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First Choose your Congo

David Fletcher has done it again – a travel book that is also thought provoking and funny.

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London’s Cafés, Coffee Shops & Tearooms

Coffee shops and tearooms have been around for centuries and are still as popular, even more so, today.

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An Appetite for Lombardy

For most people if asked about Lombardy – they‘ll probably say ‘ah Northern Italy, Milan, the lakes?’ And of course they are right. But for Christine Smallwood it is also the region of excellent food, wine, and talented chefs. On her journey through the region she has visited towns and cities with restaurants that make […]

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Madeira – Marco Polo Spiral Guides

This terrific Marco Polo guide to Madeira is also entitled ‘Perfect Days in…Madeira’; and that just about sums it up. Crammed with lots of useful information, with maps and charming photography, the book has been designed to ensure that visitors will indeed enjoy perfect days on the beautiful island of flowers with its forests and […]

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My Way Marco Polo Travel Journal

The My Way Marco Polo Travel Journal is a handy-sized travel book with a difference. Basically it contains no words, information, plots, maps or advice (apart from a few themed stickers and emoticons) – just lots of lovely blank pages waiting to be filled up by the book’s owner. In other words the story will […]

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Madeira – The islands and their wines

Madeira the wine has been produced for centuries, a favourite of both the new and old worlds. But in its early days the wine was apt to spoil during long sea crossings. Then it was realised that by fortifying it and its exposure to the heat of ships’ holds on long crossings, not only was […]