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Jonglez London The Secret Atlas
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IMM Lifestyle Books Secret London, Updated Edition: Exploring the
Book SynopsisAimed at visitors and Londoners alike, this fully updated new edition of Secret London unlocks the city's most fascinating secrets - both above and below ground. Celebrated historian Andrew Duncan strips away bricks, mortar and tarmac to uncover parts of the capital that even born and bred Londoners may never have seen.Below ground, he guides readers through an extraordinary honeycomb of structures - from the government's vast system of offices and tunnels under Whitehall and through abandoned Underground stations to Clerkenwell's amazing network of subterranean prison cells.Above ground, he leads the way through narrow alleyways and cobbled mews, revealing unexpected treasures and describing rarely seen interiors and special collections. Opening times and addresses, detailed route maps and evocative photographs complement a fascinating text that is sure to delight all urban explorers.
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Jonglez Publishing Paris The Secret Atlas
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City Books SECRET LONDON: Guide to the City's Quirk &
Book SynopsisLondon is a city with a cornucopia of secret places, being ancient, vast and in a constant state of flux. Newcomers have, of course, a wealth of world-renowned attractions to keep them occupied for a month of Sundays, which are more than adequately covered in a plethora of standard guide books. What Secret London does is take you off the beaten path to seek out the more unusual places and sidestep the chaos and queues of London's tourist-clogged attractions and visit its quirkier, more mysterious side. Featured places includes some of the city's loveliest buildings, secret gardens, bizarre museums, 'lost' graveyards, medieval pubs, cutting-edge art and design, and much more.
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Luster Publishing The 500 Hidden Secrets of London
Book SynopsisNew and thoroughly revised edition of the bestselling London city guide, with many new places to visit, adding up to 500 addresses and facts in total, and two themed city walks. One of the renowned 500 Hidden Secrets global city guide series.
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Fang Duff Kahn London The Essential Insiders Guide City Secrets
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Jonglez Publishing New York The Secret Atlas
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Legare Street Press Geographia Authentic Atlas and Guide to London and Suburbs
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Jonglez Publishing Venice The Secret Atlas
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Hodder & Stoughton The Secret Lore of London
Book SynopsisWith a foreword by Iain Sinclair. London is an ancient city, whose foundation dates back literally thousands of years into the legendary prehistory of these islands. Not surprisingly it has accumulated a large number of stories, both historic and mythical, during this period, many of which, though faithfully recorded at the time, have lain almost forgotten in dusty libraries throughout the city. The Secret Lore of London is a guide to the legends, including a discussion of their importance as part of the oral tradition of Britain, combining Prehistoric, Celtic, Arthurian, Roman, Saxon and Norman levels - each of which has contributed to the many-layered life of the city. The first part contains a unique selection of essays (some printed here for the first time) by experts in their fields, each of whom possesses a unique interest in the legends of these islands, and who have written widely on associated themes. The second part of the book will Trade ReviewThis book is a companion for anyone wanting to explore the capital city's mythology and folklore... I think you'll enjoy peeling back the layers of history. * The Bookish Badger *So, so brilliant. Absolutely loved it....Overall this is a fascinating book. It has history and legend, great references to literature and architecture, everything I could want in a non-fiction book. * Osbian Reviews *The Secret Lore of London completes its siren call with an intricate and alluring cover...If you have even the smallest interest in myth, legend and London, then this is a book for you. * Cultural Wednesday *London is such a vast city with a long, interesting and fascinating history, so to tackle this subject is very brave and admirable. If you have an insatiable hunger for knowledge, this book will give you food for thought as it opens a wonderfully colourful world that forms the foundations of what we believe to be 'solid' history. * The Legends of London *I have to say that I am delighted that the best material from The Aquarian Guide has been given a new lease of life, letting new readers enjoy a collection of wonderful essays that have been been long out of print. The new material makes the book even better - and the title and cover are a lot more up to date too! * Before It's News *A fascinating look at how our ancestors viewed their streets, and a guide to the sites of legends and myths. * History Revealed *
