Where other guides describe only the big attractions, the Rough Guide gives ample detail on those plus a wealth of information on smaller, out-of-the-way and less visited places of interest in Italy's spectacular regions. "A down-to-earth guide with reliable recommendations."--"Vogue." ...

Bill Bryson shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet and heads for Europe. He retraces his travels as a student twenty years earlier with caustic hilarity and his own unique brand of humour. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson lived in North Yorkshire for many years. First published in 1991 by Secker & Warburg.
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When Bill Bryson decided to take his family back to America for a while, he took one last tour around the British Isles. After the very humorous and bestselling accounts of his trips to Europe ()Neither Here Nor There() and back to small-town America ()The Lost Continent(), he takes stock of the nation that has produced Marmite, place names like Farleigh Wallopp and Titsey, and programmes like )Gardeners' Question Time(. "Not a book that should ...

This work combines two of Bill Bryson's best-loved books and demonstrates his take on life - from either side of the pond. Written in the form of bite-sized essays, both books are gently humorous as they highlight the idiosyncracies of the USA and Great Britain.
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Cast in the form of a waling tour through Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, Mark Twain's account of traveling in Europe (1880) sparkles with his shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture. A TRAMP ABROAD showcases Twain's unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistently entertaining narrative. Illustrated by Twain.
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'Because the English do not like being told what to do, any order has to be given with a degree of politeness which many other nations find incomprehensible.
Should you follow custom and express an order as a request, you will achieve the desired effect. Express it simply as an order, with no hint of personal choice, and the English will invariably break for tea.'
Xenophobia is an irrational fear of foreigners, probably justified, always ...

One night, whilst a tad tired and emotional, TV comedian Tony Hawks made a bet with a friend that he could hitch-hike around the island of Ireland in one calendar month - with a fridge. This is the colourful and highly amusing story of his adventures during that month. This title has certainly caught the reading public's imagination in trade paperback, and has now sold some 50,000 copies in that format. 8pp b/w illus.
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At the age of seventeen, Chris retired as the drummer of his school band and launched a new career as a sheep shearer and travel writer. Sinking his life savings into a farm with no electricity or water supply, he and his wife Ana introduced electric sheep shearing to the mountain shepherds of Andalucia. ...

This volume contains humorous accounts of two journeys, one taken across America, the other a trek across Europe. "The Lost Continent" is an account of one man's rediscovery of America and his search for the perfect small town. Instead he finds a continent that is doubly lost: lost to itself because it is blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; and lost to him because he has become a foreigner in his own country. In "Neither ...

A diary of Tim Parks' season spent following his local team Hellas Verona, as they take on the might of Italy's Serie A. A paean to the sport of football and the unique feelings it provokes, and an insightful analysis of the national make-up of the )bel paese(. "His descriptions of Italian football are descriptions of Italy itself, its regional differences, its squabbles, its distinctive temper" )Daily Telegraph(.
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