Los Angeles on a laminated, tear-resistant Insight Flexi Map with indexed street plans of Downtown LA, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Santa Monica & Long Beach, a map of the LA area, a diagram of the metro network, plus extensive tourist information. On one side are street plans of the city ...

Los Angeles on a laminated, tear-resistant Insight Flexi Map with indexed street plans of Downtown LA, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Santa Monica & Long Beach, a map of the LA area, a diagram of the metro network, plus extensive tourist information. On one side are street plans of the city ...

Insight Guides Flexi Map: has a weather-proof fold out map of the country with top attractions listed. Ideal for taking on holiday. This Los Angeles Flexi Map is drawn to a scale of 1:15, 000 & shows the entire city complete with a comprehensive index. This is an ideal on-the-move companion when you`re exploring Los Angeles Outlines Top Attractions & places of interest
Includes: useful facts for people visiting Los Angeles Information on how to get around the country Key facts on the sights Insight Guides/ Apa Publications are one of the UK`s leading overseas road & travel map publisher.
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An illustrated cartographic history of the City of Angels from the colonial era to the present. Los Angeles inhabits a place of the mind as much as it does a physical geographic space. A land of palm trees & movie stars, sunshine & glamour, the city exists in the imagination as a paradise; of course, the reality is much bigger than this. Through seventy reproductions of seminal & historic documents, Los Angeles in Maps presents the evolution of this almost mythical place. Maps featured include historic Spanish explorers' charts from as early as 1791, as well as more recent topographic surveys, tourist guides, real estate maps, bird's-eye views, & more. Like the course of the Los Angeles River, the book winds through essential terrain: the discovery of oil, the rise of Hollywood, the streetcar system, Los Angeles Harbor, earthquakes, sprawl, & splendor. ...

Los Angeles in the Luxe guides series, which are slim & small enough to fit easily in a pocket or handbag. Information is distilled from elite suggestions by city residents, specially selected for their style, knowledge & expertise. Luxe guides aim at the upper end of the market & subjectively edit to choose the very best recommendations for shopping, restaurants, leisure options & nightlife. Half day shopping & activity itineraries are suggested for you to mix & match your visit to suit your timetable. When folded close the cardboard guide slots into its own protective plastic frame. Vanity Fair magazine calls them “delightful, de-lovely, & deluxe”, & that’s just what they are. ...

Los Angeles Marco Polo City Map 2018: the ideal map for your trip. Let the Marco Polo city map of Los Angeles guide you around this awe-inspiring city. Highly durable & waterproof, this handy, pocket-size Los Angeles map folds away easily & is always on standby to help when you`re stuck. Laminated finish
- it feels like paper but it`s waterproof, durable & tear-resistant! This hard-wearing, little pocket map of Los Angeles will withstand lots of folding & refolding. Pocket size
- the handy, light-weight, pocket-size format contains huge coverage of Los Angeles. Easy to use
- the super clear mapping in strong colours & clear text will help you navigate the city like a local. Marco Polo Highlights are now included
- the Top Ten sights are featured with a brief description & are marked on the map to help you get more from your trip. Suggested tours
- two inspirational itineraries are included, offering you ideas of what to see & how to plan your day. Public transport maps
- there is a map of LA`s metro rail system also included. Detailed scale
- the scale is 1: 12 000 showing you even the smallest of streets. Shopping destinations, coffee shops, bars, restaurants & tourist information, are also listed & cross-referenced. Ideal for short break, fly-drive & package holidays. Extensive street index
- perfect to help you find your destination easily & quickly. Extended coverage
- ideal for exploring slightly further afield. Trust Marco Polo`s clear mapping & thorough street index to guide you around the wonderful city of Los Angeles.








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Experience all of the attractions of Los Angeles with this up-to date & authoritative guide, complete with Insider Tips. Most holidaymakers want to have fun & feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination that s what Marco Polo Guides are all about. Discover hotels & restaurants, check out the city`s trendiest places & its various nightlife scenes. There are also tips on shopping as well as details on all the attractions for kids. Further sections include: Festivals & Events, Travel Tips, Links, Blogs, Apps & more, & Index. Los Angeles is both diverse & irresistible, where nobody is quite who he/she might seem. LA lives its cliches quite openly: it is a place where truth & fiction merge into a separate reality. With Marco Polo Los Angeles you will experience one of the world`s most entertaining & exciting destinations. The practical pocket-sized guide leads you through a city of earthquakes & forest fires, queues & smog, race riots & body beautiful under that perpetual blue sky. The Best Of pages highlight what`s currently in vogue in Los Angeles, recommend places to go for free, & have tips for rainy days & where you can relax & put your feet up. The Insider Tips show you where Charlie Chaplin & Ernest Hemingway once dined, & reveal where you might spot a living celebrity. Panels in each chapter suggest things to do if you re on a tight budget, while the Where to Start boxes highlight the best places to begin exploring this metropolis. The City Walks lead you into the heart of Downtown & on the trail of the rich & beautiful in Beverley Hills & Hollywood. Excursions from the Trips & Tours chapter take you by ferry to Santa Catalina & by car to Palm Springs & beyond. Last but not least, the Dos & Don`ts explain why you should save that bottle of wine until you get home & why you should always cross the streets at the lights. Marco Polo Los Angeles provides comprehensive coverage of all areas of the city. To help you find your way around there`s the detailed Street Atlas, a public transport map in the cover, plus the pull-out map. Don`t go on holiday without a Marco Polo guide! ...

A handy, compact guide to Los Angeles with an indexed, pull-out map. About this series: Pocket-sized guide books of essential information, usually written by residents of the destination. Covering sights, culture, history, activities, the best places for eating & drinking, & much more. Illustrated with full-colour photographs, the mini-guides also contain detailed area maps & dedicated pull-out map attached to the inside cover. ...

Of the 17 contributors, bestseller Michael Connelly is most likely to be familiar to a wide audience. Connelly`s ” Mulholland Drive, ” a nice tribute to the classic noir film Double Indemnity, is representative of the quality writing that followers of previous volumes have come to expect. The movie industry, both latter-day & the present, offers a rich background for tight tales of trapped men & women whose passions or desperate circumstances lead them to violent ends, such as the book`s st&-out, Janet Fitch`s ” The Method.” Another highpoint is the collection`s concluding story, Diana Wagman`s ” What You See, ” a depressing but compelling tale of a tragic obsession. ...

From Hollywood starlets to downtown taxi dancers, from Central Avenue speakeasies to clapboard Venice Beach shacks to Depression-era hobos riding the rails, this volume brings readers the masters of the genre, penning tales of love, lust & loss in the City of Angels. Some, like Raymond Chandler & James M. Cain, are literary lions. Others, like screenwriters Paul Cain & Leigh Brackett, whose hard-boiled prose shoots like bullets from a bootlegger`s gun, are mainly known by cognoscenti. Sequel to best selling volume in the Akashic Noir series Los Angeles Noir. ...