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Nielsen BookData Online Alice to Prague: The charming true story of an outback girl who finds adventure - and love - on the other side of the world Tanya Heaslip (Author) Series:

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Allen & Unwin

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Allen & Unwin

Pub Date:

06 May 2019

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Active

Published in: Australia Paperback / softback 360pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781760529765 ISBN13: 978-1-76052-976-5 ISBN10: 1760529761 EAN: 9781760529765 x Description: In 1994, with a battered copy of Let's Go Europe stuffed in her backpack, Tanya Heaslip left her safe life as a lawyer in outback Australia and travelled to the post-communist Czech Republic.Dismissing concerns from family and friends that her safety and career were at risk, she arrived with no teaching experience whatsoever, to work at a high school in a town she'd never heard of, where the winters are frigid and plunge to sub-zero temperatures.During her childhood on an isolated cattle station in Central Australia, Tanya had always dreamed of adventure and romance in Europe but the Czech Republic was not the stuff of her dreams. On arrival, however, she falls headlong into misadventures that change her life forever.This land of castles, history and culture opened up to her and she to it. In love with Prague and her people, particularly with the charismatic Karel, who takes her into his home, his family and as far as he can into his heart, Tanya learns about lives very different to hers.Alice to Prague is a bittersweet story of a search for identity, belonging and love, set in a time, a place and with a man that fill Tanya's life with contradictions. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

An An Open Book and Empty Cup: London Regained Iqbal Ahmed (Author) Series:

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Special edition

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Coldstream Publishers

Publisher:

Coldstream Publishers

Pub Date:

14 Jan 2020

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 204pp h205mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781527253216 ISBN13: 978-1-5272-5321-6 ISBN10: 152725321X x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Iceland Serow Saga: Big Adventures on a Small Motorbike Helen Lloyd (Author) Series:

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Take On Creative

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Take On Creative

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07 Feb 2020

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 262pp h203mm x w133mm ISBN13: 9780957660649 ISBN13: 978-0-9576606-4-9 ISBN10: 0957660642 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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High Adventure: The adventure doesn't end when you become a dad Mike Allsop (Author) Series:

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Allen & Unwin

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Allen & Unwin

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05 Aug 2019

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Published in: Australia Paperback / softback 288pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781760633622 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-362-2 ISBN10: 1760633623 EAN: 9781760633622 x Description: Mike Allsop is a dynamo, an airline pilot and mountaineer who ran seven peaks in seven days on seven continents. He's also a motivational speaker, author of bestseller High Altitude, a husband and the father of three children.He's found a way of incorporating his adventures into family life by taking each of his three children on major one-on-one expeditions. This has led to some incredible challenges:* Trekking over 100 km in the Himalaya with each child at the age of seven - most recently Dylan* Twelve-year-old Maya attempting the world's highest stand-up paddle board on a freezing lake at 5,300 metres* Ethan, at 15 years old, struggling through altitude sickness to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro and set his own world record* Fundraising to buy a new house for a Sherpa widow after the devastating earthquake of 2015The challenges and excitement continue, with the family continually dreaming up new adventures. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In A Time Of Monsters: Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt Emma Sky (Author) Series:

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Main

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Atlantic Books

Publisher:

Atlantic Books

Pub Date:

06 Feb 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h195mm x w130mm x s23mm 317g 2x8pp col plates ISBN13: 9781786495624 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-562-4 ISBN10: 1786495627 EAN: 9781786495624 x Description: Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East travelling through a region in revolt. In A Time of Monsters bears witness to the demands of young people for dignity and justice during the Arab Spring; the inability of sclerotic regimes to reform; the descent of Syria into civil war; the rise of the Islamic State; and the flight of refugees to Europe. With deep empathy for its people and an extensive understanding of the Middle East, Sky makes a complex region more comprehensible. A great storyteller and observational writer, Sky also reveals the ties that bind the Middle East to the West and how blowback from our interventions in the region contributed to the British vote to leave the European Union and to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Age of Islands: In Search of New and Disappearing Islands Alastair Bonnett (Author) Series:

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Atlantic Books

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Atlantic Books

Pub Date:

07 May 2020

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Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786498106 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-810-6 ISBN10: 1786498103 EAN: 9781786498106

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com x Description: New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing because of rising sea levels or fragmenting due to shrinking ice. It is a strange planetary spectacle, an ever-changing map which even Google Earth struggles to keep pace with.

But it is also, Alastair Bonnett believes, a spectacle which is imprinting itself on our hopes and anxieties. From a 'crannog', an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarized artificial islands China is building in the South China Sea, he sets out to explore some of the world's newest, most fragile and beautiful islands to find out why they have such a hold on our imaginations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Cafe de Move-on Blues: In Search of the New South Africa Christopher Hope (Author) Series:

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Main

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Atlantic Books

Publisher:

Atlantic Books

Pub Date:

02 May 2019

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h200mm x w130mm x s30mm 315g Integrated photographs ISBN13: 9781786490612 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-061-2 ISBN10: 1786490617 EAN: 9781786490612 x Description: Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize,2019In White Boy Running, Christopher Hope explored how it felt and looked to grow up in a country gripped by an 'absurd, racist insanity'. On a road trip thirty years later, Hope goes in search of today's South Africa; post the evils of apartheid, but also post the dashed hopes and dreams of Mandela, of a future when race and colour would not count. He finds a country still in the grip of a ruling party intent only on caring for itself, to the exclusion of all others; a country where racial divides are deeper than ever. As the old imperial idols of Cecil Rhodes and Paul Kruger are literally pulled from their pedestals in a mass yearning to destroy the past, Hope ponders the question: what next?

Framed as a travelogue, this is a darkly comic, powerful and moving portrait of South Africa - an elegy to a living nation, which is still mad and absurd. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia Rebecca West (Author) Geoff Dyer (Introduction by) Series:

Canons

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Main - Canons

Imprint:

Canongate Canons

Publisher:

Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

02 Jul 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 1218pp h198mm x w129mm Print PDF ISBN13: 9781786891631 ISBN13: 978-1-78689-163-1 ISBN10: 1786891638 EAN: 9781786891631 x Description: 'Impossible to put down' Observer 'One of the great books of the century' Times Literary Supplement Rebecca West's epic masterpiece is widely regarded as the most illuminating book to have been written on the former state of Yugoslavia. A blend of travel journal, cultural commentary and historical insight, it is a work of enduring value that remains essential for anyone attempting to understand the history of the Balkan states and the continuing friction in this fractured area of Europe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Island Dreams: Mapping an Obsession Gavin Francis (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

Publisher:

Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

28 Apr 2020

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Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback Paper over boards 256pp h222mm x w161mm x s26mm 635g Colour illustrations and maps Print PDF ISBN13: 9781786898180 ISBN13: 978-1-78689-818-0 ISBN10: 1786898187 EAN: 9781786898180 x Description: In Island Dreams, Gavin Francis examines our collective fascination with islands. He blends stories of his own travels with psychology, philosophy and great voyages from literature, shedding new light on the importance of islands and isolation in our collective consciousness.

Comparing the life of freedom of thirty years of extraordinary travel from the Faroe Islands to the Aegean, from the Galapagos to the Andaman Islands with a life of responsibility as a doctor, community member and parent approaching middle age, Island Dreams riffs on the twinned poles of rest and motion, independence and attachment, never more relevant than in today's perennially connected world.

Illustrated with maps throughout, this is a celebration of human adventures in the world and within our minds. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth Dan Richards (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

Publisher:

Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

02 Apr 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 226g Integrated black and white images throughout Print PDF ISBN13: 9781786891570 ISBN13: 978-1-78689-157-0 ISBN10: 1786891573 EAN: 9781786891570 x Description: There are still wild places out there on our crowded planet.

Through a series of personal journeys, Dan Richards explores the appeal of far-flung outposts in mountains, tundra, forests, oceans and deserts.

Following a route from the Cairngorms of Scotland to the fire-watch lookouts of Washington State; from Iceland's 'Houses of Joy' to the Utah desert; frozen ghost towns in Svalbard to shrines in Japan; Roald Dahl's writing hut to a lighthouse in the North Atlantic, Richards explores landscapes which have inspired writers, artists and musicians, and asks: why are we drawn to wilderness? What can we do to protect them? And what does the future hold for outposts on the edge? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

To the Island of Tides: A Journey to Lindisfarne Alistair Moffat (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

Publisher:

Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm Print PDF ISBN13: 9781786896346 ISBN13: 978-1-78689-634-6 ISBN10: 1786896346 EAN: 9781786896346

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com x Description: In To the Island of Tides, Alistair Moffat travels to - and through the history of - the fated island of Lindisfarne. Known by the Romans as Insula Medicata and famous for its monastery, it even survived Viking raids. Today the isle maintains its position as a space for retreat and spiritual renewal.

Walking from his home in the Borders, through the historical landscape of Scotland and northern England, Moffat takes us on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of saints and scholars, before arriving for a secular retreat on the Holy Isle. To the Island of Tides is a walk through history, a meditation on the power of place, but also a more personal journey; and a reflection on where life leads us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Map of Another Town M.F.K. Fisher (Author) Series:

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Daunt Books

Publisher:

Daunt Books

Pub Date:

16 May 2019

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback With flaps 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781911547372 ISBN13: 978-1-911547-37-2 ISBN10: 1911547372 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary Jan Morris (Author) Series:

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Main

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Pub Date:

02 May 2019

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 265g ISBN13: 9780571340927 ISBN13: 978-0-571-34092-7 ISBN10: 057134092X EAN: 9780571340927 x Description: 'I have never before in my life kept a diary of my thoughts, and here at the start of my ninth decade, having for the moment nothing much else to write, I am having a go at it. Good luck to me.'

So begins this extraordinary book, a collection of diary pieces that Jan Morris wrote for the Financial Times over the course of 2017.

A former soldier and journalist, and one of the great chroniclers of the world for over half a century, she writes here in her characteristically intimate voice - funny, perceptive, wise, touching, wicked, scabrous, and above all, kind - about her thoughts on the world, and her own place in it as she turns ninety. From cats to cars, travel to home, music to writing, it's a cornucopia of delights from a unique literary figure. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Infused: Adventures in Tea Henrietta Lovell (Author) Series:

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Main

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h220mm x w150mm x s18mm 469g ISBN13: 9780571324392 ISBN13: 978-0-571-32439-2 ISBN10: 0571324398 EAN: 9780571324392 x

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com Description: A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Henrietta Lovell is best known as 'The Rare Tea Lady'. She is on a mission to revolutionise the way we drink tea by replacing industrially produced teabags with the highest quality tea leaves. Her quest has seen her travel to the Shire Highlands of Malawi, across the foothills of the Himalayas, and to hidden gardens in the Wuyi-Shan to source the world's most extraordinary teas.

Infused invites us to discover these remarkable places, introducing us to the individual growers and household name chefs Lovell has met along the way - and reveals the true pleasures of tea. The result is a delicious infusion of travel writing, memoir, recipes, and glorious photography, all written with Lovell's unique charm and wit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places William Atkins (Author) Series:

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Main

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 398g ISBN13: 9780571319749 ISBN13: 978-0-571-31974-9 ISBN10: 0571319742 EAN: 9780571319749 x Description: WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL WRITING AWARD 2019 One third of the earth's land surface is desert, much of it desolate and inhospitable.

What is it about this harsh environment that has captivated humankind throughout history?

Travelling to five continents over three years, William Atkins discovers a realm that is as much internal as physical. From the contested borderlands of the USA to Australia's nuclear test zones, via Nevada's riotous Burning Man festival and the ancient monasteries of Egypt, he illuminates the people, history, nature and symbolism of these remarkable but often volatile places. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Last Supper: A Summer in Italy Rachel Cusk (Author) Series:

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Main

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Pub Date:

03 Oct 2019

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 195g ISBN13: 9780571351633 ISBN13: 978-0-571-35163-3 ISBN10: 0571351638 EAN: 9780571351633 This Product Replaces: 9780571242573 x Description: When Rachel Cusk decides to travel to Italy for a summer with her husband and two young children, she has no idea of the trials and wonders that lie in store. Their journey leads them to both the expected and the surprising, all seen through Cusk's sharp and humane perspective. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Hiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are John Kaag (Author) Series:

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Granta Books

Publisher:

Granta Books

Pub Date:

02 Jan 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 194g ISBN13: 9781783784950 ISBN13: 978-1-78378-495-0 ISBN10: 1783784954 EAN: 9781783784950 x Description: Hiking with Nietzsche is a tale of two philosophical journeys in the Swiss Alps: one made by John Kaag as an introspective teenager, the other seventeen years later in radically different circumstances - as a husband and father with his wife and small child in tow.

Kaag travels to the peaks above Sils Maria where Nietzsche routinely summered, and where he wrote his mysterious landmark work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Both trips are made in search of the wisdom at the core of Nietzsche's philosophy, yet they bring Kaag to radically different revelations about the human condition.

Entertaining, intimate and thought-provoking, Hiking with Nietzsche explores not only Nietzsche's ideals but how his philosophy relates to us in the 21st century. It is about defeating complacency, balancing sanity and madness and coming to grips with the unobtainable. As Kaag hikes into the high places, alone or with his family, but always with Nietzsche, he finds that the process of climbing and the inevitable missteps give one the chance, in Nietzsche's words, to 'become who you are'. Even when we think it too late to change, this most controversial of thinkers can inspire the rediscovery of meaning. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Collector of Leftover Souls: Dispatches from Brazil Eliane Brum (Author) Diane Grosklaus Whitty (Translated by) Series:

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Granta Books

Publisher:

Granta Books

Pub Date:

07 Nov 2019

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h216mm x w135mm x s14mm 233g ISBN13: 9781846276644 ISBN13: 978-1-84627-664-4 ISBN10: 1846276640 EAN: 9781846276644 x Description: Welcome to the favela, welcome to the rainforest, welcome to the real Brazil.

This is the Brazil where a factory worker is loyal to his company for decades, only to find out that they knew the product he was making would eventually poison him. This is the Brazil where the mothers of the favela expect their sons to die as victims of the drug trade while still in their teens.

This is the Brazil where the women initiated into the old Amazonian tradition of 'baby-pulling' deliver babies in their own time, far away from the drugs and scalpels of the modern hospital. In the company of award-winning journalist Eliane Brum, we meet the individuals struggling to stay afloat in a society riven by inequality and violence, and witness the resilience of spirit and commitment to life that makes Brazil one of the most complicated, most exhilarating places on earth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: Travels Among the Collectors of Iceland A. Kendra Greene (Author) Series:

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Granta Books

Publisher:

Granta Books

Pub Date:

02 Jul 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781783785933 ISBN13: 978-1-78378-593-3 ISBN10: 1783785934 EAN: 9781783785933 x Description: Welcome to Iceland, a very small nation with a very large number (two hundred and sixty five) of (mostly) very small museums.

Founded in the backyards of houses, begun as jokes or bets or memorials to lost friends, these museums tell the story of an enchanted island where bridges arrived only at the beginning of the 20th century, and waterproof shoes only with the second world war. A nation formerly dirt poor, then staggeringly rich, and now building its way to affluence once again. A nation where, in the remote and wild places, you might encounter still a shore laddie, a sorcerer or a ghost.

From Reykjavik's renowned Phallological Museum to a house of stones on the eastern coast; from the curious monsters which roam the remote shores of Bildudalur to a museum of whales which proves impossible to find, here is an enchanted story of obsession, curation, and the peculiar magic of this isolated island. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Summer Isles: A Voyage of the Imagination Philip Marsden (Author) Series:

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Granta Books

Publisher:

Granta Books

Pub Date:

07 May 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 294g ISBN13: 9781783783007 ISBN13: 978-1-78378-300-7 ISBN10: 1783783001 EAN: 9781783783007 x Description: In an old wooden sloop, Philip Marsden plots a course north from his home in Cornwall. He is sailing for the Summer Isles, a small archipelago near the top of Scotland that holds for him a deep and personal significance. On the way, he must navigate the west coast of Ireland and the Inner Hebrides. Through the people he meets and the tales he uncovers, Marsden builds up a haunting picture of these shores - of imaginary islands and the Celtic otherworld, of the ageless draw of the west, of the life of the sea and perennial loss - and the redemptive power of the imagination.

The Summer Isles is an unforgettable account of the search for actual places, invented places, and those places in between that shape the lives of individuals and entire nations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace Kapka Kassabova (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Granta Books

Publisher:

Granta Books

Pub Date:

06 Feb 2020

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h216mm x w135mm x s24mm 476g ISBN13: 9781783783977 ISBN13: 978-1-78378-397-7 ISBN10: 1783783974 EAN: 9781783783977 x Description: A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. Two vast lakes joined by underground rivers. Two lakes that seem to hold both the turbulent memories of the region's past, and the secret of its enduring allure. Two lakes that have played a central role in Kapka Kassabova's maternal family.

As she journeys to her grandmother's place of origin, Kassabova encounters a civilisational crossroads. The Lakes are set within the mountainous borderlands of North Macedonia, Albania and Greece, and crowned by the old Roman road, the via Egnatia. Once a trading and spiritual nexus of the southern Balkans, this lake region remains one of Eurasia's most culturally diverse areas. Meanwhile, with their remote rock churches, changeable currents, and large population of migratory birds, the Lakes live in their own time.

By exploring on water and land the stories of poets, fishermen, and caretakers, misfits, rulers, and inheritors of war and exile, Kassabova uncovers the human history shaped by the Lakes. Setting out to resolve her own ancestral legacy of the Lakes, Kassabova's journey unfolds to a deeper enquiry into how geography and politics imprint themselves upon families and nations, and confronts her with questions about human suffering and the capacity for change. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

All Together Now?: One Man's Walk in Search of a Lost England Mike Carter (Author) Series:

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Main

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Guardian Faber Publishing

Publisher:

Guardian Faber Publishing

Pub Date:

06 Feb 2020

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 315g ISBN13: 9781783351572 ISBN13: 978-1-78335-157-2 ISBN10: 1783351578 EAN: 9781783351572 x Description: 'This important, disturbing and frequently heartbreaking book should be read by every politician in Westminster.' Adrian Tempany, Observer 'In a few weeks' time, it would be thirty-five years to the day since those men and women had walked 340 miles to try to save their communities and their culture, and thirty-five years since I had turned down Pete's invitation to join them. I called work and booked some time off. Then I bought a oneway train ticket to Liverpool.'

In 1981, Mike Carter's dad, Pete, organised the People's March for Jobs, which saw 300 people walk from Liverpool to London to protest as the Thatcher government's policies devastated industrial Britain and sent unemployment skyrocketing. Just before the 2016 EU referendum, Mike set off to walk the same route in a quest to better understand his dad and his country.

As he walked, Mike found many echoes of the early eighties: a working class overlooked and ignored by Westminster politicans; communities hollowed out but fiercely resistant; anger and despair co-existing with hope and determination for change. And he also found that he and Pete shared more in common than he might have thought.

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com All Together Now? maps the intricate, overlapping path of one man's journey and that of an entire country. It is a book about belonging, about whether to stay or go, and about the need to write new stories for our communities and ourselves. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best American Travel Writing 2019 Jason Wilson (Edited by) Alexandra Fuller (Edited by) Series:

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publisher: Publishing Company

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Pub Date:

14 Oct 2019

Active

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Published in: United States Paperback / softback 336pp h210mm x w140mm x s0mm ISBN13: 9780358094234 ISBN13: 978-0-358-09423-4 ISBN10: 0358094232 x Description: BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING gathers together a satisfyingly varied medley of perspectives, all exploring what it means to travel somewhere new. For the past two decades, readers have come to recognize this annual volume as the gold standard for excellence in travel writing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Chip Shop in Poznan: My Unlikely Year in Poland Ben Aitken (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Icon Books Ltd

Publisher:

Icon Books Ltd

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 306pp h198mm x w129mm B-format Paperback ISBN13: 9781785786266 ISBN13: 978-1-78578-626-6 ISBN10: 1785786261 EAN: 9781785786266 x Description: 'One of the funniest books of the year' - Paul Ross, talkRADIO WARNING: CONTAINS AN UNLIKELY IMMIGRANT, AN UNSUNG COUNTRY, A BUMPY ROMANCE, SEVERAL SHATTERED PRECONCEPTIONS, TRACES OF INSIGHT, A DOZEN NUNS AND A REFERENDUM.

