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- The Stubborn Light of Things: A Nature Diary
- A nature diary by award-winning novelist, nature writer and hit podcaster Melissa Harrison, following her journey from urban south London to the rural Suffolk countryside.`A writer of great gifts.` Robert Macfarlane`The journal of a writer to compare to Thomas Hardy. Melissa Harrison is among our most celebrated nature writers.` John Carey, The... Read more
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- Moon Amsterdam Walks (Second Edition)
- Experience Amsterdam like a local: on foot! Wander along Amsterdam`s sparkling canals and bask in the diversity of its village vibes and cosmopolitan culture. Inside you`ll find:Six customisable walks through the city`s hippest neighbourhoods, including the Center, Westerpark, the Jordaan, De Pijp, and more, with color-coded stops and... Read more
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- 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,... Read more
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- Charles Booth`s London Poverty Maps
- Charles Booth`s landmark survey of life in late-19th-century London, published for the first time in one volume. In the late 19th century, Charles Booth`s landmark social and economic survey found that 35% of Londoners were living in abject poverty. Between 1886 and 1903, Booth`s team of social investigators interviewed Londoners from all walks... Read more
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- An Opinionated Guide To London Green Spaces
- Don`t be fooled by London`s concrete landscape: it is, in fact, one of the greenest cities in the world. This small paperback featuring the top 50 green spaces to visit is part of a series of opinionated guides that offer simple, highly-curated advice on what to do and see in the capital. Illustrated with original photography and compelling... Read more
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- Glastonbury Isle Of Avalon
- Did Jesus really visit the Holy Isle of Avalon as a young man? And did Joseph of Arimathea really found the first church here too? Is King Arthur really buried with Guinevere in the Abbey grounds? In this small guide book, local historian George Wingfield unravels some of the mysteries of this ancient English spiritual centre, telling its story... Read more
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- Andrew Duncan`s Favourite London Walks
- Andrew Duncan’s Favourite London Walks contains 50 classic routes around the capital, exploring London’s heritage from its busiest central streets to its quiet rural corners. The guide is aimed at both residents and visitors, containing detailed text on the history behind London’s landscape and the people who have shaped it, aswell as visitor... Read more
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- 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... Read more
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- 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... Read more
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- 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... Read more
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- Cruickshank`s London: A Portrait of a City in 13 Walks
- `The perfect guide to the hidden history of London`s streets.` BBC History MagazineIn Cruickshank`s London, Britain`s favourite architectural historian describes thirteen walks through one of the greatest cities on earth. From the mysterious Anglo-Saxon origins of Hampstead Heath, via Christopher Wren`s magisterial City churches, to the... Read more
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- London Mini Map Bensons MapGuides
- London Mini Map from Bensons MapGuides in their range of street plans of central London. This title is double-sided with the main map and a diagram of the Underground network on one side plus on the reverse: additional maps of bus routes and London’s theatreland, brief descriptions of main shopping areas and street markets, a street index with... Read more
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- 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... Read more
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- 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... Read more
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