Paddington: Paddington in London
Paddington: Paddington in London

Author: Annie Auerbach

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2014-10-28

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 0062349961

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Come along with Paddington as the Browns introduce him to his new home, London. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that Big Ben isn't a man, but a bell in a clock tower, and that England has a queen who lives in a palace. The city is full of wonders for a bear from Peru!

London's Contemporary Architecture
London's Contemporary Architecture

Author: Ken Allinson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-06-07

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1136347054

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London is a living architectural exhibition. This handy pocket guide: * aids navigation of the city’s greatest sights with a clear map-based format * features more than 260 buildings, with full notes and references * provides a superb full colour photographic record of the capital London's Contemporary Architecture is a practical and highly illustrated guide to the best modern buildings. Now in its fourth edition, this location-based book has been fully updated to cover the latest additions to the London skyline. This guide looks at London district by district. It identifies the buildings most worth visiting and offers essential information about the selected architectural gems. Packed with fascinating informative commentary and useful location maps, it also includes examples of London's finer older buildings that are found near to the key contemporary sites.

4:50 from Paddington
4:50 from Paddington

Author: Agatha Christie

Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9781579126933

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On a jaunt to visit her friend Miss Marple, Elspeth McGillicuddy sees a man strangling a woman on a passing train. The police dismiss her observation as imagination, but Miss Marple knows better and decides to search for the corpse on her own.

West from Paddington
West from Paddington

Author: Stuart Cole

Publisher: Etica Press Ltd

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 190563305X

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West from Paddington is the essential companion for every traveller on First Great Western Railway. Packed with information on all the landmarks, railway history, geographical features and places of interest that can be seen from your window as your journey unfolds, this indispensable guide covers three great routes - Paddington to Bristol; Reading to Penzance and Swindon to Carmarthen. A route map for each section of the journey highlights the features described, and the book includes hundreds of specially commissioned colour photographs giving a 'traveller's-eye' view. Each entry indicates on which side of the train the place or item of interest described can be found. Written by lifelong railway enthusiast and Professor of Transport, Stuart Cole, and with a Foreword by pop impresario and railway devotee Pete Waterman OBE, West from Paddington will turn your journey into a voyage of discovery.