The Seven Noses Of Soho

Author : Jamie Manners
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 9781782434627

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The Seven Noses of Soho by Jamie Manners Pdf

Among the great cities of the world, London's inimitable character is striking. Unconstrained by a house style and strict planning, it has thrived, with each generation adding new chapters and details to its gripping story. The streets of London have always shown a tumult of different influences, just like the teeming crowds who live and work in them. Every age has left its mark and competes for your attention. In an age when the city's skyscrapers are getting bigger and bigger, it can be truly rewarding to go in pursuit of the small stuff. While the masses crowd around icons such as St Paul's and the Tower, there are other layers of London that are often overlooked. Investigate that blue plaque across the road and you may well find that one of your heroes lived there. Look up at the menacing gargoyles overhead and discover tales of revenge. Eschew the overpriced gastropubs in the leafy suburbs, and find that they back on to the ghost platform of an abandoned railway. These details are what gives London such a human face and The Seven Noses of Soho showcases some of these lesser-known oddities that hide in plain sight. Next time you are making for the nearest Tube station in rush hour, why not step beyond the crowds for a moment - you may be surprised to discover some very different London stories.

Author : Sam Hodges,Sophie Vickers
Publisher : Random House
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781448130887

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London for Lovers by Sam Hodges,Sophie Vickers Pdf

Forget Paris – London is the city for lovers. London for Lovers navigates the changing face of the Capital, with all of its secrets and surprises, mapping out romantic dates full of originality, spontaneity, and adventure, allowing you to concentrate on the main event – each other. Whether your idea of a blissful date is walking with dinosaurs in Crystal Palace or star-gazing in Greenwich Park, sniffing out the best street eats in Maltby Street or unearthing Gothic romance in Highgate Cemetery - there are ideas here to suit every mood, every season and every budget. There are suggested routes for quiet days of romance in Leafy London - from Hampstead Heath and Kensington Gardens, to Isabella Plantation and St James Park, taking in some secret gardens on the way. Or for the night owls, Late Night London - from the Seven Noses of Soho to the streets of Shoreditch, from Dalston's hippest bars to Exmouth Market's Cafe Kick. And then there's Lost London, Last Minute London, Lazy London and Learned London, as well as Live and Left-field London. For first dates and soul mates, long term Londoners or just visiting, this book freewheels through London to find you a few hours that could change everything.

Author : Sunshine Jackson,Kate Hodges
Publisher : Random House
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780753550373

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Little London by Sunshine Jackson,Kate Hodges Pdf

Make weekends and holidays a big adventure with Little London. With specially commissioned illustrations and a vibrant, colourful design in a cute, square package, this perfect gift for parents, grandparents, carers and children who live in, or are visiting London. Get out and about and inspire your children's imaginations! 'Easy to read and inviting to experiment with all the suggestions!' -- ***** Reader review 'A gem' -- ***** Reader review 'Love this, full of new ideas and ones you had probably forgotten about' -- ***** Reader review 'Such a good book! A great gift for anyone who has a little one' -- ***** Reader review 'Amazing' -- ***** Reader review 'Super useful!' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************************************************** Full of the capital's best-kept secrets, just waiting to be discovered, Little London contains over two hundred things to do all year round, all over the city, and best of all, most of them are free. Bursting with activities, day trips and a few games, recipes and craft makes, there's lots of ideas to keep tiny toddlers and older boys and girls entertained, and plenty for the big kids to enjoy too! With so much to do and so much to see, Little London's handpicked activities are combined with handy tips and all the essential information you need to make planning family days out fun and fuss-free. Turn the city into your secret playground: Get creative at the National Gallery's family Sundays Experience a Victorian school day at the Ragged School Museum Explore the exotic plants and animals in the Barbican Conservatory Mess about on the river at the Canalway Cavalcade Celebrate Chinese New Year with your own homemade spring rolls Take part in The Big Garden Birdwatch Go behind the scenes with The National Theatre backstage tours Discover London's top city farms Make your own pin-hole camera Dress up for the Day of the Dead celebrations Enjoy the festive fun at the Scandinavian Christmas Market What are you waiting for?

Author : Matt Brown
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849944120

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Everything You Know About London is Wrong by Matt Brown Pdf

A highly entertaining read for anyone with even a passing interest in London's history. This myth-busting book takes you on a great ride through history and the city's character. Think that the tower that holds Big Ben is called St Stephen's Tower? Think again – it was called the Clock Tower until 2012 when it was renamed the Elizabeth Tower. Think that the Union Flag flying over Buckingham Palace means the Queen is home? Think again – it means that she's elsewhere, doing other Queenish things. Packed with details on real London history, it explodes a range of myths from the rumoured burial of Queen Boudica beneath platform 10 at King's Cross to the lamp on Carting (or 'Farting') Lane that runs on gas from the city's sewers. Myths regarding London's arts, entertainment, food, drink, kings and queens, traditions as well as politics are all covered, to give you a fascinating insight into the true capital.

