The Traveller of the Century is an original & ambitious experiment
- a work that invites us to look at the nineteenth century
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The Travellers Handbook" is an all-purpose travel directory providing essential information & advice for planning any kind of trip anywhere in the world. It has top tips from famous travellers distinguished experts & insiders in the travel industry. The completely revised 12th edition is written by over 100 experts. At 960 pages it is todays most authoritative guide on how to travel anywhere anyhow. It contains more useful information on the art of travel than any other guidebook. Inside you will find profiles for every country in the world including visitor highlights when to go weather charts etiquette & travel practicalities; extracts from todays finest travel writing; & topical new essays including green travel health hotels business travel airline deals photography language learning gap year travel latest trends & much more. Contributors include: John Simpson Eric Newby Ranulph Fiennes Joanna Lumley Colin Thubron Clive Anderson Simon Calder David Bellamy Jan Morris Dervla Murphy Benedict Allen Esther Freud George Monbiot Robin Hanbury-Tension Nicholas Crane Hilary Bradt Pen Hadow Robin Knox-Johnston & many more." ...

When you are planning to go travelling you may have tick-lists as long as your arm or not have a clue where to start. The Traveller's Pocket Bible is perfect for the enthusiastic traveller & provides everything you could possibly need to know to save you time routing through the internet or out-of-date travel books. The information

Includes:: advice on packing culture customs & etiquette how to minimise your impact health & security money travelling with children & even taking your pet with you. There is a quick guide to the top 20 destinations giving an overview of the countries widely travelled to. Practical information that you will need to access quickly such as timelines conversions electricity usage emergency phrase books & telephone numbers are provided in this pocket-sized guide. This beautiful hardback edition has both dust-cover & gold embossing on the spine making it the perfect gift. Every Pocket Bible is lovingly crafted to give you a unique mix of useful references handy tips & fascinating trivia that will enlighten & entertain you at every page. There is a Pocket Bible for everyone... Other titles in the series: The Outdoor Pocket Bible The Railway Pocket Bible The Dog Lover's Pocket Bible The Golf Pocket Bible & The Camping Pocket Bible.

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Most nature travellers to Southern Mexico
- Cancun & the Yucatan Peninsula Oaxaca Chiapas Tabasco
- want to experience tropical

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Lydia is killed in a car accident but she returns to her bereft sister as a benign ghost who nonetheless comes to haunt the lives of those around her in unexpected ways: Jonathan Goldman whose flat Lydia is running from when she is knocked down; his daughter Stella who has discovered that her father has been having an affair with the gladiatorial Sonia; Stellas genius painter-boy lover Izzy whom she leaves behind as she flees to the arms of kindly Peregrine. Along with good stepmothers bad mothers strange professors & wicked monks their lives collide in a breathtaking finale. ...

This newly translated collection of stories brilliantly evokes the shifting scenes & restlessness of summer. A professor arrives in a beautiful Spanish village only to find that her host has left & she must cope with fractious neighbours alone; a holiday on a Finnish Island is thrown into disarray when a disconcerting young boy arrives; an artist returns to an old flat to discover that her life has been eerily usurped. Philosophical & profound but with the deceptive lightness that is her hallmark Travelling Light is guaranteed to surprise & transport. ...

A family holiday should be something to remember. However many parents find the prospect of planning booking & sometimes even taking a holiday with their children somewhat daunting. This book aims to guide parents through the process of choosing the holiday most suitable for their family & make the most it from start to finish. As well as offering advice on traditional family holidays it also discusses how families can go skiing or cruising visit cities plan a break on a tight budget or even take an extended back-packing tour. Holidays with all ages of children are discussed including an entire chapter on travelling with babies & toddlers. The book also offers advice on what method of transport to choose what to pack how to avoid problems & what to do if things go wrong. It

Includes:: numerous suggestions of family-friendly tour companies & destinations as well as opinions from parents sharing their experiences of successful family holidays. Written by a parent & travel journalist this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to make the most of their family holidays whether its a weekend in a cottage in Wales or two-month backpacking trip.

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In July 1789 George Cadogan Morgan born in Bridgend Wales & the nephew of the celebrated radical dissenter Richard Price (1723-91) found himself caught up in the opening events of the French Revolution & its consequences. In 1808 his family left Britain for America where his son Richard Price Morgan travelled extensively made a descent of the Ohio & Mississippi Rivers by raft & helped build some of the early American railroads. The adventures of both men are related here via letters George sent home to his family from France & through the autobiography written by his son in America. ...

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy has been lauded by the New York Times Financial Times & reviewers worldwide. Translated in fourteen languages Travels has received numerous awards for its frank & nuanced discussion of global economic realities. Now updated & revised--including a discussions of environmental issue--this fascinating book illustrates crucial lessons in the debate on globalization. The major themes & conclusions from the first edition are intact but in response to questions from readers & students around the world the second edition now
Includes:: Updates on the people businesses & politics involved in the production of the T-shirt. Discussions of environmental issues related to both international trade & the T-shirts life story. A look at the maturing of the anti-globalization movement & the recent shift in public opinion against internationalism.
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He did not return to Morocco for another twenty-nine years travelling instead through more than forty countries on the modern map covering seventy-five thousand miles & getting as far north as the Volga as far east as China & as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his travels & comes across as a superb ethnographer biographer anecdotal historian & occasional botanist & gastronome. With this edition by Mackintosh-Smith Battutas Travels" takes its place alongside other indestructible masterpieces of the travel-writing genre." ...