It is 1938 & the prospect of war hangs over every London inhabitant. But the city doesnt stop. Everywhere people continue to work drink fall in love fight & struggle to get on in life. At the lodging-house at No.10 Dulcimer Street Kennington the buttoned-up clerk Mr. Josser returns home with the clock he has received as a retirement gift. The other residents include faded actress Connie; tinned food-loving Mr. Puddy; widowed landlady Mrs. Vizzard (whose head is turned by her new lodger a self-styled Professor of Spiritualism); & flashy young mechanic Percy Boon whose foray into stolen cars descends into something much much worse. ...

This colourful fold out map of central London is ideal for visitors & tourists. Shopping areas theatres cinemas hotels places of tourist interest bus routes & bike stations all shown. Central London mapped out in an exceptional detailed scale of 1:9 000 (7 inches to 1 mile). MAIN FEATURES This colourful little map is an ideal day trip or tourist purchase. It is packed with useful information including major shops museums theatres selected pubs popular restaurant areas & bike stations. Footpaths & pedestrian areas are shown for those exploring the city by foot. Planning journeys by public transport is made easy with numbered bus routes & underground stations colour coded on the map face to identify the relevant tube line. The key to map symbols is shown in English French German Spanish & Japanese & the index

Includes:: street names places of interest major hotels cinemas hospitals tourist information centres & much more.

Includes:: * Inset map of the new Olympic park map. * The latest congestion charging zone. * Clear easy-to-read street map packed with information. * Places of tourist interest plotted & colour coded. * Handy small format & durable card cover. AREA OF COVERAGE From Kings Cross in the north to Pimlico in the south & from South Kensington in the west to the Tower of London in the east. WHO THIS TITLE IS OF INTEREST TO This product is especially useful to the tourist or day tripper who wants to make the most of their visit to central London.



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This is a guide to Londons distinctive Blue Plaques
- commemorating the remarkable men & women who have lived in the capital. Its
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This is the tenth book in the Alex Cross series. Alex Cross FBI agent is back in his most explosive adventure yet. & so is the Wolf. & so is the Weasel. Alex Cross is on vacation when he gets the call. A town in Nevada has been annihilated & the Russian super-criminal known as the Wolf is claiming responsibility. Major cities around the globe are threatened with total destruction & the thought of such dark genius at work makes Alexs blood run cold. Cross is catapulted into an international chase of astonishing danger. Full of the high-voltage action & enthralling intrigue for which James Patterson is best known LONDON BRIDGES is an unforgettable thriller that will grip you from cover to cover. ...

Explore London with ease with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized map. Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable map will ensure you dont miss a thing. *

Includes:: 2 Pop Out maps
- a detailed bus map of central London & the whole Underground network shown * Ingenious self-folding map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough place index is also featured & cross-referenced to the Underground map & the bus map so you can easily find your destination * Key places of interest are listed offering you advice on the best things to see


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This work is the first to study the gentlemens clubs that were an important feature the Late Victorian landscape in London & the first to discover the secret history of clubmen & their world. The wealthy men of the British upper classes have often been segregated to the realm of biography or family history lumped in with their middle-class rivals or dismissed as irrelevant in the larger story of Victorian Britain. This book places the English gentleman at center stage detailing how clubland dramatically shaped nineteenth & early twentieth-century ideas about gender domesticity power class & the city. ...

Children will discover the magic & excitement of London with this brilliant new colouring book. From Trafalgar Square to Tower Bridge & Piccadilly Circus to Portobello Road children will be able to put their own colourful stamp on one of the worlds most vibrant cities. The capital will come alive with bright buses & boats cheery Covent Garden performers pearly kings & queens & period patterns. Packed with beautiful & distinctive illustrations featuring a variety of London attractions this is a book to enchant every child. ...

A colouring book for budding artists. It features black & white drawings of many of the main sights to be seen in London from buildings & people to statues & transport. It

Includes:: line drawings that allow the readers to colour them in their own style. Each picture is accompanied by simple but interesting facts about London.

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The streets of London resonate with secret stories from East End lore to Cold War espionage from tales of riots rakes anarchy & grisly murders to Rolling Stones gigs gangland drinking dens Orwells Fitzrovia & Lenins haunts. Ed Glinert has walked the length & breadth of the city to unravel its mysteries travelling through time from the Romans London wall to the new Olympic site at Stratford. This is London as you have never seen it before. ...

There is no one-volume book in print that carries so much valuable information on London & its history Illustrated London News The London Encyclopaedia is the most comprehensive book on London ever published. In its first new edition in over ten years completely revised & updated it comprises some 6 000 entries organised alphabetically cross-referenced & supported by two large indexes -- one for the 10 000 people mentioned in the text & one general -- & is illustrated with over 500 drawings prints & photographs. Everything of relevance to the history culture commerce & government of the capital is documented in this phenomenal book. From the very first settlements through to the skyline of today The London Encyclopaedia comprehends all that is London. Written in very accessible prose with a range of memorable"ations & affectionate jokes...a monumental achievement written with real love Financial Times ...