Britain: A Cultural Primer

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Journey to the West: A Long March from Eastern Dream to Western Reality
Journey to the West: A Long March from Eastern Dream to Western Reality
by: Biao Wang
4.27 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island 3.92 avg rating — 117,839 ratings
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Cider with Rosie
Cider with Rosie 3.91 avg rating — 14,856 ratings
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,217 ratings
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The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain 3.72 avg rating — 38,063 ratings
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Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 78,267 ratings
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Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North
Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North 3.75 avg rating — 3,304 ratings
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England 4.01 avg rating — 25,924 ratings
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The History of the Kings of Britain
The History of the Kings of Britain 3.72 avg rating — 6,790 ratings
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How England Made the English: From Hedgerows to Heathrow
How England Made the English: From Hedgerows to Heathrow 3.34 avg rating — 497 ratings
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London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets
London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets 3.46 avg rating — 3,285 ratings
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She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth 4.04 avg rating — 8,384 ratings
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A History Of Scotland
A History Of Scotland 3.94 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
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Man Walks into a Pub: A Sociable History of Beer
Man Walks into a Pub: A Sociable History of Beer 3.98 avg rating — 546 ratings
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Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 143,959 ratings
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Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England
Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England 3.68 avg rating — 909 ratings
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The Road to Wigan Pier
The Road to Wigan Pier 3.91 avg rating — 27,349 ratings
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A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)
A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 85,619 ratings
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Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy
Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy 4.09 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World 3.89 avg rating — 55,255 ratings
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An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots In Charge
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots In Charge 3.98 avg rating — 2,698 ratings
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London Under London: A Subterranean Guide
London Under London: A Subterranean Guide 4.15 avg rating — 117 ratings
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An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain: or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes as Always
An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain: or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes as Always 3.99 avg rating — 745 ratings
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Raw Spirit
Raw Spirit 3.70 avg rating — 1,858 ratings
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Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney
Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney 3.92 avg rating — 719 ratings
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper 4.09 avg rating — 64,221 ratings
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The Diary of a Nobody
The Diary of a Nobody 3.69 avg rating — 17,697 ratings
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Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain
Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain 3.90 avg rating — 651 ratings
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White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,746 ratings
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the English
The Xenophobe's Guide to the English 3.64 avg rating — 502 ratings
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The Oxford History of Britain
The Oxford History of Britain 3.68 avg rating — 637 ratings
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CAMRA'S Good Beer Guide 2015
CAMRA'S Good Beer Guide 2015 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast
Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast 3.85 avg rating — 1,427 ratings
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The English: A Field Guide
The English: A Field Guide
by: Matt Rudd
3.31 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Counting Sheep: A Celebration of the Pastoral Heritage of Britain
Counting Sheep: A Celebration of the Pastoral Heritage of Britain 3.95 avg rating — 152 ratings
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And Did Those Feet
And Did Those Feet 3.88 avg rating — 279 ratings
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The Farm
The Farm 3.79 avg rating — 324 ratings
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Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking
Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking 3.91 avg rating — 454 ratings
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The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier
The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier 3.98 avg rating — 486 ratings
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Mud, Sweat & Gears: Cycling From Land's End to John O'Groats
Mud, Sweat & Gears: Cycling From Land's End to John O'Groats 3.69 avg rating — 302 ratings
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If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home
If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home 3.90 avg rating — 5,678 ratings
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Bizarre England: Discover the Country's Secrets and Surprises
Bizarre England: Discover the Country's Secrets and Surprises 3.66 avg rating — 483 ratings
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Wartime Farm
Wartime Farm 4.42 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Dear Mr. Kershaw: A Pensioner Writes
Dear Mr. Kershaw: A Pensioner Writes 4.10 avg rating — 48 ratings
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The Reith diaries
The Reith diaries really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us
That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us 3.67 avg rating — 848 ratings
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Daunderlust: Dispatches from Unreported Scotland
Daunderlust: Dispatches from Unreported Scotland 4.09 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Walking to Camelot: A Pilgrimage along the Macmillan Way through the Heart of Rural England
Walking to Camelot: A Pilgrimage along the Macmillan Way through the Heart of Rural England 3.77 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Amazing and Extraordinary Facts about the English Countryside
Amazing and Extraordinary Facts about the English Countryside 3.92 avg rating — 36 ratings
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The Kingdom by the Sea
The Kingdom by the Sea 3.75 avg rating — 4,721 ratings
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Photographs of Edinburgh 1957 -1966
