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The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this captivating country. Head out on safari in search of rhinos, lions and elephants, sample a succulent Sauvignon...

Your journey starts here. We've reimagined and updated our iconic DK Eyewitness travel guides. This brand new New York City guide, now in a lightweight format, has been expertly curated with all new photography plus DK's much-loved illustrations and maps...

An unbeatable, pocket-sized guide to Las Vegas, packed with insider tips and ideas, colour maps, top 10 lists and a laminated pull-out map - all designed to help you see the very best of Las Vegas. Explore the Strip, take in a spectacular show, dine at...

The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this vast and diverse state. Take a ride on one of the state's world-famous roller coasters, uncover the secrets of...

'There's someone out there for all of us...' First Dates, Channel 4's runaway hit TV show, has captured the hearts of the nation. Each week millions of us cosy up on our sofas to watch nervous singletons arrive in the restaurant in the hope of finding...

Deliciously Stella is the world's latest Instafoodie to take the chia seed-eating yoga-pant-wearing health world by storm. Here she tells all on how to get that elusive glow without breaking sweat and shares the #cleaneating life hacks she swears by to...

Discover the spectacular landscape of iconic New York with the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New York City 2017. Now includes five free audio walking tours. This travel guide showcases things to do in New York City and the best New York City attractions,...

This handy pocket-sized guide is packed with ideas for things to do in in New York City, and includes a sturdy pull-out map to help you navigate with ease: everything you need for a perfect day out. From strolling through elegant Manhattan to viewing the...

Improve your skills and confidence in digital photography with practical and inspirational advice from Tom Ang. Find your inner photographer and get the most out of your camera with Digital Photography Step by Step. Packed with expert knowledge, it is...

Your Guide to the 10 Best of Everything in San Francisco Discover the best of everything the city has to offer with this essential, pocket-sized DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: San Francisco 2017 with pull-out map. Top 10 lists showcase the best...

Your Guide to the 10 Best of Everything in Berlin Discover the best of everything the city has to offer with this essential, pocket-sized DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Berlin 2017 with pull-out map. Top 10 lists showcase the best places to visit in...

Your Guide to the 10 Best of Everything in London Discover the best of everything the city has to offer with this essential, pocket-sized DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: London 2017 with pull-out map. Top 10 lists showcase the best places to visit in...

An unbeatable, pocket-sized guide to Boston, packed with insider tips and ideas, colour maps, top 10 lists, and a laminated pull-out map - all designed to help you see the very best of Boston. Walk the iconic Freedom Trail, see Trinity Church, explore...

The Rough Guide to New York City is the ultimate insider's guide to America's most exciting city. Whether you're here for world-class art at the Met, a blowout shop at Macy's or a ball game at Yankee Stadium, The Rough Guide to New York City is the...

An unbeatable, pocket-sized guide to Iceland, packed with insider tips and ideas, colour maps, top 10 lists, and a laminated pull-out map - all designed to help you see the very best of Iceland. Take a Golden Circle tour, wonder at geysers, waterfalls...

An unbeatable, pocket-sized guide to Rio de Janeiro, packed with insider tips and ideas, colour maps, top 10 lists, and a laminated pull-out map - all designed to help you see the very best of Rio de Janeiro. Take a Rio walking tour, marvel at the...

Now in its fifteenth edition, The Rough Guide to Paris brings the perfect mix of fresh research and expert knowledge to Europe's most enchanting city. Each neighbourhood is explored in depth, with all the sights - from the must-sees to the more offbeat -...

As the "Times" review pointed out, the overriding successes of 2007's Glastonbury Festival were those of two female performers. One was Lily Allen; the other was Dame Shirley Bassey. Conditions onstage were almost as bad as down in the mud with...

'Bill Bryson on two wheels' Independent Scaling a new peak of rash over-ambition, Tim Moore tackles the 9,000km route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled, two-geared East German shopping bike. Asking for trouble and getting it, he sets off from the...

