During the period covered by this book - from the beginning of the 18th century to World War I - London was unique in its immensity, and supremely representative of the modern urban world in the making. Its overall size, its rate of growth, and the increasingly dense and diverse crowds that flowed through its streets, were paralleled in the vast contemporary outpouring of writing about this great city. The varied selection of this abundance of writing presented in this volume incorporates work by Daniel Defoe, James Boswell, Horace Walpole, Flora Tristan, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde, H.G. Wells, and many others. Public and private, documentary and imaginative, the writings evoke the physical and social atmosphere and the cultural life of London's streets and other sites of ceremony and popular assembly. They represent many genres and styles of writing, including street-ballads and music-hall songs, excerpts from novels, epic and mock-epic poems, and accounts of riots, executions, sword-and-buckler fights, and state pageants and processions. The book includes an editor's introduction, illustrations, and biographical and critical commentaries on each o

During the period covered by this book - from the beginning of the 18th century to World War I - London was unique in its immensity, and supremely representative of the modern urban world in the making. Its overall size, its rate of growth, and the increasingly dense and diverse crowds that flowed through its streets, were paralleled in the vast contemporary outpouring of writing about this great city. The varied selection of this abundance of writing presented in this volume incorporates work by Daniel Defoe, James Boswell, Horace Walpole, Flora Tristan, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde, H.G. Wells, and many others. Public and private, documentary and imaginative, the writings evoke the physical and social atmosphere and the cultural life of London's streets and other sites of ceremony and popular assembly. They represent many genres and styles of writing, including street-ballads and music-hall songs, excerpts from novels, epic and mock-epic poems, and accounts of riots, executions, sword-and-buckler fights, and state pageants and processions. The book includes an editor's introduction, illustrations, and biographical and critical commentaries on each o

Come to the bitter cold that blows through these poems Feel the warmth of life that breathes into the beaver burrowing deep beneath the snow.

Discover the safe places where creatures survive, and how they stay alive in the wintertime--until roots poke from puddles of slush and broken ice to welcome the sun

Then watch as spring melts the frost from this outstanding collection of poems paired with stunning linoleum prints that celebrate nature, along with her beauty and power.

A 2011 Newbery Honor Book

"""""Come feel the cool and shadowed breeze,
come smell your way among the trees,
come touch rough bark and leathered leaves:
Welcome to the night.
"
Welcome to the night, where mice stir and furry moths flutter. Where snails spiral into shells as orb spiders circle in silk. Where the roots of oak trees recover and repair from their time in the light. Where the porcupette eats delicacies--raspberry leaves --and coos and sings.
Come out to the cool, night wood, and buzz and hoot and howl--but do beware of the great horned owl--"for it's wild and it's windy way out in the woods
"This Newbery Honor-winning picture book combines beautifully written poetry with facts of the forest and elaborate illustrations to form a marvelously engaging collection.

Sharing their passion for Brazilian cuisine, cheffing duo Rick Allen and Bill Candeias have taken to the streets of Rio and other great parts of Brazil, to sample the hidden delights of the growing Latin trend: Comida da Rua - Street food. The offspring of restaurateurs, Rick and Bill's destiny was inevitably in food. Born in Espirito Santo, Brazil, Bill grew up in his family's eatery; Rick, although born in Britain, was soon cooking up treats in his parents' Spanish tapas bar on the Costa Blanca. With Brazil set to host the FIFA World Cup next year and the Olympic Games shortly after, the pair want to complete your Amazonian experience and bring to you the exotic and fresh flavours of Brazilian Street Food. Bill says: "The food in my country is fresh, tasty and easy to make. So come and try our fabulous food whether you are having a party, watching the World Cup or our great 'Carnival'." Rick says: "This book gives you an easy step by step guide, with stunning and practical pictures of how to make mouth watering and tasty street food. There is something in this book for everyone."