John Steinbeck; Richard Astro In 1940, the author sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California... | W. G. Sebald; Michael Hulse A record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia. |
Tim Mackintosh-Smith The award-winning travel book by the author of Travels with a Tangerine | Wilfred Thesiger; Jon Lee Anderson During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries... |
Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, and they're trying for a baby - she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a... | Jane Eastoe; Clare Balding Join Clare Balding on some terrific cycle rides around Britain, whether it's a week-long cycling holiday or an afternoon ride with the family, the book has a cycle... |
Paul Theroux After eleven years living as an American in London, the author set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the British are really like... | Samuel Johnson; James Boswell; Peter... Book by Samuel Johnson, published in 1775. The Journey was the result of a three-month trip to Scotland that Johnson took with James Boswell in 1773. It contains... |
Daniel Defoe; Pat Rodgers Covers Britain in the early eighteenth century. | Time Out Guides Ltd Selects the best of Brussels' sightseeing, restaurants, shopping, nightlife and entertainment. This title also takes you to the various venues, tips you off to the news and fashions and gives... |
Virginia Maxwell New Europeans regional format: more colour, accessible layout and focus on the essential experiences of the region. Offers a better range of activities: walking, vineyards, island hopping. Extensive coverage of... | Time Out Guides Ltd Offering visitor information, this book includes reviews of the classic sights and venues, maps with entries pinpointed, customised itineraries and visitor basics illustrated with photography. It includes venue selections in... |
Time Out Guides Ltd Suitable for those visiting Amsterdam in 2010, this book selects the best of Amsterdam's sightseeing, restaurants, shopping, nightlife and entertainment. | Eric Newby 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... |
Ian Frazier; Robert Macfarlane Reportage resists easy definition and comes in many forms, but it reveals hidden truths about people and events that have shaped the world we know. This book is a journey... | Will Self; Ralph Steadman The very best of Will Self's columns for the Independent on the oddities of place, with Ralph Steadman's trademark illustrations. |