Not many Brits move to Poland to work in a fish and chip shop.

Fewer still come back wanting to be a Member of the European Parliament.

In 2016 Ben Aitken moved to Poland while he still could. It wasn't love that took him but curiosity: he wanted to know what the Poles in the UK had left behind. He flew to a place he'd never heard of and then accepted a job in a chip shop on the minimum wage.

When he wasn't peeling potatoes he was on the road scratching the country's surface: he milked cows with a Eurosceptic farmer; missed the bus to Auschwitz; spent Christmas with complete strangers and went to Gdansk to learn how communism got the chop. By the year's end he had a better sense of what the Poles had turned their backs on - southern mountains, northern beaches, dumplings! - and an uncanny ability to bone cod.

This is a candid, funny and offbeat tale of a year as an unlikely immigrant. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Livingstone's London Ken Livingston (Author) Series:

Cities Guides 1

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Imprint:

Muswell Press

Publisher:

Muswell Press

Pub Date:

14 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 164pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781999613570 ISBN13: 978-1-9996135-7-0 ISBN10: 1999613570 x Description: As a passionate Londoner, Ken Livingstone has seen London change dramatically over the last 60 years. From playing on bomb sites in an era where St Pauls was the tallest building in the city, to 2019 where the gleaming towers of the Shard and Walkie Talkie dominate the skyline, thanks to new building rules introduced by his administration. With a witty and worldly eye he takes a look at his home town; the people, places and the politics that have shaped the landscape. On this personal journey he shares his views on every aspect of the city from his favourite restaurants and most loved buildings to anecdotes on fellow politicians and the triumphs, and disasters, _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mother Tongue: An American Life in Italy Wallis Wilde-Menozzi (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

North Point Press

Publisher:

North Point Press

Pub Date:

17 Mar 2020

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Published in: United States Paperback / softback 400pp h138mm x w209mm x s29mm 324g 38 Black-and-White Illustrations Throughout / Bibliography ISBN13: 9780865477780 ISBN13: 978-0-86547-778-0 ISBN10: 0865477787 EAN: 9780865477780 x Description: A probing and poetic examination of language, food, faith, and family attachment in Italian life through the eyes of an American who moved to Parma with her husband and family. In the 1980s, the American writer Wallis Wilde-Menozzi moved permanently with her Italian husband and her daughter to Parma, a sophisticated city in northern Italy, where he became a professor of biology. Her search for rootedness in the city that was to be her home introduced her to complexities in her identity as she migrated into another language and looked for links beyond the joys of Verdi, Correggio, and Parmesan cheese, which visitors have rightly extolled for centuries. The local resistance to change perceived as individualistic led Wilde-Menozzi to explore the pull and challenge of difference and discover the backbone she needed for artistic freedom. In Mother Tongue, WildeMenozzi offers stories of far-sighted lives, remarkable Parma men and remarkable women, including the Renaissance abbess Giovanna Piacenza, the fighting Donella Rossi Sanvitale, and her own indefatigable mother-in-law. Framed with a new introduction by the author, and a new foreword by Patricia Hampl, this classic on diversity and tolerance, family, faith, and food in Italy and the United States is at once timeless and timely, a "large, beautiful window into the intelligent, literate, reflective life of Italy" (Shirley Hazzard). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Footnotes: A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers Peter Fiennes (Author) Series:

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Oneworld Publications

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Oneworld Publications

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05 Sep 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h216mm x w135mm x s29mm ISBN13: 9781786076298 ISBN13: 978-1-78607-629-8 ISBN10: 1786076292 EAN: 9781786076298

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Peter Fiennes follows in the footsteps of twelve inspirational writers, bringing modern Britain into focus by peering through the lens of the past.

The journey starts in Dorset, shaped by the childhood visions of Enid Blyton, and ends with Charles Dickens on the train that took him to his final resting place in Westminster Abbey.

From the wilds of Skye and Snowdon, to a big night out in Birmingham with J. B. Priestley and Beryl Bainbridge, Footnotes is a series of evocative biographies, a lyrical foray into the past, and a quest to understand Britain through the books, journals and diaries of some of our greatest writers.

And as Fiennes travels the country, and roams across the centuries, he wonders: 'Who are we? What do we want? They seemed like good questions to ask, in the company of some of our greatest writers, given these restless times.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Buried: Life, Death and Revolution in Egypt Peter Hessler (Author) Series:

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Profile Books Ltd

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Profile Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 May 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm B Format Paperback ISBN13: 9781788161312 ISBN13: 978-1-78816-131-2 ISBN10: 1788161319 EAN: 9781788161312 x Description: 'Tenacious, revelatory, and humane.' - Paul Theroux 'The Buried is the kind of book that you don't want to end and won't forget. With the eye of a great storyteller Peter Hessler weaves together history, reporting, memoir, and above all the lives of ordinary people in a beautiful and haunting portrait of Egypt and its Revolution.' - Ben Rhodes In 2011, while revolution swept across Egypt, Peter Hessler was reporting on the everyday lives and ancient secrets of a country in turmoil.

The result is this unforgettable work of literary and documentary brilliance. In The Buried, Hessler traces the human stories alongside the broader sweep of historic events: Tahrir Square, the massacres and the coup form the background, but so too do ancient cults, buried cities in the desert and dead pharaohs with huge ambitions. Most important are the people forging their lives in this world. We follow rubbish collector Sayyid; Arabic teacher Rifaat; and Manu, a translator. There are also the Chinese immigrants who have built a lingerie empire, politicians and ingenious archaeologists.

Together, they raise the question: is revolution just repetition, or can things ever really change? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Where There's A Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent Emily Chappell (Author) Series:

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Profile Books Ltd

Publisher:

Profile Books Ltd

Pub Date:

02 Jul 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm Integrated b&w plus 8pp plate section B Format Paperback ISBN13: 9781788161527 ISBN13: 978-1-78816-152-7 ISBN10: 1788161521 EAN: 9781788161527 x Description: 'Chappell is a gifted storyteller' - Observer In 2015 Emily Chappell embarked on a formidable new bike race: The Transcontinental. 4,000km across Europe, unassisted, in the shortest time

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On her first attempt she made it only halfway, waking up suddenly on her back in a field, floored by the physical and mental exertion.

A year later she entered the race again - and won.

Where There's a Will takes us into Emily Chappell's race, grinding up mountain passes and charging down the other side; snatching twenty minutes' sleep on the outskirts of a village before jumping back on the bike to surge ahead for another day; feeding in bursts and navigating on the go. We experience the crippling self-doubt of the ultra distance racer, the confusing intensity of winning and the desperation of losing a dear friend who understood all of this. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Madrid: Midnight City Jules Stewart (Author) Helen Crisp (Author) Series:

Cityscopes

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Reaktion Books

Publisher:

Reaktion Books

Pub Date:

16 Mar 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback Sewn 248pp h216mm x w140mm ISBN13: 9781789142198 ISBN13: 978-1-78914-219-8 ISBN10: 1789142199 x Description: Spain's top city for tourism, Madrid attracts more than six million visitors a year. Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart relate the story of a city and its people through the centuries, while their carefully curated listings give a nod to well-known attractions and sights, as well as hidden gems.

Spain's art capital, with its `Golden Triangle' of museums and myriad art galleries, Madrid is also a city of dazzling nightlife, with a profusion of cafes and bars. This is the story of a vibrant, energetic city, one that remains an enigma to many outsiders. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

World Heritage Japan John Lander (Author) Pico Iyer (Preface by) Yoko Kawaguchi (Introduction by) Series:

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River Books

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River Books

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01 Dec 2019

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Published in: Thailand Paperback / softback 232pp h254mm x w254mm x s0mm 184 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9786164510111 ISBN13: 978-616-451-011-1 ISBN10: 6164510112 x Description: Author and photographer John Lander takes the magnificent UNESCO World Heritage sites of Japan as a starting point for exploring the country's architecture, history, customer and festivals. Lander, who has lived in Japan for 35 years, travelled to almost all the country's UNESCO sites: from well-known places like Mount Fuji to hidden temple gardens and hard-to-reach wild islands. This book also includes cultural elements listed as intangible world heritage, providing intimate portraits of Japanese cuisine, crafts and performance arts. With a lyrical introduction to Pico Iyer and illustrated with over 180 full-colour photographs, World Heritage Japan is Lander's personal photographic tribute to a diverse and ancient culture - a stunning visual journey across Japan.

"Even after more than 30 years in Japan, I find surprised - and humbled - every hour. Whether it's the black-clad puppeteers staging propulsive dramas on a Bunraku stage in Osaka, 45 minutes from my home, or the beautiful shrine of Itsukushima, lapped by water, just across from the haunting Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan feels like an exercise in time-travel that can take me to several planets - and centuries - in a morning." - Pico Iyer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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A Time of Birds: Reflections on cycling across Europe Helen Moat (Author) Series:

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Saraband

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Saraband

Pub Date:

09 Apr 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781912235704 ISBN13: 978-1-912235-70-4 ISBN10: 1912235706 x Description: Finding herself at a crossroads and in need of a change from her job and domestic responsibilities, Helen Moat set herself the challenge of a lifetime: she got on her bike and embarked on an epic cycle ride across Europe, all the way to Istanbul, accompanied by her eighteen-year-old son. They followed the great rivers to the edge of Asia, meeting along the way a beguiling cast of characters and a series of astonishing sights, providing ample time for reflection. Crossing a continent shaped by war and peace, peoples divided and reunited, Helen reflects on her own upbringing during Northern Ireland's Troubles. And the birds she spots along the way invoke the spirit of her father, his love of birds and the legacy of his religion and occasional melancholy. Helen's life-affirming journey proves to be both literal and metaphorical - and a celebration of humanity and all its quirky individualism. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia - Special Anniversary Edition (with new chapter 25 years on) Chris Stewart (Author) Series:

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Main

Imprint:

Sort of Books

Publisher:

Sort of Books

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm B Format Paperback ISBN13: 9781908745859 ISBN13: 978-1-908745-85-9 ISBN10: 1908745851 EAN: 9781908745859 x Description: With an updated chapter set 25 years on by Chris Stewart.

Over two decades ago we set up Sort of Books to help our friend, the some-time Genesis drummer Chris Stewart, bring his sunlit stories of life on a Spanish mountain farm to print. Ever the optimist, Chris hoped to earn enough money to buy a second-hand tractor for his farm. He got his tractor, as the book spent a year on the Sunday Times Top 10 charts and went on to sell a million and a half copies.

His story is a classic. A dreamer and an itinerant sheep shearer, he moves with his wife Ana to a mountain farm in Las Alpujarras, an oddball region in the south of Spain. Misadventures gleefully unfold as Chris discovers that the owner had no intention of leaving. He meets their neighbours, an engaging mix of farmers, shepherds and New Age travellers, and their daughter Chloe is born, linking them irrevocably to their new life. The hero of the piece, however, is the farm itself - a patch of mountain studded with olive, almond and lemon groves, sited on the wrong side of a river, with no access road, water supply or electricity. Could life offer much better than that? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Surfacing Kathleen Jamie (Author) Series:

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Sort of Books

Publisher:

Sort of Books

Pub Date:

01 May 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm 10 B&W photos B Format Paperback ISBN13: 9781908745828 ISBN13: 978-1-908745-82-8 ISBN10: 1908745827 EAN: 9781908745828 x Description: Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize, 2019 Under the ravishing light of an Alaskan sky, objects are spilling from the thawing tundra linking a Yup'ik village to its hunter-gatherer past. In the shifting sand dunes of a Scottish shoreline, impressively preserved hearths and homes of Neolithic farmers are uncovered. In a grandmother's disordered mind, memories surface of a long-ago mining accident and a 'mither who was kind'.

For this luminous new essay collection, acclaimed author Kathleen Jamie visits archaeological sites and mines her own memories - of her grandparents, of youthful travels - to explore what surfaces and what reconnects us to our past. As always she looks to the natural world for her markers and guides. Most movingly, she considers, as her father dies, and her children leave home, the surfacing of an older, less tethered sense of herself.

Surfacing offers a profound sense of time passing and an antidote to all that is instant, ephemeral, unrooted. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hidden Places: An Inspired Traveller's Guide Sarah Baxter (Author) Amy Grimes (Illustrated by) Series:

Inspired Traveller's Guides

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Aurum Press

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Aurum Press

Pub Date:

03 Mar 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h210mm x w140mm 60 illustrations ISBN13: 9781781319208 ISBN13: 978-1-78131-920-8 ISBN10: 1781319200 EAN: 9781781319208 x Description: Wander off the beaten track to uncover the world's most secret destinations: discover an ancient gateway to the Mayan underworld, a mysterious underwater monument sunken off the Ryukyu Islands in Japan or a prehistoric village covered for centuries by a huge sand dune in the Orkney Islands. Travel journalist Sarah Baxter's evocative words instantly transport you to twenty-five of the world's most obscured places. From remote locations that visitors must trek and wade just to catch a glimpse of, to forgotten cities only recently revealed and places purposefully hidden as sanctuaries from persecution, each destination has a very human story at its heart. Savour a moment to delight in the serenity and seclusion of the secret escapes collected in this beautifully illustrated guide, full of surprise, wonder and sights otherwise unseen. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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A Love Letter to Europe: An outpouring of sadness and hope - Mary Beard, Shami Chakrabati, Sebastian Faulks, Neil Gaiman, Ruth Jones, J.K. Rowling, Sandi Toksvig and others Frank Cottrell Boyce (Author) William Dalrymple (Author) Margaret Drabble (Author) Simon Callow (Author) Tony Robinson (Author) Tracey Emin (Author) J.K. Rowling (Author) Holly Johnson (Author) Pete Townshend (Author) Melvyn Bragg (Author) Jeffrey Boakye (Author) Onjali Rauf (Author) Will Hutton (Author) Prue Leith (Author) Jonathan Meades (Author) Chris Riddell (Author) Various (Author) Philip Ardagh (Author) Mary Beard (Author) Brian Catling (Author) Series:

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Coronet Books

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton

Pub Date:

02 Apr 2020

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Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781529381115 ISBN13: 978-1-5293-8111-5 ISBN10: 1529381118 EAN: 9781529381115 x Description: How are great turning points in history experienced by individuals?As Britain pulls away from Europe great British writers come together to give voice to their innermost feelings. These writers include novelists, writers of books for children, of comic books, humourists, historians, biographers, nature writers, film writers, travel writers, writers young and old and from an extraordinary range of backgrounds. Most are famous perhaps because they have won the Booker or other literary prizes, written bestsellers, changed the face of popular culture or sold millions of records.

Others are not yet household names but write with depth of insight and feeling.There is some extraordinary writing in this book. Some of these pieces are expressions of love of particular places in Europe. Some are true stories, some nostalgic, some hopeful. Some are cries of pain. There are hilarious pieces. There are cries of pain and regret. Some pieces are quietly devastating. All are passionate.Conceived as a love letter to Europe, this book may also help reawaken love for Britain. It shows the unique richness and diversity of British cultures, a multitude of voices in harmony.Contributors include:Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Philip Ardagh, Jake Arnott, Patricia Atkinson, Paul Atterbury, Richard Beard, Mary Beard, Don Boyd, Melvyn Bragg, Gyles Brandreth, Kathleen Burke, James Buxton, Philip Carr, Brian Catling, Shami Chakrabarti, Chris Cleave, Mark Cocker, Peter Conradi , Heather Cooper, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Roger Crowley, David Crystal, William Dalrymple, Lindsey Davies, Margaret Drabble, Mark Ellen, Richard Evans, Michel Faber, Sebastian Faulks, Ranulph Fiennes, Robert Fox, James Fox, Neil Gaiman, Evelyn Glennie, James Hanning, Nick Hayes, Alan Hollinghurst, Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch, Will Hutton, Robert Irwin, Holly Johnson , Liane Jones, Ruth Jones, Sam Jordison, Kapka Kassabova, AL Kennedy, Hermione Lee, Prue Leith, Patrick Lenox, Roger Lewis, David Lindo, Penelope Lively, Beth Lync, Richard Mabey, Sue MacGregor, Ian Martin, Frank McDonough, Jonathan Meades, Andrew Miller, Deborah Moggach, Ben Moor, Alan Moore, Paul Morley, Jackie Morris, Charles Nicholl, Richard Overy, Chris Riddell, Adam Roberts, Tony Robinson, Lee Rourke, Sophie Sabbage, Marcus Sedgwick, Richard Shirreff, Paul Stanford, Isy Suttie, Sandi Toksvig, Colin Tudge, Ed Vulliamy, Anna Whitelock, Kate Williams, Michael Wood, Louisa Young _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dining with the Durrells: Stories and Recipes from the Cookery Archive of Mrs Louisa Durrell David Shimwell (Author) Lee Durrell (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Hodder Paperback

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton

Pub Date:

05 Mar 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 272pp h196mm x w128mm x s20mm 194g Black and white integrated images throughout ISBN13: 9781529337556 ISBN13: 978-1-5293-3755-6 ISBN10: 1529337550 EAN: 9781529337556 x Description: 'We lolled in the sea until it was time to return for tea, another of Mother's gastronomic triumphs. Tottering mounds of hot scones; crisp paper-thin biscuits; cakes like snowdrifts, oozing jam; cakes dark, rich and moist, crammed with fruit; brandy snaps brittle as coral and overflowing with honey. Conversation was almost at a standstill; all that could be heard was the gentle tinkle of cups, and the heartfelt sigh of some guest, accepting

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Eat, Gay, Love: A Memoir Calum McSwiggan (Author) Series:

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Hodder & Stoughton

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton

Pub Date:

26 May 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 304pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781529384499 ISBN13: 978-1-5293-8449-9 ISBN10: 1529384494 EAN: 9781529384499 x Description: In the spring of 2012, Calum finds himself single again after his relationship of six years comes to an end. Heartbroken, unhappy and unsure of what to do next, he leaves the hometown he has been in all his life to embark on a journey that takes him all around the world, from teaching in a school on the outskirts of Rome to exploring the sex clubs of Berlin, to raising tigers in an animal sanctuary deep in the jungles of Thailand. Along the way, he meets LGBT+ people from all walks of life and every part of the rainbow - from an Italian teenager struggling with a homophobic father to a kathoey navigating life as a trans person in Thailand, to a young HIV-positive man living on the streets of London. Their individual stories, not only of hardship and sorrow but also of profound strength and hope, show the breadth and depth of queer life and experience, shedding light on themes such as homophobia, sexual violence, marriage equality and gender identity. Through these meetings and friendships, Calum not only finds the encouragement to embrace life after heartbreak, but also discovers a beautiful, loving global community who support and uplift him through the best and worst moments of his time on the road. A travel memoir with a difference, Eat, Gay, Love is a celebration of the power of community and a personal tribute to the extraordinary lives of LGBT+ people everywhere in the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Homes and Experiences Liam Williams (Author) Series:

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Hodder & Stoughton

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton

Pub Date:

