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Travel writing

Paperback. A title, in which, the millennia of mercantile and cultural exchange along the Silk Route are celebrated by travellers and writers from Marco Polo to Sven Hedin, from William of Rubrick to Ella Maillart Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011840
ISBN
9781906011840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Catching up with her 11 fellows of the Gladys Society - formed at her high school in New York by those taking part in a production of "The Skin of Our Teeth" - Sandi Toksvig took a journey through the States. The result is part memoir, part travel journal, and a portrait of American women today. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group London
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751533286
ISBN
9780751533286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. A sea-faring 'prequel' to "Driving Over Lemons". Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Sort of Books
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956003843
ISBN
9780956003843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. * Strong ecological themes plus a romantic dream fulfilled in this autobiographical account by the famous Kon-Tiki explorer. Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349109879
ISBN
9780349109879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. The early seventeenth-century traveler Thomas Coryate's five-month tour of Western Europe culminated in Coryats Crudities, one of the strangest travelogues published in early modern England. This edition abridges Crudities' more than 900 pages to a manageable size, focusing on episodes most likely to be of interest to students. Editor(s): Palmer, Philip S. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Broadview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
abridged edition annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554813230
ISBN
9781554813230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.51

Paperback. That place is one of the most mysterious and oldest inhabited landscapes in the world, the islands of Aran off the west coast of Ireland. This title explores desolate, storm-lashed, limestone rocks, which have already haunted generations of Irish writers, and takes the form of a clockwise journey around the coast. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 33. Weight in Grams: 448.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571241040
ISBN
9780571241040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. A biography of five intrepid women who, by travelling abroad and working as governesses in Russia, achieved an intellectual dignity, a purpose and an authority which was denied them in their homeland. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJC; 3JJF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340. English Governesses Before, During and After the October Revolution. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. A biography of five intrepid women who, by travelling abroad and working as governesses in Russia, achieved an intellectual dignity, a purpose and an authority which was denied them in their homeland. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJC; 3JJF; WTLC. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight: 340.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011499
ISBN
9781906011499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. A compendium of travel writing from a master traveller. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, it celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe by collecting the best writing on travel from the books that shaped the author, as a reader and a traveller. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044262
ISBN
9780141044262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. GALWAY Deals with the people, places and history of south Connemara - one of Ireland's last Gaelic-speaking enclaves - with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer and the grace of a born writer. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. T
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780141049595
ISBN
9780141049595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Desert Winds Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953232451
ISBN
9780953232451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Bohls, Elizabeth A.; Duncan, Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537525
ISBN
9780199537525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1H; BGA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Eye Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903070857
ISBN
9781903070857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Hardcover. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393246858
ISBN
9780393246858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.64

Paperback. Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. This book gives us an acute and perceptive insight into all that is best and worst about Britain today. Series: Bryson. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552779838
ISBN
9780552779838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. In 1938 Graham Greene was commissioned to visit Mexico to discover the state of the country and its people in the aftermath of the brutal anti-clerical purges of President Calles. His journey took him through the tropical states of Chiapas and Tabasco, where all the churches had been destroyed or closed and the priests driven out or shot. Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286240
ISBN
9780099286240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. Crackles with poker-faced wit and stylistic brilliance The light lash of Lewis's humour and his sniffer-dog's nose for the oddball remain undiminished. - The Guardian Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780600086
ISBN
9781780600086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. Discover Europe with the 'Only In' Guides! These ground breaking city guides are for independent cultural travellers wishing to escape the crowds and understand cities from different and unusual perspectives. Unique locations, hidden corners and unusual objects. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
The Urban Explorer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9783950366211
ISBN
9783950366211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DN; WB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970993
ISBN
9781907970993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. This book shows the reality of Stanley's life - his trans-Africa journey, a human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JH; BGH; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221035
ISBN
9780571221035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.56

Paperback. In the tiny borderlands of Istria and Italy, from the forests of Monte Nevoso, to the hidden valleys of the Tyrol, to a Trieste cafe, this book pieces together a mosaic of stories - comic, tragic, picaresque, nostalgic - from life's minor characters. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871307
ISBN
9781784871307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Fancy rafting across the Atlantic? Famous traveller requires 3 crew. Must be OAP. Serious adventurers only. Num Pages: 208 pages, same plate section as HB - no LS help required. BIC Classification: 1QSA; BTP; WSSN3; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472121134
ISBN
9781472121134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. This is the 'fascinating and charming' (Spectator) account of two trips, one glimpsing the future of travel, one revisiting its past. It is the story of a tour that changed both Switzerland and the world of travel forever. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857886511
ISBN
9781857886511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. Looks at the multi-faceted nature of New Orleans, a city replete with contradictions. Featuring 22 full-color two-page-spread maps, this title plumbs the depths of this major tourist destination, pivotal scene of American history and culture and, most recently, site of monumental disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. Num Pages: 176 pages, 39 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 303 x 15. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274044
ISBN
9780520274044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

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