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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXGBR181)		  
Eyewitness Guide London  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 448 PAGES
This superb guide to London features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (GBR34, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide London
Churchill, The Unexpected Hero  •  Paul Addison
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 308 PAGES
A biography of Churchill focusing on his personal traits and reputation. (GBR579, $31.50)		  
Longitude  •  Dava Sobel  •  Neil Armstrong
HISTORY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 184 PAGES
An elegant extended essay on the historically vexing problem of determining longitude and the solution developed by master clockmaker John Harrison. It's a captivating story of marine chronometers, Byzantine 18th-century British politics, and the age of sail. (HSC01, $14.00)		   Longitude
The Story of England  •  Christopher Hibbert
HISTORY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES
Beautifully illustrated with color pictures, chronological charts, royal genealogies, and maps, this popular history of English politics, economics, and culture from the Neolithic to the 1990s is an excellent traveler's companion. Hibbert, a masterful storyteller, relates anecdotes that bring history to life in this concise, highly readable introduction to England's past. (GBR02, $19.95)		   The Story of England
London Map  •  Borch Maps
2009 •  MAP
This sixth edition laminated folded map of London includes London proper at 1:15 000, Kew Gardens & Richmond (1:35 000), Central Sights (1:11 000), Greater London (1:375 000) along with Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Public Transport London. With hotels, museums, monuments, markets, public transport, top sights and points of interest, useful statistics, and conversion charts. Two Sides. 20x26 inches. (GBR114, $8.95)		   London Map



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Fodor's New York City's 25 Best  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shirt-pocket guide to New York City, featuring a detailed, fold-out map centered on Midtown. With suggested itineraries, walks and top 25 sights. (USE36, $11.99)
 		  
A Traveller's History of London  •  Richard Tames   • HISTORY  •  The story of London, from the Romans to Tony Blair, tailored to the traveler. (GBR232, $14.95)
 		  
Churchill As Peacemaker  •  James Muller   • HISTORY  •  Although most think of Churchill as a war hero, the contributors to this volume, eminent in their field, stress his long career of maintaining peace. (GBR779, $53.00)
 		  
London Perceived  •  Evelyn Hofer  •  V. S. Pritchett   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A classic, lyrical celebration of the palaces, parks, people and everyday experience of London. Pritchett's eloquent riffs on the character of the city are accompanied by evocative black-and-white photographs by the superb Evelyn Hofer. (GBR310, $19.95)
 		  
London, The Biography  •  Peter Ackroyd   • HISTORY  •  A big thematic history of London from Celtic settlement to Roman outpost and world power, much focused on the life of the city. A popular biographer and novelist, Ackroyd leavens the centuries with anecdote, personality and great affection. (GBR248, $21.00)
 		  
Picture History of British Ocean Liners, 1900 to the Present  •  William H. Miller   • HISTORY  •  A historical portrait of the great ocean liners of the last century. (OCE83, $19.95)
 		  
Queen Mary 2, The Greatest Ocean Liner of Our Time  •  John Maxtone-Graham  •  Harvey Lloyd   • HISTORY  •  The official book of the newest luxury liner in Cunard's fleet. (OCE82, $50.00)
 		  
The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England  •  Antonia Fraser   • HISTORY  •  Lady Fraser gathers eight British historians for this engaging, illustrated history of the monarchy from 1066 to the House of Windsor, chock full of personality, incident and scandal. (GBR160, $34.95)
 		  
The River War, An Historical of The Reconquest of the Sudan  •  Winston S. Churchill  •  Mary Soames  •  James W. Muller   • HISTORY  •  The classic account of the history of the Sudan and its reconquest by Lord Kitchener and an Anglo-Egyptian Army in the 1890s. Churchill served as a lieutenant during the war. (AFR147, $16.95)
 		  
Warrior Queens, The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in World War II  •  Daniel Allen Butler   • HISTORY  •  A look at the military service of two of the most famous luxury liners. (OCE84, $26.95)
 		  
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In Search of London  •  H.V. Morton   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An enduring portrait of the city and especially of its history, originally published a half-century ago. As in all of his travel books, Morton charmingly mixes a deep appreciation of the art, culture and, especially, the history of a place with his own keen observations. (GBR269, $18.50)
 		  
Marlborough, His Life and Times, Volume I  •  Winston S. Churchill   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Part one in the definitive biography of the great English military commander John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough. (GBR581, $45.00)
 		  
Marlborough, His Life and Times, Volume II  •  Winston S. Churchill   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Part two in the definitive biography of the great English military commander John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough. (GBR582, $35.00)
 		  
My Early Life, 1874-1904  •  Winston S. Churchill  •  William Manchester   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Churchill's memoir of his first 30 years, written with considerable hindsight in 1930. His childhood, education, experiences as a war correspondent and early dabblings in politics are all addressed. (GBR580, $20.00)
 		  
Seamanship, A Voyage along the Wild Coasts of the British Isles  •  Adam Nicolson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Nicolson offers an engrossing account of a coastal voyage from Cornwall, along the western coast of Ireland, out to the Faeroes and to Orkney in this brief hymn to the sea. (GBR561, $13.95)
 		  
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