Photographs of Edinburgh 1957 -1966 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Behind Closed Doors: in an English Country Town
Behind Closed Doors: in an English Country Town it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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English Pastoral: An Inheritance
English Pastoral: An Inheritance 4.42 avg rating — 7,460 ratings
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Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages
Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages 3.82 avg rating — 1,110 ratings
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The Bahá'í Community of the British Isles 1844-1963
The Bahá'í Community of the British Isles 1844-1963 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Britain in the First Millennium
Britain in the First Millennium 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Dull Men of Great Britain: Celebrating the Ordinary (Dull Men's Club)
Dull Men of Great Britain: Celebrating the Ordinary (Dull Men's Club) 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Age of Illusion: England in the Twenties and Thirties, 1919-1940
The Age of Illusion: England in the Twenties and Thirties, 1919-1940 4.05 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Red Sky at Sunrise: Cider With Rosie/As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning/a Moment of War
Red Sky at Sunrise: Cider With Rosie/As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning/a Moment of War 4.44 avg rating — 584 ratings
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The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of 70,000 Ordinary Lives
The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of 70,000 Ordinary Lives 3.91 avg rating — 260 ratings
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The Passion of Harry Bingo: Further Dispatches from Unreported Scotland
The Passion of Harry Bingo: Further Dispatches from Unreported Scotland 4.20 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Lore Of The Land: A Guide To Englands Myths And Legends
Lore Of The Land: A Guide To Englands Myths And Legends 4.32 avg rating — 257 ratings
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Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England
Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England 3.57 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
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Megalithic Monuments of Britain and Ireland
Megalithic Monuments of Britain and Ireland 3.44 avg rating — 18 ratings
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London's Labyrinth: The World Beneath the City's Streets
London's Labyrinth: The World Beneath the City's Streets 3.86 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Magic Spring
Magic Spring 3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Britain Begins
Britain Begins 4.31 avg rating — 412 ratings
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How To Be A Brit
How To Be A Brit 3.77 avg rating — 1,210 ratings
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100 Words That Make the English
100 Words That Make the English 3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Going to Church in Medieval England
Going to Church in Medieval England 4.21 avg rating — 269 ratings
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,526 ratings
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Oak and Ash and Thorn: The Ancient Woods and New Forests of Britain
Oak and Ash and Thorn: The Ancient Woods and New Forests of Britain 4.06 avg rating — 264 ratings
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London's Dead: A Guided Tour of the capital's dead
London's Dead: A Guided Tour of the capital's dead 3.97 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The London Companion (A Think Book)
The London Companion (A Think Book) 3.57 avg rating — 44 ratings
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole #1)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole #1) 3.88 avg rating — 51,235 ratings
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The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 29,987 ratings
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365 Reasons to be Proud to be English: Magical Moments in England's History
365 Reasons to be Proud to be English: Magical Moments in England's History 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Food and Feast in Medieval England
Food and Feast in Medieval England 3.52 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Ancestors: A History of Britain in Seven Burials
Ancestors: A History of Britain in Seven Burials 4.09 avg rating — 2,933 ratings
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A History of Modern Britain
A History of Modern Britain 4.03 avg rating — 3,359 ratings
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Necropolis: London and Its Dead
Necropolis: London and Its Dead 3.78 avg rating — 2,214 ratings
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The London Eye Mystery (London Eye Mystery, #1)
The London Eye Mystery (London Eye Mystery, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 16,289 ratings
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She Wolves: The Notorious Queens of Medieval England
She Wolves: The Notorious Queens of Medieval England 3.90 avg rating — 609 ratings
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The Season: A Summer Whirl Through the English Social Season
The Season: A Summer Whirl Through the English Social Season 3.34 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Ghastly Good Taste: Or, a Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture
Ghastly Good Taste: Or, a Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Mistress and Commander: High Jinks, High Seas and Highlanders
Mistress and Commander: High Jinks, High Seas and Highlanders 3.76 avg rating — 58 ratings
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English Food
English Food 4.18 avg rating — 346 ratings
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Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives 4.02 avg rating — 2,940 ratings
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Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything 3.99 avg rating — 2,809 ratings
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Secrets and Lies
Secrets and Lies 3.65 avg rating — 427 ratings
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The Best of the Saturday Book
The Best of the Saturday Book it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
90.
There's Always the Hills
There's Always the Hills 3.94 avg rating — 96 ratings
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The Book of English Folk Tales
The Book of English Folk Tales really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Wigan Pier Revisited
Wigan Pier Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Wassailing: The British Midwinter Blessing Custom
Wassailing: The British Midwinter Blessing Custom 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Mythology of the British Isles
Mythology of the British Isles 3.57 avg rating — 534 ratings
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Great Northern? A Scottish Adventure of Swallows & Amazons (Swallows & Amazons, #12)
Great Northern? A Scottish Adventure of Swallows & Amazons (Swallows & Amazons, #12) 4.13 avg rating — 1,416 ratings
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The Cult of St George in Medieval England
The Cult of St George in Medieval England really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord Lucan
A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord Lucan 3.33 avg rating — 571 ratings
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England's Dreaming: The Sex Pistols and Punk Rock
England's Dreaming: The Sex Pistols and Punk Rock 4.07 avg rating — 7,297 ratings
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