Culture Tips is your user guide to all things British. Do you know your Dukes from your Marquesses? Who is Doctor Who? What is the Crown and how does it relate to the Queen? Have you ever wondered how British politics works? This book is your complete guide to understanding all things British, presented in 101 chapters, broken down and easy to read for novice and advance Anglophiles. This makes the perfect armchair guide for watching your favorite British TV shows! British Culture Topics: UK Geography British Basics Aspects of British Culture British History Britain's Heritage British Food British Tea Pubs London British Entertainment
If you don't know idioms, you don't know English. Idioms are expressions that cannot be understood from their individual words alone, and the English language is full of them-and so is this dictionary: 17,000+ English idiom examples, plus slang words, phrases, and phrasal verbs, all compiled by the language experts at Farlex International and TheFreeDictionary.com, the award-winning reference site with 1 billion+ annual visits. That's thousands more idioms than other popular idioms dictionaries, plus thousands of examples of idioms used in real life: every definition also includes up to three example sentences to show exactly how the phrase is used by native speakers in everyday conversation. The Farlex Idioms and Slang Dictionary features idioms and phrases from across the English-speaking world, including American slang, British slang, Australian slang, and Irish slang, plus: Internet slang Abbreviations Proverbs Regional expressions And more! It's more than just a list of idioms: get details about the origin and history of both common idioms and rare ones, including in which countries they're used most. This is the essential idioms dictionary if you want to talk like a native speaker-or just find out more about the colorful phrases you hear and say every day. The essential guide to English idioms and slang, from Farlex International, the language experts behind the popular and award-winning TheFreeDictionary.com. Farlex brings its reputation for comprehensive and authoritative reference products to the most complete collection of idioms and slang from across the English language. Inside you'll find more than 17,000 idioms, slang terms, and phrasal verbs, all defined in plain language and with bonus example sentences to show how they're used in real life by native speakers. Featuring popular idioms and slang terms from the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, and South Africa, plus valuable information you won't find anywhere else, including the origin of phrases. Whether you want to sound more like a native speaker or just know more about the strange expressions you're always hearing, The Farlex Idioms and Slang Dictionary is the best way to learn about the English language's most colorful phrases.