Describes the culture and surveys the hotels, restaurants, bars, markets, transportation, festivals, sights and attractions

Briefly recounts the history of Portugal, describes the sights and attractions in each region, and includes advice about accommodations, restaurants, and entertainment

Describes points of interest, looks at Greek culture and history, and recommends restaurants and hotels

Describes points of interest, looks at Morocco's history and culture, and recommends hotels and restaurants

Product Description: This guide to Portugal includes full details of the sights plus all the information necessary to escape the crowds. Features include: on-depth accounts of the country's cities, towns and villages, covering everything from Manueline architecture and country markets to port wine production...read more

Product Description: This travel handbook covers all aspect of Spain, evocative as well as practical, it contains all the information the independent traveller needs. Features include first-hand reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink and in-depth coverage of all the great historic cities and monuments - including the stunning palace of the Alhambra in Granada, the great cathedral of Santiago de Compostela and the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid...read more

Product Description: INTRODUCTION Andalucía is the southernmost territory of Spain and the part of the Iberian peninsula that is most quintessentially Spanish. The popular image of Spain as a land of bullfights, flamenco, sherry and ruined castles derives from this spectacularly beautiful region. ...read more

Suggests sights, hotels, museums, restaurants, and clubs in Portugal

Compiles rock music reviews written by fans covering every phase of rock from R&B through punk and rap

Product Description: INTRODUCTION Tuscany and Umbria harbour the classic landscapes of Italy, familiar from a thousand Renaissance paintings, with their backdrop of medieval hill-towns, rows of cypress trees, vineyards and olive groves, and artfully sited villas and farmhouses...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provides travel tips, recommended accommodations and restaurants, and background on Spain's culture and history

Product Description: INTRODUCTION With well over a hundred inhabited islands and a territory that stretches from the south Aegean to the Balkan countries, Greece offers enough to fill months of travel. The historic sites span four millennia, encompassing both the legendary and the obscure, where a visit can still seem like a personal discovery...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provides information for travelers to Crete and other Aegean and Ionian islands

Suggests sights, hotels, museums, restaurants, and clubs in Portugal

Divided by region and subregion, this volume examines the indigenous music of different countries, its current status, major performers, and special instruments. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Full-colour throughout, "The Rough Guide to Spain" is the ultimate guide to this alluring country. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style, "Rough Guides" cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights...read more

Product Description: INTRODUCTION It would take a lifetime of island-hopping to really get to know the more than 160 permanently inhabited Greek islands, let alone the countless smaller gull-roosts which dot the Aegean and Ionian seas. At the right time of year or day, they conform remarkably well to their fantastic travel-poster image; any tourist board would give its eye-teeth for the commonplace vision of purple-shadowed island silhouettes floating on a cobalt-and-rose horizon...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A guide to one of Europe's most intense and dramatic countries - Spain. It features in-depth coverage of all the great historic cities and monuments and provides information on the best hotels, restaurants, beaches and nightlife.

Product Description: The Rough Guide to Greece is the ultimate handbook to the Greek mainland and the islands - right down to the tiniest one-village outcrops. The 24-page, full-colour section introduces all of Greece''s highlights, from Mount Pílio''s lush countryside and Préspa''s beautiful lakes to the fish market in Thessaloníki and the famous oracle site in Delphi. In a...read more

Product Description: The Rough Guide to The Greek Islands is the essential guide to the varied and beautiful archipelagos of the Aegean and Ionian seas. From hiking in the Samarian Gorge and windsurfing off Vassilikí to the Acropolis of Lindos and the view over Firá, the 24-page, full-colour introduction highlights all the ''things-not-to-miss''...read more

Product Description: The 500 Rough Guide Book of Playlists are recommendations of ten songs (sometimes a couple more, sometimes a couple less), covering artists (Rufus Wainwright to Thelonius Monk, Al Green to Manu Chao, Glenn Gould to Julie Andrews), genres (Bebop Classics to Reggae Toasters to Punk Originals to Hot Club jazz), songs (10 best Dylan covers; 8 classic versions of Summertime; 10 love songs that don''t cloy), quirks and silliness (Songs about Chickens and Insects; Who let the frogs out?; Big Pizza Pie crooners; Take this Job and Shove it!)...read more

Product Description: The Rough Guide to World Music is the unchallenged reference work on sounds from around the globe. This third edition is more comprehensive than ever - updated and expanded throughout and with a number of new countries added. Volume 1: Africa & Middle East has full coverage of genres from Afrobeat to Arabesque, and artists from Amadou & Mariam to Umm Kulthum...read more

Product Description: The Rough Guide to Spain is your definitive handbook to one of Europe’s most thrilling countries. From the mesmerizing Moorish monuments of Andalucia to Guadi’s spectacular masterpieces in Catalunya, the 36-page full-colour section introduces all of the country’s highlights. The gui...read more

Product Description: iPods and MP3 players have changed the way we listen to music: it’s all about songs rather than albums, and making your own compilations. This is the first music guide that gets it: a book of 500 playlists, each of them packed with great music to rip or download. I...read more