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India
Abraham Eraly, Yasmin Khan, George Michell, Mitali
Saran
Published by DK (Dorling Kindersley)
Price: £25.00
“So
far as I am able to Judge, nothing has been left undone,
either by man or nature to make India the most extraordinary
country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing
seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked”.
Following the Equator 1897) Mark Twain
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This
is very true of the remarkable comprehensive collaboration
of 376 page hard back (252 x 301mm) from six excellent
contributors. They have left no stone unturned to enable
you to experience the diversity and vibrancy of India
through its landscape, history, people, culture, architecture
and travel. I particularly liked the peaceful strength
you gain from reading as you travel through landscape
pages with quotes from wise men, great writers and poets
before you are indulged into the history of this great
Nation. The book is colourful with more than 700 unique
photographs.
When you are introduced to the people, it is a learning
curve, because they are a variety of people with a big
culture. You can explore India’s great culture from
its religious traditions to its arts, literature and unique
heritage.
India is available now at www.dk.com
Italian Without Words
By Don Cangelosi and Joseph Dellli Carpini
Published by Summersdale
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The
co-authors, Don Cangelosi and Joseph Dellli Carpini
would like us to believe that by using gestures and
a few selected Italian phrases, we can master the
art of speaking Italian but I beg to differ. Even
though the book offers help with pronounciation together
with graphical illustrations on how to express yourself,
and however, funny as it may be, it is not comprehensive
nor effective especially as it does not teach you
the basic things you need to know in Italian such
as where to find things before you get to gestures
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The
112-page book is published by Summersdale
and is available from all good bookshops at £4.99
Irish
Language & Culture published by Lonely
Planet |
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This is an excellent, detailed and useful little book.
Everyone needs a copy even if they do not intend to
visit Ireland.
It is comprehensive and covers everything you need
to know about the Irish and Ireland all in a pocket-size.
From their history, to how they speak, lifestyle and
society, food and drink, slang, misconception, entertainment
etc… absolutely everything in this little book
is useful. Highly recommended.
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This lonely planet language and culture
series costs only £4.99 and is available online.
Jennifer
Barclay’s “Meeting Mr. Kim or
How I went to Korea and learned to love Kimchi”–
Published by Summersdale
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The
interesting thing about this book is that it is
the first travelogue on South Korea to be published
since Simon Winchester’s Korea: A walk through
the land of Miracles describing the country when
it was still under military dictatorship. Jennifer
has been lucky – she was introduced to Korea
when Mr Kim introduced her to Korean cuisine at
the London Korean community’s annual food
festival. Enchanted by all the strange dishes presented
to her, she finally made it South Korea - met Gav,
got introduced to the Grand Hyatt hotel and discovered
the beer that made Korea famous, Korean men behaving
badly… and a whole lot more to inspire her
to write a book. Jennifer does not simply write
about her experiences she shares her passion, humour
and includes some tips on how to explore Korea as
well as a Kimchi recipe!
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Price
£7.99 from Summersdale Publishersor through all good
booksellers.
Ooh
la la!
How to be infuriatingly French
By Mimi Malone and published by Summersdale
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Whether
you like or loathe the French you are really going
to enjoy this little book which has been published
by Summersdale. Mimi Malone has gone out of her way
to say it as it is with the French and it is up to
the reader to prepare themselves either to be French
or arm themselves with any defensive tactics they
can find if they loathe the French.
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She takes you through all the tricks of
the French trade making you fully aware that to really fit
into the French way of thinking, you will need to do more
than simply eat baguettes and cheese – and that is
when she tells you that they never buy a full baguette anyway.
Of course they buy it in halves at different times of the
day!
It is simply hilarious, easy to read, delightfully illustrated
with quirky cartoons that adequately describe every situation.
The interesting thing is that as you read on you can actually
place yourself anywhere in France and see things the Frenchman’s
way!
This humorous little book is available online or through all good bookshops at £6.99
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