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HarperCollins Publishers London AZ Pocket Atlas
Book SynopsisA pocket-sized, paperback street atlas of Central London and the surrounding areas in full colour.Covering an area extending from the centre of London to: Brent Cross, Golders Green, Highgate, Finsbury Park, Stoke Newington, Leytonstone, Wanstead, West Ham, Thames Flood Barrier, Eltham, Grove Park, Catford, Streatham, Wimbledon, Barnes Bridge, Willesden Junction, Neasden.Highlights include:Large scale 3 inches to 1 mile mapIndex to more than 35,700 streetsAdditional street map section of the inner London area which extends north to Regent''s Park and Shoreditch, south to London Victoria station and Lambeth, west to Hyde Park and east to Tower BridgeOne-way streets and safety camera locations with their maximum speed limit are featured on both scales of street mappingCongestion charging zone boundary is shown on both scales of mappingThe comprehensive index lists streets, selected flats, walkways and places of interest, place, area and junction names. There are separate index listings f
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HarperCollins Publishers London AZ Street Atlas
Book SynopsisNavigate your way around London with this detailed, easy-to-use and up-to-date A-Z Street Atlas.First published in 1936, this iconic atlas is a trusted means of finding your way around the capital city.The main mapping extends beyond Central London from Heathrow Airport to Chingford at a scale of 2.88 inches to 1 mile (4.55 cm to 1 km), featuring postcode districts, one-way streets, the Congestion Charging Zone and Low Emission Zone.The large-scale street map of Central London at a scale of 5.75 inches to 1 mile cover Regent's Park and Shoreditch, Chelsea and Vauxhall, Hyde Park and Bermondsey.A comprehensive index lists streets, selected flats, walkways and places of interest, place, area and junction names. Additional healthcare (hospitals, walk-in centres and hospices) and transport connections (National Rail, London Tramlink, Docklands Light Railway, London Underground and Overground stations, and River Bus pier) are indexed as well.Also included are: Overview map of the Congesti
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The History Press Ltd Londons Labyrinth
Book SynopsisA new, paperback edition of Fiona Rule's fascinating history of the city beneath London's streets
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Cranthorpe Millner Publishers The Secrets of London
Book SynopsisEnter a magical world... When Louise and Michael find a secret door in the bear house of their local animal park, they soon discover more than they could ever have imagined. Join this adventurous brother and sister duo as they explore London and beyond in the company of their talking animal friends, and make some very special new friends along the way! Step inside and meet the animals...
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HarperCollins Publishers Big London AZ Street Atlas
Book SynopsisNavigate your way around London with this detailed, easy-to-use and up-to-date A-Z Street Atlas.Large scale A-Z street mapping of London. This A4 street atlas offers the perfect combination of coverage and clarity, the area covered ranges from Heathrow Airport all the way to Chingford at a scale of 4.25 inches to 1 mile (6.71 cm to 1 km), while a detailed map of Central London is at a larger scale of 8.5 inches to 1 mile (13.42 cm to 1 km).The mapping features transport connections, places of interest, public buildings, postcode districts, one-way streets, Congestion and Low Emission ZonesThis comprehensive street atlas of London also includes: An overview map of the Congestion Charging Zone, and the Ultra Low and Low Emission Zones West End Theatre and Cinema maps The London Rail & Tube Services MapA comprehensive index lists streets, selected flats, walkways and places of interest, place, area and junction names. Additional healthcare (hospitals, walk-in centres and hospices) and transport (National Rail, London Tramlink, Docklands Light Railway, London Underground and Overground stations, and River Bus pier) are indexed as well.
