London's Labyrinth: The World Beneath the City's Streets (Rule Fiona)(Paperback)

London's Labyrinth: The World Beneath the City's Streets (Rule Fiona)(Paperback)

London's Labyrinth exposes the sinister side of the subterranean city in Victorian times: from the shocking bomb attacks on the Metropolitan and District Lines in 1883 to the sad tale of unrequited love at Charing Cross, where a young man shot the object of his affections before turning the gun on

London's Docklands: A History of the Lost Quarter (Rule Fiona)(Paperback)

In its heyday, London's Docklands was dominated by the Port of London; a sprawling network of quays, ancient wharves, deep canals and high-walled basins that stretched along the Thames from the City to Tilbury. Two or three generations ago, London Docks provided employment for over 100,000 men, but

London's Statues and Monuments: Revised Edition (Matthews Peter)(Paperback)

The streets and public spaces of London are rich with statues and monuments commemorating the city's great figures and events--from Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square and Sir Christopher Wren's Great Fire Monument to the charming Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, the range is glorious. Some

Dublin and the Viking World (Clarke Howard)(Paperback)

Dig through the layers of time to find the Viking past beneath our city streets.Shipbuilding, praying, raiding, trading and playing - Viking customs and habits are brought to life in this richly illustrated account of the beginnings of Dublin town.Viking Dublin was a vibrant, multicultural centre

The Worst Street in London (Rule Fiona)(Paperback)

AMID the bustling streets of Spitalfields, East London, there is a piece of real estate with a bloody history. This was once Dorset Street: the haunt of thieves, murderers and prostitutes; the sanctuary of persecuted people; the last resort for those who couldn't afford anything else - and the

Beneath the Surface - The closer the family, the darker the secrets (Neill Fiona)(Paperback / softback)

London's Hidden Secrets: A Guide to the City's Quirky & Unusual Sights (Chesters Graeme)(Paperback)

Step beyond the chaos, cliches and queues of London's tourist-clogged attractions to its quirkier side. Discover its loveliest ancient buildings, secret gardens, strangest museums, most atmospheric pubs, cutting-edge art and design, and much

Sydney (Falconer Delia)(Paperback)

As I set out from the city's southern end, the sandstone walls beneath the Central railway line still held the day's heat ... The moon rose from the invisible harbour into a sky of such a deep royal blue it was almost hard to believe in. The street smelled of low tide. For all its beauty, the city

Incarnations (Barker Susan)(Paperback / softback)

Beijing, 2008, the Olympics are coming, but as taxi driver Wang circles the city's congested streets, he feels barely alive. His daily grind is suddenly interrupted when he finds a letter in the sunshade of his cab. Someone is watching him. Someone who claims to be his soulmate and to have known

Tunnel Kids (Taylor Lawrence)(Paperback)

Winner of the Southwest Book Award Beneath the streets of the U.S.-Mexico border, children are coming of age. They have come from all over Mexico to find shelter and adventure in the drainage tunnels that connect the twin cities of Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales, Arizona. This book opens up the

1819: Dark Angelic (Nowell Geoff)(Paperback)

1819...Lancashire. Beneath the streets, the fires of discontent are stoked as hard as the chimneys of the industrial revolution.Come the summer, there'll be a big, mass meeting in Manchester, which Reformers everywhere are praying will establish liberty in the land.But lying in wait are the enemies

Beneath the Streets (Macqueen Adam)(Paperback)

When Jeremy Thorpe hired thugs to kill his ex-lover, they botched it. What if they had succeeded?]

Vanished City: London's Lost Neighbourhoods (Bolton Tom)(Paperback)

Telling the stories of ten areas of London--some of the city's most famous, and infamous neighbourhoods--which have disappeared from the A-Z.London is in a state of constant transformation, layer upon layer built up over centuries of destruction and reconstruction. There is so much change all

London's Secret Square Mile (Long David)(Pevná vazba)

The 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

King Charles III (Bartlett Mike)(Paperback / softback)

A controversial 'future history play' explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous

The Enemy Within, 2 (Macqueen Adam)(Paperback)

It's 1984. Tommy Wildeblood, the hero of Beneath the Streets, has put his days as a Piccadilly rent boy and scandal-hunting sleuth behind him and is studying at the radical Polytechnic of North London. But politics isn't ready to leave him alone. With his school convulsed by the battle against

London's Record Shops (Cartwright Garth)(Pevná vazba)

London's Record Shops celebrates the city's greatest music vendors. From Brixton dub shacks to Hackney vinyl boutiques, Camden's rockabilly ravers to Southall's last Bollywood shop, underground Peckham outlets to Soho's legendary dance music hub, these brilliantly eccentric and engaging emporiums

Shadows of the Short Days (Vilhjalmsson Alexander Dan)(Paperback / softback)

On frost-covered streets beneath the northern lights, an outcast guerrilla artist and a drug-addicted sorcerer will start a

Who Rules the World? (Chomsky Noam)(Paperback / softback)

Who Rules the World is the essential account of geopolitics right now - including an afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our lives, calling the powers that be to account

Boy Kills Man (Whyman Matt)(Paperback)

On the streets of Medellin, Colombia, actions speak louder than words, and the rule of the bandidos is the only law worth listening to. Like most kids of their age, Shorty and Alberto work for their local cartel. They run cigarettes, offer protection, and occasionally assassinate someone. The work

Sukeban Turbo (Runberg Sylvain)(Paperback)

Shelby and her three best friends rule the streets of Brooklyn--and everyone in the neighborhood knows not to mess with the Sukeban Tribe. Inspired by the Japanese girl gangs of the 1970s, the teenagers ride scooters armed with golf clubs and cash from selling drugs, terrorizing their classmates,

Cruickshank's London: A Portrait of a City in 20 Walks (Cruickshank Dan)(Paperback)

'The perfect guide to the hidden history of London's streets.' BBC History Magazine In Cruickshank's London, Britain's favourite architectural historian describes thirteen walks through one of the greatest cities on earth. From the mysterious Anglo-Saxon origins of Hampstead Heath, via Christopher

The Catch (Sampson Fiona)(Paperback)

Fiona Sampson's latest collection transforms the sensory world into an astonishingly new and vivid poetry. Here, dream and myth, creatures real and imagined, and the sights and sounds of 'distance and of home' all coalesce in a sustained meditation on time and belonging. Combining formal

On Brick Lane (Lichtenstein Rachel)(Paperback / softback)

A chronicle of one of London's most remarkable streets, Brick Lane. It attempts to bring to life the memories and realities of Brick Lane's many communities, and harnesses the voices of the famous, the infamous and the obscure, merging memoir, reportage, poetry, photography and local