Cadogan Guides Tuscany, Umbria and the Marches is a good example of these always-reliable guides friendly format. The book acknowledges that the travellers have moved beyond the golden hills of Tuscany west to the Bolgheri and Maremma seasides and east into the regions of equally stunning Umbria and the Marches. Its insider focus on food and wine based on a healthy appreciation of the culture gives it a mix that other guidebooks can miss.

The drawback to this approach, when coupled wi..

The AA Where to Stay in Britain & Ireland CD-ROM is a comprehensive accommodation guide covering all types of places to stay from bed and breakfast to the most expensive of hotels.

The AA has been publishing this guide for several years now and this time around the interface has had an overhaul. There are more than 7,000 establishments covered and it is still easy to find precisely what you want. First choose a location. Then point-and-click at the screen to indicate the maximum you ar..

Jonathan Barnes, author of Improve your Eyesight is a living testament to the Bates Method: he says that his eyesight has improved considerably since he started using the special techniques, and that he no longer needs to wear his glasses.

The Bates Method is best described as a plan for re-educating your eyesight, with errors which cause short-sightedness, long-sightedness, astigmatism and "old-age sight" corrected by a range of techniques which promote the healing and self-regulatory..

The 1998 edition of Following the Fairways is a comprehensive reference book on many of the finest golf courses in Great Britain and Ireland, plus a chapter on golf in France. The book is an easy-to-follow guide on "Where to Play- -Where to Stay" and has 30 chapters, each of which deals with a small geographical area.

An attractive, hand-drawn map at the start of each chapter shows the location of each golf club and the information is then given under three headings. First th..