Walking London’s Docks, Rivers and Canals (Globetrotter Walking Guides) -

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Customer Review: Well researched, wonderfully written, fabulous photos
Sequels aren’t meant to be as good as the original, are they, but having enjoyed David Long’s SPECTACULAR VERNACULAR last year I had to have this one, and I’m not disappointed. Far from it. In fact for anyone bored with all those London books which just go over the same old ground again (Tower of London, yawn) these two books have been a revelation to me. Packed full of places and buildings most of us don’t even notice, and with every one photographed and explored by an author with a real talent for the subject, they’re original, funny, and above all fascinating in terms of the detail, the history and the personalities they describe and which together make London what it is today.
Customer Review: Strange - but irresistable
Bought the book for the photographs - 100s of black and whites, of so many strrange but largely unknown buildings - but actually it’s even better to read with lots of good anecdotes about the people who built them, who lived in them, or who occupy them now. Great snoopers’ guide to London behind closed doors, and quite unique
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London Film Location Guide -

After changing the world with the generation-defining Slacker, director Richard Linklater turned his free-range v?rit? sensibility on the 1970s. As before, his all-seeing camera meanders across a landscape studded with goofy pop culture references and poignant glimpses of human nature. Only this time around, he’s spreading a thick layer of nostalgia over the lens (and across the soundtrack). It’s as if Fast Times at Ridgemont High was directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The story deals with a group of friends on the last day of high school, 1976. Good-natured football star Randall “Pink” Floyd navigates effortlessly between the warring worlds of jocks, stoners, wannabes and rockers with girlfriend and new-freshman buddy in tow. Surprisingly, it’s not a coming-of-age movie, but a film that dares ask the eternal, overwhelming, adolescent question, “What happens next?” It’s a little too honest to be a light comedy (representative quote: “If I ever say these were the best years of my life, remind me to kill myself.”). But it’s also way too much fun to be just another existential-essay-on-celluloid. –Grant Balfour, Amazon.com
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Customer Review: “George Washington was in a cult and the cult was into aliens.”
Many Americans enjoy this movie as the quintessential teen movie. Is it accurate? Not really. But it is fun. It’s a movie that doesn’t pretend to be anything other than what it is. It’s just a stoner movie that is beloved by many who lived through the American high school experience. As I’m not British, I don’t know how well it crosses the cultural divide. Apparantly some American phraseology is annoying such as “freshman” but really, this movie is not about Brits and doesn’t have to cater to those who can’t be bothered to enjoy a movie from another country. In the States we say “freshman” and “sophomore” and this movie is portraying an American high school, not a British one.
Customer Review: Dazed and Confused is the best teen movie ever…
…in my opinion! If you don’t like movies where nothing major happens then don’t buy this film. But you’ll be missing out!
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Customer Review: fascinating!!
this is an absolute must for all fans of Paul Talling’s website of the same name.It gives an insight into the lesser known side of London,from hospitals to pubs,left to decay or be demolished to make way for yet more luxury flats (rabbit hutches) or offices.Its very sad to see the old,beautiful buildings like the numourus public houses being demolished,its like pulling the heart out of London’s history……………….Buy this book its brilliant!!!!
Customer Review: Superb
An excellent book, my only criticism being there is not enough of it!! The places are photographed beautifully, there is a full history of the buildings and to finish off with a section documenting some buildings that have been restored and renovated is pure class! This book does not disappoint, it is the most interesting book I have read in a long time!
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