Travel guides: Cities

A beautifully illustrated alternative history book, tracing the history of the British Isles through its landmark pubs with recreations of their pub signs in stunning colour.

Out in the World is THE indispensable guide to LGBTQ+ travel from The Nomadic Boys – full of tips, advice and resources on the best and safest places to visit around the world.

Following her success with Lost Charleston, local author and city tour guide Leigh Jones Handal brings a fresh approach to one of the key titles in Pavilion Books’ trademark series.

From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature.

In Vancouver Then and Now archival images have been paired with new photos of the same scenes as they appear today to reveal over a century of dramatic change in this beautiful city.

London’s Strangest Tales takes a walk on London’s weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world’s greatest cities.

Using archive photos from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, matched with the same viewpoint today, Cincinnati Then and Now traces the city's rich history.

Amsterdam Then and Now is the perfect historical guide to one of Europe’s best preserved city centres.

Vintage photographs of Shanghai in black and white and colour have been matched with the same viewpoint today to reveal the history of this vibrant and rapidly expanding city.

Montreal Then and Now takes 70 archive photos from across the city on the banks of the St.Lawrence river and compares them with the same view today in this fascinating bilingual edition.

More extraordinary but true stories from London’s history.

Archival photographs of Baltimore from the 19th and 20th centuries have been  matched with specially commissioned colour photos to reveal the past and present of this fascinating and historic city.