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London in the Limelight

Submitted by Sara West [1] on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 3:29pm

Have the Olympic games piqued your interest in the host city? Bring these books home from the library and learn about all things London:

London: An Architectural History [2]by Anthony Sutcliffe
London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets [3] by Peter Ackroyd
Johnson's Life of London: The People Who Made the City that Made the World [4] by Boris Johnson
Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - as Told by Those Who Love it, Hate it, Live it, Left it, and Long for it [5] by Craig Taylor


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