26 May 2020

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Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 256pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473694866 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-9486-6 ISBN10: 1473694868 EAN: 9781473694866 x Description: 'The voice of a generation' Independent Mark is going on the trip of a lifetime: a summer touring Europe in the pay of the travel company he works for.For his plus one, he turns to his idolised cousin, Paris. Everything Mark's not, Paris is a man of the world with a thirst for adventure - even his name is better than Mark's. But after a catastrophic argument, Mark finds himself setting off alone on his voyage, instead emailing an unresponsive Paris from the road. A cocktail cruise on the Seine, mindful pastry making in Foix, a graffiti tour in Barcelona: Mark will be forced to engage with life and strangers as he never has before, with poignantly recognisable results.But questions remain: will he ever be able to have an authentic interaction? Will Paris ever reply to his emails? And crucially, will he manage to write SEO friendly copy for every place he visits?After all, it's not the destination that counts: it's the homes and experiences you encounter along the way. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Step By Step: The perfect gift for the adventurer in your life Simon Reeve (Author) Series:

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Hodder Paperback

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton

Pub Date:

08 Aug 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 336pp h196mm x w126mm x s28mm 249g ISBN13: 9781473689121 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8912-1 ISBN10: 1473689120 EAN: 9781473689121 x Description: 'Incredibly honest... one of the best autobiographies I've ever read.' The Sun - best books of 2019Shortlisted for the 2019 Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year Award 'His story reads like a fast-paced thriller.' Daily Mail'My goodness, it is brilliant. Searingly honest, warm, bursting with humanity. Such brave and inspiring writing.' Kate Humble'[Simon] begins to fill in the gaps in his life story that until recently he has never publicly revealed.' TelegraphPRAISE FOR SIMON REEVE'TV's most interesting globetrotter' Independent'The craziest (or bravest) man on TV' Mail on Sunday'Like all the best travellers, Reeve carries out his investigations with infectious relish, and in the realisation that trying to understand the country you're in is not just fascinating, but also hugely enjoyable' Daily Telegraph'Simon might just be the best tour guide in the world' The Sun* * * * * * * * *In TV adventurer Simon Reeve's bestselling memoir he describes how he has journeyed across epic landscapes, dodged bullets on frontlines, walked through minefields and been detained for spying by the KGB. His travels have taken him across jungles, deserts, mountains and oceans, and to some of the most beautiful, dangerous and remote regions of the world. In this revelatory account of his life Simon gives the full story behind some of his favourite expeditions, and traces his own inspiring personal journey back to leaving school without qualifications, teetering on a bridge, and then overcoming his challenges by climbing to a 'Lost Valley' and changing his life ... step by step. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Walking to Jerusalem: Blisters, hope and other facts on the ground Justin Butcher (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Hodder & Stoughton

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton

Pub Date:

19 Sep 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h196mm x w128mm x s26mm 220g ISBN13: 9781473673694 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7369-4 ISBN10: 1473673690 EAN: 9781473673694 x Description: 2017 marked three important anniversaries for the Palestinian people: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration; 50 years since the Sixday War; and ten years since the Blockade of Gaza. As an act of penance, solidarity and hope, actor and musician Justin Butcher - along with ten other companions for the full route, plus another hundred joining him for various stretches along the way - walked from London to Jerusalem. This book is the record of his journey: a combination of walking journal, travel writing and pilgrim stories. It's less of a travel guide to walking across Europe and more an exploration of the many strands radiating from the Holy Land and its narrative, weaving paths across place and history, through the lives of Justin's fellow-walkers - and, of course, his own life. Between the route itinerary and the themes of Balfour and Christian Zionism, Weizmann and cordite, colonialism, Jerusalem Syndrome and Desert spirituality, Justin charts a chronicle of serendipity: happenstances hilarious, infuriating and occasionally numinous - or, as pilgrims might say, encounters with the Divine. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft Geraldine DeRuiter (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

PublicAffairs,U.S.

Publisher:

INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US

Pub Date:

08 Aug 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United States Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 288pp h208mm x w138mm x s22mm 220g ISBN13: 9781541724655 ISBN13: 978-1-5417-2465-5 ISBN10: 1541724658 EAN: 9781541724655 x Description: Most travel memoirs involve a button-nosed protagonist nursing a broken heart who, rather than tearfully watching The Princess Bride while eating an entire 5-gallon vat of ice cream directly out of the container (like a normal person), instead decides to travel the world, inevitably falling for some chiseled stranger with bulging pectoral muscles and a disdain for wearing clothing above the waist.This is not that kind of book.Geraldine met the love of her life long before this story began, on a bus in Seattle surrounded by drunk college kids. She gets lost constantly, wherever she goes. And her nose would never, ever be considered "button-like."Hilarious, irreverent and heartfelt, All Over the Place chronicles the five-year period that kicked off when Geraldine got laid off from a job she loved and took off to travel the world. Those years taught her a great number of things, though the ability to read a map was not one of them. She has only a vague idea of where Russia is, but she understands her Russian father now better than ever before. She learned that at least half of what she thought was her mother's functional insanity was actually an equally incurable condition called "being Italian." She learned about unemployment and brain tumors and lost luggage and lost opportunities and just getting lost, in countless terminals and cabs and hotel lobbies across the globe. And she learned what it's like to travel the world with someone you already know and love. How that person can help you make sense of things, and can, by some sort of alchemy, make foreign cities and far-off places feel like home.In All Over the Place, Geraldine imparts the insight she gained while being far from home--wry, surprising, but always sincere, advice about marriage, family, health, and happiness that come from getting lost and finding the unexpected. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Don't Look Behind You!: True Tales of a Safari Guide Peter Allison (Author) Series:

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Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Publisher:

John Murray Press

Pub Date:

08 Aug 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 272pp h196mm x w130mm x s22mm 200g ISBN13: 9781529309379 ISBN13: 978-1-5293-0937-9 ISBN10: 1529309379 EAN: 9781529309379 x Description: In Peter's own words: These are the stories of a not particularly brave safari guide . . . As a child I knew that I was afraid of heights, and while uncomfortable admitting any phobia, was glad to have only one. Then I met my first crocodile. Now I know that there are at least two things in the world that unhinge my knees with fear, sour my breath, and overwhelm me with an urge to squeeze my eyes shut and wake up somewhere else. In this companion to Don't Run, Whatever You Do, Peter Allison encounters ravenous lions, stampeding elephants and lovesick rhinos. He recounts his hairy, and often hilarious, adventures in a private section of South Africa's famous Kruger National Park and in Botswana's Okavango Delta, where desert animals from the Kalahari make their homes next to aquatic creatures like hippos, and where the unusual becomes commonplace. It is written with a wonderful, gentle humour evocative of Gerald Durrell. One can almost feel the heat from the campfire flames as the stories are told. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Epic Continent: Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe Nicholas Jubber (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

John Murray Publishers Ltd

Publisher:

John Murray Press

Pub Date:

14 May 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 336pp h233mm x w154mm x s25mm 436g ISBN13: 9781473665736 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6573-6 ISBN10: 1473665736 EAN: 9781473665736 x Description: These are the stories that made Europe.Journeying from Turkey to Iceland, award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber takes us on a fascinating adventure through our continent's most enduring epic poems to learn how they were shaped by their times, and how they have since shaped us. The great European epics were all inspired by moments of seismic change: The Odyssey tells of the aftermath of the Trojan War, the primal conflict from which much of European civilisation was spawned. The Song of the Nibelungen tracks the collapse of a Germanic kingdom on the edge of the Roman Empire. Both the French Song of Roland and the Serbian Kosovo Cycle emerged from devastating conflicts between Christian and Muslim powers. Beowulf, the only surviving Old English epic, and the great Icelandic Saga of Burnt Njal, respond to times of great religious struggle the shift from paganism to Christianity. These stories have stirred passions ever since they were composed, motivating armies and revolutionaries, and they continue to do so today.Reaching back into the ancient and medieval eras in which these defining works were produced, and investigating their continuing influence today, Epic Continent explores how matters of honour, fundamentalism, fate, nationhood, sex, class and politics have preoccupied the people of Europe across the millennia. In these tales soaked in blood and fire, Nicholas Jubber discovers how the world of gods and emperors, dragons and water-maidens, knights and princesses made our own: their deep impact on European identity, and their resonance in our turbulent times. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Rhine: Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps Ben Coates (Author) Series:

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Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Publisher:

John Murray Press

Pub Date:

05 Sep 2019

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 304pp h196mm x w128mm x s16mm 220g ISBN13: 9781473665095 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6509-5 ISBN10: 1473665094 EAN: 9781473665095 x Description: *SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD*The Rhine is one of the world's greatest rivers. Once forming the outer frontier of the Roman Empire, it flows 800 miles from the social democratic playground of the Netherlands, through the industrial and political powerhouses of Germany and France, to the wealthy mountain fortresses of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. For five years, Ben Coates lived alongside a major channel of the river in Rotterdam, crossing it daily, swimming and sailing in its tributaries. In The Rhine, he sets out by bicycle from the Netherlands where it enters the North Sea, following it through Germany, France and Liechtenstein, to its source in the icy Alps. He explores the impact that the Rhine has had on European culture and history and finds out how influences have flowed along and across the river, shaping the people who live alongside it. Blending travelogue and offbeat history, The Rhine tells the fascinating story of how a great river helped shape a continent. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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See You Again in Pyongyang: A Journey into Kim Jong Un's North Korea Travis Jeppesen (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Hachette Books

Publisher:

Little, Brown & Company

Pub Date:

28 May 2019

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Active

Published in: United States Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h200mm x w132mm x s24mm 240g 20 (at least) photos color insert ISBN13: 9780316509145 ISBN13: 978-0-316-50914-5 ISBN10: 0316509140 EAN: 9780316509145 x Description: In See You Again in Pyongyang, Travis Jeppesen, the first American to complete a university program in North Korea, culls from his experiences living, traveling, and studying in the country to create a multifaceted portrait of the country and its idiosyncratic capital city in the Kim Jong Un Era.Anchored by the experience of his five trips to North Korea and his interactions with citizens from all walks of life, Jeppesen takes readers behind the propaganda, showing how the North Korean system actually works in daily life. He challenges the notion that Pyongyang is merely a "showcase capital" where everything is staged for the benefit of foreigners, as well as the idea that Pyongyangites are brainwashed robots. Jeppesen introduces readers to an array of fascinating North Koreans, from government ministers with a side hustle in black market Western products to young people enamored with American pop culture.With unique personal insight and a rigorous historical grounding, Jeppesen goes beyond the media cliches, showing North Koreans in their full complexity. See You Again in Pyongyang is an essential addition to the literature about one of the world's most fascinating and mysterious places. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Traveling Feast: On the Road and at the Table with My Heroes Rick Bass (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Back Bay Books

Publisher:

Little, Brown & Company

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United States Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 288pp h210mm x w140mm ISBN13: 9780316381215 ISBN13: 978-0-316-38121-5 ISBN10: 0316381217 EAN: 9780316381215 x Description: From his bid to become Eudora Welty's lawn boy to the time George Plimpton offered to punch him in the nose, lineage has always been important to Rick Bass. Now at a turning point--in his midfifties, with his long marriage dissolved and his grown daughters out of the house--Bass strikes out on a journey of thanksgiving. His aim: to make a memorable meal for each of his mentors, to express his gratitude for the way they have shaped not only his writing but his life. The result, an odyssey to some of America's most iconic writers, is also a record of self-transformation as Bass seeks to recapture the fire that drove him as a young man. Along the way we join in escapades involving smuggled contraband, an exploding grill, a trail of blood through Heathrow airport, an episode of dog-watching with Amy Hempel in Central Park, and a near run-in with plague-ridden prairie dogs on the way to see Lorrie Moore, as well as heartwarming and bittersweet final meals with the late Peter Matthiessen, John Berger, and Denis Johnson.

Poignant, funny, and wistful, The Traveling Feast is a guide to living well and an unforgettable adventure that nourishes and renews the spirit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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A Road for All Seasons: From Mull to Dover Harry Bucknall (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Constable

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h222mm x w138mm Integrated b/w illustrations ISBN13: 9781472126924 ISBN13: 978-1-4721-2692-4 ISBN10: 1472126920 EAN: 9781472126924 x Description: A tumultuous period in British politics left writer Harry Bucknall questioning whether he really knew the place he called home. Propelled by a growing desire to better understand his island nation, Harry decided to undertake a pilgrimage of sorts; he embarked on a series of four walks across Britain that would mirror the changing seasons, covering a distance of nearly 1,600 miles.From fresh and heady spring through to the gloriously crisp winter months, Harry journeyed across Britain visiting cities, towns and vast swathes of the countryside from Mull to Sunderland and Aberystwyth to Lowestoft, meeting a host of diverse and charismatic characters along the way as he strove to uncover the beating heart of the nation. Uplifting, joyous and charming, A Road for All Seasons is a vivid, social and cultural snapshot of 21st-century Britain. Focusing as much on the beauty of the fertile land as the people who inhabit it, it explores a unique culture, its folklore both past and present, as well as the wealth of the nation's history and heritage. Exquisitely written and filled with delightful people and places, this is Harry's ardent tribute to the British Isles. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Around the World by Mouse Harry Pearson (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Abacus

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

25 Dec 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780349114378 ISBN13: 978-0-349-11437-8 ISBN10: 0349114374 x Description: 'It is very easy to visit foreign lands and write sweeping generalisations about them. It is even easier if you don't go at all.' Harry Pearson loves the places he has travelled to, it's the travelling that he hates. AROUND THE WORLD BY MOUSE is his answer to that problem. He travels 600 miles a day on an original Star Trek teleporter (aka the Internet), using the local transport available and circumnavigating the globe in less than two months. Harry sees the world via webcams, soaks up the atmosphere through homepages and message boards, buys souvenirs, sends e -postcards and gets food poisoning from the battered squid balls (even though bloggers warn him they're notorious). Glorious in its surreally humorous observations, this is the last word in armchair - or desktop - travel writing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Departures: A Guide to Letting Go, One Adventure at a Time Anna Hart (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Sphere

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

23 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 272pp h196mm x w126mm x s26mm 212g ISBN13: 9780751577051 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-7705-1 ISBN10: 0751577057 EAN: 9780751577051 x

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com Description: I love Anna's writing, and I adore stories of adventuring women' Dolly Alderton'Humorous, emotional and useful' Grazia'A beautiful memoir' Dawn O'Porter'Warm, witty and gorgeously written' The Pool 'Even armchair travellers will get a vicarious thrill from Departures' Red***************A call-to-action for adventurers everywhere, Departures is about the power of travel to transform us, heal us, challenge us and turn us into everyday adventure-seekers even after we return to the grind back home.Have you ever turned up on a post-heartbreak holiday hopelessly unprepared and been forced to sleep on the floor wrapped up in a curtain? How about that eagerly-awaited solo adventure when you had to be airlifted home? Or what about the time you went to a fascinating European cultural capital and neglected to visit any of the world-renowned sights because you were in the bar? Well, Anna Hart has been on all those holidays, and more. As an avid traveller and then travel journalist, she's spent most of her working life on a plane somewhere, and over 10 years writing about the places she's ended up. In Departures she brings all of that knowledge together with the signature warmth and wit of her journalism. Anna is here to show that even the experts get it wrong, and how to get it right . . .***************What readers are saying about Departures: 'I couldn't put this book down. It was frank, funny and thought-provoking' 'A glorious big sister of a book' 'Anna makes you remember your own past adventures at the same time as inspiring new ones' 'This book was an amazing companion on my first solo trip abroad' 'A fascinating and illuminating read, especially for someone who hasn't travelled as much as they would have liked, but is full of wonder for all the places the world has to offer''I bought the audio version and ended up listening to Departures . . . 3 TIMES! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My Scotland Val McDermid (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Sphere

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 192pp h240mm x w196mm x s22mm 780g Fully illustrated ISBN13: 9780751572568 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-7256-8 ISBN10: 075157256X EAN: 9780751572568 x Description: 'I love stories. My life has been book-ended and bookmarked by hearing them, reading them and telling them. In my mind's eye, I can see where each of these stories unfolds . . .'__________In MY SCOTLAND, Sunday Times bestselling author Val McDermid takes readers to the landscapes she has known all her life, and the places where her stories and characters reside.Accompanied by over 100 stunning photographs, this remarkable book uncovers Val's own Scotland in all its glory - from the iconic Isle of Skye to the majestic streets of Edinburgh; from the undiscovered hideaways of the Highlands to the wild and untamed Jura.__________Featuring excerpts from Val McDermid's bestselling novels and charting Karen Pirie's Fife to Lindsay Gordon's Glasgow, MY SCOTLAND is an unforgettable and uniquely personal journey. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Oyster Isles: A Journey Through Britain and Ireland's Oysters Bobby Groves (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Constable

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

29 Aug 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h236mm x w160mm x s30mm 560g 2x 8pp plate sections ISBN13: 9781472129086 ISBN13: 978-1-4721-2908-6 ISBN10: 1472129083 EAN: 9781472129086 x Description: 'Bobby's oyster travelogue is an ambitious, one-of-a-kind piece that shines a spotlight on the extraordinary and the everyday of the industry. It's the stuff that oyster bucket lists are made of' Julie Qiu, In A Half Shell blog'A masterpiece' Sandy Ingber, Executive Chef of the Grand Central Oyster Bar, New York'An amazing tome . . . The stories behind each oyster and location are informative, in depth, but, most importantly, fun' Michel Roux JrThe oyster. Ostrea edulis. 'Edible bones'. The Great British oyster is deeply embedded in our geographical, historical and socio-cultural landscape. Five-thousand-year-old oyster shells have been discovered in the northern reaches of Scotland, and oyster shells are littered along the extinct riverbeds deep beneath the London of today. A highly prized delicacy of the Romans, the oyster has always been a class leveller: an everyman food of the poor during the Victorian age to a food of decadence during the twentieth century. It is a superfood; a biological water meter; an ecological superpower. The oyster card, 'the world is your oyster' - it has even crept into our language.Bobby Groves, Head of Oysters at the Chiltern Firehouse, takes us on a wonderful journey of the British oyster, a five-thousand-mile motorcycle odyssey of Britain's spectacular coastlines. He vividly brings to life this strange and marvellous creature, shining a light on its rich and vibrant history, its cultural impact and ecological importance as well as those oyster folk who work so hard to protect them.Part travelogue, part social history, Oyster Isles is a celebration of the much-loved yet much-

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The End of the World Peter Biddlecombe (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Abacus

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

25 Dec 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp ISBN13: 9780349117553 ISBN13: 978-0-349-11755-3 ISBN10: 0349117551 x Description: That's nearly all folks! Peter Biddlecombe has just about done the lot: the only travel-writer to have visited and written about 210 countries - from Afghanistan and Albania to Zambia and Zimbabwe. In this his twelfth book, the worlds' most travelled travel-writer, who has been hailed (and not only by himself) as a raconteur of genius, turns his inimitable eye, searing prose and devastating wit on the likes of Libya, Liberia and Turkmenistan. While other writers would tremble at the sight of a travel brochure advertising these countries, the fearless Biddlecombe simply wants to know if they accept luncheon vouchers at the bar. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Hezbollah Hiking Club: A short walk across the Lebanon Dom Joly (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Constable

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

21 May 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781472128430 ISBN13: 978-1-4721-2843-0 ISBN10: 1472128435 EAN: 9781472128430 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

To Venice with Love: A Midlife Adventure Philip Gwynne Jones (Author) Series:

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Constable

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

05 Mar 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 304pp h196mm x w126mm x s26mm 240g ISBN13: 9781472130228 ISBN13: 978-1-4721-3022-8 ISBN10: 1472130227 EAN: 9781472130228 x Description: 'An inspiring, life-affirming story' Reader's Digest Philip and Caroline Jones, a middle-aged couple living in Edinburgh, found themselves facing redundancy and an uncertain future. Until they received some advice from a complete stranger in a pub.Their response was to sell everything in order to move to Venice, in search of a better, simpler life. They were wrong about the 'simpler' bit...To Venice with Love recounts how they arrived in Venice with ten pieces of luggage, no job, no friends and no long-term place to stay. From struggling with the language to battling bureaucracy; the terror of teaching English to Italian teenagers, the company of a modestly friendly cat... and finally, from debugging financial systems on an Edinburgh industrial estate, to building an ordinary life in an extraordinary city, To Venice with Love is a love-letter to a city that changed their lives. It's a story told through the history, music, art, architecture (and, of course, the food) of La Serenissima.

