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Recommended Reading
This section offers recommendations
for books to help you learn a language, guide
books and books about/set in particular countries. When
we first set up the JMJ website, the staff and students gave
me their suggestions for books that give a feeling of place,
novels that teach us about that country's culture and/or history
and books that everyone from that country has read. I've learnt
a great deal about foreign countries from reading their literature
and I've also really enjoyed it. I hope you will find our
recommendations useful.
Language Books
OK, now, as I may have mentioned,
I've written an Italian
course for beginners. I strongly recommend you check this
out before looking at anything else. 
For other books to help you learn a language,
please click on the language you are interested in: Spanish,
Italian,
French,
Portuguese,
Dutch,
German,
Greek,
Russian,
Chinese,
Japanese,
Thai
Guide Books
My bookshelves are full
of publications from the excellent Lonely
Planet company. They do regional guides, country guides
and city guides, as well as phrasebooks (of which, as a linguist,
I generally disapprove but I must admit they can be useful
sometimes!), travel literature and coffee-table books.
When I told my sister
I was going to close JMJ and travel, she sent me this fabulous
book:
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The
Travel Book
A Journey through Every Country in the World
An inspiring, informative spin around
the globe with the aid of Lonely Planet writers. Wonderful
photos and a fascinating collection of facts.
Read
more...
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Of course, exciting
as it is, this book gives just an overview. Once you've identified
where you want to go, you'll need more detailed guide books
and you'll find them all on the Lonely
Planet website.
Books about/set in:
Click on the country you are
interested in to see our recommendations for books in that
category:
Spain and Spanish-speaking countries
Italy
France
Portugal
and Brazil
The
Netherlands and Belgium
Germany
Greece,
the Greek Islands and Cyprus
Russia
China
Japan
Thailand
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