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Paperback. Encircling London like a noose, the M25 is a road to nowhere, but when the author sets out to walk this asphalt loop - keeping within the 'acoustic footprints' - he is determined to find out where the journey will lead him. This book deals with the author's voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts of the city. Num Pages: 592 pages, colour illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; RPT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141014746
ISBN
9780141014746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, and they're trying for a baby - she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FKA; 1FMN; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 272. 8vo.clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0262424
ISBN
9780747585664
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

Paperback. The author's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In this book, he deals with Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Series: Bryson. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; WH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784161828
ISBN
9781784161828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Hardcover. Illustrated with unpublished photographs and other personal materials from the author, this book is a record of a journey one that with rising temperatures and Arctic ice melt will probably never be repeated. Num Pages: 240 pages, 157 illustrations, 86 in colour. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JJPK; AJCR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 278 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500252147
ISBN
9780500252147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.23

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638683
ISBN
9781902638683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Tony Anderson set out in the summer of 1998 to walk through Georgia. He wanted particularly to visit the Georgian mountain tribes - Tush, Khevsurs, Ratchuelians and Svans - to discover if they shared a common mountain culture, and to test the old idea of the Caucasus as an impenetrable barrier from sea to sea. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099437871
ISBN
9780099437871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. * Nick Thorpe learns how to let go in this often funny, often moving search for calm, out now in paperback Num Pages: 272 pages, Section: 8, b&w. BIC Classification: BM; VS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 123 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349120850
ISBN
9780349120850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Takes us on a tour of the author's favourite city: Austin. This work includes a bunch of stuff, from descriptions of Austin's notable trees and directions to skinny-dipping sites to lists of haunted places and quizzes and puzzles. Num Pages: 144 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 4. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099490562
ISBN
9780099490562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486795737
ISBN
9780486795737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Inspired by views and romantic dreams of finding love in the mountains, the author impulsively buys a house in the French Pyrenees. Here, he plans to finally fulfil his childhood fantasy of mastering the piano, untroubled by the problems of the world. This book shares his experience on how not to buy a house in France. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091903336
ISBN
9780091903336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Was George Mallory the first man to reach the summit of Everest? Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding embark on a death-defying expedition to find out Num Pages: 272 pages, 2x8pp. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; BT; WSZG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719524929
ISBN
9780719524929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 117 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910266304
ISBN
9781910266304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Louis Theroux's hilarious and thought-provoking journey through weird America Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pan
Condition
New
SKU
9780330435703
ISBN
9780330435703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.70

Paperback. Describes day-to-day life in the camps where hundreds of children are living in squalor while a handful of dedicated volunteers do their best to feed and care for them, attempting to keep disease at bay with limited resources. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781906011642
ISBN
9781906011642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Describes the author's various journeys by air, by bicycle and on foot into the remote and mountainous Lantang region on the border of Tibet. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781906011659
ISBN
9781906011659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. In 1966 Dervla Murphy travelled the length and breadth of Ethopia, first on a mule, Jock, whom she named after her publisher, and later on a recalcitrant donkey. The remarkable achievement was not surviving three armed robberies or the thousand-mile trail, but the gradual growth of affection for and understanding of another race. Num Pages: 237 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781906011673
ISBN
9781906011673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.01

Paperback. For the 70s child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of CentreParcs or the sophistication of a Tuscan villa. They meant being crammed into a car with Grandma and heading to the coast. This is a reminder of just what it was like to spend your summer holidays cold, damp but with sand between your toes. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSZR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780091926793
ISBN
9780091926793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.94

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. Lopez's journey across our frozen planet is a celebration of the Arctic in all its guises. A hostile landscape of ice, freezing oceans and dazzling skyscapes. Home to millions of diverse animals and people. The stage to massive migrations by land, sea and air. The setting of epic exploratory voyages. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1MTN; WN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099583455
ISBN
9780099583455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Explores the Grecian countryside with his friend Lawrence Durrell in 1939. In this book, the author describes drinking from sacred springs, nearly being trampled to death by sheep and encountering the flamboyant Greek poet Katsumbalis, who 'could galvanize the dead with his talk'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141980546
ISBN
9780141980546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. What makes a nation happy? Is one country's sense of happiness the same as another's? This travel book evaluates each country's different sense of happiness. It shows how the author in his quest to find the world's happiest places, eats rotten Icelandic shark, meditates in Bangalore, and drinks himself into a stupor in Reykjavik. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552775083
ISBN
9780552775083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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. Three years into his solo adventure in rural France, Michael Wright has everything he ever wanted: a ramshackle house, several manly power tools, a cat, a grand piano and a vintage aircraft. Yet the lovelier his life becomes, the lonelier he feels. Three unfulfilled wishes return to haunt him. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrated map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
New
SKU
9780553819380
ISBN
9780553819380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The author crosses eight time zones and covers 10,000 miles in an attempt to get to the beating heart of the Russia. This is a personal odyssey and a mesmerizing account of a country undergoing economic, cultural and political change. Num Pages: 624 pages, col. Illustrations, maps, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
BBC Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781846076732
ISBN
9781846076732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 17.25

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