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Paperback. Would you cheer if they sent you to Coventry? Could you stick up for Stoke or big-up Bracknell? Can you handle the thrill of Rhyl, the heaven of Hull or the mirth of Tydfil? The author takes you round all places on our beloved island that nobody wants to go to - our most miserable towns, shonkiest hotels, and silliest sea zoos. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, col. map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099546931
ISBN
9780099546931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.58

Paperback. Tells the story of a game and the city that frames it. Sampling the rags and the riches, the author reveals how Pall Mall got its name, which three addresses you won't find in your A-Z and why the sorry cul-de-sac that is Vine Street has a special place in the heart of Britain's most successful Monopoly champion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099433866
ISBN
9780099433866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Presents the story of what happens when a rather silly man tries to walk all the way across a very large country, with a very large animal who doesn't really want to. Num Pages: 336 pages, Photo section. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099471943
ISBN
9780099471943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. * The 'laugh out loud helplessly in public, like an escaped psychopath' (OBSERVER) travelogue and rehabilitation of a Victorian hero - Lord Dufferin Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1MTN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
paperback / softback
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349111407
ISBN
9780349111407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. FOREWORD BY SIR RANULPH FIENNES Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WTD; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 207 x 12. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845284909
ISBN
9781845284909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

paperback. How does an Italian become Italian? Or an Englishman English, for that matter? Are foreigners born, or made? The author focuses on his own young children in the small village near Verona where he lives, building a picture of the contemporary Italian family at school, at home, at work, and at play. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286967
ISBN
9780099286967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Through memorable encounters with ordinary Italians - conductors and ticket collectors, priests and prostitutes, scholars and lovers, gypsies and immigrants, this title captures what makes Italian life distinctive. Num Pages: 288 pages, map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DST; WGF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099584254
ISBN
9780099584254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Is Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states? Is Italian football a sport, or an ill-disguised protraction of ancient enmities? This book follows the fortunes of Hellas Verona football club, to pay a different kind of visit to some of the world's most beautiful cities. Num Pages: 464 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DST; WSJA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099422679
ISBN
9780099422679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. How does an Englishman cope when he moves to Italy - not the tourist idyll but the real Italy? This book presents an account of the idiosyncrasies and nuances of Italian culture. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099286950
ISBN
9780099286950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. GALWAY Deals with the people, places and history of south Connemara - one of Ireland's last Gaelic-speaking enclaves - with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer and the grace of a born writer. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. T
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780141049595
ISBN
9780141049595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Built on an inverted forest, paved with a tortoiseshell of boulders, Venice is a maze of tiny alleys, bridges and squares. This book recounts the customs and secrets that only Venetians know. It contains things from practical advice for aspiring Venetian lovers to hints at where to find the best bacaro. Num Pages: 160 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DST; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687280
ISBN
9781846687280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. When the author first travelled to Italy, he expected to discover the pastoral bliss described by centuries of foreign visitors and famous writers. This title explores Italy's familiar delights (art, climate, cuisine), and the livelier and stranger sides of the bel paese: language, football, Catholicism, cinema, television and terrorism. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571302932
ISBN
9780571302932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Tom Anderson has always loved surfing - anywhere except the UK. But a chance encounter leads him to a series of adventures on home surf.. As he visits the popular haunts and secret gems of British surfing he rekindles his love affair with the freezing fun that is surfing the North Atlantic. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Summersdale Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849530415
ISBN
9781849530415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.45

Paperback. Peter, Matthew, Thomas, John: who were these men and their fellow Apostles? What was their relationship to Jesus? This book answers these questions in an unusual, erudite and fascinating book. It examines how the Apostles' identities took shape over the course of two millennia, and more. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234752
ISBN
9780571234752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408834039
ISBN
9781408834039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.25

Paperback. Adventures around the Maldives archipelago into the unexplored edges of paradise. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HSV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857886276
ISBN
9781857886276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

paperback. Tom Chesshyre has made it his mission to experience the world through train travel - on both epic and everyday rail routes, aboard every type of train, from colonial steam locomotives to high-tech bullet trains. Join him on a whistle-stop tour of some of the most exhilarating journeys around the globe, from Sri Lanka to Tehran and beyond. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: WGF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Summersdale Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849538268
ISBN
9781849538268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.42

Paperback. Tired of airport queues and delays, Tom Chesshyre embarks on a series of high-speed adventures across the Continent on its fast trains instead. He travels to places that wouldn't feature on a standard holiday wish-list and discovers the hidden delights of mysterious Luxembourg, super-trendy Rotterdam and much-maligned Frankfurt. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849531511
ISBN
9781849531511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.45

Paperback. For decades, Colombia was the 'narcostate'. Now it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the truth lie? How did a land likened to paradise by the first conquistadores become a byword for hell on earth? And how is it rebuilding itself after decades of violence? Num Pages: 288 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KLSC; DNJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241959909
ISBN
9780241959909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Ahumorous, discursive, utterly absorbing journey from Dover to Land's End, along the English Channel shore, the busiest waterway in the world Num Pages: 368 pages, b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; 1DBKEW; 1QSG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471129735
ISBN
9781471129735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. An interesting and amusing account of living and working abroad, which documents a unique period of Polish history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003625
ISBN
9781847170484
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. When the author found himself doing the same things week in, week out while living in England's capital, he decided to heed Johnson's words and seek out a thing to do each day in London to make him fall back in love with the city. In this book, he shares the fun, diverting and imaginative things that you can do to keep yourself amused in London. Num Pages: 224 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753540329
ISBN
9780753540329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.38

Paperback. Set against Argentina's turbulent years following the collapse of the corrupt Peronist regime, this is the story of Juan Salvador the penguin, rescued by Tom from an oil slick in Uruguay just days before a new term. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; BM; WNGK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405921800
ISBN
9781405921800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. A travel classic, revised after twenty years: a journalist's lyrical account of life in Castro's Cuba. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465005031
ISBN
9780465005031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

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