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Two Trees Make a Forest: On Memory, Migration and Taiwan Jessica J. Lee (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Virago Press Ltd

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

25 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 256pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780349011042 ISBN13: 978-0-349-01104-2 ISBN10: 0349011044 EAN: 9780349011042 x Description: I have learned many words for 'island': isle, atoll, eyot, islet, or skerry. They exist in archipelagos or alone, and always, by definition, I have understood them by their relation to water. But the Chinese word for island knows nothing of water. For a civilisation grown inland from the sea, the vastness of mountains was a better analogue: (dao, 'island') built from the relationship between earth and sky.Between tectonic plates and conflicting cultures, Taiwan is an island of extremes: high mountains, exposed flatlands, thick forests. After unearthing a hidden memoir of her grandfather's life, written on the cusp of his total memory loss, Jessica J Lee hunts his story, in parallel with exploring Taiwan, hoping to understand the quakes that brought her family from China, to Taiwan and Canada, and the ways in which our human stories are interlaced with geographical forces.

Part-nature writing, part-biography, Two Trees Make a Forest traces the natural and human stories that shaped an island and a family. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My Four Seasons in France: A Year of the Good Life Janine Marsh (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

Publisher:

Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

Pub Date:

16 Apr 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm ISBN13: 9781789290479 ISBN13: 978-1-78929-047-9 ISBN10: 1789290473 EAN: 9781789290479 x Description: A little over ten years ago, Janine Marsh and her husband Mark gave up their city jobs in London to chase the good life in the countryside of northern France. Having overcome the obstacles of starting to renovate her dream home - an ancient, dilapidated barn - and fitting in with the peculiarities of her new neighbours, Janine is now the go-to expat in the area for those seeking to get to grips with a very different way of life.In the Seven Valleys, each season brings new challenges as well as new delights. Freezing weather in February threaten the lives of some of the four-legged locals; snow in March results in a broken arm, which in turn leads to an etiquette lesson at the local hospital; and a dramatic hailstorm in July destroys cars and houses, ultimately bringing the villagers closer together.With warmth and humour, Janine showcases a uniquely French outlook as two eternally ambitious expats drag a neglected farmhouse to life and stumble across the hidden gems of this very special part of the world________________Praise for Janine Marsh's My Good Life in France:'Warm, uplifting, and effervescent ... Janine's voice and humor bubble right off the page, making you want to pack your bags and visit her fixer-upper home in rural France' - Samantha Verant, author of Seven Letters from Paris'If you've ever dreamed of discovering "the real France", you won't want to miss this delightful book' - Keith Van Sickle, author of One Sip at a Time: Learning to Live in Provence _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Zen and Socks: An Artist's Year in Japan Kate T. Williamson (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Modern Books

Publisher:

Modern Books

Pub Date:

03 Oct 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h197mm x w133mm ISBN13: 9781912827305 ISBN13: 978-1-912827-30-5 ISBN10: 1912827301 EAN: 9781912827305 x Description: The only way for a Westerner to know the real Japan is to become part of it. Kate T. Williamson did just that, spending a year experiencing the culture, studying sock design, and reflecting on her adopted home. She brings her keen observations to us in Zen and Socks, a dramatically different look at a delightfully different way of life. In stunning watercolours and piquant texts, she explains the terms used to order various amounts of tofu, electric rugs, and how to distinguish a maiko from a geisha. She observes sumo wrestlers as they use ATMs and the temple carpenters who spend each Sunday dancing to rockabilly. Zen and Socks is a colourful journey through the beauty, poetry, and quirkiness of modern Japan--a book not just to look at but to experience. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Crazy Adventure in a Crazy War *SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOVIE* John Donohue (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Monoray

Publisher:

Octopus Publishing Group

Pub Date:

26 May 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 272pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781913183301 ISBN13: 978-1-913183-30-1 ISBN10: 1913183300 EAN: 9781913183301 x Description: An incredible true story of how, in 1967 - having seen students protesting against the Vietnam war - Chickie Donohue and his New York City bar friends decided that someone should go to Vietnam and take their soldier pals a beer and show them that SOMEONE appreciates what they're doing out there.It would be the Greatest Beer Run Ever! But who'd be crazy enough to do it?One man was up for the challenge: John "Chickie" Donohue. A U. S. Marine Corps veteran turned merchant mariner, Chickie decided he wasn't about to desert his buddies on the front lines when they needed him most.In THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER, Chickie sets off on an adventure that changes his life forever. Armed with Irish luck and a backpack full of alcohol, he makes his way to Qui Nho'n, tracking down his disbelieving friends one by one.But Chickie sees more of the war than he ever bargained for, unexpectedly getting caught up for a night on the front line by the Demilitarized Zone, and in Saigon during the Tet Offensive.

Donohue talks his way in and out of situations; learns a lot about himself and most importantly, changes his view on the Vietnam War, seeing first-hand the craziness of the whole endeavor and ultimately realising that the protesters were right. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

After the Fall: Crisis, Recovery and the Making of a New Spain Tobias Buck (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

23 Jul 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781474610087 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-1008-7 ISBN10: 1474610080 EAN: 9781474610087

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Impossible Owls: Essays from the Ends of the World Brian Phillips (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

12 Nov 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781474607841 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0784-1 ISBN10: 1474607845 EAN: 9781474607841 x Description: From its opening journey into remote Alaska for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, IMPOSSIBLE OWLS leads us on a kaleidoscopic exploration of contemporary reality. Brian Phillips takes us to a sumo tournament in Japan, the jungle in India, the studio of a great Russian animator, a royal tour of the Yukon Territory with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and into the weird heart of America. This exhilarating debut visits borders both real and imagined, and asks what it means, in our age, to travel to the end of the map. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China Frank Langfitt (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

09 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781474612333 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-1233-3 ISBN10: 1474612334 EAN: 9781474612333 x Description: As any traveller knows, the best and most honest conversations take place during car rides. So when journalist Frank Langfitt wanted to learn more about the real China, he started driving a cab - and discovered a country amid seismic political and economic change.The Chinese economic boom, with its impact on the environment, global trade, and the tech industry, has been one of the most important stories of the twenty-first century. Yet few realise that the boom is largely over, and that the new reality in China is unequal growth, political anxiety and a newly empowered strongman president in Xi Jinping.In order to understand this new world, Frank Langfitt offered the citizens of Shanghai a simple deal: a conversation in exchange for a free taxi ride. Rides turned into follow-up interviews, shared meals and even a wedding invitation. In this adventurous book, we get to know an array of quirky yet representative characters like Beer Horse, the pushy dealer who sells Langfitt his used car; Rocky, a stylishly dressed migrant worker who loves John Denver music; and Xiao Chen, who moved his family to Hawaii to escape China's oppressive education system but was unable to get out of the country himself.Unfolding over the course of several years, The Shanghai Free Taxi is a sensitive and eye-opening book about a rapidly changing country.

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Walking the Great North Line: From Stonehenge to Lindisfarne to Discover the Mysteries of Our Ancient Past Robert Twigger (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

06 Feb 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781474609050 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0905-0 ISBN10: 1474609058 EAN: 9781474609050 x Description: Robert Twigger, poet and travel author, was in search of a new way up England when he stumbled across the Great North Line. From Christchurch on the South Coast to Old Sarum to Stonehenge, to Avebury, to Notgrove barrow, to Meon Hill in the midlands, to Thor's Cave, to Arbor Low stone circle, to Mam Tor, to Ilkley in Yorkshire and its three stone circles and the Swastika Stone, to several forts and camps in Northumberland to Lindisfarne (plus about thirty more sites en route). A single dead straight line following 1 degree 50 West up Britain. No other north-south straight line goes through so many ancient sites of such significance. Was it just a suggestive coincidence or were they built intentionally? Twigger walks the line, which takes him through Birmingham, Halifax and Consett as well as Salisbury Plain, the Peak district, and the Yorkshire moors. With a planning schedule that focused more on reading about shamanism and beat poetry than hardening his feet up, he sets off ever hopeful. He wild-camps along the way, living like a homeless bum, with a heart that starts stifled but ends up soaring with the beauty of life. He sleeps in a prehistoric cave, falls into a river, crosses a 'suicide viaduct' and gets told off by a farmer's wife for trespassing; but in this simple life he finds woven gold. He walks with others and he walks alone, ever alert to the incongruities of the edgelands he is journeying through. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wayfaring Stranger: A Musical Journey in the American South Emma John (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

25 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781474606851 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0685-1 ISBN10: 1474606857 EAN: 9781474606851 x Description: Can you feel nostalgic for a life you've never known?Suffused with her much-loved warmth and wit, Emma John's memoir follows her moving and memorable journey to master one of the hardest musical styles on earth - and to find her place in an alien world.Emma had fallen out of love with her violin when a chance trip to the American South introduced her to bluegrass music. Classically trained, highly strung and wedded to London life, Emma was about as country as a gin martini. So why did it feel like a homecoming?Answering that question takes Emma deep into the Appalachian mountains, where she uncovers a hidden culture that confounds every expectation - and learns some emotional truths of her own. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Europe United: 1 football fan. 1 crazy season. 55 UEFA nations Matt Walker (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

riverrun

Publisher:

Quercus Publishing

Pub Date:

28 May 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787476134 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-613-4 ISBN10: 1787476138 EAN: 9781787476134 x Description: ** AS SEEN ON BBC FOOTBALL FOCUS AND BT SPORT **** 'Excellent and thoroughly enjoyable' Sunday Sport **** 'Informative and eye-opening . . . an inspirational and motivational book' footballbookreviews.com **'ONE MAN AND HIS QUEST TO SEE A GAME IN EVERY UEFA NATION IN ONE SEASON' Paul Doyle, GuardianIn June 2017, Matt said farewell to his job, surrendered his Fulham FC season ticket and set off for Georgia, the first stop on his mission. He would end his adventure eleven months later in Montenegro, having conquered the continent and captured the imagination of its sporting media.His epic journey would pose its challenges. Yet no amount of airport confusion in Iceland, unusual betting activity in Latvia, spectator bans in Albania or ropey breakfast buffets in Moldova would make Matt miss a matchday. And then there were the games themselves: showcasing the full spectrum of footballing theatre, from the truly sublime to the utterly ridiculous.This is the story of one fan on a once-ina-lifetime experience: travelling to Europe's unseen corners, talking with its unsung supporters, and tracing the beautiful game across the breadth of our brilliant, bizarre continent. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sovietistan: A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan Series:

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Imprint:

MacLehose Press

Publisher:

Quercus Publishing

Pub Date:

27 Aug 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 496pp h232mm x w152mm x s40mm 592g ISBN13: 9780857057761 ISBN13: 978-0-85705-776-1 ISBN10: 0857057766 EAN: 9780857057761 x Description: Erika Fatland takes the reader on a journey that is unknown to even the most seasoned globetrotter. The five former Soviet Republics' Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan all became independent when the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991. How have these countries developed since then? In the Kyrgyzstani villages Erika Fatland meets victims of the widely known tradition of bride snatching; she visits the huge and desolate Polygon in Kazakhstan where the Soviet Union tested explosions of nuclear bombs; she meets Chinese shrimp gatherers on the banks of the dried out Aral Sea and she witnesses the fall of a dictator. She travels incognito through Turkmenistan, a country that is closed to journalists. She meets exhausted human rights activists in Kazakhstan, survivors from the massacre in Osh in 2010, German Menonites that found paradise on the Kyrgyzstani plains 200 years ago. During her travels, she observes how ancient customs clash with gas production and she witnesses the underlying conflicts between ethnic Russians and the majority in a country that is slowly building its future in Nationalist colours.

In these countries, that used to be the furthest border of the Soviet Union, life follows another pace of time. Amidst the treasures of Samarkand and the bleakness of Soviet architecture, Erika Fatland moves with her openness towards the people and the landscapes around her. A rare and unforgettable travelogue.Translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Slow Trains Around Spain: A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides Tom Chesshyre (Author) Series:

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Summersdale Publishers

Publisher:

Summersdale Publishers

Pub Date:

09 Jul 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h222mm x w144mm ISBN13: 9781787833012 ISBN13: 978-1-78783-301-2 ISBN10: 1787833011 EAN: 9781787833012 x Description: Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and valleys of fruit orchards and olive groves, down glittering coastlines and along viaducts towering above plunging ravines... there is no better way to see Spain than by train.

Tom Chesshyre hits the tracks to take in the country through carriage windows on a series of clattering rides beyond the popular image of "holiday Spain" (although he stops by in Benidorm and Torremolinos too). From hidden spots in Catalonia, through the plains of Aragon and across the north coast to Santiago de Compostela, Chesshyre continues his journey via Madrid, the wilds of Extremadura, dusty mining towns, the cathedrals and palaces of Valencia and Granada, and finally to Seville, Andalusia's beguiling (and hot) capital.

Encounters? Plenty. Mishaps? A lot. Happy Spanish days? All the way. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Slow Trains to Venice: A 4,000-Mile Adventure Across Europe Tom Chesshyre (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Summersdale Publishers

Publisher:

Summersdale Publishers

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787832992 ISBN13: 978-1-78783-299-2 ISBN10: 1787832996 EAN: 9781787832992 x Description: Do you love trains? Do you love adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe from London to Venice.

Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks. From France (dogged by rail worker strikes), through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland, he travels as far east as Odessa by the Black Sea in Ukraine. With no set plans, simply a desire to let the trains lead the way, he heads back via Hungary, the Balkans and Austria. Along the way he enjoys many an encounter, befriending fellow travellers as well as a conductor or two.

This is a love letter to Europe, written from the trackside. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Tough Women Adventure Stories: Stories of Grit, Courage and Determination Jenny Tough (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Summersdale Publishers

Publisher:

Summersdale Publishers

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787833005 ISBN13: 978-1-78783-300-5 ISBN10: 1787833003 EAN: 9781787833005 x Description: It's time we celebrated women in adventure What does "toughness" mean to you? Perhaps it's being physically fit and mentally resilient. Perhaps it's doing something no one else has done before.

Perhaps it's breaking down boundaries and proving what you can do, in spite of the naysayers. Perhaps it's travelling alone, immersing yourself in new cultures and meeting new people. Perhaps it's running ultramarathons in the blistering heat and beating the competition. Perhaps it's conquering your fears.

The badass adventurers in this collection are all fearless, intelligent, compassionate and curious about the world - and they all happen to be female.

From endurance obstacle races to arctic expeditions, from mountain climbing to wingsuit flying, from horse trekking to swimming the English Channel, they have set the bar high for what women are capable of. Let yourself be inspired by their stories of grit, courage, determination, triumph and heartbreak - you never know, it might lead to something incredible! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Great Cities Through Travellers' Eyes Peter Furtado (Edited by) Series:

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Imprint:

Thames & Hudson Ltd

Publisher:

Thames & Hudson Ltd

Pub Date:

16 Jul 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm 660g 39 Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9780500294093 ISBN13: 978-0-500-29409-3 ISBN10: 0500294097 EAN: 9780500294093 x Description: Throughout history, intrepid men and women have related their experiences and perceptions of the world's great cities to bring them alive to those at home. The thirty-eight cities covered in this entertaining anthology of travellers' tales are spread over six continents, ranging from Beijing to Berlin, Cairo to Chicago, Lhasa to London, St Petersburg to Sydney and Rio to Rome. This volume features commentators across the millennia, including the great travellers of ancient times, such as Strabo and Pausanias; those who undertook extensive journeys in the medieval world, not least Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta; courageous women such as Isabella Bird and Freya Stark; and enterprising writers and journalists including Mark Twain and Norman Lewis. We see the world's great cities through the eyes of traders, explorers, soldiers, diplomats, pilgrims and tourists; the experiences of emperors and monarchs sit alongside those of revolutionaries and artists, but also those of ordinary people who found themselves in remarkable situations, like the medieval Chinese abbot who was shown round the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris by the King of France himself. Some of the writers seek to provide a straightforward, accurate description of all they have seen, while others concentrate on their subjective experiences of the city and encounters with the inhabitants. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling historian Peter Furtado, each account provides both a vivid portrait of a distant place and time and an insight into those who journeyed there. The result is a book that delves into the splendours and stories that exist beyond conventional guidebooks and websites. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Everybody Knows This is Nowhere: Misadventures in Sixteen Dumper Countries Andy Kershaw (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

HarperPress

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Pub Date:

31 Dec 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h240mm x w159mm 32 b&w illustrations ISBN13: 9780002552431 ISBN13: 978-0-00-255243-1 ISBN10: 0002552434 x Description: In December 1988, after a long and difficult journey up the Niger river, Andy Kershaw arrived in Timbuktu, dropped his rucksack, looked round and said, "Is this it?". Since then his fascination with the world's least-visited countries and most absurd republics has taken him to Haiti (six times), Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Mongolia, Bolivia, Chile, Kuwait, the Dominican Republic, Senegal, Cameroon and the Isle of Man. During his foreign adventures he has slept with a Senegalese taxi-driver; spent an afternoon with Dan Quayle; attented voodoo ceremonies; met Nelson Mandela; talked to the future President of Haiti when he was still in hiding; nearly drowned on the Niger river; taken breakfast with the head of the Tontons Macoute; walked across a minefield in Kuwait; and met descendants of Genghis Khan. This is Kershaw's humorous account of his travels. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Frozen River: Seeking Silence in the Himalaya James Crowden (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

William Collins

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Pub Date:

23 Jan 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h240mm x w159mm x s32mm 570g ISBN13: 9780008353179 ISBN13: 978-0-00-835317-9 ISBN10: 0008353174 EAN: 9780008353179 x Description: 'A tour de force of luminous writing.' Mark Cocker, Spectator

'Imagine if your family had lived in the mountains for a thousand years or more, what effect would that have upon your mind and your thinking?'

In 1976 James Crowden left his career in the British army and travelled to Ladakh in the Northern Himalaya, one of the most remote parts of the world. The Frozen River is his extraordinary account of the time he spent there, living alongside the Zangskari people, before the arrival of roads and mass tourism.

James immerses himself in the Zangskari way of life, where meditation and week-long mountain festivals go hand in hand, and silence and solitude are the hallmarks of existence. When butter traders invite James on their journey down the frozen river Leh, he soon realises that this way of living, unchanged for centuries, comes with a very human cost.

