阿姆斯特朗公司位于英格兰北部的纽卡斯尔市的泰恩河畔，晚晴时期，它是世界著名的军舰制造商，也是清朝中国海军军舰重要的设计、制造厂家，这些战舰中包括了在甲午海战中不幸沉没的著名的“致远”号。
除了利用丰富的常见史料外，本书还大量发掘了保存于英国各机构的档案，以当年引进的各型号军舰为经，以清朝中国各级机构和官员的相关活动为纬，详细叙述了购自阿姆斯特朗公司的数十条军舰，从如何询价、设计、定型、制造到如何接引回国以及战舰的服役、战斗经过和最终结局的历史过程，对了解清朝中国海军建设及其在世界上的位置、清朝军事现代化思路和实践、清朝官僚体制的运行状况等都有非常重要的价值。本书配发的包括各种型号舰船设计图、剖面图在内的三百余幅精美插图和历史照片，极为珍贵。

A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the trading floor, a rags-to-riches tale of Citibank’s one-time most profitable trader, and why he gave it all up—a Liar’s Poker for a new generation
 
“If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around?”
 
Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken soccer balls on the streets of East London in the shadow of Canary Wharf, Gary Stevenson dreamed of something bigger. And he was good at numbers.
 
At the London School of Economics, Gary, wearing tracksuits and sneakers, shocked his posh classmates by winning a competition called “The Trading Game.” The a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader at Citibank. A place where you could make more money than you’d ever imagined. Where your colleagues are dysfunctional geniuses and insecure bullies, yet they start to feel like family. Where against the odds you become the bank’s most profitable trader, closing deals worth nearly a trillion dollars. A day . Soon you are dreaming of numbers in your sleep—and then you stop sleeping at all.
 
What happens when winning starts to feel like losing? It’s 2008 and now you have a front-row seat to the global financial crisis. A time when the easiest way to make money is to bet on millions becoming poorer—like the very people you grew up with. The economy is slipping off a precipice, and your own sanity starts slipping with it. You want to stop, but you can’t. Because nobody ever leaves .
 
Would you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything?
 
This is an outrageous, unvarnished, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world—from someone who survived the game and then blew it all wide open.

A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, "The Road to Wigan Pier" is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost none of its political impact over time. His graphically unforgettable descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger and growing unemployment are written with unblinking honesty, fury and great humanity. It crystallized the ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice and class divisions in Britain.

Toastis Nigel Slater’s biography of a childhood remembered through food. Whether recalling his mother’s surprisingly good rice pudding, his father’s bold foray into spaghetti and his dreaded Boxing Day stew, or such culinary highlights as Arctic Roll and Grilled Grapefruit (then considered something of a status symbol in Wolverhampton), this memoir vividly recreates daily life in 1960s suburban England.

'Here's the history that really matters'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'Pitch perfect, fast-moving, brilliantly well-judged'
ADAM TOOZE

'A terrific achievement, covering clearly but with subtlety everything from the spinning jenny to Covid-19'
ADITYA CHAKRABORTTY, GUARDIAN

'Outstanding! Written in a chatty way but contains a remarkable depth and intelligence'
MATTHEW SYED

The UK is, at the same time, both one of the world's most successful economies and one of Europe's laggards. The country contains some of Western Europe's richest areas such as the south east of England, but also some of its poorest such as the north east or Wales. Looking into the past helps understand why.

The debates about the balance between economic openness and sovereignty that re-emerged after Brexit would have been familiar to Peel and Cobden in the 1840s. The size of the government's deficit has dominated politics since 2010 but fretting about the scale of the national debt was almost a national pastime during Victoria's reign. Supposedly modern concerns about the impacts of new technology on jobs and inequality date back to at least Captain Swing and Ned Ludd. As the economy emerges from the Covid-19 recession and sets out on a new post-Brexit future an understanding of the past is vital to seeing how the future might play out.

Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through tells the story of how Britain's economy and politics have interacted with each other from the time of the Industrial Revolution right up to the pandemic of 2020.

