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London Then and Now

Author : Diane Burstein
Publisher : Anova Books
ISBN 13 : 9781906388386
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book London Then and Now written by Diane Burstein and published by Anova Books. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, the capital and heart of Britain, is an exciting and constantly developing city. London Then and Now explores London's landscape, past and present, through the eye of the camera. Some 70 historic photographs of London's past are paired with specially commissioned contemporary views taken from the same vantage point. In spite of wartime damage and postwar planning, so many of the buildings that characterise London still remain. The book features the fascinating vistas of London that have changed little and some that have changed radically, from the regeneration of the south bank, the docklands in the east to the transformation of a power station into Tate Modern. Part of the bestselling 'Then and Now' series, this charming contrast of old and new photographs highlights the stunning changes – and the equally amazing similarities – of one of the most loved cities in Britain, its well-known places but also some of the hidden gems.

London Then and Now

Author : Diane Burstein
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1911641395
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book London Then and Now written by Diane Burstein and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using archive photographs from London's rich history, London Then and Now shows how some parts of the city have changed dramatically, while others remain perfectly preserved. London has changed rapidly in the last 150 years. The Luftwaffe helped modify many parts of central London and the East End in the 1940s, but some of the most dramatic changes have come in the last twenty years. Stretching from Hampton Court and Kew Gardens in West London, this updated and revised edition takes a winding route along the River Thames to the soaring spires of Canary Wharf in Docklands and the stately Royal Naval College at Greenwich. Sites include Hampton Court Palace, Kew Gardens, Hammersmith Bridge, King's Road Chelsea, Battersea Power Station, Lambeth Palace, the Tate, Palace of Westminster, Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben), Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Harrods, Albert Memorial, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, Festival Hall, Savoy Hotel, Oxo Tower, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Royal Opera House, Soho, Tate Modern, Bank of England, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower of London, HMS Belfast, Samuel Pepys's Church, London Bridge/the Shard, Docklands, Greenwich Observatory, and the Royal Naval College.

Derelict London: All New Edition

Author : Paul Talling
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473560233
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Derelict London: All New Edition written by Paul Talling and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ______________________________ The huge word-of-mouth bestseller – completely updated for 2019 THE LONDON THAT TOURISTS DON’T SEE Look beyond Big Ben and past the skyscrapers of the Square Mile, and you will find another London. This is the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories. Welcome to DERELICT LONDON: a realm whose secrets are all around us, visible to anyone who cares to look . . . Paul Talling – our best-loved investigator of London’s underbelly – has spent over fifteen years uncovering the stories of this hidden world. Now, he brings together 100 of his favourite abandoned places from across the capital: many of them more magnificent, more beautiful and more evocative than you can imagine. Covering everything from the overgrown stands of Leyton Stadium to the windswept alleys of the Aylesbury Estate, DERELICT LONDON reveals a side of the city you never knew existed. It will change the way you see London. ______________________________ PRAISE FOR THE DERELICT LONDON PROJECT ‘Fascinating images showing some of London’s eeriest derelict sites show another side to the busy, built-up capital.’ Daily Mail ‘Talling has managed to show another side to the capital, one of abandoned buildings that somehow retain a sense of beauty.’ Metro ‘Excellent . . . As much as it is an inadvertent vision of how London might look after a catastrophe, DERELICT LONDON is valuable as a document of the one going on right in front of us.’ New Statesman ‘From the iconic empty shell of Battersea Power Station to the buried ‘ghost’ stations of the London Underground, the city is peppered with decaying buildings. Paul Talling knows these places better than anyone in the capital.’ Daily Express ‘[London has an] unusual (and deplorable) number of abandoned buildings. Paul Talling’s surprise bestseller, DERELICT LONDON, is their shabby Pevsner.’ Daily Telegraph ______________________________

Paris Then and Now

Author : Peter Caine
Publisher : Thunder Bay Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592238309
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book Paris Then and Now written by Peter Caine and published by Thunder Bay Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new compact edition of this popular Then and Now title highlights the wonderful heritage of Paris and the city as it is today. This stunning collection of unforgettable photographs showcases landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Champs Elysee and areas like the Latin Quarter and Montmartre.

Dirty Old London

Author : Lee Jackson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300192053
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Dirty Old London written by Lee Jackson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with "night soil," graveyards teemed with rotting corpses, the air itself was choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that opposed them. Through thematic chapters, Jackson describes how Victorian reformers met with both triumph and disaster. Full of individual stories and overlooked details--from the dustmen who grew rich from recycling, to the peculiar history of the public toilet--this riveting book gives us a fresh insight into the minutiae of daily life and the wider challenges posed by the unprecedented growth of the Victorian capital.

