Advantages: an interesting read Disadvantages: can be quite inaccessible
I thought this would be an interesting read after living in Spain for two years, and it was for the most part. The book is divided into thirteen chapters, each of which deals with a different aspect of Spanish culture, at least in theory. The first fe ...
Advantages: Interesting stuff... Disadvantages: ... but quite annoying and not necessarily true
Some 30-odd years ago Paul Theroux, then half the age he is now, travelled overland across Europe and Asia. The result was “his best known book” (apparently) – The Great Railway Bazaar. My only previous encounter with the author was Riding the Iron ...
Advantages: Factual and easy to source information. Disadvantages: Slight changes in law but nothing to deflate the books' value.
Since living and working in France, I have read many books on the subject of people coming here to set up home, because it interests me, and because I wondered what kind of advice people are taking, since many make classic mistakes on their move here, mis ...
Advantages: Comprehensive guide to a range of restaurants, well laid out and easy to refer to Disadvantages: It costs a lot to visit them all
...received this at the end of last year from the Amazon Vine* programme. I chose it because my boyfriend and I enjoy eating out and I thought it would be a good way to discover new restaurants. The Guide has now been going 60 years, always with the aim on ...
Advantages: A paranoic, obsessive and funny travalogue of the human anatomy... Disadvantages: Probably not advisable for those with puckered maculas...
Gray’s Anatomy is a well known and enormous Medical textbook which is suitable for three main types of people:
* Those who like gory pictures of the human body in various states of disarray, disruption and decay.
* Medical students who are intereste ...
