This guidebook covers an area of France that is becoming more popular - the countryside south and east of the Channel Ports, Pas-de-Calais, the Nord, the Aisne, the Somme and the Oise.

The Gateway to France

Travel

JAMES BENTLEY

Europe

Penguin Books, Ltd.

This guide to Easern Germany reveals a land rich in lakes, forests, mountains and rivers, dotted with moated castles, splendid baroque palaces and soaring Gothic cathedrals. History is tangible in the old Baltic cities and seaside resorts, the charming medieval towns with their cobbled streets and gabled buildings, and the unspoilt rural villages. Each chapter focuses on a major city before taking the reader on tours of the surrounding countryside: Dresden, where Schiller wrote and Richard Strauss composed; Leipzig, birthplace of Wagner, and the city Goethe regarded as a Paris in miniature; and of course Berlin.

A Guide to Eastern Germany (Penguin Handbooks)

The Penguin Guide to the Dordogne (Penguin Handbooks)

<p>Villages are the very embodiment of Englishness. The village inn and the local farm, great houses, humble cottages and beautiful country gardens speak of a way of life that has developed peacefully since Anglo-Saxon times. A few days spent in England's idyllic villages offers urban dwellers and foreign visitors a revitalizing glimpse of a more tranquil existence, full of history, legend, literature and artistic heritage. The beauty and diversity of the English village are recorded in this book in absorbing commentary and magnificent photography by James Bentley and Hugh Palmer.</p>

Most Beautiful Villages of England

History

Thames&Hudson

Italy: The Hilltowns

G. Philip

Western Germany (Blue Guides)

A C Black Publishers Ltd

Recent scholarly finds such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gnostic Gospels have shaken the very fabric of Christianity. The author of this remarkable book suggests that further shocks of this kind are in store for us. They are contained in the so-called Codex Sinaiticus, 347 pages of ancient manuscript whose history alone is an intriguing story. Originally found in the mid 19th century in the monastery of St Catherine at the foot of Mount Sinai, they were sold by Stalin in 1931 for ¬£100,000 to the British Museum, where they remain to this day. The author, who recently went to the monastery himself, begins by telling the story of how St Catherine's came to be there, and of how the Codex was found and 'borrowed' from the unsuspecting monks by an unscrupulous German scholar named Constantin Tischendorf. He then proceeds to examine the Codex itself.What exactly is it about these long-lost pages that makes them so central to the current controversies within the Christian church? First, they represent one of the two oldest surviving texts of the Bible in existence - the whole of the New Testament and most of the Old. They also, argues the author, throw new light on Christianity itself by the omissions and alterations they contain. This earliest text of St Mark's Gospel, for example, contains no account of Christ's appearance to the disciples after the Resurrection; the text of large sections of St John's Gospel appears to have been heavily reworked; in the same gospel the story of the woman taken in adultery is a later insertion.

Secrets of Mount Sinai: Story of the Codex Sinaiticus

Religion & Spirituality

Orbis Publishing

Albert Schweitzer (People Who Have Helped the World)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Exley

Since the body of St James was discovered at Compostela in the 9th century, the road along which pilgrims have trod for hundreds of years to visit his shrine has been immersed in history, both spiritual and social. In this book the author walks through France and Spain soaking up the spiritual atmosphere, sampling the food and wine, admiring the architectural styles and learning the legends. In the 12th century a French pilgrim, Amery Picaud of Poitou wrote a guide to the four major routes to Compostela. These four routes pass through some of the most beautiful cities of Europe, all of them enriched by the countless pilgrims who make their way through them. Following these routes, the author with the aid of photographs allows the reader to make this historic pilgrimage without ever leaving home.

The Way of St James: A Pilgrimage to Santiago De Compostela

Pavilion Books

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