Interesting pocket-size map/guide with biographies & portraits of 13 women artists who lived in the capital, plus a street plan of central London showing locations where they lived and/or worked. The selection

Includes:: not only British artists, but also French (Madame Tussaud, Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun & Rosa Bonheur), an American – E. Patience Wright & the Swiss painter L. Angelica Kauffman. Each artist has a panel with a portrait, biographical notes, plus directions to the location (s) associated with her life & work. Two more panels provide notes on The Female School of Design – the first women’s school of art, plus the first Royal School of Art Needlework. The plan of central London highlighting locations associated with the artists is thoughtfully supplement with enlargements for each area to make the relevant addresses easier to find. Also included is a list of 9 more notable women artists with addresses of their homes or studios, plus useful web links.

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Guida di Londra in Italiano (all text is in Italian), del Touring Club Editore, pensata per accompagnare il viaggiatore alla ragionata scoperta della citta’, con particolare attenzione agli aspetti culturali, storici, architettonici, e artistici. La capitale viene esplorata attraverso 31 itinerari pedonali nel centro, affiancati da 4 itinerari automobilistici nelle zone limitrofe alla citta’. Famose per la loro reputazione di manuali adulti, esaurienti, ed estremamente affidabili, le guide verdi del Touring Club sono ricche di informazioni culturali, concentrandosi su aspetti storici, architettonici ed artistici. Essenziale per chi incontri Londra per la prima volta e voglia perdersi nelle sue storie facendosi guidare da un compagno di viaggio esperto, questa guida rimane anche un vademecum per il viaggiatore curioso, organizzato e che desidera approfondire la sua conoscenza della capitale durante una nuova visita. La guida suddivide la citta’ ed i suoi dintorni in 31 itinerari pedonali raggruppati geograficamente in sette sezioni: centro, nord, sud, est, ovest, le zone piu’ periferiche (pero’ sempre tutte all’interno della Greater London), ed una sezione speciale dedicata ai grandi musei, dal British Museum alla Tate Modern. Ogni percorso ha una parte introduttiva che inquadra la zona ed e’ descritto in dettaglio, sottolineando i luoghi di maggior interesse. Ogni itinerario e’ inoltre affiancato da una piccola mappa dove sono anche segnalate le fermate della metro. In piu’, oltre ai 31 itinerari pedonali nella Grande Londra, c’e’ una larga sezione con quattro itinerari automoblistici in zone limitrofe alla capitale: la Valle del Tamigi con Oxford e Windsor; l’ East Anglia e Cambridge; il sud-est con Canterbury, Brighton e le bianche scogliere di Dover; e il sud-ovest con la New Forest e l’isola di Wight. Di nuovo le descrizioni di ogni percorso sono precise e dettagliate con piccole mappe annesse.A parte una esauriente sezione sulla preparazione del viaggio, tutte le informazione pratiche e turistiche sono incluse con notizie e indirizzi in un allegato separabile, che contiene anche un piccolo stradario del centro della citta’ e una cartina della metropolitana. Nell`allegato sono descritti e recensiti in tutto 219 alberghi e B&B, 298 tra ristoranti e pub (con una piccola descrizione dei piatti piu’ tipici), locali e bar, e negozi e mercatini. La guida include inoltre un succinto glossario di termini architettonici e artistici, ed un indice di nomi. Tutta la guida e’ in Italiano. Una piccola curiosita’. Nella parte dedicata a Covent Garden, fra il famoso mercato ed il Coliseum, la guida parla di _ Stanfords_, “il tempio dei viaggiatori, dove si trova qualunque tipo di mappa, guida turistica o letteratura di viaggio”...* IL LIBRO E’ IN ITALIANO**ALL THE TEXT IS IN ITALIAN ONLY.* ...

Italian Edition. Secret London
- Bars & Restaurants in the Jonglez series of guides; profiling a range of European cities as well
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A London Map/ Guide in Spanish provides short break tourist information on what to see & do & where to visit when & why. Visitor information found in the guide & displayed on the map sheet is colour coded by type, numbered & cross referenced. The map shows London ...

