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United Kingdom
- DK Eyewitness Great Britain
- Discover Great Britain - a beautiful land rich in culture and history. Whether you want to go wild swimming in the Fairy Pools of Skye, take a windswept walk along the Jurassic Coast, or scale the heights of Snowdonia, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Great Britain has to offer.From the jagged peaks of the... Lire la suite
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- Walking London`s Statues and Monuments
- Walking London’s Statues and Monuments is Rupert Hill’s illustrated tour guide of London’s public art, presented in 13 fact-filled walks in the capital. Elegant colour-washed pen and ink illustrations bring the en-route statues and monuments to life. Each art work/site is accompanied by an insight into the history behind its creation, giving an... Lire la suite
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United Kingdom
- The Island House: Our Wild New Life on a Tiny Cornish Isle
- `In the January dark, a young man walks slowly into the sea. He can`t see where he is going, but he knows the island is calling...`Mary and Patrick`s dream was to live in London, have 2.4 children, the nice house, the successful jobs. But life had other plans, and in one traumatic year that all came crashing down.Bruised and battered, Mary... Lire la suite
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- DK Eyewitness Travel Guide London
- Find your corner of London with this essential travel guide to this great city, designed to help you create your own unique trip and to transport you there before you`ve even packed your case - step back in time at the Tower of London and the British Museum, get a bird`s eye view of London from the Shard, or relax in Hyde Park. The DK... Lire la suite
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United Kingdom
- London Bensons MapGuides Street Map
- London Street Map - with the most detailed mapping, highly recommended for exploring London on foot - from Bensons MapGuides in their range of street plans of central London. On one side is the publishers’ standard mapping, presented here at 1:9,700 approx, plus a bus map and an index of places of interest with grading. Coverage extends,... Lire la suite
Stanfords
United Kingdom
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- Under London
- Crypts, catacombs, tunnels, tombs, cellars, bunkers, vaults and underground chambers hidden beneath the city conjure up a mixture of fascination, eeriness and foreboding for many people. What dark mysteries lurk beneath the busy roads, pavements and shops? The fact that London has an underground network of tunnels that stretch for hundreds of... Lire la suite
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- Rick Steves Best of Europe (Third Edition)
- Hit Europe`s can`t-miss art, sights, and bites with Rick Steves Best of Europe!* Expert advice from Rick Steves on what`s worth your time and money* Itineraries for one to four days in the top destinations in England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland* Rick`s tips for beating the crowds, skipping lines, and... Lire la suite
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- London Night and Day: The Insider`s Guide to London 24 Hours a Day
- Like New York, London can be enjoyed all day and all night. This insider`s guide gives you the gen on where, when and how to enjoy London at any hour. It covers places to stay, places to eat, drink, dance and be entertained and informed. Including all the main and famous places in London but with the added twist of highlighting some of the... Lire la suite
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- 100 Walks in Greater London
- 100 Walks in Greater London offers the leisure walker the opportunity to discover both well-known tourist routes and, more importantly, the lesser known areas of Greater London - the area within the M25 circular around London. These range from historic Tower Bridge, Alexandra Palace, the modern Docklands areas to the green open spaces of... Lire la suite
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- An Opinionated Guide to London Architecture
- Following on from the success of `An Opinionated Guide to East London`, Hoxton Mini Press are developing a series of `opinionated guides` to aspects of London, each offering concise, highly-curated, insider selections alongside stunning, original photography. Two expert writers, Sujata Burman and Rosa Bertoli, have joined forces with... Lire la suite
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United Kingdom
- Literary London
- Ed Glinert’s _Literary London_ reveals the literary history of the capital’s streets and alleyways, telling the stories behind some of our most famous historical figures. From the Globe at Bankside and Dylan Thomas’s favourite drinking dens to the fictional worlds of Bertie Wooster and Mrs Dalloway, Glinert reveals the crammed literary life of... Lire la suite
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United Kingdom
- Dickens`s London
- Few novelists have written so intimately about a city in the way that Charles Dickens wrote about London. A near-photographic memory made his contact with the city indelible from a very young age and it remained his constant focus. Virginia Woolf maintained that, `we remodel our psychological geography when we read Dickens,` as he produces... Lire la suite
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- London`s Secrets: Peaceful Places
- London is one of the world`s most exciting cities, but it`s also one of the noisiest; a bustling, chaotic, frenetic, over-crowded, manic metropolis of over 8 million people, where it can be difficult to find somewhere to grab a little peace and quiet. Nevertheless, if you know where to look London has a wealth of peaceful places - places to... Lire la suite
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- London and the Georgian Navy
- Georgian London was the hub of the world`s largest industrial-military complex, underpinning and securing a global trading empire that was entirely dependent on the Royal Navy for its existence. Philip MacDougall explores the bureaucratic web that operated within the wider city area before giving attention to London`s association with the... Lire la suite