London 2: South is a uniquely comprehensive guide to the twelve southern boroughs. Its riverside buildings range from the royal splendours of Hampton Court & Greenwich & the Georgian delights of Richmond to the monuments of Victorian commerce in Lambeth & Southwark. But the book also charts lesser known suburbs from former villages such as Clapham to still rural Edwardian Chislehurst as well as the results of twentieth-century planners dreams from Roehampton to Thamesmead. Full accounts are given of London landmarks as diverse as Southwark Cathedral Soanes Dulwich Picture Gallery & the arts complex of the South Bank. The outer boroughs include diverse former country houses
- Edward IVs Eltham Palace the Jacobean Charlton House & the Palladian Marble Hill. The rich Victorian churches & school buildings are covered in detail as are the exceptional structures of Kew Gardens.
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London street map

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This guide opens up the treasures of Londons most alluring quarter. At its core are Westminster Abbey Parliament & the palatial Government buildings of Whitehall together with the great band of Royal Parks stretching westward toward Kensington. It also

Includes:: Londons West End (Covent Garden Soho Mayfair & St Jamess) & the less well-known Belgravia & Pimlico. The architectural glories of Westminster Abbey are supplemented by details of its astonishing monuments perhaps the greatest such collection in Europe. Buckingham Palace & its elder sister at St Jamess the gorgeous riches of Theatreland & the stately parade of gentlemens clubs in Pall Mall are all described in depth. Georgian houses large & small the amazingly varied Victorian mansion blocks & workers dwellings & some post-war housing schemes are also comprehensively surveyed. Architectural developments are punctuated by Westminsters many statues & monuments from Nelsons Column to Oscar Wilde. For each area there is a detailed gazetteer & brief introduction. A general introduction provides a historical & artistic overview. Numerous maps & plans over 100 colour photographs full indexes & an illustrated glossary are also provided. This is the fifth of six Pevsner Architectural Guides volumes on London available in cloth.

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David Gentleman has been drawing London all his adult life. But can you look afresh at the place where you live? Over the past year he has immersed himself in his home city to try & find out. London You're Beautiful" the resulting book of sketches drawings & watercolours arranged month by month shows a year in the life of London & reveals the city that is hidden in plain view. David's notes on his work offer us a privileged insight into how an artist sees & captures the ever-shifting light & colours movement & figures of a teeming city as it moves through the seasons. He describes how he chooses techniques & materials to render the spellbound children at his grandchildren's Camden primary school; the spectacular transformation of Hendon's streets from brown to pink to green with April's cherry blossom; the strange world evoked by the city under snow. Through David's eyes we see London anew as he shows us how the sun turns rubbish-strewn ditches into enchanting waterside glades or how just twenty-two lines on paper can deliver the dazzling complexity of Canary Wharf's windows. This book is for everyone who would like to understand how an artist works for lovers of the Olympic city that will be celebrated in London 2012 & for those who long to see a familiar world transformed. David Gentleman born in London in 1930 is a watercolourist & printmaker working in many media & scales. He has designed British stamps & coins & the platform-length mural at Charing Cross tube station well-known to Londoners that is blown up from his wood engravings. His studio is at the top of an early Victorian house in Camden Town between the crowded rackety Camden Lock & the green spaces of Regent's Park & Primrose Hill." ...

The London 2012 Olympic Games will be the biggest sporting event ever to be staged in Great Britain. The Greatest Show on Earth relives every important moment from every day of the London 2012 Olympic Games from the Opening Ceremony on Friday 27 July to the Closing Ceremony on Sunday 12 August recording the joy & exultation of the Olympic gold medallists as well sympathetically remembering some of the hard-luck stories. The book is structured in such a way that each days activities are covered the great stories outstanding achievements & heroic efforts & all are brought to life by stunning action photographs. To conclude each day there are potted highlights & sport by sport a list of all the medals awarded. For every sports fan whether they attend an event or not The Greatest Show on Earth will be the perfect keepsake from a fantastic summer. ...

