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The Astounding Broccoli Boy
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Rory Rooney likes to be prepared for all eventualities. His favourite book is Don't Be Scared, Be Prepared, and he has memorized every page of it. He could even survive...
The Powers Behind the Prime Minister: The Hidden Influence of Number
How many people know what lies on the other side of the door to 10 Downing Street, or indeed, who built the building? Providing a portrait of the centre of...
End Game (William Warwick Novels)
William Warwick and Ross Hogan return, for one last time, in a gripping and unputdownable finale. Available now! London, 2012. The eyes of the world are on Britain as the...
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*Don't miss A Murder in Paris , the brand new twisty thriller from Matthew Blake* THE SMASH HIT NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ~ A GUARDIAN and SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE...
Absolutely and Forever
How do you find the courage to make your own life? An electrifying novel about first love set in 1960s London and Paris from multiple bestseller, Rose Tremain 'I can't...
A Higher Form of Killing: Six Weeks in World War I That Forever
Between April 22 and May 30, 1915, Western civilization was shocked. World War I was already appalling in its brutality, but it had until then been fought on the battlefield...
In the Lion's Den: The House of Falconer
From the bestselling author of A Woman of Substance , a page-turning epic Victorian historical family saga. London 1889: Victorian London is a place of wealth, privilege and poverty, a...
A Bear Called Paddington and Other Stories
Bringing together the first three classic novels in one bumper paperback volume, this is the perfect introduction to Paddington Bear! "A bear on Paddington Station?" said Mrs Brown in amazement....
Lonely Planet London
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet London is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and...
Shit London: Snapshots of a City on the Edge
Shit London explores the world of ill-conceived community art, poorly named shops, cheeky graffiti, bad translations, comical signs and the unintentionally funny scenes that surround Londoners everyday. 'When a man...
Londongrad: From Russia with Cash;The Inside Story of the Oligarchs
The amazing true story of how London became home to the Russian super-rich. A dazzling tale of incredible wealth, ferocious disputes, beautiful women, private jets, mega-yachts, the world's best footballers...
One Day: Now a major Netflix series
NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES 'A wonderful, wonderful book' THE TIMES 'Perfect' NEW YORK TIMES 'A modern classic' DAILY MIRROR 'You'd be hard pressed to find a sharper, sweeter romantic...
First Blitz
Fighting was raging on the other side of the Channel, but in London, in the warmth of a drowsy late-September afternoon, the war seemed a long way away. The roads...
Street Child (HarperCollins Children's Classics)
The unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes. When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis...
After the Fire: London Churches in the Age of Wren, Hooke, Hawksmoor
London was but is no more!' In these words diarist John Evelyn summed up the destruction wreaked by the Great Fire that swept through the City of London in 1666....
Lancaster House: London's Greatest Town House
The history, design, and construction of one of London's most illustrious private houses.
Unseen: London, Paris, New York
The first publication to bring together three major twentieth- century photographers - Wolfgang Suschitzky, Dorothy Bohm and Neil Libbert - presenting their artistic responses to three great world cities across...
The Murder Gang: Fleet Street's Elite Group of Crime Reporters in the
The first book to recount the extraordinary story of Fleet Street's Murder Gang. The Murder Gang recounts the remarkable true story of the elite group of renegade Fleet Street crime...
The Town House in Georgian London
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Stepping away from conventional analyses of materials or style and into the previously unexplored world of the house owner, this book takes a fresh look at both the social, as...
The Glass Palace
A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NEEL MUKHERJEE The international bestseller from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author 'Ghosh has established himself as one of the finest prose writers of his...
Royal Westminster & St James's Through Time
From the Houses of Parliament, through world-famous royal palaces, to the old aristocratic quarter of St James's, this book takes a fresh look at famed heritage sites and their surroundings...
London's Royal Parks: Buildings and Monuments
London's Royal Parks are among its most beautiful and beloved spaces: just as much as the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace or St Pancras Station, the mere mention of Hyde...
Lewisham and Deptford in Old Photographs: A Third Selection
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This addition to the "Britain in Old Photographs" series brings together a collection of black-and-white pictures spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn from family albums, local collections...
