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Travel writing
This book studies "armchair" travel writers who journeyed to Europe during the interwar period of 1919-1939. It focuses on travel conversations writers experienced as they sought the real Europe stripped of press reports and government propaganda. They encountered a continent where a cherished past was colliding with an ominous future. Num Pages: 274 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761860242
- ISBN
- 9780761860242
Condition: New
€ 130.74
€ 130.74
Paperback. A history of legendary Copper Canyon treasure seekers and enigmatic natives. This book offers a look into the ways of the resilient indigenous culture in the Americas, the exploits of Mexican mountaineers, and the parade of argonauts and accidental travelers who have journeyed into the Sierra Madre over centuries. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074998
- ISBN
- 9780252074998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.76
€ 18.99
€ 18.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WSZC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825307362
- ISBN
- 9780825307362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.17
€ 16.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. A travelogue, a physical and mental experience as well as a meditative journey, this modern pilgrimage is a handbook for conscious living. Translator(s): Imrie, Malcolm; Dervis, Martina. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848667808
- ISBN
- 9781848667808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Jean de Lery had undertaken his arduous voyage to the land of Brazil in 1556, as a youthful member of the first Protestant mission to the New World. This title presents a translation of an early European account of life in the New World. Translator(s): Whatley, Janet. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 340 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082748
- ISBN
- 9780520082748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. New edition of this classic study of the US, with a new introduction by Geoff Dyer. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844676828
- ISBN
- 9781844676828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.09
€ 21.99
€ 18.09
Paperback. Discusses the author's journey, telling how he went to the freedom fighters of West Papua and sang his head off in their highlands; met cannibals infinitely kinder and more trustworthy than the murderous missionaries who evangelize them; and, how he anchored a boat to an iceberg where polar bears slept, ate witchetty grubs and visited sea gypsies. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141006444
- ISBN
- 9780141006444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.29
€ 15.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241248874
- ISBN
- 9780241248874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.32
€ 8.99
€ 8.32
Paperback. Part memoir, part Irish travels, part lunatic endeavour, Jasper Winn's account of paddling round Ireland in a kayak, during one the worst summers in recent history. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; WSSN5; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Sort of Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956003881
- ISBN
- 9780956003881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.71
€ 13.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Ng, Lee Po. Num Pages: 220 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881900319
- ISBN
- 9789881900319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. When Jason Webster and his wife moved into an idyllic old farmhouse in the mountains north of Valencia, by chance he found an unmarked mass grave from the Spanish Civil War on his doorstep. Yet the more Webster unveils of the passions that set one countryman against another, the more he is led to wonder. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBWP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552772815
- ISBN
- 9780552772815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.73
€ 16.99
€ 12.73
Paperback. Having pursued a conventional enough path through school and university, Jason Webster was all set to enter the world of academe as a profession. But when his aloof Florentine girlfriend of some years dumped him unceremoniously, he found himself at a crossroads. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; AVGH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552999977
- ISBN
- 9780552999977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. * Witty, catty and entertaining, Paris Was Yesterday is an insider's guide to the arts scene in Paris between the wars Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080267
- ISBN
- 9781844080267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Hardcover. A practical guide for tourists and armchair travelers. It features Siena's artistic and architectural past, hidden behind centuries of painting and rebuilding. It takes the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-traveled roads and alleys of a town both medieval and modern. Num Pages: 256 pages, 33 colour plates, 3 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226207827
- ISBN
- 9780226207827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. This collection of women's travel writing dispels the notion that women shouldn't travel, by showing how there are few corners of the world that have not been visited by women travellers. There are also few difficulties, physical or emotional, real or imagined, that have not been met by women. Editor(s): Robinson, Jane. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 490
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802019
- ISBN
- 9780192802019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. An impassioned work on the magnificent but often maddening city called Venice. This book analyses the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture, its bridges, its tourists, its curiosities, its smells, sounds, lights and colours. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571168972
- ISBN
- 9780571168972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Trieste. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571204687
- ISBN
- 9780571204687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, maps. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230. 159 pages, maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WTL. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight: 226.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 159
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011178
- ISBN
- 9781906011178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Describes an American identity markedly different. This book records a time of innocence in the US - when television was in its infancy, the Big Mac had not been invented and the popular song of the day was "Chattanooga Choo-Choo". Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571241774
- ISBN
- 9780571241774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Including a personal appreciation, fuelled by five decades of journeying, the author presents a magisterial portrait of the continent. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571233120
- ISBN
- 9780571233120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33