In lyrical prose, James captures a crucial moment in time for this Himalayan community. A moment in which their Buddhist practices and traditions are in flux, and the economic pull of a world beyond their valley is increasingly difficult to ignore. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Around the World in 60 Seconds: The Nas Daily Journey-1,000 Days. 64 Countries. 1 Beautiful Planet. Nuseir Yassin (Author) Bruce Kluger (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

HarperOne

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Pub Date:

28 Nov 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United States Hardback 272pp h232mm x w187mm x s25mm 852g ISBN13: 9780062932679 ISBN13: 978-0-06-293267-9 ISBN10: 0062932675 EAN: 9780062932679 x Description: Based on the Nas Daily video series with over 13 million dedicated followers comes the surprising, moving 1,000-day journey of a lifetime in book formIn 2016, Nuseir Yassin quit his job to travel for 1,000 consecutive days. But instead of the usual tourist traps, Nas set out to meet real people, see the places they call home, and discover what unites all of us living on this beautiful planet-from villages in Africa and slums in India, to the high-rises of Singapore and the deserts of Australia. While he journeyed from country to country, Nas uploaded a single 60-second video per day for his Nas Daily Facebook following to highlight the amazing, terrifying, inspiring and downright surprising sh*t happening all over the world. Thirteen million followers later, Nas Daily has become the most immersive travel experience ever captured, and finally shows us what we've all been looking for: each other.AROUND THE WORLD IN 60 SECONDS is Nas' unpredictable 1,000-day world tour in book form. At times a striking portrait of the most uncharted places in the world, at others a touching exploration of the human heart, this collection of life-affirming stories and breathtaking photographs changes how we think about humanity and community and invites us all on a journey to see the world, and each other, anew. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Open Mic Night in Moscow: And Other Stories from My Search for Black Markets, Soviet Architecture, and Emotionally Unavailable Russian Men Audrey Murray (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

William Morrow Paperbacks

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Pub Date:

19 Aug 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United States Paperback / softback 416pp h203mm x w135mm x s24mm 309g ISBN13: 9780062909848 ISBN13: 978-0-06-290984-8 ISBN10: 0062909843 EAN: 9780062909848 x Description: The raucous and surprisingly poignant story of a young, Russia-obsessed American writer and comedian who embarked on a solo tour of the former Soviet Republics, never imagining that it would involve kidnappers, garbage bags of money, and encounters with the weird and wonderful from Mongolia to Tajikistan.Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Siberia are not the typical tourist destinations of a twenty-something, nor the places one usually goes to eat, pray, and/or love. But the mix of imperial Russian opulence and Soviet decay, and the allure of emotionally unavailable Russian men proved strangely irresistible to comedian Audrey Murray.At age twenty-eight, while her friends were settling into corporate jobs and serious relationships, Audrey was on a one-way flight to Kazakhstan, the first leg of a nine-month solo voyage through the former USSR. A blend of memoir and offbeat travel guide, this thoughtful, hilarious catalog of a young comedian's adventures is also a diary of her emotional discoveries about home, love, patriotism, loneliness, and independence.Sometimes surprising, often disconcerting, and always entertaining, Open Mic Night in Moscow will inspire you to take the leap and embark on your own journey into the unknown. And, if you want to visit Chernobyl by way of an insane-asylum-themed bar in Kiev, Audrey can assure you that there's no other guidebook out there. (She's looked.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Great British Bucket List: Utterly Unmissable Britain Richard Madden (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Pavilion Books

Publisher:

Pavilion Books

Pub Date:

02 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h211mm x w149mm x s17mm 624g Colour illustrations and photographs throughout.

ISBN13: 9781911358732 ISBN13: 978-1-911358-73-2 ISBN10: 1911358731 EAN: 9781911358732 x Description: If you want to ski off a cliff or swim with sharks, stop reading now. This book is about achievable adventures that celebrate the best of Britain and Britishness. The 60 mini adventures are graded in difficulty from comically easy to mildly challenging, making them suitable for a wide range of ages and abilities. They include the most beautiful place to go for a stroll, the easiest place for a wild swim and, more importantly, the most spectacular place to have a cup of tea. Not to mention flying in a Spitfire and finding delicious food among the hedgerows.

So what's on this Great British Bucket List? Well, a host of alternative UK adventures to get you out of the house. From fossil hunting on the Jurassic coast to forest bathing in Standish Woods, family-friendly music festivals to spectacular walks and lazy picnic hotspots, this essential guide is packed with must-do experiences. Discover the world of luxury eco-glamping in Devon and Suffolk. Book your tickets for the Minack, Cornwall's world famous open-air theatre. Follow in the footsteps of the Kinder Scout mass trespass in Dark Peak, or go canoeing down the Wye Valley in Wales.

Besides old favourites, such as Stonehenge and Westminster Abbey, readers will find a bucket list bursting with suggestions for pleasant days out at some of the National Trust's historic houses. Whether you're luxuriating in Sissinghurst's famous gardens or moseying around Fountains Abbey, you're sure to have a uniquely British adventure. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Bumping Down Highways: From Boardrooms to Back Roads in an RV Jenni Raney Edwards (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Post Hill Press

Publisher:

Permuted Press

Pub Date:

08 Aug 2019

Publishing Status:

No longer our product

Published in: United States Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US) Paper not FSC or PEFC certified 288pp h210mm x w140mm x s20mm 327g ISBN13: 9781642932072 ISBN13: 978-1-64293-207-2 ISBN10: 1642932078 EAN: 9781642932072 x Description: From boardrooms to backroads...this is the life-changing adventure of a woman in her forties who hit the road in an RV on her own.

That's exactly what Prada heel-wearing, running-through-airports, successful business woman and entrepreneur, Jenni Edwards did. Even with all her achievements, she discovered something was missing in her life. So, she set out-searching for the adventure of a lifetime. Boy, did she find it! Jenni launches a cross-country adventure in her SUV with the barest of essentials and ends up falling in love with the open road. Along the way, she learns from mistakes, sees incredible sights, and meets people from every walk of life. Jenni's new "Tiny Life" journey takes her from coast to coast as she zigzags in a fifth wheel and motorhome. Faith and courage are her guides as she faces challenges and dangers with her "can-do attitude." Have you ever dreamed of hitting the open road in an RV? Or maybe re-writing the trajectory of your story? If so, climb in and take the adventure of a lifetime with Jenni as she bumps down one highway after another. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home Tembi Locke (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Simon & Schuster

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Pub Date:

06 Feb 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United States Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US) Paper not FSC or PEFC certified 352pp h203mm x w133mm x s25mm 252g ISBN13: 9781501187667 ISBN13: 978-1-5011-8766-7 ISBN10: 150118766X EAN: 9781501187667 x Description: This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is "a captivating story of love lost and found" (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hours.It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro's traditional Sicilian family did not approve of his marrying a black American woman. However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forged on. They built a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships, and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopted at birth. Eventually, they reconciled with Saro's family just as he faced a formidable cancer that would consume all their dreams. From Scratch chronicles three summers Tembi spends in Sicily with her daughter, Zoela, as she begins to piece together a life without her husband in his tiny hometown hamlet of farmers. Where once Tembi was estranged from Saro's family, now she finds solace and nourishment-literally and spiritually-at her mother-in-law's table. In the Sicilian countryside, she discovers the healing gifts of simple fresh food, the embrace of a close knit community, and timeless traditions and wisdom that light a path forward. All along the way she reflects on her and Saro's romance-an incredible love story that leaps off the pages. In Sicily, it is said that every story begins with a marriage or a death-in Tembi Locke's case, it is both. "Locke's raw and heartfelt memoir will uplift readers suffering from the loss of their own loved ones" (Publishers Weekly), but her story is also about love, finding a home, and chasing flavor as an act of remembrance. From Scratch is for anyone who has dared to reach for big love, fought for what mattered most, and those who needed a powerful reminder that life is...delicious. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers Eric Weiner (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Simon & Schuster

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Pub Date:

01 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United States Hardback Paper not FSC or PEFC certified 352pp h229mm x w152mm ISBN13: 9781501129018 ISBN13: 978-1-5011-2901-8 ISBN10: 1501129015 EAN: 9781501129018 x Description: We contemplate for the same reasons we travel: to see the world from a different perspective, to unearth hidden beauty and find new ways of being. We want to learn how to embrace wonder. Face regrets. Sustain hope. Eric Weiner combines his twin passions for philosophy and global travel in a pilgrimage that uncovers surprising life lessons from philosophers around the world, from Marcus Aurelius to Arthur Schopenhauer, Confucius to Montaigne. Traveling by train he traversed thousands of miles, making stops in Athens, Delhi, Massachusetts, Coney Island, Frankfurt, and points in between, to recapture philosophy's original purpose: teaching us how to lead wiser, more meaningful lives. From Socrates and ancient Athens to Simone de Beauvoir and twentieth century Paris, Weiner invites us to voyage alongside him on his life-changing pursuit of wisdom and discovery as he attempts to find answers to our most vital questions. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Dreams from India Mick Brown (Author) Series:

Edition:

Export

Imprint:

Simon & Schuster Ltd

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Dec 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) EU Toy Safety Directive - No warning No warning 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781471114977 ISBN13: 978-1-4711-1497-7 ISBN10: 147111497X EAN: 9781471114977 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My 1001 Nights: Tales and Adventures from Morocco Alice Morrison (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Simon & Schuster Ltd

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Ltd

Pub Date:

20 Feb 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w130mm x s21mm 2 x 8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781471174278 ISBN13: 978-1-4711-7427-8 ISBN10: 1471174271 EAN: 9781471174278 x Description: TV presenter, writer and adventurer Alice Morrison gives her own unique and personal insight into Morocco, the place she's made her home. When Alice Morrison headed out to Morocco, it was to take on one of the most daunting challenges: to run in the famous Marathon des Sables.

Little did she expect to end up living there. But once she settled in a flat in Marrakech, she was won over by the people, the spectacular scenery and the ancient alleyways of the souks. Soon she was hiking over the Atlas mountains, joining nomads to sample their timeless way of life as they crossed the Sahara desert, and finding peace in a tranquil oasis. Despite more than 10 million tourists coming to Morocco each year, there are remarkably few books about its people, their customs and the extraordinary range of places to visit, from bustling markets to vast, empty deserts. Alice makes sure she samples it all, and as she does she provides a stunning portrait of a beautiful country. As a lone woman, she often attracts plenty of curiosity, but her willingness to participate - whether thigh deep in pigeon droppings in a tannery or helping out herding goats - ensures that she is welcomed everywhere by a people who are among the most hospitable on the planet. Alice came to fame with her BBC2 series Morocco to Timbuktu, and now she joins the ranks of great travel writers who can bring a country vividly to life and instantly transport the reader to a sunnier place. If you're thinking of going to Morocco, or you want to recall your time there, Adventures in Morocco is the ideal book. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

On the Road: Adventures from Nixon to Trump James Naughtie (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Simon & Schuster Ltd

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Ltd

Pub Date:

02 Apr 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 8pp colour ISBN13: 9781471177415 ISBN13: 978-1-4711-7741-5 ISBN10: 1471177416 EAN: 9781471177415 x Description: James Naughtie, the acclaimed author and BBC broadcaster, now brings his unique and inquisitive eye to the country that has fascinated him and drawn him across the Atlantic for half a century. In looking at America, from Presidents Nixon through to Trump, he'll tell the story of a country that is grappling with a dream. What has it come to mean in the new century, and who do Americans now think they are? Drawing on his travels and encounters over forty years in the 'Land of the Free', On The Road will be filled with anecdotes, memories, tears and laughter reflecting Naughtie's

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com characteristic warmth and enthusiasm in encountering the America of Washington, of Broadway, of the small town and the plains. As a student, Naughtie watched the fall of President Richard Nixon in 1974, and subsequently as a journalist followed the story of the country - its politicians, artists, wheeler-dealers and the people who make it what it is, in the New York melting pot or the western deserts. This will be a story filled with encounters, for example with the people he has watched on every presidential campaign from the late 1970s to the victory of Donald Trump in 2016. As the 2020 presidential elections are well underway, Jim sees for himself how the main contenders are campaigning. He sees, also, how the POTUS himself is dealing with impeachment proceedings, and, what the ordinary citizen thinks of it all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The A303: Highway to the Sun Tom Fort (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Simon & Schuster Ltd

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Ltd

Pub Date:

13 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w130mm x s23mm ISBN13: 9781471186097 ISBN13: 978-1-4711-8609-7 ISBN10: 1471186091 EAN: 9781471186097 x Description: 'A nostalgic experience, informative, humorous, charming, but pervaded by the bitter-sweet scent of regret' Daily Mail'Fort has an eye for the quirky, the absurd, the pompous and a style that, like the road, is always on the move' Sunday Telegraph'A lovely book...At last someone has celebrated the romance of the British road' Guardian The A303 is more than a road. It is a story. One of the essential routes of English motoring and the road of choice to the West Country for thousands of holidaymakers, the A303 recalls a time when the journey was an adventure and not simply about getting there. In this fully revised and updated edition, Tom Fort gives voice to the stories this road has to tell, from the bluestones of Stonehenge, Roman roads and drovers paths to turnpike tollhouses, mad vicars, wicked Earls and solstice seekers, the history, geography and culture of this road tells a story of an English way of life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Walking to Samarkand: The Great Silk Road from Persia to Central Asia Bernard Ollivier (Author) Dan Golembeski (Translated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Skyhorse Publishing

Publisher:

Skyhorse Publishing

Pub Date:

11 Feb 2020

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Published in: United States Hardback With printed dust jacket Paper not FSC or PEFC certified 312pp h229mm x w152mm x s30mm 574g ISBN13: 9781510746893 ISBN13: 978-1-5107-4689-3 ISBN10: 1510746897 EAN: 9781510746893 x Description: Acclaimed journalist Bernard Ollivier continues his epic journey across Persia and Central Asia as he walks the length of the Great Silk Road. Walking to Samarkand is journalist Bernard Ollivier's stunning account of the second leg of his 7,200-mile walk from Istanbul, Turkey, to Xi'an, China, along the Silk Road--the longest and perhaps most mythical trade route of all time. Picking up where Out of Istanbul left off, Ollivier heads out of the Middle East and into Central Asia, grappling not only with his own will to continue but with new, unforeseen dangers. After crossing the final mountain passes of Turkish Kurdistan, Ollivier sets foot in Iran, keen on locating vestiges of the silk trade as he passes through Persia's modern cities and traditional villages, including Tabriz, Tehran, Nishapur, and the holy city of Mashhad. Beyond urban areas lie deserts: first Iran's Great Salt Desert, then Turkmenistan's forbidding Karakum, whose relentless sun, snakes, and scorpions pose continuous challenges to Ollivier's goal of reaching Uzbekistan. Setting his own fears aside, he travels on, wonderstruck at every turn, borne by a childhood dream: to see for himself the golden domes and turquoise skies of Samarkand, one of Central Asia's most ancient cities. But what Ollivier enjoys most are the people along the way: Askar, the hospitable gardener; the pilgrims of Mashhad; and his knights in shining armor, Mehdi and Monir. For, despite setting out alone, he comes to find that walking itself-through a kind of alchemy-surrounds him with friends and fosters fellowship. From the authoritarian mullahs of revolutionary Iran to the warm welcome of everyday Iranians-custodians of age-old, cordial Persian culture; from the stark realities of former Soviet republics to the region's legendary bazaars-veritable feasts for the senses-readers discover, through the eyes of a veteran journalist, the rich history and contemporary culture of these amazing lands.

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Atlas of an Anxious Man Christoph Ransmayr (Author) Simon Pare (Translated by) Series:

German List

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Seagull Books London Ltd Publisher:

Seagull Books London Ltd

Pub Date:

02 Apr 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US) 336pp h229mm x w152mm x s33mm ISBN13: 9780857426314 ISBN13: 978-0-85742-631-4 ISBN10: 0857426311 EAN: 9780857426314 x Description: In The Atlas of an Anxious Man, Christoph Ransmayr offers a mesmerizing travel diary--a sprawling tale of earthly wonders seen by a wandering eye. This is an exquisite, lyrically told travel story. Translated by Simon Pare, this unique account follows Ransmayr across the globe: from the shadow of Java's volcanoes to the rapids of the Mekong and Danube Rivers, from the drift ice of the Arctic Circle to Himalayan passes, and on to the disenchanted islands of the South Pacific. Ransmayr begins again and again with, "I saw. . ." recounting to the reader the stories of continents, eras, and landscapes of the soul. Like maps, the episodes come together to become a book of the world--one that charts the life and death, happiness and fate of people bound up in images of breathtaking beauty. "One of the German language's most gifted young novelists."--Library Journal, on The Terrors of Ice and Darkness _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Savage Dreamland David Eimer (Author) Series:

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm Paperback ISBN13: 9781408883815 ISBN13: 978-1-4088-8381-5 ISBN10: 1408883813 EAN: 9781408883815 x Description: The first of its kind: an exploration of one of the most mysterious countries in the world, as told by one of the first outsiders to access the country in its entirety For almost fifty years Burma was ruled by a paranoid military dictatorship and isolated from the outside world. A historic 2015 election swept an Aung San Suu Kyi-led civilian government to power and was supposed to usher in a new golden era of democracy and progress, but Burma remains unstable and undeveloped, a little-understood country.

Nothing is straightforward in this captivating land that is home to a combustible mix of races, religions and resources. A Savage Dreamland: Journeys in Burma reveals a country where temples take priority over infrastructure, fortune tellers thrive and golf courses are carved out of war zones. Setting out from Yangon, the old capital, David Eimer travels throughout this enigmatic nation, from the tropical south to the Burmese Himalayas in the far north, via the Buddhist-centric heartland and the jungles and mountains where rebel armies fight for autonomy in the longest-running civil wars in recent history. The story of modern Burma is told through the voices of the people Eimer encounters along the way: former political exiles, the squatters in Yangon's shanty towns, radical monks, Rohingya refugees, princesses and warlords, and the ethnic minorities clustered along the country's frontiers.

In his vivid and revelatory account of life, history, culture and politics, David Eimer chronicles the awakening of a country as it returns to the global fold and explores a fractured nation, closed to foreigners for decades. Authoritative and ground-breaking, A Savage Dreamland: Journeys in Burma is set to be a modern classic of travel writing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Land of Eagles: Riding Through Europe's Forgotten Country Robin Hanbury -Tenison (Author) Series:

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

13 Jun 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 232pp h216mm x w138mm 274g 11 colour in 8pp plate section, map ISBN13: 9781838603434 ISBN13: 978-1-83860-343-4 ISBN10: 1838603433 EAN: 9781838603434 x Description: Albania is the least-known and least developed country in Europe. It has a long, rich and troubled past, characterised by unrest and isolationism. Today, very little is known of its people - beyond those who have emigrated to other countries in Europe - and its landscapes have remained virtually untravelled for centuries. Determined to discover the country behind the stereotypes and preconceptions, Robin Hanbury-Tenison and his wife Louella rode across Albania, from Thethi in the north to the border with Greece in the south. Following in the footsteps of Byron, Edward Lear and Edith Durham they crossed some of the most wild and arrestingly beautiful landscape in Europe. Through soaring mountain ranges and hidden valleys dotted with Illyrian, Roman and Byzantine ruins they lived simply; staying in the homes of communities untouched by the 21st century and in towns bursting with artistic creativity. They discovered an ancient land, proud and fiercely independent, struggling to emerge from the darkness of repression and poverty and from the shadows of its more popular neighbours.

Land of Eagles is the story of a lyrical and dramatic journey, peppered with adventure and mishap, discovery and unexpected encounters. Adorned with the history, legends and literature of Albania and with the tales of past travellers, it is a luminous portrait of this mysterious and eccentric country, which has for too long been forgotten by Europe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Notes from the Cevennes: Half a Lifetime in Provincial France Adam Thorpe (Author) Series:

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Bloomsbury Continuum

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

16 May 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h198mm x w129mm 184g Integrated black and white illustrations ISBN13: 9781472966315 ISBN13: 978-1-4729-6631-5 ISBN10: 1472966317 EAN: 9781472966315 x Description: Adam Thorpe's home for the past 25 years has been an old house in the Cevennes, a wild range of mountains in southern France. Prior to this, in an ancient millhouse in the oxbow of a Cevenol river, he wrote the novel that would become the Booker Prize-nominated Ulverton, now a Vintage Classic.

