Author: G. L. PhillipsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
England's climbing-boys
Author: G. L. PhillipsEngland's Climbing-boys
Author: George Lewis PhillipsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child labor
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Climbing Boys
Author: Kathleen H. StrangePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Posh Boys
Author: Robert VerkaikPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1786073846
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
‘The latest in the series of powerful books on the divisions in modern Britain, and will take its place on many bookshelves beside Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race and Owen Jones’s Chavs.’ –Andrew Marr, Sunday Times ‘In his fascinating, enraging polemic, Verkaik touches on one of the strangest aspects of the elite schools and their product’s domination of public life for two and a half centuries: the acquiescence of everyone else.’ –Observer In Britain today, the government, judiciary and military are all led by an elite who attended private school. Under their watch, our society has become increasingly divided and the gap between rich and poor is now greater than ever before. Is this the country we want to live in? If we care about inequality, we have to talk about public schools. Robert Verkaik issues a searing indictment of the system originally intended to educate the most underprivileged Britons, and outlines how, through meaningful reform, we can finally make society fairer for all.
Nobody Tips A Scandiscope
Author: Peter TertzakianPublisher:
ISBN: 9781999111366
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Our energy history comes to life in the hands of Peter Tertzakian, renowned energy pundit and bestselling author. Weaving short stories around rare artifacts in his one-of-a-kind collection, Peter brings clarity to the social, environmental, technical and political turmoil affecting our energy circumstance today.
The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy
Author: Frances Milton TrollopePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Infants of the Brush: A Chimney Sweep's Story
Author: A. M. WatsonPublisher: Red Acre Press
ISBN: 9780999512203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Infants of the Brush is historical fiction based on Armory v. Delamirie, a 1700s court case before the King's Bench against Paul de Lamerie, a silversmith. In the vein of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, Infants of the Brush is set in a time when London society ignored the ills of child labor. Unlike the gleeful chimney sweeps portrayed in Mary Poppins, climbing boys were forced up burning flues to dislodge harmful soot and coal ash. Egan Whitcombe is just six years old when he is sold to Master Armory for a few coins that his family desperately needs. As one of Master Armory's eight broomers, Egan quickly learns that his life depends on absolute obedience and the coins he earns. Pitt, the leader of Master Armory's broomers, teaches Egan to sweep chimneys and negotiate for scraps of bread. Broken and starving, the boys discover friendship as they struggle to save five guineas, the cost of a broomer's independence.
In Darkest England and the Way out
Author: General William BoothPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734081750
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: In Darkest England and the Way out by General William Booth
Sweep
Author: Jonathan AuxierPublisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683354060
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on “climbing boys”—orphans owned by chimney sweeps—to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless, and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived—and a girl. With her wits and will, she’s managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature—a golem—made from ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire. Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life—saving one another in the process. By one of today’s most powerful storytellers, Sweep is a heartrending adventure about the everlasting gifts of friendship and hope.
Soft Machines
Author: Richard Anthony Lewis JonesPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198528558
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Enthusiasts look forward to a time when tiny machines reassemble matter and process information but is their vision realistic? 'Soft Machines' explains why the nanoworld is so different to the macro-world that we are all familar with and shows how it has more in common with biology than conventional engineering.