London's Contemporary Architecture
London's Contemporary Architecture is a practical, visual and analytical guide to the best modern buildings in the British capital. Now in its fifth edition, the guide has been fully updated...
Tate Modern Handbook
The first edition of the "Tate Modern Handbook" was a massive bestseller, introducing its readers to the startling architecture of the brand-new modern art gallery that swiftly became the most...
The Beatles: Fab Four Cities: Liverpool - Hamburg - London - New York
John Lennon said: "We were born in Liverpool, but we grew up in Hamburg." To paraphrase John, we could say that: "The Beatles were born in Liverpool, grew up in...
London's Street Trees: A Field Guide to the Urban Forest
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Most people would assume that the trees along the capital's streets are London planes. That's what street trees are? In fact, the magnificently green streets of London are in no...
London's Contemporary Architecture: A Visitor's Guide
London's Contemporary Architecture: A Visitor's Guide is a practical and highly-illustrated guide to the best modern buildings in the British capital. In full colour throughout, this map-based book contains pithy...
London 6: Westminster
This essential guide opens up the treasures of London's most alluring quarter. At its core are Westminster Abbey, Parliament, and the palatial Government buildings of Whitehall, together with the great...
The Game
Secrets. Lies. Murder. Fame can be deadly. A British icon delivers a powerful blockbuster in an exhilarating thriller set in London's East End. ____________________________________________________ A FALLEN ROCKSTAR. ONE LAST CHANCE...
The Livery Halls of the City of London
For more than 600 years livery companies have played a leading role in commercial activities and social and political life in the City of London. These trade associations, each representing...
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of
Dark Renaissance is the thrilling story of the writer who transformed culture in Elizabethan England, bringing it out of the darkness and into the light. Poor boy. Dark star. Spy....
LONDON: The Information Capital: 100 maps and graphics that will
Which borough of London is the happiest? Where are the city's tweeting hot spots? How many animals does the fire brigade save each year? Which London residents have left their...
Bad Men: The serial killer you've been waiting for, a BBC Radio 2 Book
SAFFY HUNTLEY-OLIVER is beautiful, charming, rich, and in her spare time she's a serial killer. For the past fifteen years she's been hunting down and killing bad men: rapists, murderers,...
Shannon Bennett's London: A personal guide to the city's best
From Michelin starred restaurants to local bistros and from luxury hotels to rooms with a view, this unique guide journeys through the unsurpassed culinary experiences in the great city of...
Public Sculpture of the City of London
This is the seventh volume of The Public Sculpture of Britain, a series intended to cover eventually the whole of the country and produced by the Public Monuments and Sculpture...
Unseen London
Peter Dazeley has gained access to the hidden interiors of some of London's most iconic buildings, from Tower Bridge to Battersea Power Station, Big Ben to the Old Bailey. His...
Great Houses of London
'This lavishly illustrated compendium suggest that the age of elegance endures' Mail on Sunday The great houses of London represent one of the marvels of English architecture and yet they...
The Tree Climber's Guide
`After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden and climbing the apple tree.' - Damian Whitworth, The Times `One of the publishing sensations of...
General Buses of the Twenties: An Introduction to the K, S, NS, LS
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The book titled General Buses of the Twenties: An Introduction to the K, S, NS, LS by the author G.J Robbins. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...
A Century of London Taxis
It is now just over a hundred years since the first motor cab took to the road in London. Bill Munro has compiled a complete history of the motor taxi-cabs...
Oi Jimmy Knacker: A Memoir of an East Ender's Childhood
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Oi Jimmy Knacker is a vivid memoir of Ken Kimberley''s childhood and youth in the pre-war East End of London, illustrated in full colour by Ken''s own paintings and sketches.'
Frank Pick's London: Art, Design and the Modern City
As managing director of the London Underground in the 1920s and the first chief executive of London Transport, Frank Pick (1878-1941), had more influence on the look of twentieth century...
The Company of Artists: The Origins of the Royal Academy of Arts in
On the wintry afternoon of Monday 28 November 1768, an architect and three artists were granted an audience with George III at St James's Palace; their mission, the foundation of...
