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After more than a decade of travelling throughout France one important lesson eluded married couple Julie and Jean-Benoit: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their language? In The Bonjour Effect, they chronicle the...

Bring the French language to life with this beautifully illustrated children's book from Lonely Planet Kids, an imprint of Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide and phrasebook publisher. Perfect for the whole family, First Words French features...

Scotland Mountain Biking - Wild Trails Vol.2 features 24 new and classic mountain bike rides across Scotland. Like the original Wild Trails guidebook, this book includes challenging mountain passes, endless singletrack, lochside cruises and more, all in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739411206Author Peter BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Sparky BooksPublisher Sparky BooksDimensions(mm) 186mm * 123mm * 7mm

Big Trails: Heart of Europe is an indispensable guide to the most spectacular and popular long-distance trails in the Western European countries of France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.The twenty-five featured...

A young girl's disappearance hints at a disturbing truth...When novice Emma Thorgold goes missing from Godstow Abbey in the summer of 1353, the hunt is on throughout the Oxfordshire countryside for any sign of where she could have gone. Bookseller...

The English Civil Wars tore families and friendships apart, setting father against son and brother against brother. Raging across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the conflict was the greatest political upheaval in the British Isles in six hundred...

Spellbound by his grandmother s Anglo Indian heritage and the exuberant annual visits of her friend the Begum, Isambard Wilkinson became enthralled by Pakistan as an intrepid teenager, eventually working there as a foreign correspondent during the War on...

Renowned and much-loved travel writer Jan Morris turns her eye to Sydney: 'not the best of the cities the British Empire created ... but the most hyperbolic, the youngest at heart, the shiniest.' Sydney takes us on the city's journey from penal colony to...

Packed with facts and razor-sharp observations, Sorry, I'm British! is hilarious and informative in equal measure. From small-talk to superiority, from the famous stiff upper lip to the infamous football hooliganism, this book will take you through the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356012Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739339708Author Richard HuttPage Count 2Imprint Herb Lester Associates LtdPublisher Herb Lester Associates LtdWeight(grams) 75gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides are widely regarded as among the best pieces of travel writing ever produced. Johnson and Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring Scotland...

From the bustling heart of historic Norwich to the tranquillity of the north coast, Norfolk is a place of contrasts. Tiny villages, the agricultural landscape and the world-famous Norfolk Broads are all parts of the panorama that is Norfolk. This is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423107668Author The ImagineersFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Disney EditionsPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.Weight(grams) 1913g

The perfect stocking filler for lovers of Whisky. An excellent introduction to the world of Scotch whiskies. It includes the major Scotch whiskies and the distilleries that produce them. The book includes details of the very best of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899559583Author MonocleFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

The best field guide to observing and understanding the behavior of African mammals and an indispensable tool for naturalists traveling to Africa! The Second Edition has been fully revised and includes a new preface. The Safari Companion enables...

This attractive and cleverly structured guide gives walkers ten of the finest walks on the high mountains of the Snowdonia National Park in a popular pocketable format. With clear information, an overview and introduction for each walk, expertly written...

In 1845 Captain Sir John Franklin led a large, well equipped expedition to complete the conquest of the Canadian Arctic, to find the fabled North West Passage connecting the North Atlantic to the North Pacific. Yet Franklin, his ships and his men were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788885072Author Inazo NitobeFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Big Trails: Great Britain and Ireland Volume 2 is the second volume of this inspirational guide to the most iconic long-distance trails in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Channel Islands.The twenty-five routes featured in this book comprise...

The perfect book for anyone who has ever dreamed of living in Paris Profiles of twenty real-life women of Paris - artists, activists, booksellers, and filmmakers, aged fourteen to seventy, living in tiny attic studios, grand apartments, or houseboats -...

A journey along one of Britain's oldest roads, from Dover to Anglesey, in search of the hidden history that makes us who we are today.'A bravura piece of writing - Bill Bryson on acid' Tom HollandWinding its way from the White Cliffs of Dover to the...

A guidebook to 25 day walks on the island of Corsica. Exploring the diverse scenery of this French Mediterranean island, the walks are suitable for beginner and experienced walkers alike. Walks range from 4 to 19km (2-12 miles) and can be...

'An unlikely hero has a master storyteller to tell his tale. The King and the Christmas Tree is a poignant Christmas treat.' Lucy Worsley, historian, broadcaster and authorEvery December, a huge Christmas tree arrives in Trafalgar Square. Bedecked in...

Eastern Africa is becoming an increasingly popular destination for people who want to see first-hand the abundant widlife of this vast continent. 'Birds of Eastern Africa' is the only field guide to feature over 450 species found in Kenya,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850584889Author Edward BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Sigma LeisurePublisher Sigma PressWeight(grams) 325g

In 2008 Mark Clarke embarked on a journey to visit the highest point in each of the eighty-five historic counties in Great Britain. Over the course of four years, he walked over 500 miles and climbed over 100,000 feet, sampling all that is great about...

Lonely Planet Filipino (Tagalog) Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Filipino (Tagalog) phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Chat with locals and navigate menus -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741177022Author Georgina LawtonFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Hardie Grant ExplorePublisher Hardie Grant ExploreWeight(grams) 530g

The northern parish of Assynt boasts some of the most spectacular scenery in Britain. The mountains of Quinag and Suilven dominate a very varied landscape with wild, white hills inland and a complex, intricate moorland to the west. Here, rocky crags,...

A guidebook to 21 day walks on Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Isla La Graciosa plus 14 stages of the GR131. Exploring the varied scenery of these Canary Islands, the walks are suitable for beginner and experienced walkers alike.The day walks range from 5...

New Yorkers love their museums. It's an obsession. From Gauguin to gangsters, finance to food, New York City has the richest museum culture in the world. Only here, can a former run down tenement, be transformed to one of the most beloved museums in the...

Put the World on your wall with this beautiful collection of 28 highly illustrated map, selected from the bestselling Maps book. These posters are a stunning celebration of the world, detailing everything from immense mountains to tiny insects, political...

This delightful book is the first comprehensive architectural guide to Bath, England's finest Georgian city. Full of new discoveries and lively descriptions of the city's notable buildings, the book follows in the great tradition of the Pevsner series...

The sequel to the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted The Unseen"A gifted writer, stylish, laconic and imaginative" Paul Owen, TLS"A beautiful sequel to The Unseen, set around the remote & unforgiving island of Barroy during WWII. A note-perfect combination of...

Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, this collection of experimental and visual poems dives into the history and culture of the poet's homeland, Guam. This book is the fifth collection in Craig Santos Perez's ongoing from unincorporated...

"Good evening. I'm from Essex, in case you couldn't tell." Thus spoke the inimitable punk poet of the flat lands, Ian Dury, in 1977. Few other parts of England have so distinctive an identity, sent up by a hundred comedians since the 1990 birth of Essex...