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Picture Perfect English Villages (The Most Beautiful series) by James Bentley
Category: Photography | Series: The Most Beautiful...
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 ...Show more
Some Corner of a Foreign Field by James Bentley (Editor)
Category: Non-Fiction
An anthology of some of the best known authors and illustrators from the First World War
Stories for One Year Olds by Janet A. Holmes; Margaret Hamilton; Frances Watts; David Bedford; Jonathan Bentley (Illustrator); Anna Pignataro (Illustrator); Judith Rossell (Illustrator); David Legge (Illustrator); Ann James (Illustrator)
Category: Children's
Stories for One Year Olds is an anthology of five best-selling Little Hare stories. Beautifully illustrated by Australia's finest illustrators, each story has been selected to engage and delight the busy toddler. Titles include, Kisses for Daddy, B is for Bedtime, Duck, The Way I Love You and Me and You ...Show more
The Most Beautiful Country Towns of Tuscany by James Bentley
Category: Architecture | Series: The\Most Beautiful Villages Ser.
Twenty of the most beautiful towns in Tuscany are featured in this volume. Travelling from north to south, it describes, first the towns with substantial Etruscan and Romanesque features, then the walled towns of central Tuscany, followed by the coastal and thermal communities of the south.
The Most Beautiful Villages of Brittany by James Bentley (photography Hugh Palmer)
Category: Architecture | Series: The\Most Beautiful Villages Ser.
A visual and verbal account of 31 villages and islands in one of Europe's most popular tourist spots. The villages are drawn from the four departments of modern-day Brittany: Finistere, Morbihan, Ille-et-Vilaine and Cotes-d'Armor. Brittany is very distinct from the rest of France. It is a place of drama ...Show more
The Most Beautiful Villages of Burgundy by Bentley, James
Category: Fiction
Synonymous with fine wine, elegant cuisine and good living, Burgundy is also a land of outstanding architecture and charming villages. Many of these ancient communities stand beside the leisurely rivers that wend their way through the duchy - the beginnings of the Seine, the Yonne, the tributaries of th ...Show more
The Most Beautiful Villages of England by James Bentley
Category: Travel | Series: The Most Beautiful...
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 ...Show more
The Most Beautiful Villages of England by James Bentley; Hugh Palmer
Category: Travel | Series: The\Most Beautiful Villages Ser.
Grouped by area and subdivided by county--northern, midland, eastern, southern, and western--this is a spectacular celebration of England's picture perfect villages. 285 color photographs.
The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany by James Bentley
Category: Travel | Series: The Most Beautiful...
Features thirty-six villages from all over Tuscany from those clustered around the great cities of Lucca and Florence, which produce some of the finest olive oil and are home to some of the world's greatest works of art, to the Chianti region and the valley of the Orcia, devoted to the cultivation of ar ...Show more
The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany by James Bentley
Category: Travel | Series: The most beautiful villages
A book focusing on 37 villages and small towns all over Tuscany. The descriptions are accompanied by colour photographs of the architecture, landscape and people of Tuscany. It includes a visitor's guide to restaurants, hotels and places of interest.
The Most Beautiful Villages of the Dordogne by James Bentley
Category: Travel | Series: World Design
The Dorodogne offers splendid scenery, exquisite food and wine, the finest examples of prehistoric art and some of the most enchanting villages of France. This guide offers a journey through the region, from northern gems such as Brantome to "grand" villages such as Hautefort, found further south among ...Show more
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