Travel writing
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Travel writing
Hardcover. As a first-time visitor to London, De Amicis was awestruck by the bustle and magnificence of the Victorian metropolis and wrote a number of sketches in his trademark witty, observational style, which made him one of the best-selling travel writers of his age. First ever translation into English. Translator(s): Parkin, Stephen. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493262
- ISBN
- 9781847493262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
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Paperback. Features a three-generational family holiday in Cuba. This book also builds a complex picture of a people struggling to retain their identity in the face of insistent hostility, and to stand against the all-but-overwhelming fire-power of capitalism. Num Pages: 421 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 421
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011468
- ISBN
- 9781906011468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
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€ 14.72
Paperback. In 1933, the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana. This title presents a record of his adventures and an account of the architectural treasures of a region. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523888
- ISBN
- 9780099523888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
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€ 11.80
Paperback. The most authorative book available on Chile, now updated with a new 5,000-word introduction. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349120010
- ISBN
- 9780349120010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
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€ 11.86
Paperback. Features recollections of the author's experiences prospecting for gold, speculating in timber, and writing for a succession of small Western newspapers during the 1860s. Editor(s): Hill, Hamlin. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- 16th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140390100
- ISBN
- 9780140390100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. Tim Mackintosh-Smith continues in the footsteps of Moroccan traveller Ibn Battutah, revealing the rich tales of an India far off the beaten path of Taj and Raj Illustrator(s): Yeoman, Martin. Num Pages: 352 pages, line drawings and maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719565878
- ISBN
- 9780719565878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796) is both an arresting travel book and a personal memoir. In it Wollstonecraft describes the sublime landscape and the events and people she encounters. This edition includes reviews, additional letters, and documents on the background to the journey. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, one map. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1DNN; 1DNS; 3JF; BJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199230631
- ISBN
- 9780199230631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. BIC Classification: DQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Granta Magazine
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909889033
- ISBN
- 9781909889033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.17
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€ 17.17
Paperback. Covers Britain in the early eighteenth century. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430660
- ISBN
- 9780140430660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardback. A collection of writings from the early half of the twentieth century that remind us of the many connections between Britain and the Balkans over the centuries - of Tennyson, Disraeli, Lord Fitzmaurice, Aubrey Herbert and Margaret Hasluck. It offers a picture of the Balkans in the early twentieth century. Editor(s): Elsie, Robert; Destani, Bejtullah D. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848857100
- ISBN
- 9781848857100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.28€ 54.65
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€ 54.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, 30 B&W photos, maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 114. .
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872866898
- ISBN
- 9780872866898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.18
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Paperback. The author has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. Whether discussing the strange appeal of breakfast pizza or the jaw-slackening direness of American TV, the author brings his brand of bemused wit to bear on that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life. Series: Bryson. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784161842
- ISBN
- 9781784161842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
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€ 11.88
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Reardon Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Centenary ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873877906
- ISBN
- 9781873877906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.41
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€ 50.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 331 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 192 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Interlink Publishing Group, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566566452
- ISBN
- 9781566566452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.54
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Paperback. Will Ferguson has spent the past three years criss-crossing Canada: in a helicopter above the barren-lands of the sub-arctic; in a canoe with his four-year old son; on seaplanes; and on the Underground Railroad. Delving into Canada's history and landscape along the way, this book is his personal tribute to a quirky and enthralling country. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Excursions in the Great Weird North. 352 pages, maps. Will Ferguson has spent the past three years criss-crossing Canada: in a helicopter above the barren-lands of the sub-arctic; in a canoe with his four-year old son; on seaplanes; and on the Underground Railroad. Delving into Canada's history and landscape along the way, this book is his personal tribute to a quirky and enthralling country. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBC; WTL; WTM. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 22. Weight: 246.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841956909
- ISBN
- 9781841956909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.46
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€ 11.46
Paperback. A classic of travel writing, 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' is Eric Newby's iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 50th UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007367757
- ISBN
- 9780007367757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.38
€ 15.99
€ 11.38
Paperback. Cycling Home from Siberia author Rob Lilwall's unique adventure through freezing China from Mongolia to Hong Kong - this time on foot. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 x 8pp photo section and pen and ink chapter openers. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444745306
- ISBN
- 9781444745306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
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€ 13.35
Paperback. Peter, Matthew, Thomas, John: who were these men and their fellow Apostles? What was their relationship to Jesus? This book answers these questions in an unusual, erudite and fascinating book. It examines how the Apostles' identities took shape over the course of two millennia, and more. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571234752
- ISBN
- 9780571234752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
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Paperback. At the gateway to the Mediterranean lie the two Pillars of Hercules: Gibraltar and Ceuta, in Morocco. Paul Theroux decided to travel from one to the other taking the long way round. He travels by a dilapidated taxi, smoke-filled bus, bicycle and even a cruise-liner. This eventful tour aims to evoke the essence of Mediterranean life. Num Pages: 544 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140245332
- ISBN
- 9780140245332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
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Paperback. A small stone house deep among the olive groves of Liguria, going for the price of a dodgy second-hand car. Annie Hawes and her sister, on the spot by chance, have no plans whatsoever to move to the Italian Riviera but find naturally that it's an offer they can't refuse. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140294231
- ISBN
- 9780140294231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
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Hardback. A funny and heart-felt travel memoir, perfect for readers of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Colin Thubron. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408708521
- ISBN
- 9781408708521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.97
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€ 18.97
Paperback. Unpublished for 90 years, Agatha Christie's extensive and evocative letters and photographs from her year-long round-the-world trip to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America as part of the British trade mission for the famous 1924 Empire Exhibition. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJG; BJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007460687
- ISBN
- 9780007460687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
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Paperback. On ten strolls through some of the most interesting areas of London, this work explores the literary landscape of the capital. It introduces Shakespeare, Heine and Hogarth south of the river, finds Virginia Woolf and Lady Ottoline Morell in Bloomsbury, discovers Blake and Trollope in Westminster, and comes across John Keats in beautiful Hampstead. Series: Armchair Traveller. Num Pages: 224 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DSRC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906598730
- ISBN
- 9781906598730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.49
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Paperback. Find yourself plunged straight back into Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, feel the frozen ground of the Finno Russian war, the continent-wide Japanese invasion of China, the massacres in Java, the murderously naive intervention in Vietnam and the USA's dirty little wars in Central America. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780601052
- ISBN
- 9781780601052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23