Books by Ben Handicott

50 Maps of the World: Explore the globe with 50 fact-filled maps! (The 50 States)

by Ben Handicott, Kalya Ryan

Discover the most awesome places on Earth. An essential addition to the bookshelf of any young travel lover, map maestro, or geography genius.

Geography, history, and culture spill from the pages of this luxuriously illustrated treasure trove of travel knowledge for 7-to-10-year-olds. Each two-page spread is dedicated to a different country, providing both quick-fire facts and the chance to delve deeper into what makes every nation unique. Natural wonders, bustling metropolises, storied pasts, and cultural icons are all presented in expert detail from experienced explorers Ben Handicott and Kalya Ryan, alongside Sol Linero’s eye-popping artwork.

Meet our earliest ancestors in Ethiopia, marvel at Machu Picchu in Peru, and visit the floating villages of Cambodia, in this colorful guide to 50 fascinating countries. It’s a diverse guide that spans from Spain to Singapore, Colombia to Canada, Turkey to Tanzania, and more.

Each spread includes dozens of spotlighted locations, a timeline of the nation’s history, and introductions to the people who have helped shape it.

With the expertise of Ben Handicott (Hello Atlas, Atlas of Adventures: Wonders of the World) and Kalya Ryan, alongside the stunning illustrations of Sol Linero (The 50 States, 50 Cities of the U.S.A.), experience the diversity of our world like never before.

50 Maps of the World reimagines what maps for kids can be, providing not just a geographical fact-fest, but a vivid insight into the history, culture, and wildlife that shape our living world. This is the perfect way for aspiring adventurers to find out more about all the exciting destinations around the world. A quirky, dynamic book of atlases that makes a perfect companion for holidays and during trip planning.

Lonely Planet Vietnamese Phrasebook & Dictionary

by Lonely Planet, Ben Handicott

Lonely Planet's Vietnamese Phrasebook & Dictionary is your passport to the most relevant Vietnamese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order your coffee with authority, bargain like a pro at the market, and know what you're eating from street stalls, all with your trusted travel companion. With language tools in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of wherever you go, so begin your journey now!
Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases for Every Travel Situation! Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips Never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary Be prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology Meet friends with conversation starter phrases Get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides

Inside Lonely Planet's VietnamesePhrasebook & Dictionary: Full colour throughout User-friendly layout organized by travel scenario categories Survival phrases inside front cover for at-a-glance on-the-fly cues Convenient features Listen For - phrases you may hear Look For - phrases you may see on signs Covers Basics - time, dates, numbers, amounts, pronunciation, reading tips, grammar rules Practical - travel with kids, disabled travellers, sightseeing, business, banking, post office, internet, phones, repairs, bargaining, accommodation, directions, border crossing, transport Social - meeting people, interests, feelings, opinions, going out, romance, culture, activities, weather Safe Travel - emergencies, police, doctor, pharmacist, dentist, symptoms, conditions Food - ordering, at the market, at the bar, dishes, ingredients
The Perfect Choice:Lonely Planet's VietnamesePhrasebook & Dictionary, a pocket-sized comprehensive language guide, provides on-the-go language assistance. Great for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Ben Handicott
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet is the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, and has been connecting travellers and locals for over 25 years with phrasebooks for 120 languages.
Check out our Fast Talk Phrasebook mobile app for on-the-go language needs. (Available languages: German, Latin Spanish, European Spanish, French, and Italian.)

The Hello Atlas: Download the free app to hear more than 100 different languages

by Ben Handicott

Look into the lives of children all over the world with this book that celebrates one of humanity's greatest achievements: written and verbal language. Including fully illustrated word charts, featuring children depicted in their home country, doing ordinary things, this book features more than 100 languages, from well-known and lesser known indigenous languages that introduce us to some of the world's most remote communities. With foreword by ethnobotanist and explorer, Professor Wade Davis. Comes with a free, downloadable app for iOS and Android that allows you to hear the phrases in the book, each recorded by a native speaker.

Atlas of Adventures: Wonders of the World

by Ben Handicott

From the team behind the best-selling Atlas of Adventures comes this awe-inspiring journey of discovery. Showcasing the globe's most impressive landscapes, iconic buildings and evocative antiquities from both the modern and ancient worlds, this is the most wonderful Atlas adventure yet!