A new edition of the leading textbook on the economic history of Britain since industrialisation. Leading historians and economists examine the foundational importance of economic life in modern Britain as well as the close interconnections between economic, social, political and cultural change. Each chapter provides a clear guide to the major controversies in the field and students are shown how to connect historical evidence with economic theory and how to apply quantitative methods. Volume 2, on 1870 to the present, tracks the development of the British economy from late nineteenth-century global dominance to its early twenty-first-century position as a mid-sized player in an integrated European economy. The chapters re-examine issues of Britain's relative economic growth and decline over the 'long' twentieth century, setting the British experience within an international context, and benchmark its performance against that of its European and global competitors.

London in 1900 was the greatest city on earth--the capital of an empire on which the sun never set. This book is the first to examine this powerful and influential city at the turn of the century and to investigate its relationship with Britain's far-flung empire. Jonathan Schneer focuses on the diverse, contentious, contradictory personalities of London and its inhabitants, showing the many ways that the empire impinged on them. He describes how a range of citizens--from architects to zoologists, from financiers to striking dockers--helped to define and shape the imperial metropolis. He also shows how the city was influenced by people other than native-born male Anglo-Saxons. Schneer traces the attempts of some of these overlooked peoples to delineate its boundaries: four extraordinary women--two political hostesses, a journalist, and an explorer-ethnologist--as well as anti-imperialist Irish, South Asians, West Indians, and Africans living in London at this time. In a concluding chapter, Schneer examines the general election of 1900 in London, in which the ruling Conservative government successfully defended its imperialist policies. The people of London, says Schneer, made their city and continually remade and reshaped it--as they continue to do today.

英国常见地名的由来

Little boy, little boy, what is the matter?
Madam, the sea has been turned into batter!

Eleanor Farjeon’s delightful London nursery rhymes are known and loved all over the world, and told with characteristic humour and playfulness. Reimagine London with these charming and timeless rhymes for all ages.

A charming, surprisingly funny collection that will be loved by adults and children alike.

The Sunday Times Bestseller

'A tribute and a rallying call' - Guardian

Three and half weeks. Three hundred miles. I saw roaring arterial highway and silent lanes, candlelit cathedrals and angry men in bad pubs. The Britain of 1936 was a land of beef paste sandwiches and drill halls. Now we are nation of vaping and nail salons, pulled pork and salted caramel.

In the autumn of 1936, some 200 men from the Tyneside town of Jarrow marched 300 miles to London in protest against the destruction of their towns and industries. Precisely 80 years on, Stuart Maconie, walks from north to south retracing the route of the emblematic Jarrow Crusade.

Travelling down the country’s spine, Maconie moves through a land that is, in some ways, very much the same as the England of the 30s with its political turbulence, austerity, north/south divide, food banks and of course, football mania. Yet in other ways, it is completely unrecognisable.

Maconie visits the great cities as well as the sleepy hamlets, quiet lanes and roaring motorways. He meets those with stories to tell and whose voices build a funny, complex and entertaining tale of Britain, then and now.

Does the UK or Scotland have any real authority in Shetland?

Turn Back Time – The High Street is a 2010 British reality documentary television series. The show started airing on BBC One on 2 November 2010 and ran for 6 episodes. The series is based and filmed in Shepton Mallet in Somerset, and sees four families experience life on the high street in various eras, namely the Victorian era, Edwardian era, 1930s, Second World War, 1960s and 1970s.

The series is narrated by Hugh Bonneville. Gregg Wallace, Juliet Gardiner and Tom Herbert are also involved in the series as the "Chamber of Commerce", keeping an eye on the activities of the families.

Eps.
1 Victorian Era
2 Edwardian Era
3 1930s (Peace Time)
4 World War II
5 1960s
6 1970s

Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_Back_Time_%E2%80%93_The_High_Street

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Mark Haddon's bitterly funny debut novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, is a murder mystery of sorts--one told by an autistic version of Adrian Mole. Fifteen-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone is mathematically gifted and socially hopeless, raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their child's quirks. He takes everything that he sees (or is told) at face value, and is unable to sort out the strange behavior of his elders and peers.
Late one night, Christopher comes across his neighbor's poodle, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork. Wellington's owner finds him cradling her dead dog in his arms, and has him arrested. After spending a night in jail, Christopher resolves--against the objection of his father and neighbors--to discover just who has murdered Wellington. He is encouraged by Siobhan, a social worker at his school, to write a book about his investigations, and the result--quirkily illustrated, with each chapter given its own prime number--is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.


