Category Archives: Travel Guides
First Phrases – Spanish
Get talking with this fun and accessible guide to Spanish, perfect for any young learner. Topics include greetings, describing your family, discussing school, hobbies, pets, favourite foods, asking for directions and much more. With a simple introduction to the language and easy-to-follow pronunciation guides, this book makes Spanish as easy as uno, dos, tres! With
First Phrases – French
Get talking with this fun and accessible guide to French, perfect for any young learner. Topics include greetings, describing your family, discussing school, hobbies, pets, favourite foods, asking for directions and much more. With a simple introduction to the language and easy-to-follow pronunciation guides, this book makes French as easy as un, deux, trois! With
How Cities Work Activity Book
Get ready to explore cities inside and out in this jam-packed activity and sticker book! Design your own futuristic building, untangle the cyclists, spot the missing spanners at the building site, use stickers to fill the zoo with animals and much more. With over 200 stickers, colourful illustrations by renowned illustrator James Gulliver Hancock and
How Airports Work Activity Book
Get ready to explore airports inside and out in this jam-packed activity and sticker book! Design your own passport, get through the runway maze, colour in a futuristic airport, unscramble anagrams, fill the skies with aeroplane stickers and much more. With over 200 stickers, bright illustrations and amazing facts about airports around the world, this
Lonely Planet Best Day Walks Australia
Lonely Planet`s Best Day Walks Australia is your passport to 60 escapes into nature. Stretch your legs outside the city by picking a hike that works for you, from a few hours to a full day, from easy to hard. Stroll verdant hillsides, discover hidden coastlines, or explore the Outback. Get to the heart of
Lonely Planet Best Day Walks New Zealand
Lonely Planet`s Best Day Walks New Zealand is your passport to 60 easy escapes into nature. Stretch your legs outside the city by picking a hike that works for you, from a few hours to a full day, from easy to hard. Climb ancient volcanoes, view amazing vistas, and scale tall mountains. Get to the
Epic Hikes of Europe
Lace up your hiking boots for the next in Lonely Planet`s highly successful Epic series, this time exploring 50 of Europe`s most rewarding and beautiful hikes. From the sun-kissed regions of Southern Europe, including Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain, to North Europe`s history-rich heartlands (including France, Germany, Belgium, Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia), we cover a
Armchair Explorer
Calling culture lovers: sample music, films and books from 120 countries without leaving your armchair. Perfect preparation for travellers or simply a satisfying journey into the unknown, this book lists the five most interesting books and movies from each country, plus its top ten tunes. Be introduced to Ethiopian jazz, French new wave cinema, Irish
Land of Eagles: Riding Through Europe`s Forgotten Country
Albania is the least-known and least developed country in Europe. It has a long, rich and troubled past, characterised by unrest and isolationism. Today, very little is known of its people – beyond those who have emigrated to other countries in Europe – and its landscapes have remained virtually untravelled for centuries. Determined to discover
Ghosts of the Belle Epoque
The Grand Hotel et des Palmes is an icon of Palermo life. Its rooms and public spaces have witnessed the events that have shaped twentieth century Sicily, everything from the suicide of a poet to political intrigues and a clandestine mafia meeting.The hotel has a long and venerable history. It started out as a private
The Silver Spoon for Children New Edition: Favourite Italian Recipes
On the 10th anniversary of its first publication, a new edition of this bestselling collection of quick, wholesome, easy-to-make Italian dishes for kids to prepare Following the global success of the first edition of `The Silver Spoon for Children` (adapted especially for children from the most influential Italian cookbook of the last 50 years), and
Animals in the Sky
A graphically stunning introduction to constellations for the youngest readers, following the meteoric rise of global bestseller Seeing Stars This stylish, informative board book helps younger children identify six of the most recognizable animal constellations from The Great Bear to the The Southern Fish. Each constellation is introduced as a cluster of stars with its
Big Mamma Cucina Popolare: Contemporary Italian Recipes
A fresh take on one of the world`s most adored cuisines – much-loved classics with creative twists for today`s cooks Big Mamma`s Cucina Popolare puts a clever contemporary spin on tradition featuring more than 120 delicious, easy-to-prepare, imaginative recipes. Created in collaboration with one of the most exciting and successful Italian restaurant groups in the
The Irish Cookbook
`The Irish Cookbook` showcases the true depth of Irish cuisine, its ingredients and its fascinating history, as never beforeIreland`s remarkably rich food heritage dates back millenia and, in `The Irish Cookbook`, acclaimed chef J.P. McMahon captures its unique culinary origins and varied influences. Irish food is the summation of what the land and sea gives;
The Silver Spoon: Recipes for Babies
The complete guide to feeding your baby or toddler, giving them a lifelong love of good food – the Italian way!From their very first morsels, Italian infants are encouraged to explore the tastes and textures of real food – the goal being to help them develop a love of fresh ingredients and healthy eating. `The
The Vegetarian Silver Spoon: Classic and Contemporary Italian Recipes
More than 200 delicious classic and contemporary Italian vegetarian recipes from the acclaimed Silver Spoon kitchen The latest title to join Phaidon`s Silver Spoon library features more than 200 recipes for Italian vegetarian dishes, with a particular emphasis on healthy meat-free options for appetizers, main dishes, salads, sides, and desserts. Recipes range from classic dishes
Spirited: Cocktails from Around the World
A major global celebration of classic and cutting-edge cocktail recipes that defi ne the way we drink, wherever we are Spirited is the most important book of cocktails from around the world – researched and collected for the home drink maker. It spotlights hundreds of cocktail recipes from the past 500 years and 60 countries,
Atlas of Brutalist Architecture
A landmark survey of one of architecture`s most controversial yet popular styles – in a great, new, classic edition The Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance – and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of architecture`s most powerful movements, more than 850 Brutalist buildings –
Australia: The Cookbook
A celebration of Australian cuisine like never before – 350 recipes showcasing the rich diversity of its landscapes and its people.Australia is a true melting pot of cultures and this is reflected in its cooking. As an island of indigenous peoples alongside a global panoply of immigrants with different culinary influences and traditions, its foodways
The Arabesque Table: Contemporary Recipes from the Arab World
A one-of-a-kind collection of original contemporary recipes from across the Arab world from acclaimed author Reem KassisThe Arabesque Table takes inspiration from the traditional food of the Arab world, weaving Reem Kassis`s cultural knowledge with her contemporary interpretations of an ancient, remarkably diverse cuisine. She opens up the world of Arabic cooking today, presenting a
