In December 2007 a new franchisee
- London Overground
- appeared on the railway scene. This operation was designed to operate

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London's Overthrow is a potent polemic describing the capital in a time of austerity at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Award-winning author & essayist China Mieville cuts through the hyperbole of our politicians to present a view from ordinary London
- of the inequality oppression & indignity & the hidden subversive sentiment pervading throughout our streets.
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Following in the bestselling footsteps of the Strangest series London is now available in a beautiful special gift format
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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 In addition to the wealth of images included in this book many previously unpublished London's history is told through hundreds of"ations lively essays & references from key movies books & records.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." ...

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
- actual & envisaged
- 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
- fire plague
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Create your own picture book as you learn about Europe's largest capital city London. The Ultimate Sticker Guide: London" is ideal for decorating your own books or for project work at school. This activity book makes learning about London fun. Create your very own picture book as you learn all about the who what where & when of London from the amazing museums & parks to where the Royal family live. Read the captions in the booklet & using the labels beside each sticker choose the image that best fits in the space available. Don't forget that your stickers can be stuck down & peeled off again." ...

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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