Haddon's novel is a startling performance. This is the sort of book that could turn condescending, or exploitative, or overly sentimental, or grossly tasteless very easily, but Haddon navigates those dangers with a sureness of touch that is extremely rare among first-time novelists. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is original, clever, and genuinely moving: this one is a must-read. --Jack Illingworth, Amazon.ca--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

•2018年奥威尔奖得主，《星期日泰晤士报》十大畅销书，获选“21世纪最叛逆读物”，被誉为当代版《巴黎伦敦落魄记》。奥威尔奖评委会主席盛赞称：“我毫不怀疑 ，奥威尔会把奖项颁给此书。”
•“哈利•波特”作者J.K.罗琳、知名导演肯•洛奇、《猜火车》作者欧文•威尔士、苏格 兰首席部长尼古拉•斯特金、《金融时报》《每日邮报》《卫报》……英国各界人士与媒体重磅推荐。
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戴伦•麦加维成长于英国苏格兰格拉斯哥的“贫民区”，酗酒、成瘾、暴力、精神创伤……切身经历令他深知“贫困”意味着什么，全英国的底层人民又为何会感到愤怒。面对英国当下的社会矛盾，以及伦敦大火、脱欧公投等一系列争议事件背后的隐情，他想要做出解释。
在《英国下层阶级的愤怒》一书中，戴伦从个人经历出发，邀请读者一同走入英国下层阶级民众的生活，直击他们的困境与心声。他不仅跨越了政治上的左、右翼之争，呈现出“贫困”的真相，更用理智、自省、真诚的态度指出，包括自己在内的所有人都可以为改变现状做出努力。本书是对当代英国的一次全面探究，荣获2018年奥威尔奖。
它使我以一种全新的视角看待这个国家及其社会现状。——安德鲁•阿多尼斯，奥威尔奖评委会主席
一本重要而有力的书。——尼古拉•斯特金，苏格兰首席部长
部分是回忆录，部分是辩论，猛烈、机智、诙谐的精彩杰作。对系统性贫困的现实状况进行了毫不畏惧的论述，向左派和右派都提出了挑战。很难想象哪部书比它更及时、更必要、更有力度。——J.K.罗琳，“哈利•波特”系列小说作者
工人阶级的又一次愤怒呐喊，来自为腐朽、没落体制所苦的人们……它将为变革运动注入力量。——肯•洛奇，著名导演、制片人
这本书是我读过的描写工人阶级生活的最好著作之一，一窥贫困问题对英国造成的伤害，同时又是人道的、愤怒的、机智的。麦加维是少有的那类人：一个工人阶级作家，为使中产阶级世界听到他说的话而奋斗。——尼克•科恩，英国记者、政论家

