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  • The Heart of London

    by H. V. Morton ...
    The Heart of London by H. V. Morton is a vivid, affectionate exploration of London's central districts, written with the author's signature blend of curiosity, nostalgia, and journalistic sharpness. Morton, one of the 20th century's most beloved travel writers, guides readers through the city's bustling streets, hidden courtyards, and historic corners, offering an intimate portrait of a metropolis ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Heart of London (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. Essays of interwar London—Westminster, the Strand, Covent Garden, Inns of Court, the Thames—street-level history and Fleet Street reportage.

    The Heart of London is H. V. Morton's affectionate portrait of the capital's core, arranged in vivid essays that wander Westminster, the Strand, Covent Garden, the Inns of Court, and the river. Mixing eyewitness reportage with lightly worn history, Morton builds a mosaic of interwar London whose markets, monuments, fogs, and night-lit shopfronts appear in supple, lucid prose shaped by popular ... Read more

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  • A Traveller In Rome

    by H.v. Morton ...
    H.V. Morton's evocative account of his days in 1950s Rome—the fabled era of La Dolce Vita—remains an indispensable guide to what makes the Eternal City eternal. In his characteristic anecdotal style, Morton leads the reader on a well-informed and delightful journey around the city, from the Fontana di Trevi and the Colosseum to the Vatican Gardens loud with exquisite birdsong. He also takes time ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • Three Men in a Boat

    to say nothing of the dog

    Jerome K. Jerome’s comic masterpiece is based on the adventures of J, Harris and George, who decide a boating holiday would be just the thing to help them recover from overwork. Their famous journey up the Thames, from Kingston-upon-Thames to Oxford is thwarted variously by incompetence, recalcitrant tins of pineapple, and an irascible fox terrier called Montmorency.Three Men in a Boat became an ... Read more

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  • THREE MEN IN A BOAT and THREE MEN ON THE BUMMEL

    Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and OxfordThe book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a ... Read more

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  • Three Men in a Boat (illustrated) + Three Men on the Bummel + Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow: The best of Jerome K. Jerome

    This carefully crafted ebook: “Three Men in a Boat (illustrated) + Three Men on the Bummel + Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow: The best of Jerome K. Jerome” contains 3 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Three Men in a Boat, published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome. It is a story of three men, accompanied by a ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Travel Rome & Lazio, Italy

    Illustrated guide, phrasebook and maps.

    This illustrated Travel Guide is designed for optimal navigation on iPad and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, districts, transportation, cultural venues, dining, history and much more. Addresses, telephones, hours of operation and admissions information ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beatrix Potter's Journal

    Between the ages of 15 and 30 Beatrix Potter kept a secret diary written in code. When the code was cracked by Leslie Linder more than 20 years after her death, the diary revealed a remarkable picture of upper middle-class life in late Victorian Britain. The original diaries run to over 200,000 words so for this edition Glen Cavaliero has made a careful selection of complete entries and excerpts ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • Rome

    A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History

    by Robert Hughes ...
    From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome—as city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin of Western art and civilization, two subjects about which Hughes has spent his life writing and thinking.Starting on a personal note, Hughes takes us to the Rome he first encountered as a hungry twenty ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Inside Dickens' London

    A fascinating, evocative account of 19th-century London, so well-known from Charles Dickens' much-loved novels.Inside Dickens' London draws on descriptions of life in the capital from original letters, diaries and newspapers, as well as Dickens' own social commentary, to paint a vivid portrait of a city undergoing massive social changes. No author has ever described the city of London as well as ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel

    Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks - not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.'s small fox-terrier Montmorency. Three Men in a ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel

    Jerome K. Jerome is an English humorist best known for his book "Three Men in a Boat" and its sequel "Three Men on the Bummel." Jerome tried his hand at a number of professions ranging from acting, writing, and journalism, but nothing seemed to fit. It wasn't until Jerome married his wife Ettie in 1888 that he found his inspiration. The two honeymooned on a small boat floating on the Thames River, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD