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	Eyewitness Guide Great Britain  •   Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 720 PAGES With its 1,400 photos, maps and excellent introductory chapters, this guide is both a general introduction to Great Britain and a region-by-region look at its attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (GBR01, $30.00)
	Fodor's Exploring Ireland  •  Lindsay Hunt GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of Ireland and its attractions for visitors. Its features include suggested places to visit, recommended walks, practical information, descriptions of restaurants and hotels, ratings of sights, and a chronology of historic events. (IRE28, $22.00)
	The Story of England  •  Christopher Hibbert HISTORY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES Beautifully illustrated with color pictures, chronological charts, royal genealogies, and maps, this popular history of English politics, economics, and culture from the Neolithic to the 1990s is an excellent traveler's companion. Hibbert, a masterful storyteller, relates anecdotes that bring history to life in this concise, highly readable introduction to England's past. (GBR02, $14.95)
	The Reader's Companion to Ireland  •  Alan Ryan ANTHOLOGY •  1999 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES Divided geographically, this collection of satisfying long stories and excerpts gathers classic and modern travel writing on the Emerald Isle -- a wonderful introduction to Ireland as seen by Eric Newby, Jan Morris, Heinrich Boll, Paul Theroux and other visitors. Each has been selected with great care, and introduced by Alan Ryan. (IRE41, $17.00)
	Great Britain and Ireland Map  •   Freytag & Berndt MAP A nicely detailed map showing both Great Britain and Ireland at a scale of 1:700,000. (GBR31, $12.95)

	London Map  •   Borch Maps    •  A colorful and detailed map of London. It's laminated, so it will stand up to heavy use. Scale of 1:11,000. (GBR114, $8.95)
	Fodor's Dublin's 25 Best  •   Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handy pocket guide includes a helpful map and information on city highlights. (IRE30, $11.95)
	Fodor's London's 25 Best  •   Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This slim guide to London (with handy full-color maps) has everything you need to know for a short visit to the city, including recommended sightseeing, restaurants, hotels and shops. (GBR08, $11.95)
	How the Irish Saved Civilization  •  Thomas Cahill   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This best-selling history tells the generally unknown story of Ireland's preservation of classical learning in the Dark Ages. (IRE07, $14.95)
	Notes from a Small Island  •  Bill Bryson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A farewell walking tour of England by an American expatriate who has decided to return home after two decades. Like all of Bryson's books, it's full of rich conversations, humorous anecdotes and amusing interactions. (GBR16, $14.95)
	Scotland, A Concise History  •  Fitzroy MacLean  •  Magnus Linklater   • HISTORY  •  With 250 well-integrated illustrations, this lively, authoritative history covers the romantic figures and bloody battles from the early clans up to the present. (SCT15, $19.95)
	The Encyclopedia of Ireland  •  Brian Lalor   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A gloriously detailed, magisterial encyclopedia of Irish life, culture, and history. Featuring full-color illustrations, maps, and an impressive range of biographical entries. (IRE137, $65.00)
	The Mother Tongue, English and How it Got that Way  •  Bill Bryson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An indispensable guide to the language that divides us, this book is an informative linguistic history which showcases Bryson's wry wit. (GBR15, $14.95)
	Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages  •  Alain Erlande-Brandenburg   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages featuring hundreds of drawings and color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $12.95)
	A Writer's House in Wales  •  Jan Morris   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this extended essay, Morris uses her much-loved 18th-century house as a point of departure for a meditation on Welsh identity. (GBR325, $20.00)
	In Search of England  •  H.V. Morton  •  James Morris   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The much-beloved, enduring account of Morton's ramblings through the English countryside in the early days of the motorcar. Morton charmingly mixes a deep appreciation of the art, culture and history of the place with his own keen observations. (GBR368, $16.00)
	Kingdom by the Sea  •  Paul Theroux   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Theroux details his coastal journey around the British Isles in 1982 in this insightful book, which displays his occasional ill temper alongside his celebrated ability to combine social history with a good old-fashioned traveler's tale. (GBR09, $14.95)
	Mary Queen of Scots  •  Antonia Fraser   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This richly readable biography, the story of a legend who was loved even en route to her death, illuminates Mary's age as well as the figure herself. (SCT01, $20.00)
	For the Love of Ireland, A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers  •  Susan Cahill   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A literary anthology featuring famous Irish writers such as James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Frank McCourt and Samuel Beckett. (IRE77, $15.95)
	The Hill Bachelors  •  William Trevor   • ANTHOLOGY  •  No one writes better short fiction than William Trevor. This collection of 12 stories captures the life and people of rural Ireland. (IRE42, $15.00)
	Dubliners  •  James Joyce   • LITERATURE  •  James Joyce's unsurpassed collection of short stories depicting ordinary life in Dublin among the lower middle class -- a milestone in the history of prose fiction. (IRE15, $9.95)
	Irish Fairy and Folk Tales  •  W.B. Yeats   • LITERATURE  •  Edited by the Nobel Prize-winning poet who spearheaded the Celtic Renaissance in the early 20th century, these enchanting stories introduce a cast of changelings, ghosts, mermaids, demons, saints, priests and fairies. (IRE04, $13.95)
	The Portable Romantic Poets  •  Norman Holmes Pearson  •  W.H. Auden   • LITERATURE  •  This is the anthology to take along on a trip to England's Lake District, Italy's Cinqueterre or any other classic haunt of the romantic poets. This selection includes works by all the masters (and even an occasional mistress). (GBR346, $18.00)
	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie  •  Muriel Spark   • LITERATURE  •  A slender, terribly witty novel from the incomparable Dame Muriel. Miss Jean Brodie is an unorthodox teacher at an Edinburgh girls' boarding school who wins the hearts and minds of her students, only to discover that girls from the provinces are ill-prepared for progressive thought. (SCT42, $12.95)

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