This book is for those who want a break from their working life - to travel the world, do volunteer work, study a language and much more. It caters for first-time and experienced travellers alike, for all budgets and backgrounds. Includes practical pre-trip preparation for putting mortgages and careers on hold.

Gives an insight into the region's culture, including its glittering contribution of Monet. This work offers fresh commentary on the region's most famous landmarks: Mont-St-Michel, the Bayeux Tapestry and the historic high-rise port at Honfleur.

After the Colombian government and the Bush administration declared all-out war on the Colombian drug barons, cocaine traffickers turned their attention to Bolivia, the rugged landlocked country to the south. This book features interviews with drug barons who rule over vast empires, dirt-poor coca farmers, addicts, traffickers, and the military.

British journalist Hargreaves examines the cocaine industry in Bolivia, which has tripled since the US instigated drug-war against Colombians. She interviews dealers, growers, addicts, and officials of both the Bolivian and US government, and concludes that the trade must be stopped at the demand end, not the supply end. Paper edition (unseen),

After the Colombian government and the Bush administration declared all-out war on the Colombian drug barons, cocaine traffickers turned their attention to Bolivia, the rugged landlocked country to the south. This book looks at the drug business through the eyes of the main players in Bolivia, where the white powder is made.