Author : Lonely Planet
Publisher : Lonely Planet
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781787010048

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Secret Marvels of the World by Lonely Planet Pdf

Featuring communist bunkers, burning gas craters and at least one sponge-rock fluorescent grotto built by Polish monks, this book reveals weird and wonderful sights the crowds don't reach. We've all heard of India's Taj Mahal, but what about Karna Mata Temple? It's a building teeming with rats so revered they enjoy A-list treatment with daily offerings of milk and fruit. It's no secret that visitors to Berlin can see parts of its infamous Wall still standing in the city. Not so many people know that segments of the wall have travelled all around the world and can be found in places including Los Angeles, Japan and Iceland. Stonehenge is one of the UK's most popular tourist sites. So why not beat the crowds and head to Nebraska instead, where you can marvel at a Carhenge - a replica of the great monolith site constructed entirely from vintage cars. This packed and fascinating title takes its readers on a journey through the world's lesser known marvels. Dive into an underworld of the planet's most surprising, fun, perplexing, kitsch and downright bizarre sights - and explore human stories and mysterious happenings that you won't find inside a regular guidebook. From eerie natural wonders to historical oddities and bizarre architecture, this is a travel companion for the incurably curious. About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits! Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -- Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Author : Jack Chesher
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780711277557

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London: A Guide for Curious Wanderers by Jack Chesher Pdf

London: A Guide for Curious Wanderers presents a miscellany of historic and quirky curiosities to spot as you wander around the capital.

Author : Caroline Taggart
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781782438212

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The Accidental Apostrophe by Caroline Taggart Pdf

Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart brings her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation, pointing out what really matters and what doesn't. In Roman times, blocks of text were commonly written just as blocks without even wordspacingnevermindpunctuation to help the reader to interpret them. Orators using such texts as notes for a speech would prepare carefully so that they were familiar with the content and didn't come a cropper over a confusion between, say, therapists and the rapists. As we entered the Christian era and sacred texts were widely read (by priests if not by the rest of us), it became ever more important to remove any likelihood of misinterpretation. To a potential murderer or adulterer, for example, there is a world of difference between 'If you are tempted, yield not, resisting the urge to commit a sin' and 'If you are tempted, yield, not resisting the urge to commit a sin'. And the only surface difference is the positioning of a comma. So yes, you SMS-addicts and 'let it all hang out' Sixties children, punctuation does matter. And, contrary to what people who tear their hair out over apostrophes believe, it is there to help - to clarify meaning, to convey emphasis, to indicate that you are asking a question or quoting someone else's words. It also comes in handy for telling your reader when to pause for breath. Caroline Taggart, who has made a name for herself expounding on the subjects of grammar, usage and words generally (and who for decades made her living putting in the commas in other people's work), takes her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation. She points out what matters and what doesn't; why using six exclamation marks where one will do is perfectly OK in a text but will lose you marks at school; why hang glider pilots in training really need a hyphen; and how throwing in the odd semicolon will impress your friends. Sometimes opinionated but never dogmatic, she is an ideal guide to the (perceived) minefield that is punctuation. By the same author: 9781843176572 My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?) 9781782432944 500 Words you Should Know

Author : David Geall
Publisher : New Albion Press, England
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781843966227

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Behold London by David Geall Pdf

What is the strange diagram with the word 'London?' written on it that Dylan finds on a piece of paper in a second-hand comic? He doesn't know, his friends don't know, so they ask their favourite teacher, Prof, who gives them more than they bargained for!

Author : Julian McDonnell
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781787139619

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Rather Splendid London Walks by Julian McDonnell Pdf

Pip-pip and Tally-Ho... meet the most famous tour guide on YouTube, Joolz Guides! In Rather Splendid London Walks you can join Joolz himself on 20 fun-packed walks around the city, picking out the top sights, sounds and secret features that you wouldn’t spot without an expert guide on hand. On your journey you will learn about London's finest palaces, historic houses and murky drinking dens, visiting unscrupulous politicians, literary figures, scientific heroes, notorious criminals, and stars of the stage and screen along the way. Highlighting historical features and oddities en route, including stink pipes, cattle troughs and parish boundary markers, Joolz has more tales, facts and anecdotes than you've had hot dinners. From Pimlico to Peckham, Holland Park to Highgate, Southwark to Soho, Joolz Guides unveils the hidden gems and fantastic follies around every corner of the metropolis.