Spanish Edition. Secret London
- Bars & Restaurants in the Jonglez series of guides; profiling a range of European cities as well
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London in the Countries, Regions & Cities series from Rough Guides; comprehensively detailed guidebooks specifically designed for independent travellers & serving a range of worldwide destinations. Widely recognised for their free editorial style, Rough Guide authors are allowed to express their personal opinions on a range of subjects. Although sometimes controversial, this editorial stance allows readers to experience more detailed & personal takes on each destination, a feature often more limited in other guidebooks. Cultural & historical nuances are explored in significant depth throughout the text & descriptions on the ambience of individual settings alongside personal recommendations, particularly in cities, are notably prevalent. Each Rough Guide in the Countries, Regions & Cities series has a similar layout. A ...

In 1982, at the age of just twenty-three & halfway through her architecture studies, Elspeth Beard left her family & friends in London & set off on a 35, 000-mile solo adventure around the world on her 1974 BMW R60/6. Reeling from a recent breakup & with only limited savings from her pub job, a tent, a few clothes & some tools, all packed on the back of her bike, she was determined to prove herself. She had ridden bikes since her teens & was well travelled. But nothing could prepare her for what lay ahead. When she returned to London nearly two & a half years later she was stones lighter & decades wiser. She`d ridden through unforgiving landscapes & countries ravaged by war, witnessed civil uprisings that forced her to fake documents, & fended off sexual attacks, biker gangs & corrupt police convinced she was trafficking drugs. She`d survived life-threatening illnesses, personal loss & brutal accidents that had left permanent scars & a black hole in her memory. & she`d fallen in love with two very different men. In an age before email, the internet, mobile phones, satnavs &, in some parts of the world, readily available & reliable maps, Elspeth achieved something that would still seem remarkable today. Told with honesty & wit, this is the extraordinary & moving story of a unique & life-changing adventure. ...

In 1982, at the age of just twenty-three & halfway through her architecture studies, Elspeth Beard left her family & friends in London & set off on a 35, 000-mile solo adventure around the world on her 1974 BMW R60/6. Reeling from a recent breakup & with only limited savings from her pub job, a tent, a few clothes & some tools, all packed on the back of her bike, she was determined to prove herself. She had ridden bikes since her teens & was well travelled. But nothing could prepare her for what lay ahead. When she returned to London nearly two & a half years later she was stones lighter & decades wiser. She`d ridden through unforgiving landscapes & countries ravaged by war, witnessed civil uprisings that forced her to fake documents, & fended off sexual attacks, biker gangs & corrupt police convinced she was trafficking drugs. She`d survived life-threatening illnesses, personal loss & brutal accidents that had left permanent scars & a black hole in her memory. & she`d fallen in love with two very different men. In an age before email, the internet, mobile phones, satnavs &, in some parts of the world, readily available & reliable maps, Elspeth achieved something that would still seem remarkable today. Told with honesty & wit, this is the extraordinary & moving story of a unique & life-changing adventure. ...

One can drive around Texas for a long time & never meet J.R. Ewing or Woodrow Mc Call. The real Texas hides out in towns & cities like those that readers will find in these stories. In that very Texan reality, among the everyday good folks of the state, readers will find the hard-boiled understanding of guns, dope, blood money, greed, hatred & delusion that makes these 14 stories come alive on the page. ...

Lone Traveller is based on Anne Mustoe`s second ride round the world. Taking historical routes as her inspiration again, she followed the Roman roads from Rome to Lisbon, travelled across South America with the Conquistadors, chased Captain Cook over the Pacific to Australia & Indonesia & ended with the caravans along the fabled Silk Road from China back to Rome. On the way, she dealt with wild dogs, rats in the bedroom, arrest by the Chinese police & the threat of guerilla attacks. The central chapters give a detailed day-to-day account of the four most challenging sections of the journey
- the Australian Outback, the Gobi Desert, the Karakoram Highway & the voyage up the navigable length of the Amazon in small cargo boats. A useful appendix gives journey logs, with distances covered & overnight stops for remote stretches of road. In the other chapters, Anne tries to make sense of the mass of incidents, problems, people & predicaments by grouping them together under subject headings such as Solitude, Company, Men & Other Animals, & Lessons learned. It is a practical handbook, full of encouragement for all those people who would dearly love to go on a great adventure, but teeter on the brink, full of self-doubt. Anne`s advice is ” Go for it!”A book about the true spirit found in real travellers, written by a real traveller
- Wanderlust magazine

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