Travel writing
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Travel writing
Paperback. A journey from the Cape of South Africa to the Serengeti Plains taking the reader through the spectacular, talismanic geography of Africa. Combines a trek through wild and remote places with a personal investigation into the relationship between people and nature. A unique book that argues for a new approach to environmental conservation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16pp colour section. BIC Classification: 1H; RNK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849950046
- ISBN
- 9781849950046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.48
€ 25.99
€ 25.48
Paperback. Describes how the Bhutanese, in pursuit of the principle of Gross National Happiness, are carefully moving towards a more modern future, including a constitution and democracy, whilst preserving their traditional society and attempting to conserve the environment. Translator(s): McBride, Nathaniel. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKH; HBJF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 295 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907973161
- ISBN
- 9781907973161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.85
€ 14.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. A concise guide to Oxford and its environs that looks beyond the usual remit of travel guides by considering issues such as crime and social change. The author offers insight into the culture, society and history of this much-visited city Series: Innercities Cultural Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBJD1; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930070
- ISBN
- 9781909930070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.47
€ 17.99
€ 17.47
paperback. If you want to know about writing, about how to make others share the horror and intensity of an experience, try the first piece in this collection, Justice at Night Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780601045
- ISBN
- 9781780601045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Find yourself plunged straight back into Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, feel the frozen ground of the Finno Russian war, the continent-wide Japanese invasion of China, the massacres in Java, the murderously naive intervention in Vietnam and the USA's dirty little wars in Central America. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780601052
- ISBN
- 9781780601052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23
Paperback. A witty and intelligent memoir of the adventures, discoveries, rescues and narrow escapes of Gellhorn, one of America's most important war correspondents and the third wife of Ernest Hemingway. Num Pages: 296 pages, port. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374. 296 pages, port. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WTL. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 20. Weight: 370.
- Publisher
- Eland
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871774
- ISBN
- 9780907871774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Two sisters, one beautiful, one plain, return unmarried from their adventures to their parents' hotel on the mountain, where they are caught up in a scandalous relations with an African official and an English botanist. Meanwhile, a heartbroken woman tries to escape the memory of her son's death on a doomed holiday by the sea. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320. 241 pages. Two sisters, one beautiful, one plain, return unmarried from their adventures to their parents' hotel on the mountain, where they are caught up in a scandalous relations with an African official and an English botanist. Meanwhile, a heartbroken woman tries to escape the memory of her son's death on a doomed holiday by the sea. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WTL. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 20. Weight: 318.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 241
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871781
- ISBN
- 9780907871781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
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€ 13.27
Paperback. Martha was the youngest of sixteen, handpicked reporters who filed accurate, confidential reports on the human stories behind the statistics of the Depression directly to Roosevelt's White House. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330. 266 pages. Martha was the youngest of sixteen, handpicked reporters who filed accurate, confidential reports on the human stories behind the statistics of the Depression directly to Roosevelt's White House. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WTL. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight: 320.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011628
- ISBN
- 9781906011628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 345 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: WSZC; WSZG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Books Canada
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897522097
- ISBN
- 9781897522097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.06
€ 32.99
€ 22.06
Paperback. In 1839, encouraged by his friend Balzac, Custine set out to explore Russia. His impressions turned into what is perhaps the greatest and most influential of all books about Russia under the Tsars. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394510
- ISBN
- 9780141394510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. A lush evocation of Tuscan life and food by the author of 'A THOUSAND DAYS IN VENICE'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group London
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844081530
- ISBN
- 9781844081530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.78
€ 14.99
€ 11.78
Paperback. Every Thursday evening, a group of four rural Italian women gather in an old stone house in the hills above Italy's Orvieto, to cook together, have supper, drink their beloved local wines, and talk. In this book, the author tells their life stories, and of cherished ingredients and recipes whose secrets have been passed down through generations. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; WB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099591856
- ISBN
- 9780099591856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Tucked away in a remote part of Africa, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso, three of the world's poorest countries, are in the throes of great upheaval. The author dives into this maelstrom. Combining stories of those he meets with his deep knowledge of Africa's development, he sheds new light on a neglected corner of the globe. Num Pages: 343 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780995861
- ISBN
- 9781780995861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.51
€ 20.99
€ 19.51
Paperback. Presents a story of two city slickers - one an unattractive but streetwise mongrel from Stockwell, the other the long-suffering author - and how they came to terms with England's countryside and waterways. This book provides an account of a mismatched couple and of the people they meet and places they visit. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099503125
- ISBN
- 9780099503125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Following other books featuring long-distance walks with Boogie, the mongrel from hell, the author tackles the Pennine Way with a new Boogie, who at first appears - misleadingly - to be a much trendier and more wholesome incarnation. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 15. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099661412
- ISBN
- 9780099661412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
paperback. A book, in which, the author shares his irrepressible love of flying. It also includes a description of what it's like to fly by a commercial pilot who is also a master prose stylist and a deeply sensitive human being. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: TRPS; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099589853
- ISBN
- 9780099589853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; FA; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812970036
- ISBN
- 9780812970036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. Features recollections of the author's experiences prospecting for gold, speculating in timber, and writing for a succession of small Western newspapers during the 1860s. Editor(s): Hill, Hamlin. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- 16th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140390100
- ISBN
- 9780140390100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. A collection of essays, which explore Calcutta, from the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad to the televising of a Hindu epic. It combines analysis of major issues with a feel for the fine texture and human realities of Indian life. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- SKU
- KIN0032646
- ISBN
- 9780140104806
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Sir Mark Tully is one of the world's leading writers and broadcasters on India, and the presenter of the much loved radio programme 'Something Understood'. This work reveals the profound impact India has had on his life and beliefs. Through interviews and anecdotes, it embarks on a journey that takes in the various faces of India. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KIN0032281
- ISBN
- 9781846040184
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99