Author : Joshua Foer,Ella Morton,Dylan Thuras,Atlas Obscura
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Page : 995 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781523508471

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Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition by Joshua Foer,Ella Morton,Dylan Thuras,Atlas Obscura Pdf

Discover wonder. “A wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper.”— New York Times Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of a travel book that shot to the top of bestseller lists when it was first published and changed the way we think about the world, expanding our sense of how strange and marvelous it really is. This second edition takes readers to even more curious and unusual destinations, with more than 100 new places, dozens and dozens of new photographs, and two very special features: twelve city guides, covering Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Plus a foldout map with a dream itinerary for the ultimate around-the-world road trip. More a cabinet of curiosities than traditional guidebook, Atlas Obscura revels in the unexpected, the overlooked, the bizarre, and the mysterious. Here are natural wonders, like the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can sit and drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M. C. Escher–like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby-Jumping Festival in Spain—and no, it’s not the babies doing the jumping, but masked men dressed as devils who vault over rows of squirming infants. Every page gets to the very core of why humans want to travel in the first place: to be delighted and disoriented, uprooted from the familiar and amazed by the new. With its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, and new city guides, it is a book you can open anywhere and be transported. But proceed with caution: It’s almost impossible not to turn to the next entry, and the next, and the next.

Author : JC Harroway,Riley Pine,Cara Lockwood,Lauren Hawkeye
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488096655

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Harlequin Dare June 2018 Box Set by JC Harroway,Riley Pine,Cara Lockwood,Lauren Hawkeye Pdf

Harlequin Dare brings you a collection of four new sexy contemporary romances for fun and fearless women. Available now! This box set includes: ONE NIGHT ONLY By JC Harroway Lawyer Ash is ready to forget about his red-hot night with gorgeous stranger Essie...until she walks into his office for her first day at work. Could a sexy fling be the best mistake of their lives? MY ROYAL SIN Arrogant Heirs By Riley Pine After years of choosing duty over desire, Prince Benedict meets Ruby…and chooses pleasure, of the most X-rated kind! After all, if he’s going to indulge in the forbidden, the higher the stakes, the greater the thrill… NO STRINGS By Cara Lockwood When Emma meets tall, dark and drop-dead gorgeous Mr. X through an anonymous hook-up app, her sexiest fantasies come to life. But will he save her heart or break it forever? PLAYING DIRTY By Lauren Hawkeye Lizzie knows instantly that Ford Lassiter worships rules and order. Yet this gorgeous, but tightly wound, man is hiding something much deeper than lust. He’s hiding a deliciously raw, hungry need to take control while Lizzie relinquishes hers!

Author : JC Harroway
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488082511

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One Night Only by JC Harroway Pdf

The romantic vs. the cynic Chemistry is all they have in common! New York lawyer Ash has moved to London to escape his demons—and one red-hot night with gorgeous stranger Essie is the perfect distraction! He’s ready to forget about her entirely…until she walks into his office for her first day at work. She’s a romantic, seeking her happily-ever-after—he’s a distrustful cynic who can’t commit… Could a sexy fling be the best mistake of their lives? “Dare is Harlequin’s hottest line yet. Every book should come with a free fan. I dare you to try them!” —Tiffany Reisz, international bestselling author

Author : Atlas Obscura
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781523501731

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Atlas Obscura Explorer's Journal by Atlas Obscura Pdf

Let your curiosity be your compass! Created by the same brilliant, intrepid team who wrote Atlas Obscura and reinvented the travel book for a new generation, comes a traveler’s journal that belongs in every backpack, carry-on, messenger bag—or, when not abroad, on the desk, open for keeping notes for the next journey. This ruggedly handsome and sturdy blank journal features a storage pocket in the back (just right for ticket stubs, receipts, boarding passes, and more). The paper is high quality and printed with a variety of lines and grids, perfect for keeping track of itineraries, writing down impressions, making lists, sketching maps and sites, noting discoveries, and more. In addition, the journal includes practical reference, like time zones, weights and measures, and seasonal climate charts. And there’s an appendix of inspiration—a brief guide, with maps, to finding the hidden magic in a dozen of the world’s most interesting cities, New York to Shanghai to Budapest to Tokyo to Cairo. Don’t get off the beaten track without it.

Author : Lauren Hawkeye
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488082542

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Playing Dirty by Lauren Hawkeye Pdf

His guiltiest pleasure She’s wild, wicked…and pure, sexy trouble It takes a nanosecond for Lizzie Marchande to see that Ford Lassiter worships rules and order. Yet behind his leonine eyes this gorgeous but tightly wound man is hiding something much deeper than lust. He’s hiding a deliciously raw, hungry need to take control while Lizzie relinquishes hers. But for this wild, fierce woman there’ll be no holding back his heart…no matter the cost. “Dare is Harlequin’s hottest line yet. Every book should come with a free fan. I dare you to try them!” —Tiffany Reisz, international bestselling author

Author : Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435076153972

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The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne Pdf