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Travel writing

Hardback. Cambridge, 1961. A group of students set off on the trip of a lifetime. Against the backdrop of the Cold War they travel through the Soviet Union to the Middle East, South Asia and on to Africa. Their mode of transport? The iconic VW Kombi. This book tells the story of that trip and the many experiences that they encountered along the way. Num Pages: 304 pages, 100 bw integrated, 12 colour in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 181 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1240.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763767
ISBN
9781780763767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 54.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps; 16-page black and white photo insert. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJP; BM; HBJD; HBW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 274 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812986624
ISBN
9780812986624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Lst Ed
SKU
V9780062512239
ISBN
9780062512239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.13

Paperback. In this text Robert Gibbings follows the Seine, starting at its source near Dijon on its course as it develops from a tranquil stream into the mighty waterway that links Rouen to the sea. The journey takes different forms: on foot, in a tiny boat, and on a boat used for transporting books. Series: Lost & Found S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 55 engravings. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Signal Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902669571
ISBN
9781902669571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.35

paperback. A modern homage to a proud, cosmopolitan city, where geniuses like Picasso and Miro learned how to break the rules. Robert Hughes takes us down the Ramblas through the "intestinal windings" of the ancient gothic quarter, past the bountiful Boqueria market to the Eixample. Num Pages: 688 pages, 40 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781860468247
ISBN
9781860468247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Written by Robert Lloyd Praeger, Ireland's greatest field botanist and published in 1937, this enduring celebration of the Irish landscape is the result of five years of weekends spent walking a mazy 5,000 miles across hills and bogs, swimming through flooded caverns, sifting fossil bones and exploring cattle-trampled tombs. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 35. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Gill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848891944
ISBN
9781848891944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson was suffering from poor health, struggling to survive on the income derived from his writings, and tormented by his infatuation with Fanny Osbourne, a married American woman. His response was to embark on journeys through Cevennes and America where he wrote 'Travels With a Donkey' and 'The Amateur Emigrant'. Editor(s): MacLachlan, Christopher. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439464
ISBN
9780141439464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, this book discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire our imaginations. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141030586
ISBN
9780141030586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Translator(s): Kline, T. Jefferson. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FV; FYT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KOC0004122
ISBN
9781782270447
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tells a story of the narrator, his son Chris and their month-long motorcycle odyssey from Minnesota to California profoundly affected an entire generation. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099786405
ISBN
9780099786405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, which becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions of how to live. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099598169
ISBN
9780099598169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.76

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WBXD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 239 x 31. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607747543
ISBN
9781607747543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 20.96

Paperback. A brilliant and captivating insight into the bizarre nature of contemporary Japan. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; WSTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753808580
ISBN
9780753808580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Further adventures in extreme (and not so extreme) sports, from the bestselling author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: WH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753813782
ISBN
9780753813782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Robert Twigger goes to the Far East in search of the world's longest snake - 'echoes of Gerald Durrell's trips crossed with Redmond O'Hanlon's foray into the heart of Borneo .. a fantastic book' DAILY MAIL Num Pages: 320 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1FM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753808573
ISBN
9780753808573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSC; BT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KTG0005887
ISBN
9781574091335
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In Palermo, Robert Alajmo lays out a compelling series of reflections on the city's apparently endless facets. Disguised as a tourist's handbook but written from the view of a lifelong resident - with all the experience, affection, inside knowledge and frustrations that entails - Alajmo offers more than the ordinary recommendations for travellers. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909961494
ISBN
9781909961494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Aims to get to the truth of Marco Polo's claims. Covering his early life, his extraordinary twenty-four-year Asian epic and his reception in Italy on his return, this book places the intrepid Venetian in context, historically and geographically. Num Pages: 320 pages, . BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; BG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750934213
ISBN
9780750934213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. Turreted fairytale peaks, glistening snowfields, waterfalls plunging over immense cliffs into the sea, a million tons of ice capsizing - this is the setting for this work, which is an account of a kayak trip along the west coast of Greenland, paddling about 150 miles of coastline in the Nuuk fjords area. Num Pages: 128 pages, 16pp colour section. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; WSSN5; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 241 x 9. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904445319
ISBN
9781904445319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.63

Paperback. In 1996 Roger Deakin, the late, great nature writer, set out to swim through the British Isles. This is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam, and an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; WSSC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781784700065
ISBN
9781784700065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. This volume is a collection of travel writing celebrating friendship and the chance encounters that unexpectedly enrich our lives, which shows the diversity of the modern Islamic world and the way in which it continues to inspire, bemuse and enrich the Western imagination. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955010507
ISBN
9780955010507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.23

Hardback. In 1974 Roland Barthes travelled in China as part of a small delegation of distinguished French philosophers and literary figures. They arrived in China just as the last stage of the Cultural Revolution was getting underway - the campaign to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650807
ISBN
9780745650807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring through the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland as far west as the islands of Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Inchkenneth and Iona. Here, they paint a picture of a society which was still almost unknown to the Europe of the Enlightenment. Editor(s): Black, Ronald. Num Pages: 640 pages, 16pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 562. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour. 640 pages, 16pp illustrations. Editor(s): Black, Ronald. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring through the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland as far west as the islands of Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Inchkenneth and Iona. Here, they paint a picture of a society which was still almost unknown to the Europe of the Enlightenment. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; WTLC. Dimension: 147 x 198 x 43. Weight: 562.
Publisher
Birlinn General
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780270319
ISBN
9781780270319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

paperback. In the 1960s, hundreds of thousands of young Westerners, inspired by Kerouac and the Beatles, blazed the 'hippie trail' overland from Istanbul to Kathmandu in search of enlightenment and a bit of cheap dope. This work retraces the path of the once well-worn 'hippie trail' from Turkey to Iran, Afghanistan to Pakistan, and from India to Nepal. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015958
ISBN
9780141015958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

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