Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guidepublisher* This is not a guidebook. And it is definitely 'not-for-parents'.It is the real, inside story about one of the world's most famouscities - London. In this book you'll hear fascinating talesabout famous and infamous people, creepy underground places, darkhistory and strange characters galore. Check out cool stories aboutgraffiti artists, murdered princes and people from all over. You'llfind royalty, punks and sleuths, and some amazingly weird food. Heard about the abseilers who wash a clockface for aliving? Would you want to eat jellied eels? How could anyone be lucky to be beheaded? Whatever does 'this is my trouble and strife' mean? This book shows you a London your parents probably don't evenknow about. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, KlayLamprell About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet hasbecome the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooksto every destination on the planet, as well as an
Lonely Planet's fun series about places far from home, written with the perfect pitch for young travellers; Lively stories spooky histories and fun facts designed to entice a whole new generation of world explorers; A blend of striking photos, quirky graphics and illustrations bring the destinations to life
This newly revised and updated edition is written especiallyfor the need of students grades 5-8, ages 11-14.. Easy-to-usealphabetical organization. More than 150,000 word choices includesynonyms, antonyms, related words,and phrases.. Up-to-date vocabulary. Newly added vocabulary paysparticular attention to this age group in the areas of socialmedia, technology, and entertainment.. Concise definitions. Entriesfeature concise statements that describe the shared meanings amongsynonyms.. Usage examples. An up-to-date usage example for everysynonym.. Revised and updated phrases. New, up-to-date idiomaticand colloquial phrases added at many entries.
