For fans of Victorian London and Charles Dickens, 25 walking tours each take visitors through an area used as the setting for one or more of Dickens' novels.[...]
Over 2,000 years of settlement give London its unique architectural heritage. Unlike Haussmann's Paris, neither monarch nor politician imposed their will; private ownership and enterprise shaped the city and defined its parts. Elegant West End squares and crescents hallmark the Classical townscape t[...]
The Art of Fine Gifts: Explore the London that runs along the banks of the River Thames with this magnificent calendar that portrays the Thames at different points across London. This selection of twelve different depictions captures a London that is marked by this mighty river, from the familiar si[...]
With an Introduction by Rosemary O'Day. London Labour and the London Poor is a masterpiece of personal inquiry and social observation. It is the classic account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a compelling portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, [...]
London Travel Guide - see the city insideout with this handy pocket size city guide The ultimate London guide book London has to be the liveliest, most enticing, most entertaining, most cosmopolitan city on Earth. 2,500 years in the making, it has everything the modern traveller could possibly want[...]
"Time Out's" resident team helps you get the best from the iconic British capital in this annual guide. Alongside the historic Tower of London, the 21st century Tate Modern and all the other major attractions, "Time Out London" gives you the inside track on local culture, with illuminating features [...]
South London-based blog, Deserter, is an alt guide to living and loafing in the wonky wonderland south of the river. Its authors, under their noms de plume Dulwich Raider and Dirty South, record off-beat days out and urban adventures featuring pubs, cemeteries, galleries, hospitals and pubs again, o[...]
The stores found in this shopping guide are the most positively reviewed and recommended by travelers. 500 Stores - Accessories, Antiques, Arts & Crafts, Bookstores, Children's Clothing, Coffee & Tea, Comic Books, Convenience Stores, Cosmetics & Beauty Supply, Department Stores, Discount Store, Drug[...]
REVISED 2018Streetwise London Underground Map is a laminated Tube map of London which conveniently folds to a pocket & wallet size metro map for travel.Dimensions: 2.8" x 5 folded, 5" x 8.5" unfolded This map includes the following: London Tube Map with station index on the back. Travel gracefully t[...]
A biography of a brilliant, largely forgotten maverick - a major figure in the 17th-century cultural and scientific revolutions.[...]
An award-winning historian takes a close-up look at seven extraordinary nineteenth-century engineering accomplishments that transformed the history of the modern world, including the construction of the London sewers, the Panama Canal, the Hoover Dam, and the Transcontinental Railway. Reprint. 15,00[...]