London Made Us. A Memoir of a Shape-Shifting City, Paperback - Robert Elms

A personal journey - part anecdotal, part impressionistic - through London's constantly shifting cityscape by BBC Radio London's Robert Elms

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Publisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Panikos PanayiIllustration(s): 32 b-w illus.Number of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 132 x ...

Beastly London explores the complex and changing relationship between Londoners of all classes and their animal neighbours: from a mainly exploitat...

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Imara made it through her first term without too many issues, but now that she is in the second term, a magic-draining fiend is stalking the studen...

Publisher: CatapultAuthor(s): Taylor HarrisNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 237 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farm...

DescriptionLondon: A City in Pictures forms a tour of the city s historic streets of medieval and classical architecture, sumptuous palaces and dis...

Lucifer Over London is a new anthology nine narrative essays written by a host of international prize-winning authors including Chloe Aridjis, Viol...

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Presents Madhur Jaffrey's memoir of her childhood in India. With recipes drawn from memories of dinners, lunches, breakfasts, weddings, and picnics...