Oxford Then and Now

Author : Vaughan Grylls
Publisher : Anova Books
ISBN 13 : 9781906388355
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Oxford Then and Now written by Vaughan Grylls and published by Anova Books. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxford Then and Now is a historic celebration of the city of dreaming spires. Using archive photography dating back to the 1860s, the book charts the evolution of the city through the Victorian and Edwardian eras, two world wars and touches on the eternal Oxford dilemma of town versus gown.

History of the Plague in London

Author : Daniel Defoe
Publisher : LA CASE Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Plague in London written by Daniel Defoe and published by LA CASE Books. This book was released on 1800 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the Plague in London is a historical novel offering an account of the dismal events caused by the Great Plague, which mercilessly struck the city of London in 1665. First published in 1722, the novel illustrates the social disorder triggered by the outbreak, while focusing on human suffering and the mere devastation occupying London at the time. Defoe opens his book with the introduction of his fictional character H.F., a middle-class man who decides to wait out the destruction of the plague instead of fleeing to safety, and is presented only by his initials throughout the novel. Consequently, the narrator records many distressing stories as experienced by London residents, including craze affected people wandering the streets aimlessly, locals trying to escape the disease infected city, and healthy families forced to confine themselves behind closed doors. Apart from these second-hand accounts, the narrator also provides a thorough explanation on how quarantine was managed and kept under control. In addition, he seeks to debunk all squalid rumors which have produced a false interpretation of the bubonic plague. However, not everything is bleak in the account, as the novel offers some affirmative evidence that humanity is still capable of charity, kindness and mercy even in the midst of chaos and confusion. Although regarded as a work of fiction, the author engrosses with his insertion of statistics, government reports and charts which further validate the novel as a precise portrayal the Great Plague.

Pretty Little London

Author : Sara Santini
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 0711257612
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Pretty Little London written by Sara Santini and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the hugely popular Instagram account of the same name, Pretty Little London introduces you to 100 Insta-worthy places to explore in the city all year round.

The London Book

Author : Monaco Books
Publisher : Monaco Books
ISBN 13 : 9783955041403
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book The London Book written by Monaco Books and published by Monaco Books. This book was released on 2015-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London - Highlights of a Fascinating City attempts to unveil to the reader, page after page, the great charm and the rich diversity of Britain's capital city. Readers will discover the latest architectural developments in this modern mega-city on the Thames, and at the same time appreciate the attractive monuments and sites of a much older city, rich in traditions. Superb photographs confirm the enthusiastic description of Rutari, the author: "A magic light cloaks this unique city, as if from Aladdin's lamp."--Jacket

Down and Out in Paris and London

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : A G Printing & Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Down and Out in Paris and London written by George Orwell and published by A G Printing & Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were eccentric characters in the hotel. The Paris slums are a gathering-place for eccentric people—people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be normal or decent. Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work. Some of the lodgers in our hotel lived lives that were curious beyond words. There were the Rougiers, for instance, an old, ragged, dwarfish couple who plied an extraordinary trade. They used to sell postcards on the Boulevard St Michel. The curious thing was that the postcards were sold in sealed packets as pornographic ones, but were actually photographs of chateaux on the Loire; the buyers did not discover this till too late, and of course never complained. The Rougiers earned about a hundred francs a week, and by strict economy managed to be always half starved and half drunk. The filth of their room was such that one could smell it on the floor below. According to Madame F., neither of the Rougiers had taken off their clothes for four years.

Spitalfields Life

Author : Gentle Author
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 9781444703955
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Spitalfields Life written by Gentle Author and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am going to write every single day and tell you about my life here in Spitalfields at the heart of London... Drawing comparisons with Pepys, Mayhew and Dickens, the gentle author of Spitalfields Life has gained an extraordinary following in recent years, by writing hundreds of lively pen portraits of the infinite variety of people who live and work in the East End of London.

