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Travel writing
This anthology, selected and edited by Brain Fagan, encompasses tales that fall into a little known literary genre, wherein authors seek to capture the romance and sense of wonder they experienced while gazing upon the monumental architecture of ancient civilisations. Num Pages: 320 pages, Numerous halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KB; HDDA; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 707.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195160918
- ISBN
- 9780195160918
Condition: New
€ 35.55
€ 35.55
Paperback. * Film star Ewan McGregor travels around the world by motorcycle with his best friend, actor Charley Boorman - a unique and fascinating travel/adventure book Num Pages: 400 pages, Section: 32, colour + b/w int. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751536805
- ISBN
- 9780751536805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Evliya Celebi was the 17th century's most diligent, adventurous, and honest recorder, whose puckish wit and humor are laced throughout his ten-volume masterpiece. This brand new translation brings Evliya sparklingly back to life. "Well worth a read."-Irish Echo 7/2011 Num Pages: 482 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JD; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 35. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011581
- ISBN
- 9781906011581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
€ 33.99
€ 24.66
Paperback. From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan merchants - Waugh describes the local colour as he cruises around the Mediterranean as an Englishman abroad. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, 1map. BIC Classification: 1QSM; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140188370
- ISBN
- 9780140188370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Between 1929 and 1935 the author travelled widely and wrote about his experiences. This title discusses a cruise around the Mediterranean; a train trip from Djibouti to Abyssinia to attend Emperor Haile Selassie's coronation in 1930; and, his travels in Aden, Zanzibar, Kenya and the Congo, coping with unbearable heat and plagued by mosquitoes. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140182538
- ISBN
- 9780140182538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Begins with an account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent for "The Times". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFJ; 1HFMS; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186399
- ISBN
- 9780141186399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
hardcover. Translator(s): Robinson, Blake. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HBA; AGB; BG; HBJH; WTH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780821412725
- ISBN
- 9780821412725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. Esi Edugyan interlaces fact and fiction, storytelling and dreaming to capture the essence of belonging. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 136 x 5. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 68
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888648211
- ISBN
- 9780888648211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.92
€ 13.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. It also took her through the states of anxiety, drunkenness, and heat exhaustion. This title presents a chronicle of this journey. Series: Culture Trails. Num Pages: 190 pages, 26 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226348469
- ISBN
- 9780226348469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.49
€ 19.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Series: It Happened in the West. Num Pages: 136 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493023462
- ISBN
- 9781493023462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.21
€ 18.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. The long term future of the Gulf Stream is now under threat; the Arctic ice is melting and the fear among oceanographers is that the cold water will not sink in the Norwegian Sea, thus switching off this transatlantic heat conveyer. This book explores the Gulf Stream, its past and its future. Series: Armchair Traveller. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: WNW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906598747
- ISBN
- 9781906598747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYV; 3JJPR; 3JMC; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556437403
- ISBN
- 9781556437403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.26
€ 21.99
€ 19.26
Paperback. What makes a nation happy? Is one country's sense of happiness the same as another's? This travel book evaluates each country's different sense of happiness. It shows how the author in his quest to find the world's happiest places, eats rotten Icelandic shark, meditates in Bangalore, and drinks himself into a stupor in Reykjavik. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552775083
- ISBN
- 9780552775083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 75 Anniversary Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873515337
- ISBN
- 9780873515337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.14
€ 18.99
€ 17.14
Paperback. 'Whatever else we remember of our travels, we remember our departures and arrivals. Often they are the most enduring of all our memories of them.' From one of Britain's best-loved travel writers comes a fascinating collection of incredible highlights from an eventful life. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0014505
- ISBN
- 9780007413539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007367870
- ISBN
- 9780007367870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007367900
- ISBN
- 9780007367900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. 'Slowly Down the Ganges' is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' and 'Love and War in the Apennines'. Told with Newby's self-deprecating humour and wry attention to detail, this is a classic of the genre and a window into an enchanting piece of history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007367887
- ISBN
- 9780007367887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. A classic of travel writing, 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' is Eric Newby's iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 50th UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007367757
- ISBN
- 9780007367757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. 'You've had some pretty crazy ideas in your life, Newby, but this is the craziest.' Grandmother Wanda Newby was exasperated after continuous rain, snow, and gales that knocked from her bike. Twice. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007367924
- ISBN
- 9780007367924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. Series: Methuen non-fiction. Num Pages: 240 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: WMPC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413747501
- ISBN
- 9780413747501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.49
€ 12.49
Paperback. Tells the story of one of the most beautiful places on earth - still astonishingly unspoilt - on the west coast of Corfu. In the early 1960s, Emma Tennant's parents spotted a magical bay from a cruise and decided to build a house there. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 1DVGS; BG; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422532
- ISBN
- 9780099422532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.13
€ 13.99
€ 11.13
Paperback. In 1997, Emma Slade was taken hostage in a hotel room on a business trip to Jakarta. Over the ensuing months the trauma following the event took hold. Realising her view on life had profoundly changed she embarked upon a journey, discovering the healing power of yoga and, in Bhutan, opening her eyes to a kinder, more peaceful way of living. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKH; BM; HRE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Summersdale Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849539609
- ISBN
- 9781849539609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. 'Larkin's reportage on Burma is every bit as fascinating as Orwell's Burmese essays of the 1930s' - Observer Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084026
- ISBN
- 9781847084026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76