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Travel writing

Paperback. It had never been done before. Not in 4000 years of Japanese recorded history had anyone followed the Cherry Blossom Front from one end of the country to the other. Nor had anyone hitchhiked the length of Japan. But, heady on sakura and sake, the author bet he could do both. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244. 352 pages, maps. It had never been done before. Not in 4000 years of Japanese recorded history had anyone followed the Cherry Blossom Front from one end of the country to the other. Nor had anyone hitchhiked the length of Japan. But, heady on sakura and sake, the author bet he could do both. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WTL. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight: 288.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841952888
ISBN
9781841952888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. A re-issue of the original classic in which P.J. O'Rourke takes on the role of tour guide with hilarious results. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264. 352 pages. A re-issue of the original classic in which P.J. O'Rourke takes on the role of tour guide with hilarious results. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WH; WTL. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight: 260.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855791
ISBN
9781611855791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. In July 2005, Robert Macfarlane and Roger Deakin travelled to explore the holloways of South Dorset's sandstone. They found their way into a landscape of shadows, spectres & great strangeness. Six years later, after Roger Deakin's early death, Robert Macfarlane returned to the holloway. The book is about those journeys and that landscape. Illustrator(s): Donwood, Stanley. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKEWT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 150 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571310661
ISBN
9780571310661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.64

Paperback. Written with deep knowledge and affection, Homage to Barcelona is a sensuous and beguiling portrait of a great Mediterranean city. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176 224pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Picador
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
9780330373562
ISBN
9780330373562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.38

Hardcover. Gives a description of the individual steps of the "Odyssey", starting in troy and finishing in Ithaca. This title includes the countries of Turkey, Tunisia, Malta, Italy and of course Greece. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Series: Red Books. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1QRM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 122 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791392
ISBN
9781905791392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Ng, Lee Po. Num Pages: 220 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Blacksmith Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881900319
ISBN
9789881900319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Taking one event from each decade of the twentieth century, the author visits the places where history happened and still echoes down the years. He goes in search of the days that shaped the Britain we live in today. He goes to Orgreave and Windsor, Wembley and Wootton Bassett, assembling a unique cast of Britons along the way. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091926496
ISBN
9780091926496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. One man's search for the beer that built the British Empire: the original IPA Num Pages: 356 pages, map. BIC Classification: WBXD2; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330511865
ISBN
9780330511865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. A delightful and moving homage to the 'most beautiful house in Taormina, Sicily' and the colourful people of the local community by the modest, independent and generous woman who has inhabited it for over fifty years Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 8, Colour. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860496486
ISBN
9781860496486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. FOREWORD BY SIR RANULPH FIENNES Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WTD; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 207 x 12. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845284909
ISBN
9781845284909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. The word 'off-grid' refers to places or people without mains water, power or phone line. Off-grid locations can range from private islands to tree-houses. All are outside or in between the criss-crossing lines of power, water and phone that delineate the civilised world. This book is about that physical sense of off-grid. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: RNT; WK; WSZV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Bantam
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553818192
ISBN
9780553818192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Peter Allison brought you Don't Run, Whatever You Do & Don't Look Behind You. How to Walk a Puma is Peter's fascinating and often hilarious account of his adventures and misadventures in South America. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; WNC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288. And Other Things I Learned While Stumbling Through South America. 264 pages, Illustrationsstrations, map. Peter Allison brought you Don't Run, Whatever You Do & Don't Look Behind You. How to Walk a Puma is Peter's fascinating and often hilarious account of his adventures and misadventures in South America. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLS; WNC; WTL. Dimension: 136 x 216 x 18. Weight: 292.
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857885668
ISBN
9781857885668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. When author first left his country village aged nineteen, he discovered a delight in the outside world that remained undiminished throughout his writing life. In this book, he brings together pieces including recollections of his Gloucestershire childhood celebrated in Cider With Rosie. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241237175
ISBN
9780241237175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. It's 1989, and the author and her best friend Dee head to the USA to make their fortune. But completely inept and virtually unemployable, they discover that they can't even get a job in McDonald's. This title tells the story of how the hapless pair made it back alive to tell the disastrous tale. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091935962
ISBN
9780091935962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

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. 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. 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. Offers a journey through the 21st century's warzones and hotspots in the company of the intrepid Mueller who asks awkward questions of perpetrators, victims and optimists alike. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271519
ISBN
9781846271519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Ibn Battuta was famous in his own lifetime during the 14th Century as the greatest traveller of the age. Here, the author reviews Ibn Battuta's journeys and discusses the major themes of his travels. He also examines the financing of Ibn Battuta's adventures, and how geography and natural history are presented by him. Series: Makers of Islamic Civilization. Num Pages: 160 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845113940
ISBN
9781845113940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.16

Paperback. An important document about Black Africa written by a non-European medieval historian. He wrote disapprovingly of sexual integration in families and of hostility toward the white man. His description is a document of the high culture, pride, and independence of Black African states in the fourteenth century. Editor(s): Hamdun, Said. Translator(s): King, Noel Quinton. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3H; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Markus Wiener Pub
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Expanded edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558763364
ISBN
9781558763364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.84

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