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 100 Best Paintings in London   100 Best Paintings in London
 By Geoffrey Smith

 

The only book to provide an introduction in one volume to the best art in London. 100 Best Paintings in London is an amalgam of commentary and tourist guide leading to a greater understanding and appreciation of the paintings chosen. The d...

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 Ancient Greece   Ancient Greece - An Explorer's Guide
 By Robert Meagher and Elizabeth Neave

 Few locations in the world offer as many captivating ancient sites and monuments as Greece, and the ancients who built them knew how to choose spectacular natural settings that in themselves would satisfy any traveller. Ancient Greece is ri...
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 Ancient Ireland   Ancient Ireland - An Explorer's Guide
 By Robert Meagher and Elizabeth Neave

 A splendid guidebook to Irelandís spectacular antiquitiesóits passage tombs, ring forts, castles, Neolithic settlements, and monastic sites. With its witty and erudite explorations of Irish mythology, history, literature, archaeology, and architectur...
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 Art for Travellers France   Art for Travellers France - Viewing Art in Paris and the Ile de France
 By Bill and Lorna Hannan

 France holds some of the most remarkable and well-known collections of art in the world. This thorough and accessible guide covers every possible epoch, taking travellers on a guided journey through centuries of wonderful paintings, architecture, and...
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 Art for Travellers Greece   Art for Travellers Greece - The Essential Guide for Viewing Art in Greece
 By Bill and Lorna Hannan

 The art of Classical Greece has had an astonishing influence on Western art for more than two millennia. Art in Greece, however, extends over even more millennia. Neolithic material dates from about 7000 BCE. Greek art is not just marble statues of V...
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 Art for Travellers Prague   Art for Travellers Prague - The Essential Guide to Viewing Art in Prague
 By Deanna MacDonald

 It is no exaggeration to say that Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in the world; few places possess such atmosphere and history, such magnificent art and architecture. Part of its allure comes from its extraordinarily eclectic layers: a sin...
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 Café Life Florence   Café Life Florence - Guidebook to the Cafés and bars of the Renaissance City
 By Joseph Wolff
 Illustrated by Roger Paperno

 Like its sibling Café Life Rome, author Joe Wolff and photographer Roger Paperno's book profiles family-owned cafes, bars, and gelaterias in the glorious and historic city of Florence. Reap the rewards of their exhaustive research into the fin...
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 Café Life Paris   Café Life Paris
 By Christine and Dennis Graf
 Illustrated by Juliana Spear

 What could be more Parisian than a cafe? In Cafe Life Paris you'll discover an extraordinary variety of places in which to cultivate the art of living as the French do. You will experience: * Glamorous places with names that resonate throug...
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 Café Life Rome   Café Life Rome - A Guidebook to the Cafés and Bars of the Eternal City
 By Joseph Wolff
 Illustrated by Roger Paperno

 The caffe is indisputably central to Roman life. Café Life Rome is the first guide book dedicated solely to the cafes and bars of Rome. This book, with its rich photography and informed descriptions, steers travellers to Rome's 22 best bars...
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 Café Life Venice   Café Life Venice
 By Joseph Wolff
 Illustrated by Roger Paperno

 The Café Life series takes you to its third Italian city — La Serenissima (the Most Serene Republic) — with Café Life Venice. Like predecessors Café Life Rome and Café Life Florence, it explores a select group of family-ru...
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 Holy Place   Holy Place - Decoding the Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau
 By Henry Lincoln

 'For many people, Lincoln's temple is the perfect mystery: an unseen reality that eludes our normal perceptions' KAREN ARMSTRONG, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH In The Holy Place, Henry Lincoln, co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail,...
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 Lenin and the Russian Revolution   Lenin and the Russian Revolution
 By Antonella Salomoni

 In February 1917, the immense centuries-old empire of the Czars, which had entered into war against Germany and Austria-Hungary in alliance with Britain and France, suddenly collapsed. Eight months later, Bolshevik revolutionaries under Lenin's lead...
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 Paris by Bistro   Paris by Bistro - A Guide to Eating Well
 By Christine and Dennis Graf

 New Updated Second Edition: Bistros transport us into the Paris of our collective memory, of our youthful imagination, of literary legend. Here are the haunts of Bistros transport us into the Paris of our collective memory, of our youthful i...
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 Paris by Metro   Paris by Metro - An Underground History
 By Arnold Delaney

 What was the original name of the Place de la Concorde? Why was the Tuileries palace so called and when was it destroyed? Who built the Palais Royal? Find the answers to these questions and many others in this fascinating new book which gives you the...
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 Traveller's History of Athens   Traveller's History of Athens
 By Richard Stoneman

 Athens has a history of stretching back to Mycenean times. In the fifth century BC it became the most significant community for the development of political thought and practice, art and culture that had ever been seen. It still remains a vital influ...
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 Traveller's History of Bath   Traveller's History of Bath
 By Richard and Sheila Tames

 Any time spent in Bath is a pleasure. The historic city buzzes with vitality and its accolade as one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites is confirmed by the annual arrival of some four million visitors from Britain and all over the world. Whereas mos...
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 Traveller's History of Croatia   Traveller's History of Croatia
 By Benjamin Curtis

 

George Bernard Shaw wrote that on the last day of Creation, ‘God desired to crown His work,’ and so fashioned the Croatian coastline ‘out of tears, stars, and breath.’ Anyone who has glimpsed that long, mountainous, island-...

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 Traveller's History of Cyprus   Traveller's History of Cyprus
 By Tim Boatswain

 Over two million people visit Cyprus every year and this new Traveller’s History retells the complete story of the island’s past and also touches on the sensitive present-day issues for both sides of the island. Although Cyprus is a relatively sma...
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 Traveller's History of England   Traveller's History of England
 By Christopher Daniell

 A complete history of England from earliest times right up to the present day, presented in one volume. A Traveller's History of England begins with the Old Stone Age and finishes with the Millenium Dome. Illustrated with historical maps and line...
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 Traveller's History of France   Traveller's History of France
 By Robert Cole

 

‘Hundreds of thousands of travellers visit France each year. The glories of the French countryside, the essential harmony of much of French architecture, the wealth of historical remains, the enormous variety of experience that France offer...

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