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Publisher
Pilot Film & Television Productions
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Experience one of the most exciting cities on Earth. Admire royal pageantry, historic buildings, palaces, galleries and museums. Explores some of the most prestigious hotels, stores and restaurants. Roving hosts Megan McCormick, Jonathan Atherton, Brianna Barnes, KT Comer, and Justine Shapiro introduce the ultimate guide to one of the world's most bustling and culturally diverse cities.
Language
English
Description
Whether you want to tread the footsteps of kings and queens in the royal palaces, catch a show in the vibrant West End theater district, or sample the tantalizing array of street food from around the world, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that London has to offer.
Author
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
Iain Sinclair has been documenting the peculiar magic of the river city that absorbs and obsesses him for most of his adult life. In 'The Last London', Sinclair strikes out on a series of solitary walks and collaborative expeditions to make a final reckoning with a capital stretched beyond recognition.
11) London Orbital
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
'Maverick British director Chris Petit has produced one of this year's eeriest and most haunting films, London Orbital, a threnody to the M25.' Sunday Telegraph. 'It is a mediation on the M25 and gives an intriguing history of the occult archaeology of London that the ring-road discloses ... Petit has witty and playful apercus for every mile he covers.' The Guardian. London Orbital is an extraordinary and visionary film by Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A miscellany of facts about London's history, culture, and architecture shares lesser-known legends and adventures pertaining to such subjects as the church steeple that inspired the traditional wedding cake and London's first nude statue.
19) Olive the Lionheart: lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey into the heart of Africa
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In 1910, Olive MacLeod, a thirty-year-old redheaded Scottish aristocrat, received word that her fiancé, the famous naturalist Boyd Alexander, was missing in Africa. So, she went to find him. Olive the Lionheart is the thrilling true story of her astonishing journey--and her awakening to the real reason why she travelled to Africa in the first place. Drawing on Olive's own letters and secret diaries, Olive the Lionheart is a love story that defies...
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