Via a couple of the too-many-design-blogs-I-read, I saw a new guide book for Paris yesterday, Paris: Made by hand. I ended up having a little explore around the publishers (The Little Bookroom) website and they seem to have a good selection of slightly quirky travel books. I've already had Chic Shopping Paris down as one to look out for, and The Patisseries of Paris sounds like something we should check out (no actual plans to go to Paris, but we probably will in the next few years).
The books aren't all for Paris and France though, The Civilised Shopper's Guide to Edinburgh and Glasgow sounds like my kind of thing, and I think Jon and Hugh would both enjoy The Traditional Shops and Restaurants of London (as an aside, do other Edinburgers remember that shop on Victoria Street that seemed to sell brushes and broom handles?).
If you're looking for more travel book suggestions for the UK, Anne at I like has a very interesting Amazon store. As well as a very interesting blog of course, that I found via Amateur Ramblings a couple of years ago.
