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London The Biography by Peter Ackroyd Publisher Comments In this entertaining and informative volume, a renowned biographer and critic takes on his grandest subject: London--one of the world's most vast and vital cities. in color. 2 maps.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now--As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It, and Long for It by Craig Taylor Publisher Comments Five years in the making, Londoners is a fresh and compulsively readable view of one of the world's most fascinating cities—a vibrant narrative portrait of the London of our own time, featuring unforgettable stories told by the real people who make... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Hardcover
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London :the biography of a city by Christopher Hibbert Synopsis An introduction to the history of the development of London and of the social life of its people.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Journey through Ruins: The Last Days of London by Patrick Wright Publisher Comments Patrick Wright is the author of a number of highly acclaimed best-selling history books, including The Village that Died for England, Tank (described by Simon Schama as "a tour de force"), and Iron Curtain (which John le Carre called "a work of wit... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $18.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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London's Shadows: The Dark Side of the Victorian City by Drew Gray Publisher Comments In 1888 London was the capital of the most powerful empire the world had ever known, and the largest city in Europe. In the west a new city was growing, populated by the middle classes, the epitome of 'Victorian values'. Across the city the situation was... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $20.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Tunnels, Towers & Temples: London's 100 Strangest Places by David Long Publisher Comments Filled with fascinating factoids, this distinctive reference uncovers the hidden stories, curious histories, and comic coincidences behinds dozens of locations around the city of London. The sites addressed include the extensive networks of tunnels... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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London Perceived (02 Edition) by Pritchett Book News Annotation An extended essay by Pritchett (1900-97) and striking b&w photographs by Evelyn Hofer present a personal view of the city, integrating history, art, literature, and daily life. The 1962 cloth edition was published by Harcourt Brace and World... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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London Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Book on London Ever Published by Ben Weinreb Synopsis A revised and updated reference book, comprised of 5000 entries, organized alphabetically and cross-referenced. Everything that is important in the history and culture of London is documented, from its first settlement to the present day.... (read more) Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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London: A Pilgrimage (Anthem Travel Classics) by Blanchard Jerrold Publisher Comments 'London: A Pilgrimage' was conceived in 1868 by the journalist and playwright Blanchard Jerrold. Accompanied by the famous artist Gustave Doré, Jerrold prowled every corner of the heaving metropolis, sometimes with plain-clothes police for... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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London: Photopockets by Tina Herzig Synopsis Already well established in the fields of travel, journalistic, and advertising photography, Horst and Tina Herzig focus on Britain's dynamic capital city to give us a stunning visual survey in black and white. The results of their walks through London's... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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London 1900: The Imperial Metropolis by Jonathan Schneer Publisher Comments In 1900 London was the capital of an empire that spanned the globe. This engrossing book is the first to examine the powerful city and its relationship with the British empire at the turn of the century.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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London 360: Views Around British Airways London Eye by Jason Hawkes Synopsis From Docklands, the Dome and the booming River Thames developments, through the heart of the City and West End, and out to Crystal Palace, Hampstead and suburbia, this book captures the drama of London's ever-changing skyline and offers visitors and... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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House By the Thames by Gillian Tindall Publisher Comments A masterpiece of miniaturist, social history. By closely examining the history of one house, Gillian Tindall tells the story of Southwark and the south bank, the river Thames and indeed of London itself.... (read more) Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Modern Library Chronicles #18: London: A History by A N Wilson Publisher Comments In its two thousand years of history, London has ruled a rainy island and a globe-spanning empire, it has endured plague and fire and bombing, it has nurtured and destroyed poets and kings, revolutionaries and financiers, geniuses and visionaries of... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Sexual History of London: From Roman Londinium to the Swinging City---Lust, Vice, and Desire Across the Ages by Catharine Arnold Publisher Comments If Paris is the city of love, then London is the city of lust. From the bath houses of Roman Londinium to the sexual underground of the twentieth century and beyond, this is an entertaining, vibrant chronicle of London and sex through the ages. For more... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Panoramas of London by Rowan Moore Publisher Comments They're the famous sights that have stirred the imagination for centuries--the River Thames, bordered by palaces and pubs, and bounded by bridges; St. Paul's Cathedral; the towers of Parliament and Westminster Abbey; and Trafalgar Square. Never before... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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When London Was Capital of America by Julie Flavell Publisher Comments Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London more than Philadelphia: it was simply the most exciting place to be in the British Empire. And in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the Georgian... (read more) Your price: $32.50 New - Hardcover
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Lights Out for the Territory by Ian Sinclair Publisher Comments Iain Sinclair's record of his obsessive wanderings through London affords a strange new perspective on the city's culture and politics. Sinclair is brilliantly bad-tempered about the invasions of power and money into the historical patterns of the city... (read more) Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The First Day of the Blitz: September 7, 1940 by Peter Stansky Publisher Comments On September 7, 1940, the long-feared and anticipated attack by the German Luftwaffe plunged London into a cauldron of fire and devastation. This compelling book recreates that day in all its horror, using rich archival sources and first-hand accounts... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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London 1900: The Imperial Metropolis by Jonathan Schneer Publisher Comments London's influence and power at the turn of the century is investigated, with a focus on the diverse, contentious, and contradictory personalities of the city who helped define and shape the imperial metropolis. 40 illustrations.... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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