In this entertaining and unavoidably educational book, the authors guide you through the streets of London with authority, humor, and relish; they escort you from the site of the long buried Globe, to the newly remodeled Lyceum theatre, from Shakespeare to Les Miserables. When you have followed these thirteen easy-to-follow tours, you will have visited the best theatres of the most theatrical city in the world. Your escapades will be filled with enough juicy gossip and colorful legend to entertain every theatre fan. Detailed maps accompany each tour. And whether you only have an hour or you want to spend the day, London Theatre Walks has a fascinating walk in store for you!

Cinema has always provided a special lens for viewing India and, when combined with an outsider’s perspective, reveals new and often refreshingly significant facets of its culture and society. Beautifully designed with 100 illustrations in color and b/w, this book presents a varied interpretation of the country as well as its relationship with the West through a discussion of ten distinctive films, some documentary and some fictional, spanning 40 years from India’s independence. International critics, artists and scholars have delved deep into this carefully assembled list, from Renoir’s The River and Lang’s The Tiger of Eschnapur to Pasolini’s Notes for a Film on India and Corneau’s Nocturne Indien.