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HarperCollins Publishers A Z Master Atlas of Greater London
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Independently Published Globetrotters Secret Atlas
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HarperCollins Publishers London AZ Premier Map
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Cornerstone The Secret History of Georgian London
Book SynopsisDan Cruickshank is an architectural historian and television presenter. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a member of the Executive Committee of the Georgian Group, and on the Architectural Panel of the National Trust. His recent work includes the television programmes and accompanying books Around the World in 80 Treasures (2005) and Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture (2008). He lives in Spitalfields, London.Trade ReviewBelle de Jour for the 18th century. Funny, fantastical, full of impossible facts and scandalous stories. Scholarly, but also the ideal stocking (and suspender) filler -- Jeanette Winterson * Guardian *I heartily recommend this scholarly romp through the bordellos, inns and prisons of Henry Fielding's and John Wilkes's London -- A.N. Wilson * Reader's Digest *Fascinating ... Cruickshank removes the bland façade to expose one of London's biggest and most lively industries - its trade in sex ... a lively and scholarly panorama of Georgian London before the sex trade was chased underground by the Victorians and we all became prudish instead * Daily Mail *This is a colossal melting pot of a book: ambitious, rigorously researched, vigorously narrated and marvellously illustrated. All of life is here, but not as we know it * Sunday Times *The author paints an illuminating, eye-opening and generous account of the capital's courtesans, harlots, bath-houses and brothels. A book to read by the light of a flickering candle -- Nigel Slater * Telegraph *
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Ebury Publishing The Secret History of Our Streets: London
Book SynopsisThe Secret History of Our Streets explores six roads spread across inner London - from Camberwell, Holland Park and Islington to Shoreditch, Deptford and Bermondsey - through the experiences of the people who lived there. Stories of poverty and violence, faith, love and hope, this is an intimate examination of our capital and the changing lives of its inhabitants. The history of over a hundred years of social change, this is the untold history of the sreets beneath our feet.You'll never look at your own street the same way again.Trade ReviewA fascinating book. * BBC History Magazine *
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The History Press Ltd The London Nobody Knows
Book SynopsisThe London nobody knows
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Austin Macauley Publishers Atlas and the Secrets of the Moon
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The Swedenborg Society Blakes London the Topographic Sublime
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Amber Books Ltd Abandoned London: Discover the hidden secrets of
Book SynopsisIt seems bizarre that in a place as crowded, noisy and expensive as London there are still wasted unused spaces. The relentless drive for regeneration across Britain’s capital deceives us into thinking that every spare building and patch of ground is under development. But this vast metropolis of more than 10 million people hides many secrets and unexpected treasures from the city’s unique 2000-year history. In Abandoned London, read about the Abbey Mills Pumping Station, a facility created in 1858 to deal with ‘the Great Stink’, and now London’s Italian-Gothic cathedral of sewage; or the subterranean Finsbury Park underground reservoir, a space capable of holding five million gallons of water and today used as an occasional movie location; or the remnants of Highgate’s overground steam railway station, now a protected bat habitat; or the Clapham deep-level shelters, constructed in World War II and designed to provide protection for locals against aerial bombing raids; or the Haggerston public baths, part of an early 20th century building programme devised to improve London’s hygiene. These photographs of abandoned places capture a moment in time. Some of the buildings have since been demolished or refurbished, but many are still there, neglected and uncared for. These places have great value and a rich significance, offering us a glimpse of past worlds.Table of ContentsContents includes: Introduction Industry, Factories and Offices Crossness Pumping Station, Crossness Sewage Treatment Works Lots Power Station, Chelsea Sailmaker’s Factory, Limehouse East German Trade Union Federation Building, West Hendon Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch Hammersmith Police Station Abbey Mills Pumping Station, West Ham Tay Wharf, Silvertown Lovell’s Wharf, Greenwich The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth Wharf Millennium Mills, Silvertown Young & Co Brewery, Wandsworth ‘Stompie’ (Former Soviet T-34/85 Tank) Slade Green, DA8 - ZS1 World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery Transport Aldwych Tube Station York Road Tube Station Down Street Tube Station Euston Station’s passenger tunnels South Kentish Town Tube Station Kingsway Tram Underpass Barking, abandoned railway rolling stock Highgate Overground Station North End Tube Station Camden’s horse tunnels Royal Iris ferry, Woolwich Public Spaces Asylum Chapel, Peckham Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Haggerston Public Baths, Hackney Ladywell Baths, Lewisham Crystal Palace Subway Carnegie Library, Lambeth Clapham Deep Level World War II Shelters Asylum Chapel, Peckham Archway Methodist Central Hall St Dunstan’s in the East, City of London National Temperance Hospital Shops and Retail Commercial Road Great Eastern Road Museum Street Old Kent Road Oriental City, Colindale Spitalfields Crypt Trust Moorgate Smithfield Market Edmund Martin, Lindsey Street Old Curiosity Shop Pubs, Cafes and Restaurants Old Rose, Wapping The Black Horse, Camden The Crown, Pimlico Simon the Tanner, London Bridge The Victoria, Woolwich Rd Tea Rooms, Museum Street Blue Mountain, Forest Hill Residential Property Mansions, Bishop’s Avenue Clarges Mews, Mayfair Heygate Estate, Walworth St Mary’s Lodge, Lordship Road, Stoke Newington New Cross St Wingate House, 51 Warton Road, Stratford Sport and Leisure Cineworld, Hammersmith Savoy Cinema, Burnt Oak Shepherd’s Bush Cinematograph Theatre Regal Cinema Highams Park London Pleasure Gardens Ealing Empire Cinema Streatham Leisure Centre Morden Park Sports Centre Leyton Stadium Loot Stadium, Hendon
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The History Press Ltd London's Secret Square Mile
Book SynopsisThe streetscape of London’s historic square mile has been evolving for centuries, but the City’s busy commercial heart still boasts an extensive network of narrow passages and alleyways, secret squares and half-hidden courtyards.Using his wealth of local knowledge, historian David Long guides you through these ancient rights of passage – many dating back to medieval times or earlier – their evocative names recalling old taverns, notable individuals and City traditions. Hidden behind the glass, steel and stone of London’s banks and big business, these survivors of modern development bear witness to nearly 2,000 years of British history.
