The History of The Jago's

Child of the Jago: A Novel Set in the London Slums in the 1890s (Academy Victorian Classic) (Paperback)

The Jago was one of, if not the worst slums in London. Dicky Perrot is the main character of the story and we follow him form age 8 to about 17. His fight for survival and the responsibility he feels for his mother and sister whilst his Father is in prison makes you feel like crying. He has nothing and knows, as the local eccentric put it, that the Jago had got him and that there are only two ways out for him - to become a "Swellmobsmen" ( successful thief ) or death. Dicky is encouraged by the local Parson, Father Sturt, who is tireless in his work with the people of the Jago, to try to make something decent and honest with his life and enjoy all the things that the people who he robs enjoy and manages to secure him a job as a delivery boy for the local chandler. Unfortunately for Dicky he is dismissed thanks to an old friend who does not want him to take the straight and narrow path. After this Dicky goes down hill fast, he loses patience with his mother who takes to the Gin and leaves Em his sister to crawl in the gutter and fend for herself, his Father, disenchanted with life after coming out of prison, does his one last fatal job and at the end we see a small, poor desperate Dicky and like his old friend Beveridge told him years before, there are only two ways out of the Jago... Find out which way Dicky gets out in this excellent and realistic portrayal of life in a London slum at the turn of the century.

The Northern Lights

"Jago is a taut, imaginative writer. Her description of the winter Birkeland and his young protégés spent huddled by the stove makes one gasp at the old, reckless days of science. . . . The pleasure of the biography is Jago's gossipy, emotive interest in Birkeland's character and disappointments. . . . Entertaining, provocative."
?The Times Literary Supplement

"In The Northern Lights, Jago uncovers a subject that has been all but buried: the true story of Kristian Birkeland, a man more than half a century ahead of his time in his scientific pursuits. The book details the life of the Norwegian scientist as he struggles, at the turn of the 19th century, to solidify his theories about the aurora borealis, or northern lights. Jago deftly paints a historical background for some of the most important concepts in electromagnetic theory today, breathing life into a subject traditionally presented with a drab countenance."
?Scientific American

"First-time author Lucy Jago now resurrects this intrepid, visionary, and obsessively hardworking genius in a compulsively readable tale of courage, conviction, and betrayal. Jago's lucid and captivating blend of biography, physics, and cultural history adds a vital chapter to the annals of science and finally gives Birkeland his due."
?Booklist (*starred* review)

"Instead of a stiff, scholarly biography, British journalist Jago has written a poignantly human story filled with minute, extensively researched details, from a description of the wallpaper in Birkeland's observatory to his courtship and married life. In readable prose, she relates complex scientific concepts and places Birkeland's discoveries and contributions in a place of prominence."
?Library Journal (*starred* review)

Pasta by Patrick Jagos, Gunter Beer(Photographer)

Tortelloni in brodo, wan-tan, Swiss pizocceri: all of it is pasta! Both China and Italy claim to be the inventors of pasta, and both cuisines have had a long lasting influence. But pasta is found all over the world. Through their recipes, Gunter Beer and Patrik Jaros tell of the journey of pasta and its rise to fame in gourmet cuisine. This book shows you pasta in all its aspects, from classic Italian and Asian recipes to Euroasian fusions and variations from the Pacific, including noodles in a coffee and cardamom sauce.