The Best Travel Writing

The book titled Northumberland by the author Nikolaus Pevsner. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'A formidable achievement' - Rory Stewart 'Thoughtful [and] heartfelt' - Observer 'Profound [and] compelling' - Spectator 'A noble endeavour' - New Statesman In 2020, Anthony Seldon, inspired by a fallen...

A collection of more than thirty essays covering all aspects of life along the shores of British Columbia, these are stories of small communities and the hardy people who have...

The book titled Visits to Monasteries in the Levant by the author Robert Curzon. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Valleys of the Assassins by the author Freya Stark. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Are they really turning the old atomic test site at Maralinga into a tourist park? Why did Gulflanders know 2011 was going to be a monster wet season? And what...

Norman Lewis's autobiography was originally published as "Jackdaw Cake" in 1985. It is now re-published with 50 new pages increasing in depth the story in the 1960s and 1970s, recording...

Now in a paperback edition, America's greatest literary naturalist takes readers on the ultimate wildlife safari: a true back-of-beyond voyage to the world's most unforgiving land, the islands off Antarctica's...

The book titled Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer by the author Richard Holmes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The first time Morris has written about himself since his autobiography "Animal Days" (1979). Desmond Morris wrote his autobiography "Animal Days" recounting his life up to 1967 when he published...

Washington, D.C. Then and Now presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution and history of America's capital city, from the dawn of photography in the mid-nineteenth century through to the...

The author has spent the last twelve months in Moscow, interviewing wherever he went, and everywhere finding people eager to exercise their new freedom to speak without fear. From their...

An American artist chronicles her life in Serbia. This is Emma Fick's illustrated journey through the weird, the fun and the unique adventures to be experienced across this small Balkan...

Edged by the fearsome Empty Quarter to the North, the Arabian Sea to the South and resting on layers of history that stretch back to the dawn of human civilisation,...

Photos and stories that will stop you in your tracks *Created in partnership with Outside magazine for its 40th anniversary *The gripping stories behind some of Outside's most iconic images....

A journey along the Great Wall in the past and present, this landmark volume presents an extraordinary portrait of the world's most famous man-made structure. Author/photographer William Lindesay spent three...

From bestselling author Michael Palin comes this remarkable travelogue and insightful biography of Hemingway -- a companion to the four-part PBS series of the same title. Long fascinated by Hemingway's...

Why We Travel asks why humans yearn to travel, what motivates us and what we can gain from venturing out into the world. INDEPENDENT BEST TRAVEL BOOK OF 2024 Good...

The book titled Eccentric Travellers by the author John Keay. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Unlike most writers, who give a European eye-view of a Turkey that mourns all that is lost, and consider it in the light of a holiday resort, this book explores...

This is television actress Carol Drinkwater's lyrical account of a new life in France; about her house, Appassionata, and the trials and tribulations of acquiring an olive farm, restoring it,...

A city of tropical heat, sweat, ramshackle beauty, and its very own cadence--a city that always surprises--Havana is brought to pulsing life by New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky....

The book titled Richard Meinertzhagen: Soldier, Scientist and Spy by the author Mark Cocker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

For the crime of robbing a wealthy woman of a silk bonnet and a few guineas, an illiterate Cornish woman faces the hangman's noose. Her death sentence is commuted; instead...

A searching, timely account of the condition of contemporary Europe, told through the landscapes of its cities Over the past twenty years European cities have become the envy of the...

NEW YORK. In Fashion is a compelling trip to one of the most stylish destinations in the world. An essential for fans of fashion and travel. From Paris and New...

Viewing the opening YouTube shot of Nigel Sylvester jumping out of a plane with his BMX bike over Dubai, it's easy to understand how this young BMXer from Queens, New...

The first book by professional BMX athlete, entrepreneur, content creator, and cultural icon Nigel Sylvester; photographed by director, cinematographer, and graphic designer Harrison Boyce. Inspired by his globally acclaimed digital...

New York by Neighborhood , photographed by New York native Andrew Garn, offers a vibrant visual tapestry of 75 distinct locales, defined as much by individual residents as by shops,...

In turn inspirational and extraordinary, these profiles in female courage, determination, and adventure are illustrated with breathtaking photography from some of the most intriguing corners of the world. The twenty...

Two childhood friends from small-town Wales meet in Miami for a summer road trip they've always dreamed of: to chase the swell of Hurricane Dean all the way up the...

Part guidebook, part travelogue but definitely all adventure, join author Richard Williams and photographer Manish Maharja as they cross the Nepalese Himalayas on a mountain bike. Originally from the UK,...

NEW YORK. In Fashion is a compelling trip to one of the most stylish destinations in the world. An essential for fans of fashion and travel. From Paris and New...

When Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, four games of bingo, a pair of excursions, sixteen pints of...

Join Bruce Gall on the trip of a lifetime, as bus and train drivers safely chauffer you 26,000 kilometres around amazing Australia. Think of all those places you've ever wanted...

A magnificently illustrated global tour of contemporary bookstores, from Paris to Seoul. Even in these days of online commerce, the physical bookstore retains its fascination as a place to gather...

Ghosts, witches, unexplained mysteries, and the supernatural are the basis for this fascinating Ghost Series which relates ghost stories from Great Britain.

'...dip into Richard Tames's literary, lyrical A TRAVELLER'S HISTORY OF LONDON' THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'This volume is not so much a guide as a supremely civilised companion' EASTERN DAILY PRESS...

The book titled More Mysterious Wales by the author Chris Barber. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Despatches from the Barricades by the author John Simpson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'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...

The book titled Brazilian Adventure by the author Peter Fleming. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer Travel opens our minds to the world; it helps us to embrace risk and uncertainty, overcome challenges and...

The problem started, as problems often do, with a penguin. From Kings and Emperors to Macaronis and Rockhoppers, penguins are one of the most immediately recognisable animals on Earth. Yet...

" A joyous rallying cry for middle-aged couch potatoes everywhere " - Mike Parker, author of All the Wide Border " Steve's adventure reminds us all that wildness and countryside...