Travel around the world to scale the Eiffel Tower, trek the Great Wall of China, and raft through the Yosemite Valley. On every page, another awe-inspiring sight awaits, from the deepest point on Earth to the highest peak, ancient cities carved into rock and skyscrapers soaring above the clouds.

Each section begins with an infographic map of the region it explores, followed by richly detailed two-page spreads featuring its most jaw-dropping natural and manmade sights. Explore the sprawling and sacred Angkor Wat, survive the extreme heat of Death Valley, and gaze at the majestic ruins of Machu Picchu.

Lucy Letherland’s stunning artwork brings these wonders to life in all their awesomeness, with a real sense of their scale and history.

Interesting facts and figures pepper the scenes. Did you know that Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is said to be home to a fire goddess? Or that Mount Everest is so high, helicopters can’t reach the top? Or that there’s a gigantic hole in the Caribbean Sea, filled with sharks, turtles and coral reefs? A 'Can you find?' page at the back challenges you to explore the pages even deeper by locating the pictured scenes and scene-stealers.

Children and adults alike will be astounded by the world’s most unbelievable sights in this compendium of wonders.

Lonely Planet Southeast Asia Phrasebook & Dictionary 4

by Ben Handicott, Bruce Evans, Jason Roberts, Natrudy Saykao, San San Hnin Tun

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Southeast Asia... many faces, many places, many ways to get tongue-tied. From Hue to Vientiene, from Phuket to Phnom Penh, turn your travel challenges into unforgettable experiences. Order the right meal with our menu decoder Never get stuck for words with our 3500-word two-way dictionary We make language easy with shortcuts, key phrases & common Q&As Feel at ease, with essential tips on culture & manners
Coverage includes: Burmese, Khmer, Lao, Thai and Vietnamese.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, San San Hnin Tun, Natrudy Saykao, Bruce Evans, Ben Handicott, and Jason Roberts.
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.
'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

Experience Spain

by Josephine Quintero, Regis St. Louis, Duncan Garwood, Lonely Planet, John Noble, Ben Handicott, Kalya Ryan, Catherine Le Nevez, Gregor Clark, Lucy Corne, Anthony Ham, Andrew Bain, Anita Isalska, Brendan Sainsbury, Oliver Berry, Andy Symington, Sally Davies, Sarah Baxter, Lorna Parkes, Isabella Noble, Clifton Wilkinson, Sarah Reid, Oliver Smith

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Inside Lonely Planet's Experience Spain you'll travel through buzzing cities, rural villages, rugged mountains and blissful beaches, discovering the secrets of Barcelona and Madrid's nightlife, eating your way through the streets on a delectable tapas tour, and finding your new favourite hike, festival and siesta spot.

This new part-pictorial, part-guidebook hardback is built around themes that introduce you to the heart of Spain, and is packed with trip-planning tips and information on the most authentic local sights and activities - shining a spotlight on the huge diversity of people, places, culture, food and history that shape this extraordinary country. It's perfect for seasoned travellers and lovers of all things Spanish who want to discover something new and exciting.

- Includes over 75 experiences stretching across Spain
- Multiple ways to navigate the book - thematically, geographically or by interest
- Hundreds of stunning photos on gloss paper stock

Experience Spain is presented across five themes:

- Tradition & Passion: Family, culture and customs
- The Good Things in Life: Chill out in the Spanish sun
- Living History: The story of Spain through cave art, castles and Quixote's windmills
- Art & Modernity: Innovation and Spain today
- Adventure: An active exploration from mountains to coast

Get to the heart of Spain and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet's Experience Spain:

• Full-colour images throughout
• Inspiration for your next trip, to help tailor it to your personal needs and interests
• Insider tips that reveal sights and cultural attractions beyond the guidebooks
• Covers Spanish icons, modern Spain, the Spanish way of life and more

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet'sExperience Spain covers both top sights and roads less travelled, and is the perfect place to get inspired and plan an itinerary for an upcoming trip.

Once you've decided where you're headed in Spain, check out the relevant Lonely Planet Spanish destination travel guides for even more detailed planning and on-the-go advice.

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.