Title: The names (Keywords)

Senhor Jose is an official in a registry office. One day he finds an index card for a woman that intrigues him, and so he begins to try to track her down, following a set of clues in a bid to rescue her from deep oblivion.

'All The Names Given', continues his Antrobus' investigation into language, miscommunication, place, and memory. Beginning with poems meditating on the author's surname - one which shouldn't have survived into the modern era - Antrobus then examines the rich and fraught history carried within it....

In 1942, Eva is forced to flee Paris after the arrest of her father, a Polish Jew. Finding refuge in a small mountain town, she begins forging identity documents for Jewish children escaping to neutral Switzerland. But erasing people comes with a price, and along with a mysterious, handsome forge...

From as far back as the Druids, birds have figured in folklore, providing inspiration for much fine literature and art. The author has delved into this heritage of bird lore to explain the derivation and history of our relationship with birds.

An index of street names in Bexhill with information about their origins.

A guide to over 4000 placenames in the British Isles. Place-names are a source of information about both local and national history and can also tell the story behind many people's names, the countryside and local families.

This is the second volume offering an authoritative and complete prosopography of post-Conquest England, 1066-1166. It is a major genealogical advance, representing a complete biographical register of persons occurring in the Domesday book.

The English Settlements provides a comprehensive account of English political and social life from the collapse of Roman rule to the emergence of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. The English Settlements is a masterly account of the Dark Ages in the light of evidence from literary sources, the relevant archa...

Have you ever stopped and thought about the name of your home country or one you're travelling to? What it means, where it came from, how it came to be? From The Land of Many Rabbits to The Land of the Thunder Dragon, and many places in between, 'Found in Translation' is a fascinating and extraor...

Second album by the rock supergroup. Debuting in the UK Albums Chart at #14, the album features the single 'All Things All at Once'. Guest vocalists include Minnie Driver, Bronagh Gallagher and Kim Topper.

An extraordinary insight into the life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman's terrifying struggle to escape.

A beautiful tale of hope, courage, and sisterhood—inspired by the real House of Mercy and the girls confined there for daring to break the rules.<Br>Growing up in New York City in the 1910s, Luella and Effie Tildon realize that even as wealthy young women, their freedoms come with limits. But whe...

'Hello, My Name Is...' looks at the fascinating subject of our personal names. Of course, we are particularly interested in our own names. Dale Carnegie, author of 'How to Win Friends and Influence People', says our name is our sweetest and most important sound. However, your name is just one in ...