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Exam: SQA N5/Higher Subject: All Subjects First Teaching: 2017
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Written by the acclaimed historical novelist Lee Jackson, this book
recreates the sights and sounds of Dickens' London and provides a
detailed itinerary for those keen to follow in the footsteps of
'The Inimitable Boz'. Each of the eight walks conjures up forgotten
scenes of London life - stage-coaches racing through the Borough;
herds of cattle driven through suburban streets to reach Smithfield
market; the uproar of a hanging outside Newgate Gaol - together
with directions to the most atmospheric and intriguing parts of the
Victorian metropolis which have survived into the twenty-first
century.
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An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian
entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring
impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the
nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the
funds and the free time to pursue leisure activities, their every
whim was satisfied by entrepreneurs building new venues for popular
amusement. Contrary to their reputation as dour, buttoned-up
prudes, the Victorians reveled in these newly created 'palaces of
pleasure'. In this vivid, captivating book, Lee Jackson charts the
rise of well-known institutions such as gin palaces, music halls,
seaside resorts and football clubs, as well as the more peculiar
attractions of the pleasure garden and international exposition,
ranging from parachuting monkeys and human zoos to theme park
thrill rides. He explores how vibrant mass entertainment came to
dominate leisure time and how the attempts of religious groups and
secular improvers to curb 'immorality' in the pub, variety theater
and dance hall faltered in the face of commercial success. The
Victorians' unbounded love of leisure created a nationally
significant and influential economic force: the modern
entertainment industry.
Eating Well Through Cancer, a groundbreaking cookbook especially for cancer patients and caregiver support, is now available in a new and expanded 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Chemotherapy, radiation or surgery can affect the patient's appetite, so the chapters include nourishing foods that are best tolerated to ease common side effects such as nausea, sore mouth and throat, taste changes, neutropenia and weight loss. This practical cookbook has an easier-to-read format, simple nutritious recipes, beautiful photographs, tips and information that will guide a cancer patient through their treatment. Super-satisfying recipes include creamy Easy Potato Soup for a sore mouth, comfort food like Chicken and Dumplings and the extensive Smoothie and Snack Chapter to help the patient eat nutrient-rich food during this challenging time. Each delicious recipe includes nutritional information plus highlights diabetic, gluten-free, vegetarian and freezer-friendly recipes. With an emphasis on everyday healthy eating, this book will also be an invaluable recipe resource for cancer prevention.
In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the
streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools
brimmed with "night soil," graveyards teemed with rotting corpses,
the air itself was choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral
book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian
metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to
stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that
opposed them. Through thematic chapters, Jackson describes how
Victorian reformers met with both triumph and disaster. Full of
individual stories and overlooked details-from the dustmen who grew
rich from recycling, to the peculiar history of the public
toilet-this riveting book gives us a fresh insight into the
minutiae of daily life and the wider challenges posed by the
unprecedented growth of the Victorian capital.
Another outstanding title from the makers of Improve Your Coarse
Fishing Magazine, Lee Jackson's Carp Clinic takes the enthusiast
through all the processes needed to catch this elusive fish.
Hundreds of specially taken colour photographs and clear, easy to
understand text, make this book essential reading for all those
carp enthusiasts out there. Lee Jackson is the acknowledged expert
in this specailised field. Lee Jackson's Carp Clinic is published
by emapActive, the publishers of Improve Your Coarse Fishing
Magazine, Britain's best selling monthly coarse fishing magazine.
It is the third in a series of similar format books for coarse and
sea fishermen which offer excellent value for money. Earlier titles
are Bob Nudd's Illustrated Guide to Pole Fishing, and The
Illustrated Guide to Bait & Rigs, both of which have sold
consistently well since publication in 1998.
The intriguing history of Dickens’s London, showing how tourists
have reimagined and reinvented the Dickensian metropolis for more
than 150 years  Tourists have sought out the landmarks,
streets, and alleys of Charles Dickens’s London ever since the
death of the world-renowned author. Late Victorians and Edwardians
were obsessed with tracking down the locations—dubbed
“Dickenslandâ€â€”that famously featured in his novels. But his
fans were faced with a city that was undergoing rapid
redevelopment, where literary shrines were far from sacred. Over
the following century, sites connected with Dickens were
demolished, relocated, and reimagined. Â Lee Jackson traces
the fascinating history of Dickensian tourism, exploring both real
Victorian London and a fictional city shaped by fandom, tourism,
and heritage entrepreneurs. Beginning with the late nineteenth
century, Jackson investigates key sites of literary pilgrimage and
their relationship with Dickens and his work, revealing hidden,
reinvented, and even faked locations. From vanishing coaching inns
to submerged riverside stairs, hidden burial grounds to apocryphal
shops, Dickensland charts the curious history of an imaginary
world.
An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact
The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century’s growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the free time to pursue leisure activities, their every whim was satisfied by entrepreneurs building new venues for popular amusement. Contrary to their reputation as dour, buttoned-up prudes, the Victorians reveled in these newly created ‘palaces of pleasure’.
In this vivid, captivating book, Lee Jackson charts the rise of well-known institutions such as gin palaces, music halls, seaside resorts and football clubs, as well as the more peculiar attractions of the pleasure garden and international exposition, ranging from parachuting monkeys and human zoos to theme park thrill rides. He explores how vibrant mass entertainment came to dominate leisure time and how the attempts of religious groups and secular improvers to curb ‘immorality’ in the pub, variety theater and dance hall faltered in the face of commercial success.
The Victorians’ unbounded love of leisure created a nationally significant and influential economic force: the modern entertainment industry.
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