Perth Then and Now®

Author : Richard Offen
Publisher : Pavilion
ISBN 13 : 9781910904909
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Perth Then and Now® written by Richard Offen and published by Pavilion. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perth Then and Now accurately matches historic photographs of the city with specially commissioned contemporary views that show how each site looks today. With an Aboriginal history going back over 40,000 years, Perth ranks amongst the oldest places on earth with near continuous human habitation. The modern city came into being in 1829 with the formation of the Swan River Colony. For the first 60 years of its existence, Perth was no more than a small country town which lived on an economic knife-edge between riches and ruin. Then, in the 1890s, commercial quantities of gold were discovered in the North and East of Western Australia. This sparked the first of several mineral booms in the State and resulted in Perth being able to demonstrate its newfound wealth in the form grandiose buildings which transformed the modest town into a fine city. Since the late nineteenth century, a cycle of ‘boom and bust’ has added successive layers of development to the city’s rich tapestry of building styles. As with many cities around the world, Perth witnessed the destruction of many older buildings during the last quarter of the 20th century, but has now learned to respect its heritage, resulting in some spectacular and imaginative adaptive reuses of older buildings. Past and present are laid side by side in this fascinating visual tour around the capital of Western Australia. Sites include: Crawley Baths, Narrows Bridge, King’s Park, Cottesloe Beach, T&G Building, Government Gardens, Russell Square, City Beach, St Georges Terrace, Hay Street, HIs Majesty’s Theatre, Hyde Park, Piccadilly Arcade, Hotel Metropole, Town Hall, St George’s Hall, the WACA, GPO Building, Central Arcade, St Mary’s Cathedral, Matilda Bay, Horseshoe Bridge, Swan Brewery.

Mudlarking

Author : Lara Maiklem
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 140888920X
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Mudlarking written by Lara Maiklem and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-18 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: _______________ WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION THE TOP 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR _______________ Mudlark (/'mAdla;k/) noun A person who scavenges for usable debris in the mud of a river or harbour Lara Maiklem has scoured the banks of the Thames for over fifteen years, in pursuit of the objects that the river unearths: from Neolithic flints to Roman hair pins, medieval buckles to Tudor buttons, Georgian clay pipes to Victorian toys. These objects tell her about London and its lost ways of life. Moving from the river's tidal origins in the west of the city to the point where it meets the sea in the east, Mudlarking is a search for urban solitude and history on the River Thames, which Lara calls the longest archaeological site in England. As she has discovered, it is often the tiniest objects that tell the greatest stories. _______________ 'Enchanting' - Sunday Times 'Driven by curiosity, freighted with mystery and tempered by chance, wonders gleam from every page' - Melissa Harrison 'Brilliant. No one has looked at these odd corners since Sherlock Holmes' - Sunday Telegraph 'The very best books that deal with the past are love letters to their subject, and the very best of those are about subjects that love their authors in return. Such books are very rare, but this is one' - Ian Mortimer 'Fascinating. There is nothing that Maiklem does not know about the history of the river or the thingyness of things' - Guardian 'A treasure. One of the best books I've read in years' - Tracy Borman

The East End in Colour 1960-1980

Author : Chris Dorley-Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781910566312
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book The East End in Colour 1960-1980 written by Chris Dorley-Brown and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously unpublished colour photographs of London's famous East End at a time before great social change.

Mad Day Out

Author : Stephen Goldblatt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615402284
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Mad Day Out written by Stephen Goldblatt and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Phantom of the Opera

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Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781423400080
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Phantom of the Opera written by and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 12 songs from the hit motion picture arranged for easy piano.

Shanghai Then and Now®

Author : Vaughan Grylls
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1911216929
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Shanghai Then and Now® written by Vaughan Grylls and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shanghai Then and Now brings together rare archival images of this thrilling cosmopolitan city and matches them with specially commissioned photos of the same sites as they appear today. Vaughan Grylls (author/photographer of four other titles in the Then and Now series: Oxford, Cambridge, Hong Kong and Singapore) has rounded up all of the key sites that make up this fascinating and diverse city, from Jesuit cathedrals, Jewish synagogues and Buddhist temples to neoclassical banks, art deco hotels, and the super-tall skyscrapers of the Pudong district. The breathtaking contrast between past and present make this a fascinating addition to the long-running Then and Now series.Sites include: The Bund, Yu Garden, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, East Nanjing Road, Jing’an Temple, Jade Buddha Temple, People’s Square, Shanghai Tower, Longhua Temple and Pagoda, Shanghai Museum, St. Ignatius Cathedral, Dongping National Forest Park, Lu Xun Park, Nanpu Bridge, Shanghai Club Building, HSBC Building, Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Tower, Natural History Museum, Shanghai World Financial Center, Zhang Garden, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Moller House, Custom House.