Mountains Of The Mind: A History Of A Fascination by Robert Macfarlane
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Category: Travel Literature
'The most exhilarating history of mountaineering ... a riveting read' Jeremy Paxman WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD Once we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride. ...Show more
Hidden Japan: An Astonishing World of Thatched Villages, Ancient Shrines and Primeval Forests by Alex Kerr
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Category: Travel Literature
"A sharp-tongued spokesman for Japan's environment and traditions" --The New York TimesIn Alex Kerr's critically acclaimed Lost Japan and Dogs and Demons, he documented the decline of the traditional landscapes of Japan, his adopted home of many years. Here, in Hidden Jappan he makes a journey of redisc ...Show more
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
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Category: Travel Literature
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years is terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset ...Show more
Bitter Lemons of Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell
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Category: Travel Literature
Lose yourself in this classic prize-winning memoir of life in 1950s Cyprus on the brink of revolution by the legendary king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. 'Stunning.' - Andre Aciman 'These days I am admiring and re-admiring Lawrence Durrell.' - Elif Shafak Cyprus ...Show more
A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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Category: Travel Literature
INTRODUCED BY JAN MORRIS'[This] gloriously ornate account of that epic journey is a classic' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'The feeling of being lost in time and geography with months and years hazily sparkling ahead is a prospect of inconjecturable magic.' In 1933, aged eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on hi ...Show more
Icons of England by Bill Bryson
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Category: Travel Literature
This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub sign ...Show more
Clanlands - Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish
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Category: Travel Literature
Now a #1 New York Times Bestseller A road trip book with a difference. Stars of Outlander- Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish - explore Scotland, a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history, and warfare.From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motorbikes, join stars of O ...Show more
The Bush by Don Watson
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Category: Travel Literature
While most of us live in cities clinging to the coastal fringe, our sense of what an Australian is, or should be, is drawn from the vast and varied inland called the bush. But what do we mean by 'the bush', and how has it shaped us? Starting with his forebears' battle to drive back nature and eke a livi ...Show more
The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane
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Category: Travel Literature
The classic bestseller of British nature writing Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Or have we tarmacked, farmed and built ourselves out of wildness? In his vital, bewitching, inspiring classic, Robert Macfarlane sets out in search of the wildness that remains.
The Border: A Journey Around Russia by Erika Fatland
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Category: Travel Literature
Erika Fatland travels along the seemingly endless Russian border - from North Korea in the Far East through Russia's bordering states in Asia and the Caucasus, crossing the Caspian Ocean and the Black Sea along the way.The Border is a book about Russia and Russian history without its author ever enterin ...Show more
One, Place de l'Eglise: A Year or Two in a French Village by Trevor Dolby
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Category: Travel Literature
A joyous and life-affirming story of one family's move from London to a rural French villageThere it stands, a thousand-year-old ruin ignored by the Languedoc villagers of Causses-et-Veyran who pass by it on their way to the church next door. But for Londoners Trevor and Kaz it's coup de foudre - love a ...Show more
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain
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Category: Travel Literature
Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to Tanzania's utter beauty and the stunning desert solitude of Oman's Empty Quarter - a ...Show more