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Crecy Publishing London Railway Atlas 6th Edition
Book SynopsisFirst published to critical acclaim in 2006, enlarged and revised editions of the London Rail Atlas followed, the most recent being in 2018. This latest fully revised sixth edition reflects the dynamic and evolving railway network in the capital and will include additions such as the Elizabeth Line finally due to open in 2022 after many delays, and the Battersea Power Station extension of the Northern Line which opened in 2021.The Atlas presents detailed mapping of all the lines which traverse the city, including those of London Underground, the DLR and Network Rail. Each map also illustrates the geographical relationship between overground and underground lines. The maps on the large format pages show all tracks and platforms. London Rail Atlas features all the lines in the capital, both open and closed, stations, changes of station name and station opening and closing dates.The maps are drawn to a high degree of accuracy and include detail on industrial railways. The coverage reaches beyond London to include places such as Tilbury, Gravesend, Windsor and Redhill. In addition to the wealth of information, the Atlas is a superb achievement in terms of the clarity of its cartography. As a reviewer in Railway Magazine wrote of a previous edition, ''the maps are akin to works of art, so detailed and finely drawn are they''.
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Austin Macauley Publishers Atlas and the Secrets of the Moon
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Legare Street Press Stanfords Indexed Atlas of the County of London
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The History Press Ltd prettycitylondon
Book SynopsisExploring London's prettiest and calmest spaces - from the Instagram sensation @prettycitylondon
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The History Press Ltd prettycitylondon The Petite Guide to Londons
Book SynopsisA pocket-sized guide to London's prettiest neighbourhoods, from the creator of the hugely successful Instagram account @prettycitylondonTrade ReviewAn Instagram sensation * Evening Standard *A must-buy for any London dweller * Glamour *Nobody's a greater expert than photographer and urban wanderer @siobhaise * Secret London *
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The History Press Ltd London's 100 Strangest Places
Book SynopsisThe bustling metropolis of London is home to scores of unusual and unique places and spaces. In this feast of peculiarities, author David Long guides you off the beaten path and allows you under the skin of the hidden city that is modern-day London, revealing a new side to the capital you thought you knew.
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The History Press Ltd The London Blue Plaque Guide
Book SynopsisConnecting people with places, London's distinctive Blue Plaque scheme highlights the buildings where some of the most remarkable men and women in our history and culture have lived and worked. From Richard Burton to Karl Marx, Marie Stopes to Jimi Hendrix, this fully updated 4th edition of The London Blue Plaque Guide has over 900 entries and provides an essential companion to the famous people who have made their homes in the city. It includes updated maps and a useful list of names by profession as well as location. As the definitive guide to the fascinating historical figures who have lived in London, it will be invaluable to residents and tourists alike.
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp London History
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The History Press Ltd Fictional London
Book SynopsisThe only guide to London's literary landmarks is updated for this new edition
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc London
Book SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKHere are two thousand years of London’s history and folklore, its chroniclers and criminals and plain citizens, its food and drink and countless pleasures. Blackfriar’s and Charing Cross, Paddington and Bedlam. Westminster Abbey and St. Martin in the Fields. Cockneys and vagrants. Immigrants, peasants, and punks. The Plague, the Great Fire, the Blitz. London at all times of day and night, and in all kinds of weather. In well-chosen anecdotes, keen observations, and the words of hundreds of its citizens and visitors, Ackroyd reveals the ingenuity and grit and vitality of London. Through a unique thematic tour of the physical city and its inimitable soul, the city comes alive.