With enough money-saving tips to banish the budgetary blues for good, these collected hints and tips from Channel 4's Supercrimpers show us all how to be more clever with our cash. Why waste money when you can have new for nothing? Rediscover the thrill...

The future is upon us... Is the world really about to end? The Coffee Table Book of Doom is a handy way to keep you updated on all the ways you and everyone else might suddenly cease to exist. It's an invaluable guide, because who wants to die...

The wit and wisdom of one thousand years of motherhood distilled into one delightful volume sure to please mothers and children alike.Book InformationISBN 9780207178498Author Anna TochterFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Angus & RobertsonPublisher...

A super-star of 20th-century music, Leonard Bernstein is famous for his multi-faceted artistic brilliance. Best-known on Broadway for "West Side Story," a tale of immigrant struggles and urban gang warfare, Bernstein thrived within the...

This Very Short Introduction provides both believers and non-believers with a balanced survey of the central questions of contemporary theology. David Ford's interrogative approach draws the reader into considering the principles underlying religious...

This stimulating Very Short Introduction to music invites us to really think about music and the values and qualities we ascribe to it. The world teems with different kinds of music-traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop-and each type of music...

It is sometimes said that the Bible is one of the most unread books in the world, yet has been a major force in the development of Western culture and continues to exert an enormous influence over many people's lives. This Very Short Introduction looks...

I've Got a Poem For You is a sparkling collection of poems covering many subjects from school to seasons, animals to ghosts, and even a rapping Granny! All the poems have a great sense of rhythm which makes them perfect for learning by heart, sharing and...

Excuses, Excuses is a perennial favourite and best-selling collection of poems about school, compiled by top anthologiser John Foster. Most the poems here are humorous, but some are more serious and will make you think. Many of them have been written...

Storm-battered headlands, hidden waterfalls, tumbledown cottages, the ruins of haunted chapels deep in forgotten woods, medieval Green Men, old mines and quarries being recaptured by nature, rusting sea-forts tottering on sandbanks ... Britain and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140710519Author Richard HaslamFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 445g

The Holy Grail is an image familiar to us all as an almost unattainable, infinitely desirable goal. The idea has passed into everyday speech and the legends behind it are as current in today's culture as they have ever been. And yet the Grail has no real...

Alone - though he was just married - and on foot, Nicholas Crane embarked on an extraordinary adventure: a seventeen-month journey along the chain of mountains which stretches across Europe from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul. His aim was to explore...

Wordsmiths and Warriors explores the heritage of English through the places in Britain that shaped it. It unites the warriors, whose invasions transformed the language, with the poets, scholars, reformers, and others who helped create its character. The...

Image, branding, and logos are obsessions of our age. Iconic images dominate the media. Christ to Coke is the first book to look at all the main types of visual icons. It does so via eleven supreme and mega-famous examples, both historical and...

The Oxford Revision Guides series builds on the fact that pictures are easier to memorize than words. Each topic is summarized on a single page using annotated diagrams and concise notes with a full index for easy reference. Expert authors have taken the...

Written by experts in the field, this dictionary covers all aspects of film studies, including terms, concepts, debates, and movements in film theory and criticism, national, international and transnational cinemas, film history, film movements and...

The 3rd edition of geog.123 has all the features teachers and students know and love about the earlier editions. Keep your students hooked with chapters such as Close-up on China, Off to the USA and Global fashion.Book InformationISBN 9780199134953Author...

The 3rd edition of geog.123 (for the 2008 curriculum) includes chapters such as It's geography, Sport, and Our restless planet.Book InformationISBN 9780199134939Author RoseMarie GallagherFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Oxford University...

* Presents a number of ideas through a range of data - text, photographs, drawings, diagrams, statistics and maps * Encourages students to form opinion through feelings and values as well as evidence * Develops a wide range of skills * Helps students to...

In this delightful book for young children, food is fantastic fun-with mountains of noodles, wobbling jellies, juicy grapes, and bouncing popcorn. Just beware of the ever-hungry crocodile! Illustrated with great humour by well-known artist Nick Sharratt,...