The Year 1000

robert-lacey

Danny Danziger

HarperCollins, Publishers

On 15 June 1215, rebel barons forced King John to meet them at Runnymede. They did not trust the King, so he was not allowed to leave until his seal was attached to the charter in front of him. This work explores what it was like to be alive in that momentous year. It interweaves political power struggles with other issues.

1215: The Year of the Magna Carta

History

Europe

Coronet

The Year 1000 is a vivid and surprising portrait of life in England a thousand years ago - a world that already knew brain surgeons and property developers and, yes, even the occasional gossip columnist. Uncovering such wonderfully unexpected details, authors Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger bring this distant world closer than it has ever been before. How did people survive without sugar? How did monks communicate if they were not allowed to speak? Why was July called "the hungry month"? The Year 1000 answers these questions and reveals such secrets as the recipe for a medieval form of Viagra and a hallucinogenic treat called "crazy bread." In the spirit of modern investigative journalism, Lacey and Danziger interviewed the top historians and archaeologists. Research led them to an ancient and little-known document of the period, the Julius Work Calendar, a sharply observed guide that takes us back in time to a charming and very human world of kings and revelers, saints and slave laborers, lingering paganism and profound Christian faith.

The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium (Charnwood Library)

World

CHARNWOOD (LARGE PRINT)

In this insightful biography, Sunday Times columnist Danny Danziger brings to life the special bond between the world’s two most famous siblings―Their Royal Highnesses William and Harry.The royal princes William and Harry come from a family where fraternal relationships have often been hostile―at best. King John paid money to have his older brother Richard the Lionheart unlawfully imprisoned. Richard II murdered Henry IV. King George VI permanently cut off communication with his brother, the Duke of Windsor, after he insisted on marrying divorcee Mrs. Simpson. Prince Charles is currently on frosty terms with his younger brothers, Andrew and Edward. So, historically and genetically it is extraordinary that these two brothers, just two years and two months apart, and temperamentally so dissimilar, should love each other with such depth.Since birth, William and Harry have been in lockstep, drawn together by their birthright and the unique and tragic circumstances of their childhood. They are, however, not just the living legacy of their beautiful, troubled mother, Princess Diana, nor, by dint of birth, simply successors to a long-lasting dynasty. They are strong individuals in their own right and have made the British royals once again an object of universal fascination. William & Harry focuses on this intriguing fraternal relationship―the older brother, happily married and father of three, who is destined to be king, and the irrepressible younger brother who, not long ago, was a carefree bachelor with a penchant for hijinks, and is now married to Meghan Markle, a woman who defies royal expectations.

William & Harry

Celadon Books

- The groove that runs between your nose and your mouth.- That little piece of plastic closing the end of a shoelace.- That long thin trail left behind by a jet airplane.- Those string bits on a banana.They're between our fingers, under our noses and yet we have absolutely no idea what they're called.  Until now.  In The Whatchamacallit, authors Danny Danziger and Mark McCrum have a fascinating - fun - collection of terms (all true) for the things we never realy knew the names of.

The Whatchamacallit (Those Everyday Objects You Just Can't Name and Things You Think You Know About It, But Don't)

Hyperion

Future Publishing

Whatchamacallit - hours of unbelievable fun trying to name outrageous things

Whatchamacallit

The Imagineering Company, LLC

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