Following in the bestselling footsteps of the Strangest series London is now available in a beautiful special gift format
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Samuel Johnson famously said that: When a man is tired of London he is tired of life." London's remarkable history architecture landmarks streets style cool swagger & stalwart residents are pictured in hundreds of compelling photographs sourced from a wide array of archives around the world. London is a vast sprawling metropolis constantly evolving & growing yet throughout its complex past & shifting present the humor unique character & bulldog spirit of the people have stayed constant. This book salutes all those Londoners their city & its history. In addition to the wealth of images included in this book many previously unpublished London's history is told through hundreds of"ations lively essays & references from key movies books & records. From Victorian London to the Swinging 60s; from the Battle of Britain to Punk; from the Festival of Britain to the 2012 Olympics; from the foggy cobbled streets to the architectural masterpieces of the millennium; from rough pubs to private drinking clubs; from Royal Weddings to raves from the charm of the East End to the wonders of the Westminster; from Chelsea girls to Hoxton hipsters; from the power to glory: in page after page of stunning photographs reproduced big & bold like the city itself London at last gets the photographic tribute it deserves." ...

Explore the glorious cities of London & Paris 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 street map of London & a detailed street map of Paris * Additional maps of the London Underground & the Paris Metro are also included * Ingenious self-folding map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the cities in an easy-to-use format * Street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the 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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Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town fitting snugly within its walls into one of the world's largest & most dynamic cities. This book illustrates & helps to explain the transformation. Side-by-side with the great semi-official but sanitised images of the whole city there are the more utilitarian maps & plans of the parts
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- which perhaps present a more truthful picture. But the maps & panoramas are far more than topographical records. They all have something unique to say about them concerns assumptions ambitions & prejudices of Londoners at the time when they were created. The book reveals the 'inside story' behind one of the world's greatest cities.

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No city can lay claim to a more dramatic history than London. Engulfed in calamities that seemed to mark its end
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Years have passed since 7/7. Alarmingly however even under Cameron Britain still continues to fan the radicalisation of its society. Britains pretending to be tough on terrorism as it continues to look the other way. This refusal to act goes back two decades when a hub for terror throughout Europe & elsewhere was allowed access to British soil
- Londonistan. In Londonistan" Melanie Phillips interviews key politicians moderate Muslims academics & intelligence experts. She uncovers a persistent state of denial by the establishment entrusted with our security both on the left & right. Hers is an acclaimed & gripping account of the failure of the way in which Britain is handling terrorism & its own social crises."
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Londonstani Gautam Malkanis electrifying debut reveals a Britain that has never before been explored in the novel: a country of young Asians & white boys (desis & goras) trying to work out a place for themselves in the shadow of the divergent cultures of their parents generation. Set close to the Heathrow feed roads of Hounslow Malkani shows us the lives of a gang of four young men: Hardjit the ring leader a Sikh violent determined his caste stay pure; Ravi determinedly tactless a sheep following the herd; Amit whose brother Arun is struggling to win the approval of his mother for the Hindu girl he has chosen to marry; & Jas who tells us of his journey with these three desperate to win their approval desperate too for Samira a Muslim girl which in this story can only have bad consequences. Together they cruise the streets in Amits enhanced Beemer making a little money changing the electronic fingerprints on stolen mobile phones a scam that leads them into more dangerous waters. Funny crude disturbing written in the vibrant language of its protagonists
- a mix of slang Bollywood texting Hindu & bastardised gangsta rap
- Londonstani is about many things: tribalism aggressive masculinity integration cross-cultural chirpsing techniques the urban scene seeping into the mainstream bling bling economics complicated family-related shit. It is one of the most surprising British novels of recent years.

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The Lone Brit on 13 is a gripping true story of violence degradation & adventure penned in the confines of a grim Malaga prison cell. Imprisoned for drug-smuggling the lone Brit on Wing 13 Chance reveals the horrors he experienced among cut-throat villains & screws in the netherworld of the Spanish prison system. Chance takes to writing in his dank prison cell in an attempt to escape his surroundings & recalls various episodes in his life: his time serving as a soldier in Thailand & Malaysia; his involvement with the 3 Para snatch-squad in the 1970s Belfast; & his subsequent descent into drug dealing & trafficking which culminated in a high-speed boat chase & his imprisonment in a top-security Spanish prison. While inside Chance fought his way to the surface of a cesspool of iniquitous scumbags using his fists: the only effective means of being understood in an environment of desecrated morality & non-existent integrity. With predators lurking everywhere Chance had to be constantly on guard & in order to survive he had to be mentally prepared to inflict the necessary violent retribution on any would-be attacker or racist thug. As the sole British inmate Chance was a prime target for the intimidating Spanish hardmen who thrived on cruelty & treachery. But his martial arts skills & Samurai philosophy proved to be more than a match for the aggressors. Once a respected & successful businessman admired by his peers
- he had operated his own martial arts business in Spain before being jailed
- Chance took one wrong turn in life & lost everything except the love & support of his loyal wife.

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In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than twenty-four hours later only one of those Navy SEALs was alive. This is the story of team leader Marcus Luttrell the sole survivor of Operation Redwing. Blasted unconscious by a rocket grenade blown over a cliff but still armed & still breathing Luttrell endured four desperate days fighting the al-Qaeda assassins sent to kill him before finding unlikely sanctuary with a Pashtun tribe who risked everything to protect him from the circling Taliban killers. ...

You dont have to be twenty male & an ace mechanic to set out on a great journey. Ive cycled round the world twice now. Im not young Im not sporty I never train & I still cant tell a sprocket from a chainring or mend a puncture. So speaks Anne Mustoe in the opening to this fascinating record of her second epic journey cycling around the globe from East to West. Using historical routes as her inspiration Anne followed the ancient Roman roads to Lisbon travelled across South America with the Conquistadors pursued Captain Cook over the Pacific to Australia & Indonesia & followed the caravans along the fabled Silk Road from Xian to Rome. ...