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hardcover. *Tales of travellers through history to the Levantine capital in a beautiful anthology that includes writers as diverse as Alphonse de Lamartine and Mark Twain. *Takes the reader on a nostalgic journey through Beirut of old with the travellers' account of their encounters with the city and beautiful illustrations to complement the text. Editor(s): Gorton, T. J. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Condition
New
SKU
9789774166983
ISBN
9789774166983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.29

Paperback. Twenty-eight men stood on a desolate Antarctic ice floe 1000 miles from the nearest human contact. In a few months the ice would melt. To survive they would have to be safely on land before that happened. They were led by Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922). This title presents the history of the Antarctic expedition led by Shackleton. Num Pages: 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803219441
ISBN
9780803219441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. Robert Falcon Scott's 1901-4 expedition to the Antarctic was a landmark event in the history of Antarctic exploration, creating a sensation comparable to the Arctic efforts of the American Robert E Peary. This book studies the purpose, composition, and real accomplishments of the expedition of Robert Falcon Scott. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803216396
ISBN
9780803216396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.96

Paperback. A mixture of sex, love, coming of age, and Buddhism, "Arousing the Goddess" is filled with humor and recognition of the absurdities of life. It has been praised for its honesty and insight. Ward is the author of "What the Buddha Never Taught," which was a bestseller in Canada, and a Book of the Month selection in the United States. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRE; VXWS; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Monkfish Book Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780972635738
ISBN
9780972635738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. A critical anthology of African and Asian travel writing, revealing the contribution made to the genre by non-European travellers and writers. Editor(s): Khair, Tabish; Edwards, Justin D.; Leer, Martin. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 202 x 13. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Signal
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955122
ISBN
9781904955122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. Collects traditional stories of Morocco that are recounted by an eccentric cast of characters: from master masons who work only at night to Sufi wise men who write for soap operas and Tuareg guides addicted to reality TV. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Bantam United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553818765
ISBN
9780553818765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Tells the story of Tahir Shah, a writer and film-maker in his 30s, married, with two children, who was beginning to wilt under British city life. Woven into the narrative is the author's own journey of self-discovery, of learning about a grandfather he hardly knew, and of coming to love the multi-faceted, contradictory country that is Morocco. Num Pages: 368 pages, Line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
New
SKU
9780553816808
ISBN
9780553816808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Exisle Publishing (Australia) Australia
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921966156
ISBN
9781921966156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.33

Paperback. A gritty, hilarious and often touching memoir of a year spent living in the immigrant melting pot of London's East End. Num Pages: 288 pages, one map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719565564
ISBN
9780719565564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Num Pages: 352 pages, 40 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556527210
ISBN
9781556527210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.51

Paperback. Having crisscrossed the globe twice, Ted returns to the British Isles to rediscover the country of his youth. The result is a revealing portrait of modern Britain and a witty, affectionate journey back to the past, when Ted would hitchhike across the country visiting friends (and girlfriends). Num Pages: 256 pages, Section: 32, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349122618
ISBN
9780349122618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. * The sequel to the classic travel book JUPITER'S TRAVELS, which sold over half a million copies and was the inspiration for the LONG WAY ROUND trip Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, colour pix. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119601
ISBN
9780349119601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

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

€ 31.99
€ 27.31

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
€ 17.57

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
€ 17.47

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
€ 11.88

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
€ 13.39

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
€ 11.06

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
€ 25.68

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

€ 92.66

Paperback. This collection of stories toasts the warmth and wonders of the wine world as essayists offer tantalizing tales of wine, travel, and friendship across the globe. Illustrations. Series: Body & Soul S. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: WBXD1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Travelers' Tales, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885211804
ISBN
9781885211804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.06

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
€ 38.32

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
€ 21.51

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