From Big Ben to Portobello Road, discover London through the eyes of Paddington, the extraordinary bear from Peru. Featuring full-color images from the movie Paddington, this 8x8 storybook brings home the adventures of this classic bear for readers to discover his world of wonders.Paddington, the fi[...]
What happens in the Merrion Club stays in the Merrion Club . . .Edgar Carlton is rich, handsome, and in line to be the next Prime Minister. But his rise to the top takes a steep turn downward when somebody begins murdering alumni of the 1984 Merrion Club, an exclusive Cambridge University society to[...]
From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson-author of Moonlight Over Paris and Somewhere in France-comes a lush historical novel that tells the fascinating story of Ruby Sutton, an ambitious American journalist who moves to London in 1940 to report on the Second World War, and to start a new l[...]
Anna and the French Kiss meets 13 Little Blue Envelopes in New York Times bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski's latest teen novel.I see London, I see France...I see Sydney's underpants.Nineteen-year-old Sydney has the perfect summer mapped out. She's spending the next four and a half weeks travelling[...]
"This endlessly fun and hugely entertaining romp through Europe had me laughing out loud and reaching for my passport." --Jennifer E. Smith, author of WindfallA POPSUGAR Best Young Adult Novel of 2017 Nineteen-year-old Sydney has the perfect summer mapped out. She's spending the next four and a half[...]
From the author of Secrets of Nanreath Hall comes this gripping, beautifully written historical fiction novel set during World War II-the unforgettable story of a young woman who must leave Singapore and forge a new life in England. On the eve of Pearl Harbor, impetuous and overindulged, Lucy Stanho[...]
Sophisticated shopping and travel expert Rachel Felder, the author of Insider Brooklyn, takes you deep into the heart of the world's most visited city-London-with her painstakingly curated selection of 200 not-to-be-missed destinations-major retailers, specialty boutiques, hotels, cultural venues, r[...]
For a shameless libertine and a wily smuggler in the London Underground, marriage is more than convenience--it's strategy . . .Christopher "Kit" Ellingsworth, war veteran and newly minted Earl of Blakemere, buries his demons under every sort of pleasure and vice. His scandalous ways have all but emp[...]
For a dashing duke and the proprietress of a secret, sensual club in the London Underground, passion could lead to love... if they dareThomas Powell, the new Duke of Northfield, knows he should be proper and principled, like his father. No more dueling, or carousing, or frequenting masked parties wh[...]
A riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II--a heart-warming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by.In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined twenty-four-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marri[...]
Represents the key issues and problems in the field of medical ethics through available case studies. Each of the book's six parts is prefaced with helpful introductions that raise important questions and contextualize the positions and main points of the articles that follow.[...]
Taking tea is one of the quintessentially English occasions, and who is a greater authority on the subject than the sumptuous Ritz London Hotel? This charming Edwardian-style book captures the essence of this traditional British pastime, and provides us with all the expertise on the ceremony as well[...]
Takes us on a journey around London to discover the tales of the capital's history. This work aims to unearth the hidden gems of legends, firsts, inventions, adventures and birthplaces that shape the city's past. It contains stories and snippets providing an insight into what has shaped the capital.[...]
A collection of cocktails and drinks from the London Ritz hotel that offers not only a selection of recipes, but stories and anecdotes about the history of the hotel itself. It is also a practical reference on various aspects of drinking - from cocktails to canapes and fruit punches to fine wines.[...]
Ever wondered if Cheapside really is cheap, what you do in Threadneedle Street, or who the knights of Knightsbridge were? Did you know that Piccadilly is actually an insult? And that Euston Road was built because there were too many cows on Oxford Street? Or that the River Fleet was covered over par[...]
In this lavishly illustrated book bestselling author Christopher Winn takes you on a captivating journey around London. Travelling through the villages and districts that made up the world's must dynamic metropolis, I Never Knew That About London unearths the hidden gems of legends, firsts, inventio[...]
Over 200 stunning archive photographs, most of which have never been published before, illustrate this mesmerising guide to Victorian London seen through the eyes of Charles Dickens. Setting Dickens against the city that was the backdrop and inspiration for his work, it takes the reader on a memorab[...]
A guide that features information including food, drinks, facilities and opening hours, for the best pubs in London and the south east of England. It presents handpicked pubs specialising in food, wine, malt whisky or own-brew beer such as: Spanning Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wig[...]
London is packed with pubs, but finding a really good one is not always easy. Whether you want to relax in a garden or shelter from rain, marvel at architecture or enjoy a live act, find a convenient meeting point or a place to hide, bring your dog to the pub or stroke the resident cat, it is Herb L[...]
Over the decades, London has become a diverse landscape for all forms of graffiti and street art. Featuring glossy photos of graffiti, this is a companion for those excited by this most vibrant and changing of art form. It aims to give an insight into the creative output lost and found in and around[...]
From original springs and streams and Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts and modern Underground stations, this book tunnels down through the geological layers, meeting the creatures, both real and fictional, that dwell in the darkness of London - rats and eels, monsters and ghost[...]
Describes London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs. This title includes chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the h[...]
Ackroyd's latest foray into bygone London brilliantly creates an urban world of scholars and entrepreneurs, a world in which a clever son will stop at nothing to impress his showman father, and no one knows quite what to believe. Ingenious and vividly alive, 'The Lambs of London', centring on the yo[...]
Explores the physical and mental challenge that lies at the very heart of marathon running. From the legend of Pheidippides and Spiridon Louis - who won the first modern Olympic marathon in 1896 - to Paula Radcliffe, reduced to tears on the long road to Athens more than a century later, this is a st[...]