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'A beautiful and profound meditation on the way landscape shapes art and life. I was entranced by The White Birch , a book that comes close to encapsulating the vast...

Eileen Ramsay was at the centre of a unique period in yachting history, and this wonderful book, featuring her classic photography, celebrates an extraordinary woman and her extraordinary subjects. Eileen's...

The Rough Guide to Bali & Lombok is the perfect companion for exploring the cultural and natural richness of these beautiful places, with clear maps and up-to-date coverage of the...

Looking for a guidebook that isn't full of tired, lame, or even BS travel information? 101 Places to Get F*cked Up Before You Die brings together the most irreverent and...

Winner of the Writer's Digest 2019 Memoir of the Year Award Adam Fletcher's life hates him... That's how it feels since he lost his girlfriend of nine years, his confidence,...

In P.J. O'Rourke's classic best-seller, "Parliament of Whores," he attempted to explain the entire United States government. Now, in his most ambitious book since, he takes on an even broader...

The Adventurist is one man's story, a story that will change the way you think about travel, survival, where you have been, and where you are going. Enter the world...

A witty, affectionate and beautifully written account of Johnston's travels in 1990s Australia. After a long sojourn in China, Brian Johnston arrived in Cairns to join his sister on a...

Experience Lisbon the local way with this insider's guide Experience Lisbon the local way with this insider's guide Lisbon is picture-perfect, with its mosaicked tiles, bright yellow trams and plates...

An enigmatic island of towering mountains, timeless villages and chic seaside resorts, Corsica more than lives up to its moniker of the "Island of Beauty". Make the most of your...

An unbeatable, pocket-sized guide, designed to help you see the very best of Cancon and the Yucatan. Enjoy diving at the island of Cozumel, relax on the stunning white sands...

A photographic essay, this book explores the changes in light in Australia, from the subtle filtered glow of a rainforest to the harsh brilliance of the desert interior. The photographs...

A hilarious journey in search of the real North, northerners and northernness, from the bestselling author of Cider With Roadies A Northerner in exile, Stuart Maconie goes on a journey...

A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 BestsellerA Times bestsellerA Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024A Spectator Book of the Year What kind of country is England...

'The pace of this kind of travel has not much changed since Fogg set out in 1872. Trains may be a little faster, but there are certainly no high-speed rail...

This text is the story of these flowers which have persisted for centuries and of the unlikely band of experts who rescued them. Seeking the elusive roses from the East...

From the terra cotta and ocher of the Ionian Islands to the brilliant blues and whites of the Aegean, the villages of Greece and its islands are incomparable. The variety...

Near the southern tip of Africa, there is a mountain that does a conjuring trick with the biggest tablecloth on earth. In a sacred forest near the Limpopo river, there...

An account of Redmond O'Hanlon's four-month trip up the Orinico river and across the Amazon Basin. It includes details of the natural hazards which he encountered, some of which were...

The new book from the acclaimed author of The Crossing Place and The Bronski House. In Moscow, a man points on a map to the place where he was born....

From the siesta to fiesta, the lifeblood of the Caribbean is in the rhythms of the salsa, calypso and zouk. The author of this book left London for Trinidad seeking...

Delivering two 38-year-old Mississippi river tugboats halfway around the world from Bahrain to Trinidad would not be every ship master's dream employment. However, for Captain David Creamer, the seven-week voyage...

Travel to one of the most beautiful cities in the world in the company of its finest writers. Walk the mysterious nighttime streets of Prague with Franz Kafka and Jaroslav...

Grampian Battlefields covers a time-span of 1,661 years. It forms an exercise in historical reasoning an d historical imagination. '

' What transformed pure physical delight into something deeper was the fact that no-one had been here before...' Discover the fascinating stories of the men and women who have scaled...

Still the only English-language guide to the Faroe Islands, covering everything from succulent fish suppers to remote hideaways, the Bradt guide is the definitive source of information for visitors wishing...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "One of the best golf books this century." - Golf Digest Tom Coyne's A Course Called Scotland is a heartfelt and humorous celebration of his...

He has walked along the Great Wall in China, communed with a sign-language-speaking orang-utan in Borneo and taken psychoactive pharmaceuticals with a witch doctor in the depths of the Amazon...

All the articles are written by regular contributors to "Sail" magazine.

Charting the adventures of affable yet bumbling Nigel, looking for a place to renovate in the deepest Ardeche, this compelling, original and slightly bonkers tale sees him first foray to...

The full-color series for both domestic and overseas destinations designed for the independent traveler. The Discover Guides -- feature special essays that vividly reveal the spirit of each destination, --...

No longer do you need to be a hardy experienced outdoors person to enjoy camping. The beauty ofcamping today is that you can escape the material world and enjoy a...

We had climbed a mountain and crossed a pass; been wet, cold, hungry, frightened, and withal happy. One more Himalayan season was over. It was time to begin thinking of...

The specialty shopping districts of New York City-devoted to goods as diverse as flowers, buttons, and diamonds-are intriguing, sometimes intimidating, yet can provide some of the best shopping in the...