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Travel writing

Paperback. Through memorable encounters with ordinary Italians - conductors and ticket collectors, priests and prostitutes, scholars and lovers, gypsies and immigrants, this title captures what makes Italian life distinctive. Num Pages: 288 pages, map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DST; WGF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099584254
ISBN
9780099584254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Acclaimed journalist Steve Boggan goes in search of precious metal Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; TTU; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780748603
ISBN
9781780748603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.38

Paperback. Arguably the original sailing classic, this beautifully produced edition includes new maps and a foreword by a high-profile sailor. Series: Adlard Coles Maritime Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, New maps and classic black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTM; WSSN3; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472921918
ISBN
9781472921918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Lady Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was described by a contemporary, as 'one of the most extraordary shining characters in the world..'. Her newly edited letters tell of her travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 2AB; BG; BJ; JFC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853816796
ISBN
9781853816796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

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. Tom Chesshyre has made it his mission to experience the world through train travel - on both epic and everyday rail routes, aboard every type of train, from colonial steam locomotives to high-tech bullet trains. Join him on a whistle-stop tour of some of the most exhilarating journeys around the globe, from Sri Lanka to Tehran and beyond. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: WGF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Summersdale Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849538268
ISBN
9781849538268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. A great of twentieth century literature, now known to generations for A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water. Num Pages: 416 pages, one drawing. BIC Classification: 1KJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Hodder Hb
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566844
ISBN
9780719566844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. To walk on remnants of the storied Appian Way, from Rome to Italy, is to walk in the footsteps of ghosts. In this book, the author is our guide to those ghosts - and the layers of history they represent. It takes us on a trek with him back in time, to the campaigns of Garibaldi, the revolt of Spartacus, and the glory days of Imperial Rome. Series: Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel. Num Pages: 136 pages, 24 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAR; HBLA1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142999
ISBN
9780226142999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.45

paperback. How does an Italian become Italian? Or an Englishman English, for that matter? Are foreigners born, or made? The author focuses on his own young children in the small village near Verona where he lives, building a picture of the contemporary Italian family at school, at home, at work, and at play. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286967
ISBN
9780099286967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Joshsua Slocum spent a lifetime at sea. He ran away from his Nova Scotia home at the age of 14 and for the next 35 years he sailed the world holding every shipboard rank. Series: Stanfords Travel Classics. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; WSSN3; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909612600
ISBN
9781909612600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447276272
ISBN
9781447276272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. A glorious fusion of scholarship, history and imagination: mountainous Greece by the master traveller and writer who brought you A TIME OF GIFTS. Num Pages: 336 pages, frontispiece and map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566912
ISBN
9780719566912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Quartet Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780704374348
ISBN
9780704374348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. The improbable but thrilling story of how a Colorado farm boy built a navy, how a decrepit ocean liner learned to be a hospital, and how a boat load of volunteers are literally changing the face of the world .. one face at a time. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BTP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Paperback Edition - Later Printing
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division London
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KNW0009122
ISBN
9780340863367
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Adrien Niyonshuti is a member of the Rwandan cycling team. Adrien was seven years old when he lost his family in the 1994 genocide that tore Rwanda apart. Almost twenty years later he has a shot at representing his country at the Olympics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; WSQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Yellow Jersey Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224091770
ISBN
9780224091770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. In March 1958, a Chinese woman learns that her husband, an idealistic army doctor, has died whilst serving in Tibet. Determined to know what has happened to him, she sets off to join his regiment. To her horror, she walks into a bloody conflict, with the Chinese subject to terrifying attacks from Tibetan guerrillas. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGA; BTP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Number of pages
176
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461937
ISBN
9780099461937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307885944
ISBN
9780307885944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback.
Publisher
Eye Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903070826
ISBN
9781903070826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. The James Caird is an unlikely hero, a 23-foot lifeboat that completed the most desperate and celebrated open boat voyage in history. On board were some of the most recognised names in Antarctic and Polar history. This is the story of that little boat from its commissioning to its dramatic escape to its final resting place at Dulwich College. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJ; HBTM; WGG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892125
ISBN
9781848892125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.57

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
€ 11.52

Paperback. Set against Argentina's turbulent years following the collapse of the corrupt Peronist regime, this is the story of Juan Salvador the penguin, rescued by Tom from an oil slick in Uruguay just days before a new term. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; BM; WNGK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405921800
ISBN
9781405921800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. The author buys an elephant named Tara and rides her over six hundred miles across India to the Sonepur Mela, the world's oldest elephant market. From Bhim, a drink-racked mahout, Shand learned to ride and care for her. From his friend Aditya Patankar he learned Indian ways. And with Tara, his new companion, he fell in love. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270. 208 pages. The author buys an elephant named Tara and rides her over six hundred miles across India to the Sonepur Mela, the world's oldest elephant market. From Bhim, a drink-racked mahout, Shand learned to ride and care for her. From his friend Aditya Patankar he learned Indian ways. And with Tara, his new companion, he fell in love. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 13. Weight: 266.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011697
ISBN
9781906011697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. An astonishingly prescient, beautifully written and deeply humane new work of non-fiction from one of our greatest living writers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330472043
ISBN
9780330472043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.28

Paperback. Comedian and bestselling author, Tony Hawks, is embarking on his greatest adventure yet - moving from city life in London to deepest Devon in the West Country. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WH; WND; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444794809
ISBN
9781444794809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

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