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Paperback. In the late 1970s the author set off on a Triumph and rode 63,000 miles over four years through fifty-four countries in a journey that took him around the world. Through breakdowns, prison, war, revolutions, disasters and a Californian commune, he travelled into the depths of fear and reached the heights of euphoria. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780140054101
ISBN
9780140054101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

Hardback. Both American-born Batham and her British husband grew up aboard boats and are experienced and accomplished seafarers. After several years of sailing the South Pacific Islands, they settled temporarily in Japan in the mid- 1990s. Two-and-a-half years later, in 1997, they set sail again, on a 14-month, 10,000 mile journey back to their home in New Z Num Pages: 224 pages, 64 colour photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574091823
ISBN
9781574091823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.80

Paperback. Recreates the retreat from southern Belgium to the Marne during the opening month of the Great War Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBWN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Signal Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909930025
ISBN
9781909930025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 279 pages, 40 b&w photographs plus maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WSZC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Interlink Signal
Number of pages
279
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Spi
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908493033
ISBN
9781908493033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. When they retired, Terry and Monica Darlington decided to sail their canal narrow boat across the Channel and down to the Mediterranean, together with their whippet Jim. They took advice from experts, who said they would die, together with their whippet Jim. Aliens, vandals, and the walking dead all stand between three innocents and their goal. Num Pages: 432 pages, Line drawings. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553816693
ISBN
9780553816693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. Takes readers on a dangerous, surprising and entertaining journey as a thousand miles of the little-known South-East Seaboard unfold at six miles an hour - the golden marshes of the Carolinas, the incomparable cities of Charleston and Savannah, and the lost arcadias of Georgia and Florida. Num Pages: 432 pages, Line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; WSSN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553818161
ISBN
9780553818161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. A travelogue and a personal reassessment of the a formative chapter in Lord Byron's short life. Series: Literary Traveller. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 116 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906598778
ISBN
9781906598778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763543040
ISBN
9788763543040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 93 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 184. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
93
Condition
New
SKU
V9780845348451
ISBN
9780845348451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 406 pages, 26 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; WN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226042206
ISBN
9780226042206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.62

Paperback. The early seventeenth-century traveler Thomas Coryate's five-month tour of Western Europe culminated in Coryats Crudities, one of the strangest travelogues published in early modern England. This edition abridges Crudities' more than 900 pages to a manageable size, focusing on episodes most likely to be of interest to students. Editor(s): Palmer, Philip S. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Broadview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
abridged edition annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554813230
ISBN
9781554813230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.85

Paperback. * Strong ecological themes plus a romantic dream fulfilled in this autobiographical account by the famous Kon-Tiki explorer. Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349109879
ISBN
9780349109879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. This is the story of how Thor Heyderdahl and five other men crossed the Pacific Ocean on a balsa-wood raft in an extraordinary bid to prove Heyderdahl's theory that the Polynesians undertook the same feat on such a craft over 1000 years ago. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSP; RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006550334
ISBN
9780006550334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. After the success of his memoir, the author got in touch with people he admires, and asked them to suggest an album for him to track down on his travels, giving an insight into what makes them tick, while also giving him a chance to see how record shops around the world were faring in the digital age. This is the story of what came back. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVX; BM; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571314744
ISBN
9780571314744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. For many years war made Sierra Leone and Liberia too dangerous for outsiders to travel through. Facing down demons from his time in Africa as a journalist, Tim Butcher heads deep into this combat zone, encountering the devastation wrought by lawless militia, child soldiers, brutal violence, blood diamonds and masked figures. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports., maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 1HFDL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532064
ISBN
9780099532064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786576217
ISBN
9781786576217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Historical diving bells, Greek sponge divers, world war two frogmen and record-setting breath hold divers compete for space with sharks, turtles, dolphins and sea slugs. From Ireland to Florida, Papua New Guinea to Vienna and the Bahamas to Seychelles, this title provides a view from a glass bottomed boat - on an unfamiliar destination. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: WSSC1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0021148
ISBN
9780140287301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Follows the author's death-defying 200-mile journey in his antique Thomas Crapper bath - not just across the Channel, but around Kent - right up to the tremendous reception and huge media attention which awaited him under Tower Bridge. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1QSG; WH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Preface Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781848090262
ISBN
9781848090262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. This book shows the reality of Stanley's life - his trans-Africa journey, a human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JH; BGH; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221035
ISBN
9780571221035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.67

Paperback. Adrien Niyonshuti is a member of the Rwandan cycling team. Adrien was seven years old when he lost his family in the 1994 genocide that tore Rwanda apart. Almost twenty years later he has a shot at representing his country at the Olympics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; WSQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Yellow Jersey Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224091770
ISBN
9780224091770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

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