In more recent writing Thorpe has explored the Cevennes, drawing on the legends, history and above all the people of this part of France for his inspiration. In his charming journal, Notes from the Cevennes, Thorpe takes up these themes, writing about his surroundings, the village and his house at the heart of it, as well as the contrasts of city life in nearby Nimes. In particular he is interested in how the past leaves impressions - marks - on our landscape and on us. What do we find in the grass, earth and stone beneath our feet and in the objects around us? How do they tie us to our forebears? What traces have been left behind and what marks do we leave now?

He finds a fossil imprinted in the single worked stone of his house's front doorstep, explores the attic once used as a silk factory and contemplates the stamp of a chance paw in a fragment of Roman roof-tile. Elsewhere, he ponders mutilated fleur-de-lys (French royalist symbols) in his study door and unwittingly uses the tomb-rail of two sisters buried in the garden as a gazebo. Then there are the personal fragments that make up a life and a family history: memories dredged up by 'dusty toys, dried-up poster paints, a painted clay lump in the bottom of a box.'

Part celebration of both rustic and urban France, part memoir, Thorpe's humorous and precise prose shows a wonderful stylist at work, recalling classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes.

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Pravda Ha Ha: True Travels to the End of Europe Rory MacLean (Author) Series:

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

31 Oct 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm 560g ISBN13: 9781408896532 ISBN13: 978-1-4088-9653-2 ISBN10: 1408896532 EAN: 9781408896532 x Description: Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award

'A gem of a book, informative, companionable, sometimes funny, and wholly original. MacLean must surely be the outstanding, and most indefatigable, traveller-writer of our time' John le Carre In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell. In that euphoric year Rory MacLean travelled from Berlin to Moscow, exploring lands that were - for most Brits and Americans - part of the forgotten half of Europe. Thirty years on, MacLean traces his original journey backwards, across countries confronting old ghosts and new fears: from revanchist Russia, through Ukraine's bloodlands, into illiberal Hungary, and then Poland, Germany and the UK. Along the way he shoulders an AK-47 to go hunting with Moscow's chicken Tsar, plays video games in St Petersburg with a cyber-hacker who cracked the US election, drops by the Che Guevara High School of Political Leadership in a non-existent nowhereland and meets the Warsaw doctor who tried to stop a march of 70,000 nationalists. Finally, on the shores of Lake Geneva, he waits patiently to chat with Mikhail Gorbachev.

As Europe sleepwalks into a perilous new age, MacLean explores how opportunists - both within and outside of Russia, from Putin to Home Counties populists - have made a joke of truth, exploiting refugees and the dispossessed, and examines the veracity of historical narrative from reportage to fiction and fake news. He asks what happened to the optimism of 1989 and, in the shadow of Brexit, chronicles the collapse of the European dream. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sailing to the Edge of Time: The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging John Kretschmer (Author) Series:

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Adlard Coles Nautical

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

05 Mar 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h197mm x w129mm 8 page colour plate section ISBN13: 9781472951663 ISBN13: 978-1-4729-5166-3 ISBN10: 1472951662 EAN: 9781472951663 x Description: John Kretschmer is sailing's practical philosopher - as much a doer as a thinker. And that is the overarching theme of this chronicle of a sailing life. Often amusing, sometimes poignant, occasionally terrifying but always inspiring, his deeply personal account is a welcome reminder of the good life waiting at sea.

With hundreds of thousands of nautical miles under his keel, John's adventures have taken him several times around the world, with challenging crossings of the Atlantic and the Pacific, a narrow escape from a coup in Yemen, an unlikely deliverance from a coral reef off Belize as well as more serene, introspective passages where trade winds are blowing and stories are flowing. His crew has included CEOs, actors, writers, teachers, kids - in essence, everyone.

John's narrative is interwoven with practical tips and advice in seamanship, but also, and just as importantly, his hard-won insights about making the most of our lives. He truly believes we find out who we really are, and what we are capable of, far from the shackles of land, when we find a place where time changes shape - days may merge into one another, but minutes are memorable.

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Stalin's Nose: Across the Face of Europe Rory MacLean (Author) Series:

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

28 Nov 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US) 232pp h196mm x w130mm x s15mm 181g ISBN13: 9780755617074 ISBN13: 978-0-7556-1707-4 ISBN10: 075561707X EAN: 9780755617074 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Stories of the Sahara Sanmao (Author) Mike Fu (Translated by) Series:

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

09 Jul 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm Paperback ISBN13: 9781408881842 ISBN13: 978-1-4088-8184-2 ISBN10: 1408881845 EAN: 9781408881842 x Description: The book that has captivated millions of Chinese readers, translated into English for the very first time.

'Hypnotic . . . A record of one person's fierce refusal to follow a path laid down for her by the rest of the world' Tash Aw, Paris Review Books of the Year Sanmao: author, adventurer, pioneer. Born in China in 1943, she moved from Chongqing to Taiwan, Spain to Germany, the Canary Islands to Central America, and, for several years in the 1970s, to the Sahara.

Stories of the Sahara invites us into Sanmao's extraordinary life in the desert: her experiences of love and loss, freedom and peril, all told with a voice as spirited as it is timeless.

At a period when China was beginning to look beyond its borders, Sanmao fired the imagination of millions and inspired a new generation. With an introduction by Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti, this is an essential collection from one of the twentieth century's most iconic figures.

'Every story conveys Sanmao's infectious capacity for wonder' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti 'Has endured for generations of young Taiwanese and Chinese women' New York Times 'Ground-breaking' Geographical 'A remarkable and brave book. Sanmao was a freewheeling feminist who broke all the rules and did so with a gleeful, mischievous smile' David Eimer, South China Morning Post _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Existential Englishman Michael Peppiatt (Author) Series:

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

16 Jan 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781408891681 ISBN13: 978-1-4088-9168-1 ISBN10: 1408891689 EAN: 9781408891681 x Description: The Existential Englishman is both a memoir and an intimate portrait of Paris - a city that can enchant, exhilarate and exasperate in equal measure. As Peppiatt remarks: 'You reflect and become the city just as the city reflects and becomes you'. This, then, is one man's not uncritical love letter to Paris.

Intensely personal, candid and entertaining, The Existential Englishman chronicles Peppiatt's relationship with Paris in a series of vignettes structured around the half-dozen addresses he called home as a plucky young art critic. Having survived the tumultuous riots of 1968, Peppiatt traces his precarious progress from junior editor to magazine publisher, recalling encounters with a host of figures at the heart of Parisian artistic life - from Sartre, Beckett and Cartier-Bresson to Serge Gainsbourg and Catherine Deneuve. Peppiatt also takes us into the secret places that fascinate him most in this ancient capital, where memories are etched into every magnificent palace and humble cobblestone.

On the historic streets of Paris, where all life is on show and every human drama played out, Michael Peppiatt is the wittiest and wickedest of observers, capturing the essence of the city and its glittering cultural achievements. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers Ted Jones (Author) Series:

Literary Guides for Travellers

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Tauris Parke

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

23 Jan 2020

Publishing Status:

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h198mm x w129mm illustrated with line drawings ISBN13: 9780755617586 ISBN13: 978-0-7556-1758-6 ISBN10: 0755617584 EAN: 9780755617586 x Description: The sunlight and calm of the French Riviera have been a magnet for writers since the fourteenth century. The Cote d'Azur has provided the inspiration and setting for some of the greatest literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. "The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers" is a reader's journey along this fabled coast, from Hyeres and St. Tropez in the west to the Italian border in the east, introducing the lives and work of writers who passed this way, from distinguished Nobel laureates to new authors who found their voices there. Ted Jones's encyclopaedic work covers them all: writers such as Graham Greene and W. Somerset Maugham, who spent much of their lives there; F. Scott Fitzgerald and Guy de Maupassant, whose work it dominates; and the countless writers who simply lingered there, including Louisa M. Alcott, Hans Christian Anderson, J. G. Ballard, Samuel Beckett, Arnold Bennett, William Boyd, Bertholt Brecht, Anthony Burgess, Albert Camus, Bruce Chatwin, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot, Ian Fleming, Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, D. H. Lawrence, A. A.Milne, Vladimir Nabokov, Dorothy Parker, Sylvia Plath, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Robert Louis Stevenson, Anton Tchekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Evelyn Waugh, H. G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, P. G. Wodehouse, Virginia Woolf and W. B. Yeats - and many others. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Lion and the Nightingale: A Journey through Modern Turkey Kaya Genc (Author) Series:

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I.B. Tauris

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

17 Oct 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781788314961 ISBN13: 978-1-78831-496-1 ISBN10: 1788314964 x Description: Turkey is a land torn between East and West, and between its glorious past and a dangerous, unpredictable future. After the violence of an attempted military coup against President Erdogan in 2016, an event which shocked the world, journalist and novelist Kaya Genc travelled around his country on a quest to find the places and people in whom the contrasts of Turkey's rich past meet. As suicide bombers attack Istanbul, and journalists and teachers are imprisoned, he walks the streets of the famous Ottoman neighborhoods, and tells the stories of the ordinary Turks who live among the contradictions and conflicts of one of the world's great cities. The Lion and the Nightingale tells the spellbinding story of a country whose history has been split between East and West, between violence and beauty - between the roar of the lion and the song of the nightingale.

Weaving together a mixture of memoir, interview and his own autobiography, Genc takes the reader on a contemporary journey through the contradictory soul of the Turkish nation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Makers of Modern Syria: The Rise and Fall of Syrian Democracy 19181958 Sami Moubayed (Author) Series:

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I.B. Tauris

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

20 Feb 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h216mm x w138mm 17 black and white in 8-page plates ISBN13: 9780755606580 ISBN13: 978-0-7556-0658-0 ISBN10: 0755606582 EAN: 9780755606580 x Description: In the aftermath of World War I Syria paved a path towards democracy. Initially as part of the French mandate in the Middle East and latterly as an independent republic, Syria put in place the instruments of democratic government that it was hoped would lead to a stable future. This book tells the story of Syria's formative years, using previously-unseen material from the personal papers of Ahmad Sharabati, a prominent nationalist who served in different capacities during colonial times and early independence, first as minister of defense and then as minister of education. His experiences and those of others of his generation tell the story of Syria's short-lived democratic years, up to the union with Egypt as the United Arab Republic between 1958 and 1961. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Wandering Vine: Wine, the Romans and Me Nina Caplan (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Bloomsbury Continuum

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

16 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm 248g Integrated b+w illustrations and maps ISBN13: 9781472938459 ISBN13: 978-1-4729-3845-9 ISBN10: 1472938453 EAN: 9781472938459

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com x Description: WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS DEBUT DRINK BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 WINNER OF THE LOUIS ROEDERER INTERNATIONAL WINE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 'Wine is alive, ageing and changing, but it's also a triumph over death. These grapes should rot. Instead they ferment. What better magic potion could there be, to convey us to the past?'

Impelled by a dual thirst, for wine and for knowledge, Nina Caplan follows the vine into the past, wandering from Champagne's ancient chalk to the mountains of Campania, via the crumbling Roman ruins that flank the river Rhone and the remote slopes of Priorat in Catalonia. She meets people whose character, stubbornness and sometimes, borderline craziness makes their wine great: an intrepid Englishman planting on rabbit-infested Downs, a glamorous eagle-chasing Spaniard and an Italian lawyer obsessed with reviving Falernian, legendary wine of the Romans. In the course of her travels, she drinks a lot and learns a lot: about dead conquerors and living wines, forgotten zealots and - in vino veritas, as Pliny said - about herself.

In this lyrical and charming book, Nina Caplan drinks in order to remember and travels in order to understand the meaning of home. This is narrative travel writing at its best. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Venice: A Literary Guide for Travellers Marie-Jose Gransard (Author) Series:

Literary Guides for Travellers

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Imprint:

Tauris Parke

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

08 Aug 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm 276g 30 bw integrated, 1 map ISBN13: 9781788318839 ISBN13: 978-1-78831-883-9 ISBN10: 1788318838 EAN: 9781788318839 x Description: "Memory's images, once they are fixed in words, are erased," Marco Polo said. "Perhaps I am afraid of losing Venice all at once, if I speak of it, or perhaps, speaking of other cities, I have already lost it, little by little." -- Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities Venice, 'La Serenissima', is one of the most breathtaking cities in the world. A floating labyrinth; the world's greatest museum, frozen in time; a cultural jewel, slowly sinking into the lagoon from which it rose; tourist-trap, irresistible muse. From its earliest beginnings in the 7th century, Venice has been a magnetic centre of trade and culture, wealth and power and has acted as a crossroads for an array of religious pilgrims and refugees, diplomats, crusading armies and merchants.

Later, its fabled beauty and reputation as a haven for freedom of expression seduced some of the most celebrated figures in history: artists such as Durer, Bellini and Turner; writers Dickens, Byron, Kafka, Poe, Rousseau, Thomas Mann, Ruskin and Ezra Pound and composers Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Stravinsky. In this riveting guide to literary Venice, the author uncovers the city's myriad secrets, revealing how every floating palace, gilded church and bustling square is imbued with the lives and creations of those who were inspired by the city, which still echoes with their voices. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Visitors to Verona: Lovers, Gentlemen and Adventurers Caroline Webb (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Bloomsbury Academic

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Pub Date:

23 Jul 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 264pp h234mm x w156mm 22 colour in 8pp plates, 2 maps ISBN13: 9781350174252 ISBN13: 978-1-350-17425-2 ISBN10: 1350174254 EAN: 9781350174252 x Description: Even before the advent of mass tourism, Verona was a popular destination for travellers, including those undertaking the popular 'Grand Tour' across Europe. In this book, Caroline Webb compares the experiences of travellers from the era of Shakespeare to the years following the

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com incorporation of the Veneto into the new kingdom of Italy in 1866. She considers their reasons for visiting Verona as well as their experiences and expectations once they arrived. The majority of English visitors between 1670 and 1760 were young members of the aristocracy, accompanied by tutors, who arrived on their way to or from Rome, as part of a 'Grand Tour' intended to 'finish' their classical education. With the Industrial Revolution in the second half of the eighteenth century, and the resultant increasing wealth of the upper middle classes, the number of visitors to Verona increased although this tourism was derailed once Napoleon invaded Italy in the late 1790s. After 1815 and the allied victory at Waterloo there was a new flood of visitors, previously deprived of the opportunity of continental travel during the Napoleonic wars.

As the nineteenth century progressed, especially with the arrival of the railway, an increasing number of visitors appeared from across Europe and even from across the Atlantic, keen to explore the fabled city of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In comparing a myriad of varied accounts, this book provides an unrivalled perspective on the history of one of Italy's most seductive cities. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Invisible Muslim: Journeys Through Whiteness and Islam Medina Tenour Whiteman (Author) Series:

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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Publisher:

C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

27 Feb 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w130mm ISBN13: 9781787383029 ISBN13: 978-1-78738-302-9 ISBN10: 1787383024 EAN: 9781787383029 x Description: Medina Tenour Whiteman stands at the margins of whiteness and Islam. An Anglo-American born to Sufi converts, she feels perennially out of place-not fully at home in Western or Muslim cultures.

In this searingly honest memoir, Whiteman contemplates what it means to be an invisible Muslim, examining the pernicious effects of white Muslim privilege and exploring what Muslim identity can mean the world over-in lands of religious diversity and cultural insularity, from Andalusia, Bosnia and Turkey to Zanzibar, India and Iran.

Through her travels, she unearths experiences familiar to both Western Muslims and anyone of mixed heritage: a life-long search for belonging and the joys and crises of inhabiting more than one identity. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Villa in Tuscany: John Fleming and Hugh Honour Remembered Susanna Johnston (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Gibson Square Books Ltd Publisher:

Gibson Square Books Ltd

Pub Date:

23 Apr 2020

Forthcoming

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm 20 b/w illustrations ISBN13: 9781783341139 ISBN13: 978-1-78334-113-9 ISBN10: 1783341130 x Description: Light-hearted and moving story of the beautiful friendship between John Fleming and Hugh Honour, the last great British eccentrics, and Susanna Johnston, centring around the Villa Marchio in Tuscany where they had made their life _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Corks and Screws: An Irreverent Journey to the World's Most Famous Vineyards Lawrence Osborne (Author) Jancis Robinson (Foreword by) Series:

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Imprint:

Gibson Square Books Ltd Publisher:

Gibson Square Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Dec 2019

Cancelled

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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h222mm x w140mm x s30mm ISBN13: 9781903933596 ISBN13: 978-1-903933-59-6 ISBN10: 1903933595 x Description: Corks and Screws is for those who imagine that behind the elegant wine chateaux in France and Italy lies a rarified world of superior sophistication that is the result of centuries of carefully tending to the vines and letting one's tastebuds do the talking. For Osborne, who grew up on Sainsbury's Beaujolais, there is only one way to find out and journey from France to Italy to California to all the most famous wine regions to discover the secret life of the wine trade. He discovers that the carefully crafted image of condescension that surrounds the wine world couldn't be further from the brutal truth. From the humblest bottle for a fiver to the greatest grand cru worth thousands of pounds, a fierce battle is being fought without hostages by a motley cast of princes, rogues and crazed Californian technocrats who would want nothing better than to squeeze the words of Jilly Goolden in vials to liven up their wines--had they ever heard of her. Eloquent, witty, obstinate and not-easily fooled, Osborne exposes what really goes on in the cellars of the most celebrated wines of this world. Any hint of wine-snobbery you may have cultivated will not survive the reading of this book. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

France, a Nation on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Jonathan Miller (Author) Series:

Edition:

2nd edition

Imprint:

Gibson Square Books Ltd Publisher:

Gibson Square Books Ltd

Pub Date:

23 May 2019

Active

Publishing Status:

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781783340590 ISBN13: 978-1-78334-059-0 ISBN10: 1783340592 x Description: Meet the real French and chuckle: quirky insider's facts you never knew about Britain's most popular holiday destination - a perfect poolside read! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

More More France Please: The Little Lusts and Secrets of Life in France Helena Frith Powell (Author) Series:

Edition:

New edition

Imprint:

Gibson Square Books Ltd Publisher:

Gibson Square Books Ltd

Pub Date:

18 Jun 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 404pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781783341818 ISBN13: 978-1-78334-181-8 ISBN10: 1783341815 x Description: With summer vacation beckoning, life in France will seem the ultimate dream for all of us, les rosbifs. But behind the sun, the wine, and the beautifully honey-coloured houses what are the real secrets of living in France as a Brit? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Black Earth: A Journey Through Ukraine Jens Muhling (Author) Series:

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The Armchair Traveller at Publisher: the Bookhaus

Haus Publishing

Pub Date:

19 Aug 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 228pp ISBN13: 9781909961609 ISBN13: 978-1-909961-60-9 ISBN10: 1909961604 x Description: Will someone pay for the spilled blood? No. Nobody.' Mikhail Bulgakov wrote these words in Kiev during the turmoil of the Russian Civil War. Since then Ukrainian borders have shifted constantly and its people have suffered numerous military foreign interventions that have left them with nothing. As a state, Ukraine exists only since 1991 and what it was before is controversial among its people as well as its European neighbours.

