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		Thames: sacred river Peter Ackroyd Cover: Hardback Price: £25 The latest tome from Peter Ackroyd, the list of contents reads like a glorious menu for a feast of reading: 'Mirror of History', 'Stream of Pleasure', 'River of Art'. Take your pick from these and many other enticing headings. It is sure to become essential reading for anyone interested in London's history along with his London: A Biography.

		On Brick Lane Rachel Lichtenstein Cover: Hardback Price: £20 The culmination of a decade of research into one of the most fascinating streets in East London. Rachel has a unique insight into the area known for its immigrant communities. Also recommended....

		Rodinsky's Room Rachel Lichtenstein & Iain Sinclair Cover: Paperback Price: £8.99 Part mystery, part meditation, an absorbing collaboration between a young artist and an established documenter of London mythology. In researching the disappearance of David Rodinsky from his room above a synagogue in Whitechapel, they delve into the East London diaspora.

		An Acre of Barren Ground Jeremy Gavron Cover: Paperback Price: £7.99 A narrative of multiple histories spanning millennia. Researched in great depth, the historical contexts underpin the narrative rather than undermine it. “….when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.”

		The Italian Boy Sarah Wise Cover: Paperback Price: £8.99 Gruesome goings-on in the gardens behind Columbia Road. Chillingly grisly, the true history of three notorious grave robbers and their victims, it's hard to believe that these events took place such a short time ago.

		My Revolutions Hari Kunzru Cover: Hardback Price: £16.99 The revolutions of the title are not only the activities of a group of protesters in the late sixties set against the backdrop of Notting Hill and Hackney, but also the ramifications they have in the present day. An engaging thriller from a local writer, it is dedicated to the more recent revolutionaries at number 34 Broadway Market.