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Paperback. From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers, to the Gulf of Guinea where the sea blazes with oil flares, across two continents and fourteen countries - this epic journey is nothing to swallows. This work follows the swallows from reed beds in South Africa, where millions roost in February, to a barn in Wales, where a pair nest in May. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: WNCB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526315
ISBN
9780099526315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Britain is a nation of bird-lovers. However, few of us fully appreciate the sheer scale, variety and drama of our avian life. The author takes us to some of the great avian gatherings that occur around the British isles - from ravens in Anglesey and raptors on the Wirral, to Kent nightingales and Scottish capercallies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WNCB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846044809
ISBN
9781846044809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007367900
ISBN
9780007367900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212. Memories of Argentina's Nightmare. 150 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WTL. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 11. Weight: 212.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011345
ISBN
9781906011345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. A lush evocation of Tuscan life and food by the author of 'A THOUSAND DAYS IN VENICE'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group London
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081530
ISBN
9781844081530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. Doreen Ingrams and her husband were the first Europeans ever to live in the Hadhramaut, an extraordinary, isolated region of southern Arabia. Married to an Arabic-speaking British official, she arrived by boat, and during their ten-year residency travelled throughout the region by camel and donkey. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JJG; BJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244. Living in Yemen's Hadhramant in the 1930s. 176 pages. Doreen Ingrams and her husband were the first Europeans ever to live in the Hadhramaut, an extraordinary, isolated region of southern Arabia. Married to an Arabic-speaking British official, she arrived by boat, and during their ten-year residency travelled throughout the region by camel and donkey. This book tells her story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JJG; BJ; WTL. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 13. Weight: 244.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011802
ISBN
9781906011802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. Richard Twiss' "A Tour in Ireland in 1775", published in the following year, was a controversial book. It enraged the Irish public through its unflattering representation of Ireland and its inhabitants. This book includes a collection of poems in opposition to the book. Editor(s): Finnegan, Rachel. Series: Classics of Irish History. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; DCF; WTLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 119 x 186 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558903
ISBN
9781904558903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

Paperback. Tourist in the Arab Spring - Travel literature and holiday reads by Tom Chesshyre describes a lay tourist's experiences in post-revolution countries and sites. Featuring humourous and often harrowing stories, this narrative explores old and new tourist sites Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, the struggles of ordinary people trying to survive this new era. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp colour, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBL; 1HBT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). 256 pages, 8pp colour, 1 map. In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, war reporters rushed to publish accounts of the uprising. The author took a different approach - he jumped on a plane and became the first to return to the region as a tourist. In this book, he presents a street-level tale of a lay traveller's journey through lands fresh from revolution. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBL; 1HBT; WTL. Dimension: 200 x 134 x 18. Weight: 292.
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841624754
ISBN
9781841624754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. As lively and winning as Peter Mayle s A YEAR IN PROVENCE and Sarah Turnbull s ALMOST FRENCH, A TOWN LIKE PARIS evokes the beauty, delights, and charms of Paris for an ever-eager audience of armchair travellers. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Hachette Australia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
KRD0000092
ISBN
9780733623486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Gijsbert Heeck (1619-1669) was a medicinal specialist with the Dutch East India Company (VOC). His journal is based on the daily notes he made during his third trip to the East. This volume carries the selections from his journal that deal with Siam, accompanied by the original Dutch text. Translator(s): Terwiel, Barend Jan. Num Pages: 32 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JD; HBJF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9789749511350
ISBN
9789749511350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.80

Paperback. A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007367870
ISBN
9780007367870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910745328
ISBN
9781910745328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. In 1968, nine men - six Englishmen, two Frenchmen and an Italian - set out to try, a race born of coincidence of their timing. One didn't even know how to sail. This is a true story of the inaugural 1968 Golden Globe sailing race: the first single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; WSB; WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846684432
ISBN
9781846684432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Part travelogue, part natural history, and part documentary, this title is the record of three friends' journey from the Panhandle to Granbury - a 450-mile walk across West Texas. Num Pages: 186 pages, 31 b&w illustrations, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653631
ISBN
9780875653631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; HBJD1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910745359
ISBN
9781910745359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There), Bill Bryson set off to hike the Appalachian Trail, the longest continuous footpath in the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 1KBBF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784161446
ISBN
9781784161446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

paperback. Explorer, novelist, writer and film-maker, Sir Laurens van der Post was one of the most influential figures of our era. Here, in conversation with Jean-Marc Pottiez, he records his ideas and insights into a wide range of issues and personalities, forged by a lifetime of vast experiences and challenges. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428725
ISBN
9780099428725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. In the late summer of 1839, Thoreau and his older brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's death in 1842, Thoreau began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion. This is the story of a river journey depicting the early years of his spiritual and artistic growth. Editor(s): Hovde, Carl F.; Howarth, William L.; Witherell, Elizabeth Hall. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 440 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; WN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118789
ISBN
9780691118789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. Thirty woman travellers share their true-life tales of solo adventures from around the world. Inspiring, original and wholly engrossing. Editor(s): Conlon, Faith; Emerick, Ingrid; De Tessan, Christina Henry. Series: Adventura Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Seal Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580050593
ISBN
9781580050593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.19

Hardcover. Set primarily on a plantation called Arcadia, overlooking the sea and a distant Cuba from on high, the author alternates between the acceptable pursuits of a Victorian gentlewoman - sewing, social visits, riding - and trying to find a more meaningful role for herself in this man's world. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011833
ISBN
9781906011833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. An insider's account of the Saami reindeer hunters of Swedish Lapland. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJ; BG; JHM; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295980379
ISBN
9780295980379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrationsmap. BIC Classification: 1HBM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252. 192 pages, Illustrationsmap. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBM; WTL. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 14. Weight: 246.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871088
ISBN
9780907871088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. Peter Mayle and his wife did what most of us only imagine doing when they made their long-cherished dream of a life abroad a reality: throwing caution to the wind, they bought a glorious two hundred year-old farmhouse in the Luberon Valley and began a new life. This work lets you discover the joys of French rural living. Illustrator(s): Clancy, Judith. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140296037
ISBN
9780140296037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.77

paperback. Offers a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely places, of memory woven into the present, and of a joyous sense of quest. This book brings to the page the curiosity of an intrepid explorer, remarkable insights into the wonder of the everyday, and a compelling narrative style that entertains as it informs. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780857502407
ISBN
9780857502407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 10.45

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