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Travel writing

Hardback. A chronicle of poet and critic Christopher Merill's ten war-time journeys to the Balkans from the years 1992 through 1996. At once a travelogue, book of war reportage, and a biography of the imagination under siege, this narrative takes the reader along on the author's journey. Num Pages: 424 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3JJPR; BG; HBJD; JW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847698202
ISBN
9780847698202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. Kazakhstan is the most surprising country on earth, and certainly one of the most tolerant. The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; HBJF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861971098
ISBN
9781861971098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Re-examining the strange and ordinary world of air travel, one flight at a time. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WGM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782798187
ISBN
9781782798187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.03

Paperback. Takes readers on an expedition where the author traded the usual comforts and certainties for a real physical and mental challenge, with no mobile phone or other technological aids. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907973345
ISBN
9781907973345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. New York is one of the most photographed and talked about cities in the world. In this title, the author unearths much that is unexpected and unremembered in this metropolis where history is made on a daily basis. It helps you learn about the extraordinary people who built New York into one of the world's great cities in just 400 years. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785034688
ISBN
9781785034688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Takes you through the counties of England. This guide explores Saxon churches, reflective of simple faith; Norman churches with rugged arches and powerful pillars, stamping their authority, gothic churches with their soaring arches; Decorated and Perpendicular churches made glorious with Early English style and craftsmanship. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMN; HRCC2; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785036576
ISBN
9781785036576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Features facts and stories about thirteen traditional Welsh counties. This volume is packed full of legends, firsts, birthplaces, inventions and adventures. It also seeks out their heritage, their monuments, their memories and their secrets. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785031021
ISBN
9781785031021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Tour the tunnels under downtown Portland. See Frances Gabe's famous 1940's Self-cleaning house. Look into strange local customs like the I-Tit-a-Rod Race and the Santa rampage. Learn how to talk like a local in a quick vocabulary lesson. This title walks the reader through the streets, sewers and local haunts of Portland, Oregon. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099464679
ISBN
9780099464679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. Artist, designer and photographer Claire Lloyd enjoyed a phenomenal career in London. When glandular fever struck a chance conversation led to the Greek island of Lesvos, where she found a sense of peace and the return of her creative drive. This book describes Claire's days in a village where a way of life has barely changed in thousands of years. Num Pages: 224 pages, Over 350 4-colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 262 x 25. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publisher
Clearview
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908337184
ISBN
9781908337184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. No Baggage is a memoir that will resonate with adventurers and homebodies alike-it's at once a romance, a travelogue, and a bright modern take on the ageold questions: how do you find the courage to explore beyond your comfort zone? And can you love someone without the need for commitment, or any expectations for the future? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Running Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Int
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762460045
ISBN
9780762460045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Last seen taking her beloved brown Burmese cat Claudius on a final tour of the United States, Clare de Vries now searches for the perfect replacement in Burma and Thailand. In Burma, Clare encounters brave and dignified people from all walks of life, struggling in this beautiful yet politically oppressed country. But no cats. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FMT; WNGC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New
SKU
KTM0000580
ISBN
9780747563846
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. During his life Claude Levi-Strauss travelled from wartime France to the Amazon basin and the dense upland jungles of Brazil, where he found 'human society reduced to its most basic expression'. This book details personal and cultural loss, connecting disparate fields of thought. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197548
ISBN
9780141197548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Burford Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580801393
ISBN
9781580801393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Guides the reader from the source of the Danube in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Sea. Along the way, the author raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments and in so doing sets his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the vital crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVW; HBJD; JFCX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 296 x 31. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871314
ISBN
9781784871314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. In the tiny borderlands of Istria and Italy, from the forests of Monte Nevoso, to the hidden valleys of the Tyrol, to a Trieste cafe, this book pieces together a mosaic of stories - comic, tragic, picaresque, nostalgic - from life's minor characters. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871307
ISBN
9781784871307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 101 b/w drawings. BIC Classification: WGCK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 37. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
Whitehorse Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781884313738
ISBN
9781884313738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.22

hardcover. A collection of photographs that are organized by continent. It features photographs including wind-ruffled sand dunes in Tunisia and the dance of lights on the Eiffel Tower at night. Num Pages: 352 pages, 500 Colour. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Glitterati Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780976585114
ISBN
9780976585114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.12

Hardback. Michael Clinton shares in his own words and with his own photographs his travels to the far corners of the globe and to visit 100 countries. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200 Colour. BIC Classification: AJC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 266 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Glitterati Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781576872246
ISBN
9781576872246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.44

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Glitterati Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780985169664
ISBN
9780985169664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.12

Paperback. A lost city called 'Z'; lethal jungles; death-filled rivers: the last trip of a legendary explorer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; WTLC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827901
ISBN
9780753827901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.14

Paperback. Mount Kailas is the most sacred of the world's mountains - holy to one fifth of humanity. Isolated beyond the central Himalayas, its summit has never been scaled, but for centuries the mountain has been ritually circled by Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims. This title tells the stories of exiles and of eccentric explorers from the West. Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HRLK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532644
ISBN
9780099532644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

paperback. Presents a history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966. Explaining how modern Damascus is rooted in immemoriable layers of culture and tradition, this work explores the historical, artistic, social and religious inheritance of the Damascenes with anecdotes about travellers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532293
ISBN
9780099532293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. For four months and five hundred miles the author walked the mountains of Lebanon, following tracks and rivers. His journey was not only a survey of a remarkable country, but a quest for the gods and divinities who held the secrets of death and rebirth in the land's ancient cults. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532286
ISBN
9780099532286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Presents an account of a solitary journey by car from St Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia. This book presents a revealing account of the habits and idiosyncrasies of a fascinating nation along with a sharp and insightful social commentary of Russian life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099459293
ISBN
9780099459293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

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