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The History Press Ltd Untold London: Stories from Time-Trodden Streets
Book Synopsis“Just pick up a copy and set off. You’ll be amazed at what you’ve missed.” - Sir Michael PalinMARCH, 2020: A columnist watches as London locks down, facing a conundrum as his weekly deadline for his newspaper diary approaches.With the city shutting up shop and column inches to fill, journalist Dan Carrier takes to the deserted streets of Central London to uncover the forgotten stories the heart of the UK capital holds.Untold London is a consideration and celebration of a city whose famous landmarks and thoroughfares are often taken for granted. Setting out to find lingering evidence of days gone by, Dan reveals unexpected delights, triumphs and tragedies alongside plenty of skulduggery and scandal in the greatest city in the world.Trade Review"Dan about town! CNJ reporter publishes his lockdown ‘love letter’ to London" - featured in Camden New Journal. * Camden New Journal *
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The History Press Ltd prettycitylondon volume ii
Book SynopsisIn prettycitylondon, Siobhan Ferguson brought the Instagram sensation to the printed page, and helped thousands look beyond London''s famous landmarks to discover the hidden gems the capital has to offer.After exploring cities far and wide, from Paris to New York, she has now turned her eye back to her beloved home. In this companion volume to prettycitylondon, more lovely neighbourhoods like Islington, Greenwich and Spitalfields are given the Pretty City treatment.Full of the unexplored and less-appreciated areas of London, this stunning guide also includes tips on how to plan and photograph your own prettycitylondon experience, whether on foot or dreaming from afar.
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Troubador Publishing The Lost Tunnels of London
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Dorling Kindersley Reise London
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The History Press Ltd Black Plaques London
Book Synopsis‘Imagine a grown-up version of Horrible Histories.' Sunday Times
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The History Press Ltd The Little Book of the London Underground
Book SynopsisDid You Know? In 1884 the Circle Line opened and was described in The Times as ‘a form of mild torture which no person would undergo if he could conveniently help it.’ According to one psychologist, Tube commuters can experience greater levels of stress than a police officer facing a rioting mob or even a fighter pilot going into a dogfight. Underground trains have only twice been used to transport deceased people in coffins: William Gladstone and Dr Barnardo. Some of the most bizarre items handed in to lost property include 250lb of sultanas, a 14ft canoe, a child’s garden slide, a harpoon gun, a pith helmet, an artificial leg, someone’s brother’s ashes and a sealed box containing three dead bats. WITH well over a billion passengers a year, more than 250 miles of track, literally hundreds of different stations and a history stretching back at least 160 years, the world’s oldest underground railway might seem familiar, but how well do you actually know it?This book offers a feast of Tube-based trivia for travellers and lovers of London alike.
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Penguin Books Ltd London The Illustrated History
Book SynopsisDiscover which prehistoric mammals would once have lived by the River Thames. Take a detailed look at the crystal palace of the Great Exhibition and an early map of the underground. This title offers a perspective on one of the world's most exciting cities.Trade ReviewStunning ... an irresistible page-turner ... Whisks us in fifteen chapters from prehistory to near future, each chapter broken down into themed sections that explore the lives of ordinary Londoners, from priests to prostitutes, bakers to burglars, cavemen to international financiers * Eastend Life *
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The History Press Ltd The Little Book of London
Book SynopsisThe Little Book of London is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium full of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. London's looniest laws, its most eccentric inhabitants, the realities of being royal and literally hundreds of wacky facts about the world's greatest city combine to make it required reading for visitors and locals alike.
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The History Press Ltd London Underground
Book SynopsisPaperback edition of an extraordinary collection of black and white photographs of London’s Underground
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Lost in the City London
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HarperCollins UK The Times Mini Atlas of the World
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The University of Chicago Press The Red Atlas
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Red Atlas is an amazing book, especially if you've ever pondered the power of satellite imagery as a surveillance tool. Military mapping has two modes: mapping one's own territory so you can better defend it, and mapping an opponent's territory so you can attack or take control. Focusing on the latter, The Red Atlas shows the impressive and frightening detail of maps of Western Europe and North American prepared by Soviet cartographers during the Cold War. Overhead imaging with satellites and high-resolution cameras provided the basic geographic canvass and ground intelligence--spies, tourists, and maps sold freely by commercial firms and government surveys--filled in local details such as street names, the height and width of railway overpasses, and the load capacity of bridges. Map collector John Davies collaborated with academic cartographer Alex Kent to tell the story of how the USSR systematically mapped the West's cities, ports, highways, railways, and military targets, and how these maps fell into the hands of map dealers following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Their examination of selected examples from Britain and the United States also highlights errors that are revealing in some cases and puzzling in others. The Red Atlas belongs in the collection of every map enthusiast and military historian--carefully researched, well-written, and exquisitely designed and printed, it's perhaps the only recent map history that can be called a real eye-opener." --Mark Monmonier, author of How to Lie with Maps
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Open City The Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs:
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