Category Archives: Non-Fiction & Reference

The Rough Guide to the Great West Way

Discover the Great West Way with this comprehensive, entertaining, `tell it like it is` Rough Guide, packed with comprehensive practical information and our experts` honest and independent recommendations.Whether you plan to paddle-board through Bath, visit Windsor Castle, marvel at Stonehenge, narrow-boat down the Kennet & Avon Canal or explore the Ridgeway on horseback, The Rough

Insight Guides Greece

Insight Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your journey. An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook.From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of Greece, with in-depth insider information on must-see, top

Insight Guides Explore Amsterdam (Travel Guide with free eBook)

Insight Explore Guides: pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of top international destinations. Now with free eBook.Experience the best of Amsterdam with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don`t miss out on must-see attractions to discovering hidden gems, including walking the city`s picturesque canals, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will

Insight Guides Explore Marrakesh: (Travel Guide with free eBook)

Insight Explore Guides: pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of top international destinations. Now with free eBook.Experience the best of Marrakesh with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don`t miss out on must-see attractions to discovering hidden gems, including exploring the city`s medinas and souks, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes

Insight Guides Explore Sicily

Experience the best of Sicily with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don`t miss out on must-see attractions like Palermo, Mount Etna, Siracusa and the Aeolian Islands, to discovering hidden gems, including the Zรญngaro Nature Reserve and the medieval town of Erice, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will help you plan

Insight Guides Explore Fiji

Discover the best of Fiji with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don`t miss out on must-see attractions like Viseisei Village, the sand dunes in Sigatoka, Mamanuca Islands, Levuka and the Hibiscus Highway, to discovering hidden gems, including Navala, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, help you plan

Insight Guides Explore San Francisco – The Best Routes Around the City

Travel made easy. Ask local experts.Focused travel guide featuring the very best routes and itineraries, now with free eBook.Discover the best of San Francisco with this unique travel guide, packed full of insider information and stunning images. From making sure you don`t miss out on must-see, top attractions like the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island

Insight Guides Explore Jerusalem & Tel Aviv (Travel Guide with Free eBook)

Insight Guides Explore Jerusalem & Tel AvivTravel made easy. Ask local experts.Focused travel guide featuring the very best routes and itineraries, now with free eBook.Discover the best of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv with this unique travel guide, packed full of insider information and stunning images. From making sure you don`t miss out on must-see, top

Insight Guides Great Breaks Glasgow (Travel Guide with free eBook)

Insight Great Breaks Guides: pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of the best of the British Isles. Now with free eBook.Explore the best of Glasgow with this indispensably practical Insight Great Breaks Guides. From making sure you don`t miss out on must-see attractions like Riverside Museum and Loch Lomond, to discovering hidden gems, including

Jane Austen`s England: A Travel Guide

The first and only travel guide that focuses on Austen`s life, work, and legacyPacked with travel tips, walking routes, tour times and Austen trivia. A great gift for any Austen fan – but will also be appreciated by ramblers, Anglophiles, and anyone with an interest in Regency EnglandWalk in Jane Austen`s footsteps with this unique

Insight Guides Great Breaks Oxford (Travel Guide with free eBook)

Insight Great Breaks Guides: pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of the best of the British Isles. Now with free eBook.Explore the best of Oxford with this indispensably practical Insight Great Breaks Guide. From making sure you don`t miss out on must-see attractions like Magdalen College, the Ashmolean Museum and the Bodleian Library, to

Art London: A Guide to Places, Events and Artists

Prodigies, revolutionaries, defiers of the patriarchy; drunks, rebels and impassioned immigrants; queer pioneers, paint-spattered punks and proto-feminists: there have always been artists in London. Some were celebrated in their lifetime, others were out-of-step with the spirit of their age: too radical, too subversive, too modest, too female, too foreign.Art London is more than a guidebook.

Insight Guides Pocket Colombia (Travel Guide with free eBook)

Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Now with free eBook, and a pull-out map.Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around – this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and see in Colombia, from top attractions like Medellรญn

Beatles: Fab Four Cities: Liverpool – Hamburg – London – New York

John Lennon said: “We were born in Liverpool, but we grew up in Hamburg.”To paraphrase Lennon, we could say that: “The Beatles were born in Liverpool, grew up in Hamburg, reached maturity in London, and immortality in New York.”Four cities. Four stars. The Fab Four – the Beatles – are revered the world over, but

Insight Guides Pocket Madagascar (Travel Guide with free eBook)

Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Now with free eBook, and a pull-out map.Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around – this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and see in Madagascar, from top attractions like the

Queer London: A Guide to the City`s LGBTQ+ Past and Present

A new volume in ACC Art Books` London series, focusing on the capital`s vibrant LGBTQ+ scene. Queer London is a timely and accessible introduction to the city through a LGBTQ+ lens, and will appeal to anyone with an interest in London`s thriving queer landscape.Celebrating the diversity and innovation of queer individuals in London, both historically

Insight Guides Pocket Mauritius (Travel Guide with free eBook)

Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package.Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around – this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and see in Mauritius, from top attractions like Belle Mare Beach, to hidden gems, including Chamarel Waterfalls.-

Chicago: From Vision to Metropolis

Chicago has been called the `most American of cities` and the `great American city`. Not the biggest or the most powerful; neither the richest, prettiest nor best – but the most American. How did it become that? And what does it even mean?At its heart, Chicago is America`s great hub. It began as a trading

London: City of Cities

City of cities, the modern world`s first great metropolis, London has shaped everything from clothing to youth culture. It has a unique place in the world`s memory, even as its role has changed from the capital of the planet to its playground, and as its lived history has mutated into the heritage industry.Londoner Phil Baker

Berlitz Pocket Guide French Riviera

Berlitz Pocket Guides: iconic style, a bestselling brand, this is the quintessential pocket-sized travel guide to the French Riviera, and now comes with a bi-lingual dictionaryPlan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around – this pocket-sized guide with new bi-lingual dictionary is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do