{"product_id":"atlas-of-imagined-cities-from-central-perk-to-kanto-hardcover","title":"Atlas of Imagined Cities: From Central Perk to Kanto - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRhys B. Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore the fictional topography of the most inspiring world cities--including London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo--in this new book from the creators of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Imagined Places\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDid you know that James Bond and George Smiley were practically neighbors, or that girls-about-town Holly Golightly, Annie Hall, and Carrie Bradshaw all lived a couple of blocks from one another? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen of the most stunning city maps show exactly where your characters lived, loved, worked, and played. Find out where to enjoy a coffee from Central Perk (\u003ci\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e), a butterbeer in the Leaky Cauldron (Harry Potter), or a revolutionary tipple in the Defarge Wine Shop (\u003ci\u003eA Tale of Two Cities\u003c\/i\u003e). Navigate round London's fictional tube network, from Walford East (\u003ci\u003eEastEnders\u003c\/i\u003e) to Hobbs End (\u003ci\u003eQuatermass\u003c\/i\u003e). Or fly between cities on one of a dozen fictional airlines (mapped to their home airports). Characters' homes, bars, clubs, metro stations, and skyscrapers that you've seen or read about are all plotted in beautiful vintage-style city maps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe maps draw from the movies, TV, novels, video games, and more, all painstakingly tracked down, mapped, annotated, and wittily divulged by the authors. Let them show you how to get to Sesame Street, and thousands of other places, in this indispensable guidebook to all those places you always wanted to visit...if only they were real.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is author of 11 books for Batsford, using his trademark humor and playfulness as tools to explore the world. He has served as editor and editor-at-large of Londonist.com, writing on topics as diverse as street art, politics, mapmaking, and science. With a deep love of trivia, he's written and hosted hundreds of quizzes, including events for the Museum of London and Manchester Science Museum, among many others. He is tweeting at @mattfromlondon. \u003cb\u003eRhys B. Davies\u003c\/b\u003e hails from South Wales. As a child of the nineties, he was reared on a mix of Saturday-morning cartoons, blockbuster films, and all manner of literature, coalescing into a deep love of fiction and the worlds that imagination can build\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 12.24 x 9.89 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763864011040,"sku":"9781849947787","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a7ededadb59630aee8cab9d0ba02ff49.webp?v=1780240548","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/atlas-of-imagined-cities-from-central-perk-to-kanto-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}