如今，我们生活在一个以城市为主导的世界。在21世纪,我们应该如何定义城市这件人类史上最伟大的艺术品？迪耶•萨迪奇为我们解读，建筑、空间等有意识的设计元素的理念如何成为塑造城市的潜在力量。
【编辑推荐】
★企鹅图书严选，伦敦设计博物馆馆长萨迪奇权威之作，定义 人类史上最伟 大的艺术品——城市。
★在探索城市的定义、形成和变化的过程中，本书采取了国际化视角。通过聚焦我们所熟知的伦敦、上海、莫斯科等首都城市，揭晓金丝雀码头如何从废弃的港口变成世界上最有影响力的金融中心，浦东低矮的房屋如何被自信张扬的建筑构成的天际线所取代，政府与寡头的勾连如何让城市的未来蒙上阴影……经历了个人意志、政治期待，精心的考量和规划，以及无心插柳的意外收获，城市将如何演进？
★有些城市用多重身份来审视其自身的历史——希腊、罗马、拜占庭和奥斯曼文明残存的碎片造就了今天的伊斯坦布尔，孟买的历史则要追溯到欧洲人对印度的一波接一波的殖民浪潮，而柏林被一分为二、隔墙相望四十年的伤痛至今没有完全愈合……
★城市由物质塑造，也由理念铸就。巴黎的自行车租赁计划，里约的城市缆车系统；没有人行便道的巴西利亚失去了街角邂逅的诗意，细腻的佛罗伦萨凭借排字优雅的路标便可展现出它的精致；在奥运会、古根海姆博物馆、迪士尼主题公园的影响下，一座座有创造力、富有文化气息的城市应运而生。
★对城市化的消极方面进行系统性反思——过度建设、人口压力、交通拥堵、环境污染、疾病传播、绅士化加剧、贫富差距问题、流行文化侵蚀、暴力犯罪猖獗、市政预算失衡……当生活不得不时刻面临如此的挑战，我们又该承担起怎样的责任？
★文本精巧具有可读性，以风趣幽默的语言风格走向更广大的读者群——这是一部深度的纪录片，从一个场景推移至另一个场景，将一幅幅生动的城市图景呈现在读者眼前。
★装帧精美，别具匠心——黑卡烫银，裸脊锁线装订，导览式书皮护封，书页可完全摊平，手感绝佳。
【名人推荐】
深刻而饱含创意，关于城市，这是我们不可或缺的一本书。
——阿兰·德波顿（英国作家）
我曾经订阅过Domus杂志，当时迪耶·萨迪奇是主编。每次收到杂志，我都急不可待地直奔他写的文章，因为只有他能把关于设计的事讲成一个动听的故事。《城市的语言》与《B代表包豪斯》让我仿佛又听到他娓娓道来。阅读它们的时刻，让我感到期待与享受。
——张永和（国际著名建筑师、麻省理工学院建筑系主任，曾任普利兹克建筑奖评委）
【媒体推荐】
迪耶·萨迪奇始终是我们最有见地的评论家之一。
——《皇家艺术学院杂志》
精巧而极具可读性，我们终于知道，每天居住其中的城市到底是什么。
——《金融时报》
要了解是什么让城市成为今天的样子，这本书不可错过。
——《标准晚报》
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当你离开那个充斥着虚妄与荣光的世界时，
扫梦人正在你遗弃的狂想废墟中阔步穿行！
盖曼是一座现成的故事宝库，而我们又何其幸运可以通过各种媒介去靠近他。
——斯蒂芬•金
盖曼堪称作家中的摇滚明星。他的作品，简单说来，就是关于神话与故事、众神与力量。而阅读它们的首要准则就是，你必须完全相信。
——《多伦多星报》
当你全身心沉浸到尼尔•盖曼的世界里，你会发现，一切皆有可能……他拥有一流的创造力，他从不遵循一致的规则，他随心所欲，惟追随梦想而写作。
——《娱乐周刊》
盖曼的作品将赫伯特•乔治•威尔斯的想象、H.P.洛夫克莱夫特的诡异氛围以及佩勒姆•G.伍德豪斯的幽默智慧结合在一起，他既能让我们的血液凝固，也能让我们仰天大笑。
——《明尼阿波利斯星论坛》
阅读盖曼，一半乐趣来自他笔下令人轻松愉快的美文，另一半乐趣则来自他匪夷所思的创造力。他的作品无法分类，因为他不仅仅深入了我们共有的无意识领域，还重新构造了属于我们的神话。
——《休斯顿纪事报》
内容简介
阅读《烟与镜》，犹如跟随作者步入一个全新的现实——它虽然时常笼罩在烟雾中，却又触手可及——尼尔•盖曼十足是一位戏法大师，信手便能为你构筑一座令人欲罢不能的文学世界：打开尘封的感官，感受怦然心动的一刻，梦想也从此游弋。
《烟与镜》是盖曼平生第一部短篇作品集，他凭借卓绝的想象力以及极致的描摹力，将平凡俗世瞬间点化为诡谲奇境。《骑士精神》是盖曼常常选为现场朗读的开场篇目；《占卜者的回旋诗》则是他为劳伦斯•席梅尔的小说集所作的序言；《我们可以给你批发价》，男人因为贪图批发价之蝇头小利，却无意启动了毁灭世界的暗语……

《伦敦城记》（London: The Biography of a City）是英国著名作家克里斯托弗•希伯特所著城市传记系列中的一册，本书上启古罗马时代、下至20世纪60年代，聚焦伦敦城市发展进程中的重大历史事件、建筑风格和城市建设的变迁、市民的社会生活、社会风俗、城市文化、交通卫生等方面，强调了政治、宗教、经济、战争等因素对城市历史的塑造作用，文字典雅而风趣，引经据典、图文并茂，是历史爱好者的理想读物。在叙述历史的同时，作者也尽力为读者甄别和解说当代仍可供参观的城市古迹，使本书同时也是一本优秀的当代伦敦导览。