Writing in a simple and vivid way, Jens Muhling narrates his encounters with nationalists and old Communists, Crimean Tatars and Cossacks, smugglers, archaeologists and soldiers, all of whose views could hardly be more different. Black Earth connects all these stories to convey an unconventional and unfiltered view of Ukraine - a country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia and the centre of countless conflicts of opinion. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Borges in Sicily: Journey with a Blind Guide Alejandro Luque (Author) Series:

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The Armchair Traveller at Publisher: the Bookhaus

Haus Publishing

Pub Date:

28 May 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 220pp 23 black and white photographs ISBN13: 9781909961623 ISBN13: 978-1-909961-62-3 ISBN10: 1909961620 x Description: When Alejandro Luque receives a book of photographs taken in Sicily by the Argentinian writer, essayist, and poet Luis Borges, he decides to trace the writer's journey, setting off with a group of friends on his own Sicilian odyssey. Meticulously identifying the location of each photograph, Luque uses Borges's pictures to imagine the range of emotions that the renowned writer felt as he experienced the same views. As his hunt for the locations of the original photographs unfolds, Luque chronicles the ways in which he begins to fall in love with both the island itself and with his friend, Ro. This winding journey features literati both past and present, indigenous and foreign. These characters live alongside Luque's own comments and observations in a narrative that is rich in historical and personal detail. The writer who inspired this great journey, Borges himself, becomes a character in this narrative that is infused with extracts and reflections from his essays and poetry. Borges in Sicily acts as a travel diary, a guide to the most fascinating places in Sicily, a recounting of Borges's journey around the island, and a deeply poetic story of Luque's own adventures. The book also includes twenty-three photographs from the renowned Magnum photographer Ferdinando Scianna, and it won the 1st Premio International del Libros de Viajes. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dickens's London Peter Clark (Author) Series:

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The Armchair Traveller at Publisher: the Bookhaus

Haus Publishing

Pub Date:

02 Dec 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 180pp h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781909961678 ISBN13: 978-1-909961-67-8 ISBN10: 1909961671

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But the `character' he was drawn back to throughout his novels was London itself, all aspects of the capital from the coaching inns of his early years to the taverns and watermen of the Thames; these were the constant cityscapes of his life and work.

Based on five walks in central London, Peter Clark illuminates the settings of Dickens's London, his life, his journalism and his fiction. He also explores `The First Suburbs' (Camden Town, Chelsea, Greenwich, Hampstead, Highgate and Limehouse) as they feature in Dickens's writing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hemingway in Italy Richard Owen (Author) Series:

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The Armchair Traveller at Publisher: the Bookhaus

Haus Publishing

Pub Date:

28 Feb 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 160pp ISBN13: 9781909961708 ISBN13: 978-1-909961-70-8 ISBN10: 1909961701 x Description: Ernest Hemingway is most often associated with Spain, Cuba and Florida, but Italy was equally important in his life and work. This book, the first full-length study on the subject, explores Hemingway's visits throughout his life to such places as Sicily, Genoa, Rapallo, Cortina and Venice.

Richard Owen describes how Hemingway first visited Italy during the First World War, an experience that set the scene for A Farewell to Arms. The writer then returned after the Second World War, and found inspiration for Across the River and into the Trees. When Men Without Women was published, some reviewers declared Hemingway to be at heart a reporter preoccupied with bullfighters, soldiers, prostitutes and hard drinkers, but their claims failed to note that he also wrote sensitively and passionately about love and loss against an Italian backdrop. Owen highlights the significance of Italy in the writer's life. Showing how the Italian landscape, from the Venetian lagoon to the Dolomites and beyond, deeply affected one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Hemingway in Italy demonstrates that this country stands alongside Spain as a key influence on his writing - and why the Italians themselves took Hemingway and his writing to heart. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Kafka's Prague Klaus Wagenbach (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

The Armchair Traveller at Publisher: the Bookhaus

Haus Publishing

Pub Date:

14 Oct 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 160pp 20 ISBN13: 9781909961654 ISBN13: 978-1-909961-65-4 ISBN10: 1909961655 x Description: Nearly 100 years after Franz Kafka's death, his works continue to intrigue and haunt us. Even for those who are only fleetingly acquainted with his unfinished novels, or his stories, diaries, and letters, `Kafkaesque' has become a byword for the menacing, unfathomable absurdity of modern existence and bureaucracy. Yet for all the universal significance of his fiction, Kafka's writing remains inextricably bound up with his life and work in Prague, where he spent every one of his 40 years.

Klaus Wagenbach's account of Kafka's life in the city is a meticulously researched insight into the author's family background, his education and employment, his attitude toward the town of his birth, his literary influences, and his relationships with women. The result is a fascinating portrait of the 20th century's most enigmatic writer and the city that provided him with so much inspiration; W.G. Sebald recognised that `literary and life experience overlap' in Kafka's works, and the same is true of this book. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Wild Women Mariella Frostrup (Edited by) Series:

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Head of Zeus

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Head of Zeus

Pub Date:

06 Feb 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 544pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781788540025 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-002-5 ISBN10: 1788540026 EAN: 9781788540025 x Description: The best travel writing by women. From Constantinople to Crimea; from Antarctica to the Andes. Throughout history adventurous women have made epic, record-breaking journeys under perilous circumstances. Whether escaping constricted societies back home or propelled by a desire for independence, footloose females have ventured to the four corners of the earth and recorded their exploits for posterity. For too long their triumphs have been overshadowed by those of their male counterparts, whose honourable failures make bigger news. In curating this collection of first-hand accounts, broadcaster, writer and traveller Mariella Frostrup puts female explorers back on the map. Her selection includes explorers from the 1700s to the present day, from iconic heroines to lesser-known eccentrics, celebrating 300 years of wild women and their amazing adventures over land, sea and air. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

India: An Area Of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization & India: A Million Mutinies Now V. S. Naipaul (Author) Series:

Picador Classic

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Imprint:

Picador

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

09 Jul 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 1104pp h197mm x w130mm ISBN13: 9781529031133 ISBN13: 978-1-5290-3113-3 ISBN10: 1529031133 EAN: 9781529031133 x Description: With an introduction from Paul Theroux, author of The Great Railway Bazaar.V.S. Naipaul first visited India in 1962 at twenty-nine. He returned in 2015 at eighty-two. The intervening years and visits sparked by an inquisitiveness about a country he had never seen but had been a dream of his since childhood have resulted in three books: India: An Area of Darkness, A Wounded Civilization and A Million Mutinies Now. India is the collection of all three, introduced by fellow traveller and writer Paul Theroux. An Area of Darkness is V. S. Naipaul's semi-autobiographical account - at once painful and hilarious, but always thoughtful and considered - of his first visit to India, the land of his forebears. From the moment of his inauspicious arrival he experienced a cultural estrangement from the subcontinent. India was land of myths, an area of darkness closing up behind him as he travelled. What emerged was a masterful work of literature that provides a revelation both of India and of himself: a displaced person who paradoxically possesses a stronger sense of place than almost anyone.India: A Wounded Civilization casts a more analytical eye than before over Indian attitudes, while recapitulating and further probing the feelings aroused in him by this vast, mysterious, and agonized country. A work of fierce candour and precision, it is also a generous description of one man's complicated relationship with the country of his ancestors.India: A Million Mutinies Now is the fascinating account of Naipaul's return journey to India and offers a kaleidoscopic, layered travelogue, encompassing a wide collage of religions, castes, and classes at a time when the percolating ideas of freedom threatened to shake loose the old ways. The brilliance of the book lies in Naipaul's approach to a shifting, changing land from a variety of perspectives. India: A Million Mutinies Now is a truly perceptive work whose insights continue to inform travellers of all generations to India. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Bells of Old Tokyo: Travels in Japanese Time Anna Sherman (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Picador

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

28 Apr 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 240pp h197mm x w130mm ISBN13: 9781529000498 ISBN13: 978-1-5290-0049-8 ISBN10: 1529000491 EAN: 9781529000498 x Description: 'Sherman's is a special book. Every sentence, every thought she has, every question she asks, every detail she notices, offers something. The Bells of Old Tokyo is a gift . . . It is a masterpiece.' SpectatorFor over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo, later known as Tokyo, relied on its public bells to tell the time. In her remarkable book, Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history.Through Sherman's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital: An aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945. A scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. A sculptor eats his father's ashes while the head of the house of Tokugawa reflects on the destruction of his grandfather's city ('A lost thing is lost. To chase it leads to darkness').The result is a book that not only engages with the striking otherness of Japanese culture like no other, but that also marks the arrival of a dazzling new writer as she presents an absorbing and alluring meditation on life through an exploration of a great city and its people. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Bells of Old Tokyo: Travels in Japanese Time Anna Sherman (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Picador

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

14 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h225mm x w140mm x s30mm 484g ISBN13: 9781529000450 ISBN13: 978-1-5290-0045-0 ISBN10: 1529000459 EAN: 9781529000450 x Description: 'Sherman's is a special book. Every sentence, every thought she has, every question she asks, every detail she notices, offers something. The Bells of Old Tokyo is a gift . . . It is a masterpiece.' SpectatorFor over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo, later known as Tokyo, relied on its public bells to tell the time. In her remarkable book, Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history.Through Sherman's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital: An aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945. A scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. A sculptor eats his father's ashes while the head of the house of Tokugawa reflects on the destruction of his grandfather's city ('A lost thing is lost. To chase it leads to darkness').The result is a book that not only engages with the striking otherness of Japanese culture like no other, but that also marks the arrival of a dazzling new writer as she presents an absorbing and alluring meditation on life through an exploration of a great city and its people. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Bells of Old Tokyo: Travels in Japanese Time Anna Sherman (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Picador

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

14 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h233mm x w154mm x s28mm 464g ISBN13: 9781529000467 ISBN13: 978-1-5290-0046-7 ISBN10: 1529000467 EAN: 9781529000467 x Description: 'Sherman's is a special book. Every sentence, every thought she has, every question she asks, every detail she notices, offers something. The Bells of Old Tokyo is a gift . . . It is a masterpiece.' SpectatorFor over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo, later known as Tokyo, relied on its public bells to tell the time. In her remarkable book, Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history.Through Sherman's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital: An aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945. A scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. A sculptor eats his father's ashes while the head of the house of Tokugawa reflects on the destruction of his grandfather's city ('A lost thing is lost. To chase it leads to darkness').The result is a book that not only engages with the striking otherness of Japanese culture like no other, but that also marks the arrival of a dazzling new writer as she presents an absorbing and alluring meditation on life through an exploration of a great city and its people. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Crossway Guy Stagg (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Picador

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h197mm x w131mm x s29mm 306g ISBN13: 9781509844593 ISBN13: 978-1-5098-4459-3 ISBN10: 1509844597 EAN: 9781509844593 x Description: Winner - Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year 2019.Shortlisted - Rathbones Folio Prize, Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, and Somerset Maugham Award 2019.'An extraordinary travelogue, strange and brilliant' - iIn 2013 Guy Stagg walked from Canterbury to Jerusalem. Though a non-believer, he began the pilgrimage after suffering several years of mental illness, hoping the ritual would heal him. For ten months he hiked alone on ancient paths, crossing ten countries and more than 5,500 kilometres. Travelling without support, he had to rely each night on the charity of strangers.The Crossway is an account of Stagg's extraordinary journey. It describes the dangers he faced on the road, captures the people he met and the landscapes he experienced, offers a unique insight into contemporary faith, and - most movingly - lays bare his struggle to escape the past and walk towards recovery. It was a BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' on publication. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Around the World in 80 Novels: A Global Journey Inspired by Writers from Every Continent Henry Russell (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

CICO Books

Publisher:

Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback Paper over boards 160pp h210mm x w170mm 590g 75 col photographs ISBN13: 9781782496632 ISBN13: 978-1-78249-663-2 ISBN10: 1782496637 EAN: 9781782496632 x Description: Whether you're a regular globe-trotter or an armchair traveller, these 80 works conjure up the spirit of place for locations on every continent.

Sometimes the setting of a novel is as important as the story - where would Dickens be without London, or Edith Wharton without New York? Who can read Jamaica Inn and not want to visit Bodmin Moor, or enjoy Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and not wonder whether perhaps Botswana should be on your bucket list? Covering every corner of the world, from the most visited cities of Europe to the rural outposts of Australia, there are classics by famous authors, alongside works by new writers. Sometimes a native of the country is best able to convey its true nature, but then an outside observer can recreate the attraction of the unknown. Whether you have already decided on a destination and want to get a feel for the place, or you are just looking for ideas for your next getaway, Around the World in 80 Novels is full of inspirational reads that will fire your imagination and have you reaching for your suitcase. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Behind Putin's Curtain: Friendships and Misadventures Inside Russia Stephan Orth (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Greystone Books,Canada Publisher:

Greystone Books,Canada

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

Active

Publishing Status:

Published in: Canada Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US) CPSIA choking hazard - 304pp h216mm x w140mm Color insterts, B&W photographs throughout; 70 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9781771643672 ISBN13: 978-1-77164-367-2 ISBN10: 1771643676 x Description: "Journalist Orth delivers a jaunty description of his travels...[that] armchair travelers will enjoy."-Publishers Weekly "Funny, insightful, and mind-bendingly entertaining. Stephan Orth is a fearless and fabulous tour guide to the real Russia and its people."-Lisa Dickey, author of Bears in the Streets: Three Journeys across a Changing Russia _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Meaning of Travel: Philosophers Abroad Emily Thomas (Associate Professor, Durham University) (Author) Series:

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Oxford University Press

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Pub Date:

13 Feb 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h197mm x w132mm x s26mm 328g 25 illustrations ISBN13: 9780198835400 ISBN13: 978-0-19-883540-0 ISBN10: 019883540X EAN: 9780198835400 x Description: "This is the finest kind of travel: not just across continents, but through time, space and our infinite minds. The journey is the joy, and Emily Thomas a terrific guide." - Mike Parker How can we think more deeply about travel?

This was the question that inspired Emily Thomas journey into the philosophy of travel. Part philosophical ramble, part travelogue, The Meaning of Travel begins in the Age of Discovery, when philosophers first started taking travel seriously. It meanders forward to consider Montaigne on otherness, John Locke on cannibals, and Henry Thoreau on wilderness.

On our travels with Thomas, we discover the dark side of maps, how the philosophy of space fuelled mountain tourism, and why you should wash underwear in woodland cabins... We also confront profound issues, such as the ethics of 'doom tourism (travel to 'doomed' glaciers and coral reefs), and the effect of space travel on human significance in a leviathan universe.

The first ever history of the places where history and philosophy meet, this book will reshape your understanding of travel. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Month in Siena Hisham Matar (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Viking

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

17 Oct 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 128pp h204mm x w137mm x s17mm 350g ISBN13: 9780241409503 ISBN13: 978-0-241-40950-3 ISBN10: 0241409500 EAN: 9780241409503 x Description: FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR'Everybody should get to spend a month with Mr. Matar, looking at paintings' Zadie Smith'Sparkles with brilliant observations on art and architecture, friendship and loss' Guardian____________________________________When Hisham Matar was nineteen years old he came across the Sienese School of painting for the first time. In the year in which Matar's life was shattered by the disappearance of his father the work of the great artists of Siena seemed to offer him a sense of hope. Over the years since then, Matar's feelings towards these paintings would deepen and, as he says, 'Siena began to occupy the sort of uneasy reverence the devout might feel towards Mecca or Rome or Jerusalem'. A Month in Siena is the encounter, twenty-five years later, between the writer and the city he had worshipped from afar. It is a dazzling evocation of an extraordinary place and its effect on the writer's life. It is an immersion in painting, a consideration of grief and a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and the human condition.____________________________________'Bewitching . . . Meditating on art, history and the relationship between them, this is both a portrait of a city and an affirmation of life's quiet dignities in the face of loss' The Economist, Books of the Year'An exquisite, deeply affecting book' Evening Standard'A dazzling exploration of art's impact on his life and writing, and a moving contemplation of grief' Financial Times'Breathtaking' New Statesman _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Experiments on Reality Tim Robinson (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Penguin Ireland

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Sep 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: Ireland Hardback 208pp h222mm x w144mm x s23mm 331g ISBN13: 9781844884834 ISBN13: 978-1-84488-483-4 ISBN10: 184488483X EAN: 9781844884834 x Description: Long recognized as perhaps the greatest non-fiction writer at work in Ireland, for his vast, polymathic accounts of nature and culture in the Aran Islands and Connemara, Tim Robinson is also an essayist of genius whose fascinations range across the globe. In Experiments on Reality, he shines the light of his intelligence on his own life, and on some of the most fascinating questions in science and culture. Robinson brings us to his boyhood in Yorkshire, National Service in Malaya in the 1950s, and his years as a visual artist in Istanbul, Vienna and London. He revisits some of the scenes of his researches for the maps he made of Aran and Connemara, places that continue to throw up remarkable stories and puzzles. And he performs astonishing literary thought-experiments, playing with the boundaries of the essay form, scientific inquiry, and storytelling. Experiments on Reality is a masterpiece from one of the great minds of our time.'One of the greatest of all landscape writers ... When the material world is brought forth for us so beautifully, with such rapt attention and illuminating insight, we are reminded of how lucky we are to be part of it' Fintan O'Toole, Irish TimesPRAISE FOR THE CONNEMARA TRILOGY:'One of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English' Robert MacFarlane, Spectator'Robinson is a marvel ... the supreme practitioner of geo-graphy, the writing of places' Fintan O'Toole, Observer Books of the Year'One of contemporary Ireland's finest literary stylists ... This is a book that does justice, in every sense of that phrase, to the frequently betrayed people whose stories it incarnates, and to their strange and beautiful corner of the world' Joseph O'Connor, Guardian'A masterpiece of travel and topographical writing and a miraculous, vivid and engrossing meditation on landscape and history and the sacred mood of places' Colm Toibin, Irish Times Books of the Year'One of the finest of contemporary prose stylists' John Burnside, Irish Times'He is that rarest of phenomena, a scientist and an artist, and his method is to combine scientific rigour with artistic reverie in a seamless blend that both informs and delights.' John Banville, Guardian'Breathtaking ... the West of Ireland has found its ultimate laureate' Patricia Craig, TLS'Dazzling ... an indubitable classic' Giles Foden, Conde Nast Traveller _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If You'd Just Let Me Finish Jeremy Clarkson (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

30 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 266g ISBN13: 9781405939058 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3905-8 ISBN10: 1405939052 EAN: 9781405939058 x Description: Clarkson is back with a brand new book of hilarious stories and observations about our gone-wrong world.___________In November 2016 we woke up to the news that the forthright presenter of a popular television programme had become the most powerful man on the planet. His name, sadly, was not Jeremy Clarkson, but we might not have been any more surprised if it had been.Because the world seems to have taken a decidedly odd turn since Jeremy last reflected on the state of things between the covers of a book. But who better than JC to help us navigate our way through the mess?And while he's being trying to make sense of it all he's discovered one or two things along the way, including- The disabling effects of being vegan- How Blackpool might be improved by drilling a hole through it- The problem with meditation- A perfect location for rebuilding PalmyraWhy Tom Cruise can worship lizards if he wants toIt's all been a bit unsettling.But don't worry. If You'd Just Let Me Finish is Clarkson at his best. He may be as bemused, exasperated, amused and surprised as the rest of us, but in a world gone crazy, thank God someone has still got his head screwed on . . .Praise for Clarkson:'Brilliant . . . laugh-out-loud' Daily Telegraph'Outrageously funny . . . will have you in stitches' Time Out'Very funny . . . I cracked up laughing on the tube' Evening Standard _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Irreplaceable: The fight to save our wild places Julian Hoffman (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

