Guide to French culture. If you're traveling to or doing business in France and want to avoid any unfortunate misunderstandings, this book offers a perspective on how the French think, the country's customs, and other traits of a changing society and a people that perennially both fascinate and infuriate.

The Orient Express; The Khyber Pass Local; the Delhi Mail from Jaipur; the Golden Arrow of Kuala; the Trans-Siberian Express; these are just some of the trains steaming through Paul Theroux's epic rail journey from London across Europe through India and Asia.

In a less enlightened age, buildings have been demolished with a staggering insouciance and most Liverpudlians of a certain age, have sighed for the loss of the Overhead Railway, the Sailor's Home, St. John's Market, the Dive, the Duck, the Magic Clock, the Spanish Winehouse, the Custom House, St.Peter's Church, the Baltic Fleet Chandler's shops, the fondly remembered Trams and so many other landmarks which marked out the city's uniqueness. Despite the chequered history of architecture and the mistakes of the past, there is still a great deal to be proud of throughout Liverpool - what would London give for Dale Street, how they would love to get their hands on Princes Boulevard and not even the fabulous wealth of the capital could afford the transfer fee for St George's Hall or the Albert Dock.

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This is a superbly illustrated guide to the entire range of Medici Villas open to the public in Florence and Tuscany.