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Summary: A-Z all you need to know about London streets
Review: buy this one if you want to get your bearings ahead of time, otherwise, you can buy a mini-version of this book in most stores around London (e.g. Tesco, Marks & Spencers, tourist shops).You can explore anywhere in London with confidence. A-Z lists streets, attractions, tube locations, etc... every Londoner has one.
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Summary: A-Z all you need to know about London streets
Review: buy this one if you want to get your bearings ahead of time, otherwise, you can buy a mini-version of this book in most stores around London (e.g. Tesco, Marks & Spencers, tourist shops).You can explore anywhere in London with confidence. A-Z lists streets, attractions, tube locations, etc... every Londoner has one.
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Summary: Interesting
Review: I think the best possible review of this book is the book itself, after all, the implicit authorial (or narratorial) intent is the de-mystification of self-referentialism. That said, on a rather banal level I did find the book useful in plotting a journey from Walthamstow to Barnes. It's as vibrant an example of the genre as I have seen for a while, written with genuine verve, though the thematic crux of the darkness of the modern mind presented from the vantage point of one geographical location has, perhaps, one inherent strain too many.
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Summary: I say, can you direct me to Bleeding Heart Yard?
Review: I'm a map junkie, especially national highway and city street maps. Perhaps it's the lure of the open road and exotic places. In any case, I recently acquired the LONDON A-Z street atlas, and I'm in seventh heaven. London, you see, is my favorite city in the whole world.The atlas covers the city center plus outlying suburbs from Romford and Sidcup in the east to Ruislip and Shepperton in the west, and Barnet and Enfield in the north to Sutton and Croyden in the south. Claiming to index over 69,000 streets, each of its 170 color map pages is, well, busy. Since the atlas is only 7.5 by 5 inches, the street names are printed small and require either the good vision of youth or the spectacles of old age. And a magnifying glass helps. There are several other useful features: a single page map each for the West End cinemas and theatres, a map-referenced listing of hospitals and hospices, a map-referenced listing of all rail, Tramlink and Underground stations, a schematic of Greater London's rail connecting points with the Underground, and the world famous color schematic of the latter. This is good stuff. Of course, there are symbols on each map for the usual clutter of police stations, post offices, information centers, fire stations, churches and chapels, shopping centres and markets, public buildings, toilets for the disabled, tracks and footpaths, etc. My only complaint concerns those maps other than the large-scale ones of Central London. On the former, the rail and Underground stations, those beacons of solidity in an uncertain world, aren't as immediately obvious as one might like. They're much better indicated on the Central London plans. Oh, and Bleeding Heart Yard? Why, it's right there on page 161 in map square 6K. Can't miss it, guv.
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Summary: WOW! You'll never get lost in London!!!!
Review: My sister and I just returned from a visit to London, and I can say without a doubt that this book helped us to make the most of it. We never had a doubt about where we were, or where the nearest tube stations were, and which route they followed. I would have been lost without this handy guide, and I STRONGLY suggest you pick it up before you set foot in London.
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Summary: WOW! You'll never get lost in London!!!!
Review: My sister and I just returned from a visit to London, and I can say without a doubt that this book helped us to make the most of it. We never had a doubt about where we were, or where the nearest tube stations were, and which route they followed. I would have been lost without this handy guide, and I STRONGLY suggest you pick it up before you set foot in London.
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Summary: Not a guide book
Review: The "A to Zed," as it is called in London, is a must-have whether you are going to the city for a week, a semester, or the rest of your life. Londoners themselves carry the book, because it is so useful for navigating the otherwise confusing maze of city streets (which do not come even close to conforming to the traditional city grid that those of us who've been to say New York City might expect from a big city).
Do not buy this book if you are looking for a traditional tour book, with restaurant reviews, hotel recommendations, and price listings. You won't find them here. Do buy this book if you plan to move about the city on your own, independent of a tour guide. Not only is it easier to reference, it's much less conspicuous than a cumbersome, folding map.
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Summary: essential for anyone spending any amount of time in London
Review: This book exemplifies what a city map should be. It's got over 150 color pages of maps covering more than enough of London - from City Airport in the East to Hampton Court Palace in the West and from Croydon and Sutton in the South to Barnet in the North. It also has 9 pages of detailed maps of central London - essential for all of those tiny alleyways in the City. The rest of the book consists of a listing of all the streets covered in the map plus indexes of places of interest, tube and rail stations and hospitals. There's also a tube map on the back cover. You can also buy a mini London A-Z here in London, slightly smaller and covering less area, but I wouldn't recommend it because it doesn't have the detailed map section or a full tube map plus you never know when you might step outside its boundaries. A heartly recommended buy.
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Summary: essential for anyone spending any amount of time in London
Review: This book exemplifies what a city map should be. It's got over 150 color pages of maps covering more than enough of London - from City Airport in the East to Hampton Court Palace in the West and from Croydon and Sutton in the South to Barnet in the North. It also has 9 pages of detailed maps of central London - essential for all of those tiny alleyways in the City. The rest of the book consists of a listing of all the streets covered in the map plus indexes of places of interest, tube and rail stations and hospitals. There's also a tube map on the back cover. You can also buy a mini London A-Z here in London, slightly smaller and covering less area, but I wouldn't recommend it because it doesn't have the detailed map section or a full tube map plus you never know when you might step outside its boundaries. A heartly recommended buy.
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Summary: The guide for getting around town
Review: This is a street atlas that has proven its worth over and over down the years. The newer edition is in color and it has become slightly larger, making it easier on the eyes. The old black and white edition had its own convenience, though; it was of a slightly smaller size size that would just about fit into the pocket of a coat jacket. I hope the publishers will reconsider bringing this back, while still keeping the bigger sizes for those who would rather have them.
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