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Along with our award-winning travel guides, Rough Guides publishes benchmark books on everything from Videogames and Conspiracy Theories to Evolution and the Best Music You’ve Never Heard. To check out the full range of reference titles, use the links on the left, and click on any title for more information.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela
The Rough Guide to Nelson Mandela is a fresh, honest overview of the life story and impact of one of the world's greatest modern icons.

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Girl Stuff

Girl Stuff

Designed to be a friend through the teenage years.


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Brain Training

Brain Training

Complete 5 puzzles a day to give your brain a thorough work-out.


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The Search for Aliens

The Search for Aliens

The Search for Aliens: A Rough Guide to Life on Other Worlds provides the first vivid and completely accessible guide to the most exciting field of modern science: the search for extraterrestrial life.
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The Best Art YouThe Best Art You've Never Seen
Discover the Best Art You've Never seen with our interactive map.
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The Lost SymbolThe Lost Symbol
One of the very first guides available reporting on the actual contents and mysteries of the new Dan Brown novel
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Unexplained PhenomenaUnexplained Phenomena
The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena: exploring the zone that lies between the known and the unknown...
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Pregnancy and BirthPregnancy and Birth
Gives you the up-to-date lowdown on pregnancy, birth and coping when you first get home.
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WeddingsWeddings

How to get hitched, without a hitch...


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Velvet UndergroundVelvet Underground
Explores the Velvet story, the Velvet music, the Velvet universe.
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ShakespeareShakespeare
The ultimate companion to the life and work of the world’s greatest playwright.
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