This best selling guide to cycling in London is updated for a second edition to include full details of the Barclays/ Tf L London Cycle Hire Scheme. The London Cycling Guide is the ultimate guide for London cyclists. There are 30 leisurely routes covering both inner & outer London. Each is described in detail with a series of points of interest also pinpointed on an accompanying route map. Boxed information with each route shows at-a-glance the start point, likely duration & some suggestions for where to eat & drink along the way. The book also covers important practical information on cycling, such as choosing the right bike for your style of cycling; tips on urban cycling, social cycling & cycling with children; &, guidance on security & insurance as well as information on accessories & clothing. There is a brand new chapter that gives full details on the new London Cycle Hire scheme. ...

11.32am. Ted & his sister Kat watch their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye. The pod rises from the ground, high above the city. 12.02am. The pod lands & the doors open. Everyone exits
- everyone but Salim. Has he spontaneously combusted? (Ted`s theory.) Has he been kidnapped? (Aunt Gloria`s theory.) Is he even still alive? (The family`s unspoken fear.) Even the police are baffled
- so it`s up to Ted, whose brain runs on its own unique operating system, to solve this mystery & find Salim. Teaming up with Kat, Ted follows a trail of clues across London
- while time ticks dangerously by... Now featuring a new introduction from bestselling author Robin Stevens.


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The London Football Companion follows the history of the sport in the capital, from its foundations in the days of gentleman amateurs to the obscene wealth & tabloid scandals of the modern age. As it winds its way postcode-by-postcode from Westminster to Watford via all points in between, it takes in everything from bungs & brawls to tantrums & transfers. The Brewer Street kebab shop that cost Paul Gascoigne a trip to the 1998 World Cup, the traffic jam on Tottenham High Road that made Roman Abramovich give up on his plans for Spurs & buy further west, & the Central London pub where the FA was founded are just some of the places that feature in the stories, scandals, tragedies & triumphs that make up the footballing heritage of our capital. The London Football Companion takes an anecdotal look at the capital's clubs & how football has evolved over the decades, from Premiership giants Arsenal, Chelsea & Tottenham, through characterful sides like Charlton, Crystal Palace, QPR & Millwall, to Sunday league football on Hackney Marshes. What emerges is a wonderfully rich, entertaining & compulsively browsable history of the beautiful game. ...

Bhajju Shyam, of the Gond tribe of central India, disarmingly spins the west`s anthropolgical gaze back on itself in this stunning ...

The London Loop, or the London LOOP
- London Outer Orbital Path, a 240km/150 miles route around the periphery of the capital
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For 140 miles, the London LOOP (London Outer Orbital Path) follows a green corridor right around the capital, offering a circular walk among secret countryside that can make you forget you`re within a few miles of Heathrow Airport, the A13, or the suburban sprawl of Croydon, Watford or Dagenham. Here is rolling downland near Coulsdon, the forest of Enfield Chase, the lonely Thames marshes at Rainham, the classical parkland of Bushy Park & a canalside stroll at Uxbridge. London could not seem further away. Each of the guide`s 15 sections represents a day`s walk of reasonable length, & starts & finishes at a public transport point. ...

Michael Middleditch has revised & updated his hugely successful London Map Guide
- first published in 1983 & now in its seventh
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Michael Middleditch has revised & updated his hugely successful London Map Guide
- first published in 1983 & now in its seventh
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Geoffrey Fletcher`s off-beat portrayal of London does not focus on the big landmarks, but rather `the tawdry, extravagant & eccentric`. His descriptions will transport you to an art nouveau pub, a Victorian music hall, a Hawksmoor church & even a public toilet in Holborn in which the attendant kept goldfish in the cisterns. Drawn to the corners where `the kids swarm like ants & there are dogs everywhere`, Fletcher will take you to parts of the city where few outsiders venture. Originally published in 1962, in 1967 The London Nobody Knows was turned into an acclaimed documentary film starring James Mason. This book has been a must-have for anyone with an interest in London ever since, & will surprise even those who think they know it well today. Many of the places written about are sadly no more, but the sights & sounds of Fletcher`s London are preserved in this classic book through his beautiful illustrations & eye for the unusual & striking. ...

It`s time to visit London
- what a noisy city! Watch out for the beeping double-decker buses. Mind the gap on the tube & hear Big
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