During the week London is the bustlingly centre of big business with millions of people working all around the capital but it's at the weekend that the city really comes alive With London The Weekends Start Here explore the unrivalled range of cultural artistic historical & outdoor experiences this dynamic capital has to offer with plenty of time to achieve the unexpected before another Monday morning rolls round Perfect for Londoners & visitors alike discover 52 themed weekends organised by season with over 250 interesting & quirky entries for unusual & surprising attractions Including all you need to know about location transport & the best places to eat & drink From Wild London in the spring to Nordic London in the winter & Tea Drinker's London Quiet London Japanese London & more in between Multicultural & historical urban & wild peaceful & vibrant
- there's plenty to do in London to suit your mood & interests as well as the time of year Why not try ? Drinking in pubs once frequented by pirates & smugglers in Wapping Taking a Scandinavian sauna at the Finnish Church Eating grapes from a royal grape vine Spotting London's Peregrine Falcons Finding literary treasures in the British Library Soaking up the sun on a Japanese Roof Garden Walking the route of a Victorian sewer & Exploring the chalk downland valleys of south London Get inspired & enjoy all the fun diverting & imaginative things to do in this great city one weekend at a time
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London A City in Pictures forms a tour of the city's historic streets of medieval & classical architecture sumptuous palaces & distinctive bridges & modern skyscrapers such as The Shard This comprehensive & fully updated tourist memento presents a visual guide to the city's pomp & pageantry celebrations carnivals & glittering night life It celebrates the rich ethnic mix of diverse cultures that nevertheless exudes the unique character of London here revealed in more than 500 photographs h&-picked from the archives of the Press Association ...

Over 100 important maps from the mid-sixteenth century to the present day are illustrated & discussed London A Life in Maps has been a bestseller since its first publication in 2006 & has now been redesigned & updated for a new audience 224 pages 130 Colour Illustrations Whitfield Peter ...

London An Illustrated Literary Companion compiled by Rosemary Gray captures the varying moods of the great city over recent centuries through diary entries with"ations poems essays & extracts from great works written in its honour It is beautifully illustrated with drawings & engravings from distinguished artists including Gustave Dore George Cruikshank James Mc Neill Whistler & Hugh Thomson & contains contemporary prints & photographs Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure ...

Remember London for ever with this exquisite cut-paper souvenir Presented in a beautiful slipcase this stunning memento features ...

In London The Information Capital geographer James Cheshire & designer Oliver Uberti join forces to bring you a series of new maps & graphics charting life in London like never before When do police helicopters catch criminals? Which borough of London is the happiest? Is &czesc& becoming a more common greeting than &salaam&? James Cheshire & Oliver Uberti could tell you but they&d rather show you By combining millions of data points with stunning design they investigate how flights stack over Heathrow who lives longest & where Londoners love to tweet The result? One hundred portraits of an old city in a very new way Dr James Cheshire is a geographer with a passion for London & its data His award-winning maps draw from his research as a lecturer at University College London & have appeared in the Guardian & the Financial Times as well as on his popular blog mappinglondoncouk He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Oliver Uberti is a visual journalist designer & the recipient of many awards for his information graphics & art direction From 2003 to 2012 he worked in the design department of National Geographic most recently as Senior Design Editor He has a design studio in Ann Arbor Michigan ...

Suitable for decorating your own books or for project work at school this book helps you create your very own picture book as you learn about the who what where & when of London from the amazing museums & parks to where the Royal family live 96 pages DK Publishing ...

Londontown is a love letter in pictures to this bustling world capital Photographer Susannah Conway takes us beyond the familiar sights to capture an authentic local experience of the city Readers will travel with her as she crisscrosses London shooting all the hippest most exciting & most historic neighborhoods & sampling the city's effortless cool vibrant street life & timeless know-how Mixing signature Polaroid shots with modern digital photos this insider's slice of London life will appeal both to those living half a mile from Big Ben & Anglophiles anywhere ...

Being a superhero is dangerous & expensive work & Lone Justice has suffered devastating financial loss Now the masked villain known as Scion stalks our hero & Lone Justice is left with nothing more than his wits & his fists! ...

Fire! Blood! Sex! Corruption! Flying fists & burning lead! The romance of adventure & the conflict of romance They called it " Black Tuesday"
- October 29 1929 when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed By winter the homeless were crowding the Hooverville camps & once wealthy men were walking the streets This is the story of one man's journey from wealth & power to poverty & another sort of power as his city is blasted by a spree of lawlessness They called him Lone Justice! His story is the stuff of legend
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