This London 2012 official junior book contains everything young readers need to become true Olympic Games & Paralympic Games experts as they study the easy-to-follow Games event analysis star athlete profiles & absorb the brilliant action photographs. Illustrated with 100 amazing images & appealing to junior fans this fantastic book looks at each of the major events as well as profiling of all of the tournaments star athletes including Usain Bolt Tom Daley Rebecca Adlington Chris Hoy & Ellie Simmonds. Readers will meet Wenlock & Mandeville the official London 2012 Games mascots & be entertained by the special features on the venues great Games moments & amazing facts. The official London 2012 Games Fact File is the essential companion for junior fans & will keep them entertained throughout the Games. ...

Use your coloured pencils pens or crayons to bring extra colour to the London 2012 Olympic Games & Paralympic Games with the London 2012 Games Sticker Colouring Book". With more than 20 scenes to colour in
- featuring star athletes & exclusive London 2012 imagery such as the official mascots Wenlock & Mandeville
- this official book is the perfect junior companion to the London 2012 Games."

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The London 2012 Olympic Games & Paralympic Games will see the worlds athletes come together to determine who really is the best & The London 2012 Games Superstars profiles the leading contenders. Officially endorsed by London 2012 Games & illustrated throughout with 30 colour images The London 2012 Games Superstars

Includes:: an introduction explaining what it takes to become an Olympic & Paralympic hero & over 25 extended portraits of the London 2012 contenders which include"es vital information career statistics & milestones along with stunning action photographs. This book is the perfect childrens companion to the London 2012 Olympic Games & Paralympic Games & may inspire them to want to become champions themselves.

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The magnificent official celebration of the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games. A glorious keepsake of the London 2012 Olympic Games & Paralympic Games full of unforgettable images powerful"es & fascinating statistics. It traces the whole incredible story from early preparation through the creation of the Olympic Park the Torch Relay & the innovative Cultural Olympiad. It explores both Games in detail revealing how record-breaking athletes spectators volunteers & locals have all made London 2012 their own. Beautifully designed & featuring the Games most evocative photography & a foreword by Sebastian Coe KBE London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games: The Commemorative Book captures the magical atmosphere of a once in a lifetime event. Tom Knight has worked in journalism for over 30 years & in that time has covered eight Olympic Games & travelled extensively covering sport for a variety of newspapers & magazines. For 10 years he was the Daily Telegraphs athletics correspondent with a portfolio that included sports politics & doping as well as a number of other Olympic sports. As a freelance writer he has worked for The Times The Guardian the Independent the Mail on Sunday the Daily Express & the Press Association. Tom was press officer for the London Marathon for five years & was news editor of Running Magazine. Sybil Ruscoe has been a journalist since 1978 working on national newspapers & in national radio & television. Sybils covered everything from the General Election to the Olympic Games. She worked on The Derby the Cheltenham Festival The Open Six Nations rugby & Test cricket. In 1999 she joined C4 Cricket where she was part of its RTS & BAFTA award-winning team & became the first woman to present Test TV coverage in Britain. For five years Sybil presented Ruscoe & Co the afternoon show on BBC 5 Live where she interviewed thousands of people from sport entertainment & politics. A magnificent commemorative volume to capture all the drama & passion of London 2012. Foreword by Sebastian Coe KBE Sporting statistics records & full tables of medal winners plus inspiring"ations from victorious British athletes & evocative colour photographs. Firsthand accounts from those who made it happen: elite athletes Cultural Olympiad performers architects & builders volunteers & organisers
- unique insight into a great national event. Range & depth reflects scope of the greatest show on Earth
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Includes:: both Games Cultural Olympiad Torch Relay iconic venues & the legacy of London 2012. The perfect present for sports fans lovers of spectacle & anyone who was there
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The Olympic Games comes to London in 2012 & London 2012 Olympic Games The Official Book is a stunning illustrated guide to ...