Category Archives: Non-Fiction & Reference

Blue Guide India

India in the Blue Guides series focuses primarily on cultural tourism for the visitor who wishes to understand more of what they might see and, as such, the title provides thorough and objective reference information covering art, history and architecture. The guide features illustrations aimed to inform rather than just decorate, such as maps, diagrams,

Blue Guide Venice

Completely updated, this edition contains superb plans and illustrations, detailed and accurate maps of the labyrinthine streets and canals, and includes full coverage of several newly-opened museums and palaces. There is also full coverage of where to stay and eat, and how to navigate the transport system. The depth of information and quality of research

Belgrade – A Cultural & Literary History

Belgrade in the Cities of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and historical exploration of some of the great city landscapes of the world. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the history of the city, providing an overview of the city’™s development from its earliest roots

Istanbul – A Cultural & Literary History

Istanbul in the Cities of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and historical exploration of some of the great city landscapes of the world. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the history of the city, providing an overview of the city’™s development from its earliest roots

Andalucia – A Cultural History

Andalucia in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and account of some of the world’™s most memorable and evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’™s development from its earliest roots

Vienna – A Cultural & Literary History

Vienna in the Cities of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and historical exploration of some of the great city landscapes of the world. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the history of the city, providing an overview of the city’™s development from its earliest roots

Brussels – A Cultural & Literary History

Brussels in the Cities of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and historical exploration of some of the great city landscapes of the world. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the history of the city, providing an overview of the city’™s development from its earliest roots

The Ascent of Mount Hum – A Croatian Cricket Odyssey

Lying some thirty miles off the Dalmatian coast, the Croatian island of Vis has a long and dramatic history bound up with various European empires, from Ancient Greece and Rome through the Venetian Republic and Austria-Hungary to fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in the twentieth century. For forty years in the latter half of that

Tokyo – A Cultural & Literary History

Tokyo in the Cities of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and historical exploration of some of the great city landscapes of the world. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the history of the city, providing an overview of the city’™s development from its earliest roots

Stockholm – A Cultural & Literary History

Stockholm in the Cities of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and historical exploration of some of the great city landscapes of the world. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the history of the city, providing an overview of the city’™s development from its earliest roots

The Andes – A Cultural History

The Andes in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and account of some of the world’™s most memorable and evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’™s development from its earliest

The French Riviera – A Cultural History

The French Riviera in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and account of some of the world’™s most memorable and evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’™s development from its

Urban Vodou – Politics and Popular Street Art in Haiti

From 1986 to 1994 the Caribbean nation of Haiti experienced a series of dramatic events: the overthrow of `Baby Doc` Duvalier, the violent disruption of voting, the overwhelming electoral victory of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a coup d etat and a US-led military operation to return Aristide to power. Even by Haiti`s standards, these were exceptional episodes

The West Country

The West Country in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and account of some of the world’™s most memorable and evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’™s development from its

The Ionian Islands & Epirus – A Cultural History

Ionian Islands & Epirus in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and account of some of the world’™s most memorable and evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’™s development from

The Danube – A Cultural History

The Danube in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and account of some of the world’™s most memorable and evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’™s development from its earliest

Patagonia – A Cultural History

Patagonia in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and account of some of the world’™s most memorable and evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’™s development from its earliest roots

The Loire – A Cultural History

The Loire in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and account of some of the world’™s most memorable and evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’™s development from its earliest

Bangkok – A Cultural & Literary History

Bangkok in the Cities of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and historical exploration of some of the great city landscapes of the world. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the history of the city, providing an overview of the city’™s development from its earliest roots

Siberia – A Cultural History

Siberia in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural and account of some of the world’™s most memorable and evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural and literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’™s development from its earliest roots