Cordee's Travel Book Selection ...

has some hidden gems. Travel publishing is busy with publishers vying to be one step ahead of the rest. The stalwarts Lonely Planet and Rough Guide are widely available while other more niche publishers, such as Bradt, Odyssey and Footprint stick their necks out to publish where others dare not go. Our list includes all these and more.

2006 has seen guides to erstwhile Balkan countries, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovinia, now being carefully translated from their mother tongue into English. These bring the best of both worlds - written with all the authority of those that know and now available to us. These emerging countries need all the help they can get.