'A Book with a View'
This programme by the London Libraries Development Agency provides a reading list of fiction, non-fiction and poetry inispired by world landmarks and landscapes, for those that want to find out more about the built and natural environment now and year-round!
In conjunction with this you are invited to enter an architectural photography competition and win the chance to learn top tips from a professional photographer. All you have to do is:
- Choose a theme: (a) London landmark (b) London landscape (c) Book with a view
- Take a picture
- Join the London Libraries Recommend... Flickr group and upload your picture.
Winners will be notified by LLDA.
Also check these pages for details of a forthcoming talk by architectural author David Long at Swiss Cottage Libary.
Below is the list of publications selected for the reading list, and by clicking here you can access the online library catalogue - simply enter the relevant ISBN no. or book name as listed below and search for your local library stocking this material!
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
ISBN (13 DIGIT) |
PUBLISHER |
Hawksmoor |
Ackroyd, Peter |
9780140171136 |
Penguin |
A dictionary of London place names |
Mills, David |
9780198609575 |
OUP |
A field guide to getting lost |
Solnit, Rebecca |
9781841957456 |
Canongate |
Attention all shipping |
Connelly, Charlie |
9780349116037 |
Abacus |
Beat hotel |
Miles, Barry |
9781903809587 |
Atlantic books |
Beside the sea |
Ashley, Peter |
9781850749097 |
English Heritage |
Bollocks to Alton Towers |
Hazeley, Jason |
9780141021201 |
Penguin |
Brunelleschi's dome |
King, Ross |
9781844138272 |
Pimlico |
Caught in the light |
Goddard, Robert |
9780552145978 |
Corgi |
Common ground |
Simmons, John |
9781904879930 |
Cyan |
Dark star safari |
Theroux, Paul |
9780140281118 |
Penguin |
Do not pass go |
Moore, Tom |
9780099433866 |
Vintage |
Edge of the Orison |
Sinclair, Iain |
9780141012759 |
Penguin |
Elvis Presley passed here |
Epting, Chris |
9781595800015 |
Dark Horse |
Enigma of arrival |
Naipaul, V.S. |
9780330487153 |
Picador |
Estates - an intimate history |
Hanley, Lynsey |
9781862079090 |
Granta |
Falling angels |
Chevalier, Tracy |
9780007217236 |
HarperCollins |
Famous graves |
Pearson, Lynn |
9780747806196 |
Shire |
Field days: an anthology of poetry |
King, Angela (ed) |
9781870098731 |
Green books |
Football grounds from the air |
Hay, Ian |
9781904736561 |
Myriad |
Full dark house |
Fowler, Christopher |
9780553815528 |
Bantam |
Glastonbury: an oral history of the music |
Shearlaw, John |
9780091897635 |
Ebury |
Home: the story of everyone who ever lived in our house |
Myerson, Julie |
9780007148233 |
Harper |
I never knew that about England |
Winn, Christopher |
9780091902070 |
Ebury |
King's Road |
Decharne, Max |
9780753821244 |
Phoenix |
Miss Garnet's angel |
Vickers, Sally |
9780006514213 |
HarperCollins |
One place after another |
Kwon, Miwon |
9780262612029 |
MIT Press |
Pies and prejudice |
Maconie, Stuart |
9780091910228 |
Ebury |
Raven black |
Cleeves, Ann |
9780330441148 |
Pan |
Sea room |
Nicolson, Adam |
9780006532019 |
Harper |
Sharp north |
Cave, Patrick |
9780689872778 |
Simon & Schuster |
Spectacular Vernacular |
Long, David |
9780750941877 |
Sutton Publishing |
Stately pursuits |
Fforde, Katie |
9780099446682 |
Arrow |
Stonehenge: celebration and subversion |
Worthington, Andy |
9781872883762 |
Alternative Albion |
Summer book |
Jansson, Tove |
9780954221713 |
Sort of books |
The architecture of happiness |
de Botton, Alain |
9780141015002 |
Penguin |
The day job |
Wallington, Mark |
9780099472674 |
Arrow |
The deleted world |
Transtromer, Tomas |
9781904634485 |
Enitharmon Press |
The house by the Thames |
Tindall, Gillian |
9781844130948 |
Pimlico |
The lighthouse Stevensons |
Bathurst, Bella |
9780007204434 |
Harper |
The lost garden |
Humphreys, Helen |
9780747568131 |
Bloomsbury |
The shell house |
Newbery, Linda |
9780099455936 |
Red Fox |
The shipping news |
Proulx, Annie |
9781857022421 |
Fourth Estate |
The water clock |
Kelly, Jim |
9780141009339 |
Penguin |
The Z to Z of Great Britian |
Wills, Dixe |
9781840467543 |
Icon |
Toilets of the world |
Gregory, Morna E |
9781858943374 |
Merrell |
Twenty tales from the war zone |
Simpson, John |
9780330449991 |
Pan |
V for vendetta |
Moore, Alan |
9781852862916 |
Titan |
Vroom with a view |
Moore, Peter |
9780553816372 |
Bantam |
Wanderlust: a history of walking |
Solnit, Rebecca |
9781844675586 |
Verso |
Waterlog: a swimmer's journey through Britain |
Deakin, Roger |
9780099282556 |
Vintage |
Wicked world! |
Zephaniah, Benjamin |
9780141306835 |
Puffin |
Windows on the world |
Beigbeder, Frederic |
9780007184705 |
Harper |
Wuthering heights |
Bronte, Emily |
9780141023540 |
Penguin |