The Best Travel Writing

The book titled Australian Journey by the author Debra Doenges. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Australian National Trust Properties Guide Book by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Read about spectacular journeys across the world's most breathtaking scenery. In the words of Robert Louis Stevenson, 'To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive', and the authors...

The "Growth of the City" series looks at the history of important world cities, charting their growth and changing fortunes from earliest times through to today. Using contemporary maps, paintings,...

The "Growth of the City" series looks at the history of important world cities, charting their growth and changing fortunes from earliest times through to today. Using contemporary maps, paintings,...

This dramatic record of the key figures of the 20th century is a powerful and provocative look at the giants of our time - the groundbreakers, thought-provokers, heroes, visionaries, tyrants,...

Eugene Atget roamed the streets with his bulky large format camera, systematically cataloguing turn-of-the-century Old Paris down to the very smallest details. His skilled, wonderfully atmospheric photos of Paris's parks,...

This book describes exactly what makes the state special. Unlike other states, the mention of Madhya Pradesh does not evoke a single image; this is because the immensity and astonishing...

Shit London explores the world of ill-conceived community art, poorly named shops, cheeky graffiti, bad translations, comical signs and the unintentionally funny scenes that surround Londoners everyday. 'When a man...

Clare de Vries knows that it's far wiser to love a cat than a man, but where can she find a replacement for her beloved Burmese cat Claudius? Surely the...

The book titled Guide to the Burrell Collection by the author Richard Marks. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The incredible memoir by international bestselling author of Where The Crawdads Sing , Delia Owens and her then partner Mark Owens', charting their time researching wildlife in the Kalahari Desert....

A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 Bestseller A Times bestseller A Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024 A Spectator Book of the Year What kind of...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH SHORTLISTED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS Reuben, aged 38, was living in a home for...

We are made of the same stuff as the breath and cinders of volcanoes. No matter where we live on the planet, they have shaped our history and might one...

'The definitive back story of Mount Everest' Stewart Weaver, co-author of Fallen Giants 'Craig Storti has given us the Everest book that we've needed all along' Scott Ellsworth, author of...

Introduced by Lois Pryce, author of Lois on the Loose , Red Tape & White Knuckles and Revolutionary Ride . In 1959 Barbara Toy, famous for her solo overland travels...

Introduced by Jeet Thayli, author of Booker Prize shortlisted novel Narcopolis. At the age of 20, Dom Moraes - already a celebrated poet who would go on to be regarded...

Collection of vintage travel illustrations from around the world.

Anti-Americanism was a co-invention of French and German fascists. Is the current rise of anti-Americanism the shape of modern fascism asks France's most-famous writer, Bernard-Henri Levy? Early in the nineteenth...

In 1953, the 25 year old Che Guevara embarked on a journey along the spine of the Andes to Mexico that is retraced by many travellers today. He wanted to...

Since Franco's death, Spain has managed the considerable achievement of a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. Spaniards are recovering a tradition of tolerance lost in 1492, when Granada, the...

'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...

When Jane Wilson-Howarth'sson, David, was diagnosed with serious neurological disorders, the family faced a major decision. They could stay in England, where David had access to the best services that...

Introduced by Jeet Thayli, author of Booker Prize shortlisted novel Narcopolis. At the age of 20, Dom Moraes - already a celebrated poet who would go on to be regarded...

The Best American Series(R) First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects...

Roy Jenkins follows up Churchill with a book of a very different shape; short and semi-autobiographical, but also full of the wit and erudition which make that book such a...

A guide to interesting architectural and archaeological sites in London and their place in history. The book can be used as a holiday planner, an historical reference book, or a...

London is full of animals. They are hidden in crumbling graveyards, daubed in canal-bank graffiti, perched atop rooftops. But in the hustle-and-bustle at street-level they are all too often overlooked....

The National Portrait Gallery's "Character Sketches" series provides biographical sketches of a specific group of historical figures from the Gallery's collection of portraits. Each volume examines the public images and...

Oblivious to the sound of chalk scratching on blackboard, Nicky stared wide eyed into the pages of the atlas. The Mediterranean landscape beckoned, and it occurred to her that Egypt...

One woman's story of reaching the crossroads of life--and finding happiness in the last Shangri-La, Bhutan Lisa Napoli was in the grip of a crisis, dissatisfied with her life and...

Which borough of London is the happiest? Where are the city's tweeting hot spots? How many animals does the fire brigade save each year? Which London residents have left their...

In the seventeenth century antiquarianism was a well-respected profession and antiquarian works were in demand, particularly amongst the gentry, who were especially interested in establishing lineage and the descent of...

The book titled Nairn's London: Revisited By Peter Gasson by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The West of England: An Artist's Journey through English Landscapes by the author Sydney R. Jones. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

This travelogue and itinerary guide uses one couple's campervan tour through 42 European countries to help readers make the most out of a European adventure. Europe to go! Authors Steffi...

The book titled Hammond Innes' East Anglia by the author Hammond Innes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

"Venice Botteghe" is dedicated to those who already know the Venice of museums and carnivals, but who wish to deepen their knowledge through the products of those who continue today,...

Bath, Queen of the West, is internationally famous as one of England's oldest and most beautiful cities. The picturesque setting in the Avon valley, surrounded by green hills knit town...

'How do you like the view?' the real estate agent asks. As if he doesn't know. Horses grazing on flat land below, hillsides of tall trees, uninterrupted ocean views, plumes...

Prague is the magic capital of Europe. Since the days of Emperor Rudolf II, 'devotee of the stars and cultivator of the spagyric art', who in the late 1500s summoned...

The author's captivating account of how she and husband Graeme Blundell dropped out with style. Exchanging the soy milk lattes and eternal traffic snarls of the city for the delights...

The book titled Strolling Through Athens by the author John Freely. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.