09 Apr 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 289g ISBN13: 9780241979495 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97949-5 ISBN10: 0241979498 EAN: 9780241979495 x Description: For readers of George Monbiot, Mark Cocker and Robert Macfarlane - an urgent and lyrical account of endangered places around the globe and the people fighting to save them.'Powerful, timely, beautifully written and wonderfully hopeful... Julian Hoffman shines a light on what we had, what we have, and how much we still stand to lose' Rob Cowen, author of Common Ground'Unforgettable. At a time when the Earth often seems broken beyond repair, this courageous and hopeful book offers life-changing encounters with the more-than-human world' Nancy Campbell, author of The Library of Ice 'Wonderful, tender and subtle, beautifully written and filled with a calm authority... No book has done more to champion the idea that connections between the human and the natural are the lifeblood of everything that matters' Adam Nicolson, author of The Seabird's CryAll across the world, irreplaceable habitats are under threat. Unique ecosystems of plants and animals are being destroyed by human intervention. From the tiny to the vast, from marshland to meadow, and from Kent to Glasgow to India to America, they are disappearing.Irreplaceable is not only a love letter to the haunting beauty of these landscapes and the wild species that call them home, including nightingales, lynxes, hornbills, redwoods and elephant seals, it is also a timely reminder of the vital connections between humans and nature, and all that we stand to lose in terms of wonder and wellbeing. This is a book about the power of resistance in an age of loss; a testament to the transformative possibilities that emerge when people come together to defend our most special places and wildlife from extinction.Exploring treasured coral reefs and remote mountains, tropical jungle and ancient woodland, urban allotments and tallgrass prairie, Julian Hoffman traces the stories of threatened places around the globe through the voices of local communities and grassroots campaigners as well as professional ecologists and academics. And in the process, he asks what a deep emotional relationship with place offers us - culturally, socially and psychologically. In this rigorous, intimate and impassioned account, he presents a powerful call to arms in the face of unconscionable natural destruction.New Feature Information0 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Irreplaceable: The fight to save our wild places Julian Hoffman (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hamish Hamilton Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

27 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h240mm x w162mm x s37mm 648g ISBN13: 9780241293881 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29388-1 ISBN10: 024129388X EAN: 9780241293881 x Description: For readers of George Monbiot, Mark Cocker and Robert Macfarlane - an urgent and lyrical account of endangered places around the globe and the people fighting to save them.'Powerful, timely, beautifully written and wonderfully hopeful... Julian Hoffman shines a light on what we had, what we have, and how much we still stand to lose' Rob Cowen, author of Common Ground'Unforgettable. At a time when the Earth often seems broken beyond repair, this courageous and hopeful book offers life-changing encounters with the more-than-human world' Nancy Campbell, author of The Library of Ice 'Wonderful, tender and subtle, beautifully written and filled with a calm authority... No book has done more to champion the idea that connections between the human and the natural are the lifeblood of everything that matters' Adam Nicolson, author of The Seabird's CryAll across the world, irreplaceable habitats are under threat. Unique ecosystems of plants and animals are being destroyed by human intervention. From the tiny to the vast, from marshland to meadow, and from Kent to Glasgow to India to America, they are disappearing.Irreplaceable is not only a love letter to the haunting beauty of these landscapes and the wild species that call them home, including nightingales, lynxes, hornbills, redwoods and elephant seals, it is also a timely reminder of the vital connections between humans and nature, and all that we stand to lose in terms of wonder and wellbeing. This is a book about the power of resistance in an age of loss; a testament to the transformative possibilities that emerge when people come together to defend our most special places and wildlife from extinction.Exploring treasured coral reefs and remote mountains, tropical jungle and ancient woodland, urban allotments and tallgrass prairie, Julian Hoffman traces the stories of threatened places around the globe through the voices of local communities and grassroots campaigners as well as professional ecologists and academics. And in the process, he asks what a deep emotional relationship with place offers us - culturally, socially and psychologically. In this rigorous, intimate and impassioned account, he presents a powerful call to arms in the face of unconscionable natural destruction.

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Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey Adam Weymouth (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 213g ISBN13: 9780141983790 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198379-0 ISBN10: 0141983795 EAN: 9780141983790 x Description: **Winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2018 and the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year 2019**'Weymouth combines acute political, personal and ecological understanding, with the most beautiful writing reminiscent of a young Robert Macfarlane. He is, I have no doubt, a significant voice for the future' Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times literary editor 'Adam Weymouth takes his place beside the great travel writers' Susan HillA captivating, lyrical account of an epic voyage by canoe down the Yukon River.The Yukon River is almost 2,000 miles long, flowing through Canada and Alaska to the Bering Sea. Setting out to explore one of the most ruggedly beautiful and remote regions of North America, Adam Weymouth journeyed by canoe on a four-month odyssey through this untrammelled wilderness, encountering the people who have lived there for generations. The Yukon's inhabitants have long depended on the king salmon who each year migrate the entire river to reach their spawning grounds. Now the salmon numbers have dwindled, and the encroachment of the modern world has changed the way of life on the Yukon, perhaps for ever.Weymouth's searing portraits of these people and landscapes offer an elegiac glimpse of a disappearing world. Kings of the Yukon is an extraordinary adventure, told by a powerful new voice. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Owls of the Eastern Ice: The Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl Jonathan C. Slaght (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

16 Jun 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780241333938 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33393-8 ISBN10: 0241333938 EAN: 9780241333938 x Description: A breathtaking portrait of Russia's remote far eastern forest, and of the world's most extraordinary owl.'Slaght makes the people, wildlife and landscape of the Russian Far East come alive. I haven't enjoyed a book on remote Russia as much as this since Ian Frazier's Travels in Siberia' Sophy Roberts, author of The Lost Pianos of SiberiaPrimorye, a remote forested region near to where Russia, China and North Korea meet in a tangle of barbed wire, is the only place where brown bears, tigers and leopards co-exist. It is also home to one of nature's rarest birds, the Blakiston's fish owl.

A chance encounter with this huge, strange bird was to change wildlife researcher Jonathan C. Slaght's life beyond measure.This is the story of Slaght's quest to safeguard the elusive owl from extinction. During months-long journeys covering thousands of miles, he has pursued it through its forbidding territory. He has spent time with the Russians who struggle on in the harsh conditions of the taiga forest. And he has observed how Russia's logging interests and evolving fortunes present new threats to the owl's survival. Preserving its habitats will secure the forest for future generations, both animal and human - but can this battle be won? Exhilarating and clear-sighted, Owls of the Eastern Ice is a timely meditation on our relationship with the natural world and on what it means to devote one's career to a single pursuit.'From the very first pages, Slaght grips readers with vivid language and tight storytelling. The cast of characters he brings to life - both human and avian - illuminate the delicate symbiosis of the natural world and shed a welcome light on the remarkable creatures that are too little known. Top-notch nature writing in service of a magnificent, vulnerable creature." KIRKUS, starred review _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Pianist of Yarmouk Aeham Ahmad (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

03 Oct 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 202g ISBN13: 9780241347522 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34752-2 ISBN10: 0241347521 EAN: 9780241347522 x Description: The incredible and inspirational true story of one young man's struggle to find peace during war, and the power of music to bring hope to a desperate nation. 'Ahmad has created a moving and visceral account of conflict, hope and the power of music' Hannah Beckerman, Observer____________ One morning in war-torn Damascus, a starving man drags a piano into a rubbled street. Everything he once knew has been destroyed by war.Amidst ruin and despair, he begins to play. He plays of love and hope, he plays for his family and his fellow Syrians. He plays even though he could be killed for doing so. As word of his defiance spreads around the world, he becomes a beacon of hope and even resistance. Yet he fears for his wife and children - the more he plays, the more he and his family are endangered until, finally, he must make a terrible choice . . . Aeham Ahmad's spellbinding and uplifting true story tells of the triumph of love and hope, the incredible bonds of family, and the healing power of music in even the very darkest of places.___________'In amongst the wreckage scenes of hope. An amazing man - Ahmad played the piano just to spread love' Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2 'An extraordinary, beautiful book about a man who in the midst of utter terror wheeled his piano in to the street and played for Yarmouk. He is amazing' Nihal Arthanayake BBC 5 Live 'The music of Aeham Ahmad became a symbol of resistance' Today, BBC Radio 4 'So inspiring' ITV News'Aeham Ahmad is a talented and brave man of peace. Please read his book and pass it on to anyone who doesn't know or understand the plight of today's refugees' Stanley Tucci BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Trans-Europe Express: Tours of a Lost Continent Owen Hatherley (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Sep 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 326g ISBN13: 9780141991573 ISBN13: 978-0-14-199157-3 ISBN10: 0141991577 EAN: 9780141991573 x Description: Over the past twenty years European cities have become the envy of the world: a Kraftwerk Utopia of historic centres, supermodernist concert halls, imaginative public spaces and futuristic egalitarian housing estates which, interconnected by high-speed trains traversing open borders, have a combination of order and pleasure which is exceptionally unusual elsewhere.In Trans-Europe Express, Owen Hatherley sets out to explore the European city across the entire continent, to see what exactly makes it so different to the Anglo-Saxon norm - the unplanned, car-centred, developeroriented spaces common to the US, Ireland, UK and Australia. Attempting to define the European city, Hatherley finds a continent divided both within the EU and outside it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Underland: A Deep Time Journey Robert Macfarlane (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 May 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141030579 ISBN13: 978-0-14-103057-9 ISBN10: 0141030577 EAN: 9780141030579

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com x Description: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2019WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020'You'd be crazy not to read this book' The Sunday TimesA Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyThe highly anticipated new book from the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of Landmarks, The Lost Words and The Old Ways'Underland is a magnificent feat of writing, travelling and thinking that feels genuinely frontier pushing, unsettling and exploratory' Evening Standard'Marvellous...

Neverending curiosity, generosity of spirit, erudition, bravery and clarity... This is a book well worth reading' The Times'Extraordinary... at once learned and readable, thrilling and beautifully written' Observer'Attentive, thoughtful, finely honed... I turned the last page with the unusual conviction of having been in the company of a fine writer who is - who must surely be - a good man' Telegraph'Poetry, science, a healthy sense of the uncanny and a touch of the shamanic are the hallmarks of his writing... This is a journey that tells the story not just of nature but of human nature. And there is noone I would more gladly follow on it' i'Startling and memorable, charting invisible and vanishing worlds. Macfarlane has made himself Orpheus, the poet who ventures down to the darkest depths and returns - frighteningly alone-to sing of what he has seen' New StatesmanDiscover the hidden worlds beneath our feet...In Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deeptime voyage into the planet's past and future. Global in its geography, gripping in its voice and haunting in its implications, Underland is a work of huge range and power, and a remarkable new chapter in Macfarlane's long-term exploration of landscape and the human heart.'Macfarlane has invented a new kind of book, really a new genre entirely' The Irish Times'He is the great nature writer, and nature poet, of this generation' Wall Street Journal 'Macfarlane has shown how utterly beautiful a brilliantly written travel book can still be' Observer onThe Old Ways'Irradiated by a profound sense of wonder... Few books give such a sense of enchantment; it is a book to give to many, and to return to repeatedly' Independent on Landmarks'It sets the imagination tingling...like reading a prose Odyssey sprinkled with imagist poems' The Sunday Times onThe Old Ways _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Underland: A Deep Time Journey Robert Macfarlane (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hamish Hamilton Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

02 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 496pp h240mm x w162mm x s43mm 728g ISBN13: 9780241143803 ISBN13: 978-0-241-14380-3 ISBN10: 0241143802 EAN: 9780241143803 x Description: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2019WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020'You'd be crazy not to read this book' The Sunday TimesA Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyThe highly anticipated new book from the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of Landmarks, The Lost Words and The Old Ways'Underland is a magnificent feat of writing, travelling and thinking that feels genuinely frontier pushing, unsettling and exploratory' Evening Standard'Marvellous...

Neverending curiosity, generosity of spirit, erudition, bravery and clarity... This is a book well worth reading' The Times'Extraordinary... at once learned and readable, thrilling and beautifully written' Observer'Attentive, thoughtful, finely honed... I turned the last page with the unusual conviction of having been in the company of a fine writer who is - who must surely be - a good man' Telegraph'Poetry, science, a healthy sense of the uncanny and a touch of the shamanic are the hallmarks of his writing... This is a journey that tells the story not just of nature but of human nature. And there is noone I would more gladly follow on it' i'Startling and memorable, charting invisible and vanishing worlds. Macfarlane has made himself Orpheus, the poet who ventures down to the darkest depths and returns - frighteningly alone-to sing of what he has seen' New StatesmanDiscover the hidden worlds beneath our feet...In Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deeptime voyage into the planet's past and future. Global in its geography, gripping in its voice and haunting in its implications, Underland is a work of huge range and power, and a remarkable new chapter in Macfarlane's long-term exploration of landscape and the human heart.'Macfarlane has invented a new kind of book, really a new genre entirely' The Irish Times'He is the great nature writer, and nature poet, of this generation' Wall Street Journal 'Macfarlane has shown how utterly beautiful a brilliantly written travel book can still be' Observer onThe Old Ways'Irradiated by a profound sense of wonder... Few books give such a sense of enchantment; it is a book to give to many, and to return to repeatedly' Independent on Landmarks'It sets the imagination tingling...like reading a prose Odyssey sprinkled with imagist poems' The Sunday Times onThe Old Ways _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Cruickshank's London: A Portrait of a City in 13 Walks Dan Cruickshank (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Random House Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

14 Nov 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 560pp h240mm x w165mm x s48mm 1386g ISBN13: 9781847948229 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-822-9 ISBN10: 1847948227 EAN: 9781847948229 x Description: 'The perfect guide to the hidden history of London's streets.' BBC History Magazine_____London. City of ancient churches and bustling markets, palatial townhouses and modest terraces, two millennia of expansion, commerce and street life. This is its story.In Cruickshank's London, Britain's favourite architectural historian offers a tour through thirteen districts that made London into London. From the mysterious Anglo-Saxon roots of Hampstead Heath, via Christopher Wren's magisterial City churches, to the industrial bustle of Victorian Bermondsey, each of his walks explores a crucial site in our capital's history - and reveals how it forged the modern capital.Jumping between East Ham in the east and Kew in the west, Dan Cruickshank explores both world-famous buildings (the Tower of London and St Pancras Station) and oft-overlooked local landmarks (Dagenham Civic Centre and Kensal Green Cemetery). His tales reveal not only the most important moments in London's history, but also the forgotten characters who witnessed them: the Huguenot weavers who transformed Spitalfields into a vibrant enclave of Georgian London, the visionary architects behind the likes of Somerset House and the Houses of Parliament, and the streetwalkers who once thronged London's great sexual highway. Along the way, he peppers the book with beautiful photographs, historical sketches and handy maps, so you can immediately follow in his footsteps.Above all, Cruickshank calls on you to explore London. Every street in the city contains a story. This book invites you to hear them._____'All power to Cruickshank and his intrepid and knowledgeable kind. We need them.' TLS _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Erebus: The Story of a Ship Michael Palin (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

30 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 327g ISBN13: 9781784758578 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-857-8 ISBN10: 1784758574 EAN: 9781784758578 x Description: NOW AVAILABLE: Michael Palin's North Korea JournalTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIn the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been.

On the second, she vanished with her 129-strong crew in the wastes of the Canadian Arctic.Her fate remained a mystery for over 160 years.Then, in 2014, she was found.This is her story._______________BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'Beyond terrific . . . I didn't want it to end.' Bill Bryson'Illuminated by flashes of gentle wit . . . It's a fascinating story that [Palin] brings full-bloodedly to life.' Guardian 'This is an incredible book . . .

The Erebus story is the Arctic epic we've all been waiting for.' Nicholas Crane'Thoroughly absorbs the reader. . . Carefully researched and well-crafted, it brings the story of a ship vividly to life.' Sunday Times'A great story . . . Told in a very relaxed and sometimes - as you might expect - very funny Palin style.' David Baddiel, Daily Mail'Magisterial . . . Brings energy, wit and humanity to a story that has never ceased to tantalise people since the 1840s.'

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North Korea Journal Michael Palin (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hutchinson

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

17 Sep 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 176pp h222mm x w162mm x s22mm 587g ISBN13: 9781786331908 ISBN13: 978-1-78633-190-8 ISBN10: 178633190X EAN: 9781786331908 x Description: THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT DOCUMENTARYA glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, as told by Britain's best-loved travel writer.In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without internet or phone signal, where the countryside has barely moved beyond a centuries-old peasant economy but where the cities have gleaming skyscrapers and luxurious underground train stations. His resulting documentary for Channel 5 was widely acclaimed.Now he shares his day-by-day diary of his visit, in which he describes not only what he saw - and his fleeting views of what the authorities didn't want him to see - but recounts the conversations he had with the country's inhabitants, talks candidly about his encounters with officialdom, and records his musings about a land wholly unlike any other he has ever visited - one that inspires fascination and fear in equal measure.Written with Palin's trademark warmth and wit, and illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, the journal offers a rare insight into the North Korea behind the headlines. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram Iain Banks (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

17 Oct 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h222mm x w144mm x s35mm 498g ISBN13: 9781529124781 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-2478-1 ISBN10: 1529124786 EAN: 9781529124781 x Description: New introduction by Ian Rankin_________________________________________'One of the most playful and entertaining writers of our generation' Val McDermid, Guardian In an absorbing voyage as interesting to non-drinkers as to true whisky connoisseurs, sci-fi and literary author Iain Banks explores the rich heritage of Scottish whisky, from the most famous distilleries to the most obscure operations. Whisky is more than a drink: it's a culture that binds together people, places and products far across Scotland's rugged terrain. Switching from cars to ferries to bicycles, Banks crisscrosses his homeland, weaving an engrossing narrative full of fascinating traditions, peculiar people, and the downright bizarre places he encounters on his journey down Scotland's great golden road. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Trains to the Sea Michael Williams (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Random House Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

16 Apr 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781847948274 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-827-4 ISBN10: 1847948278 EAN: 9781847948274 x Description: 'An ardent train buff and a first class journalist' Independent The British seaside was created by the railways - and the fortunes of Britain's seaside towns have almost always paralleled those of their railway lines. This account of travelling on the Great British Seaside Holiday is part

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com social history, part documentary, part personal quest, and part nostalgic evocation of the trains to the sea. The book has a strong contemporary as well as historical feel, and contains much first-hand reporting to support the thesis that the decline of many of Britain's seaside towns today is linked to the decline or loss of their railway lines. No equivalent book to this has ever been written - Trains to the Sea is the definitive history of that great British institution, the outing to the seaside. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Expedition: Adventures into Undiscovered Worlds Steve Backshall (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

BBC Books

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

16 Apr 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w126mm x s29mm 345g ISBN13: 9781785943669 ISBN13: 978-1-78594-366-9 ISBN10: 1785943669 EAN: 9781785943669 x Description: Shine a light into the unknownThere are still dark corners of our planet that are yet to be explored. In this remarkable book, Steve Backshall offers an unflinching account of his adventures into these uncharted territories around the globe, in search of world firsts. Each location brings its own epic challenges - whether it's the first climb of an arctic ice fall in Greenland, the first recorded navigation of a South American river, or the first exploration of the world's longest cave system in Mexico. But all of them represent new tests of the limits of human endeavour.Accompanying a major 10-part series on BBC and Dave, Expedition is a breathtaking journey into the unknown, and a brilliantly written celebration of the pleasures of genuine discovery. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Riding the Waves: My Story Jane McDonald (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Virgin Books

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

31 Oct 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h240mm x w162mm x s31mm 569g ISBN13: 9780753554333 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5433-3 ISBN10: 075355433X EAN: 9780753554333 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Everything is much easier in life when difficult situations are faced with humour and a smile. But, don't get me wrong, that took years to realise. What a journey...'Whether performing in an arena, presenting a number one TV show or recording a topten album, Jane McDonald will never forget her Northern roots. Her down-to-earth Yorkshire charm is as much a part of her as her talent for singing, and here she is telling her remarkable story with characteristic wit and warmth, in her own words. A miner's daughter from Wakefield, Jane was a shy child who struggled with anxiety, but she found the courage to overcome her fears and follow her passion for performing. Jane famously hit the big time overnight on TV show The Cruise twenty years ago, but here she talks for the first time about how she survived the dark legacy of that early success, and climbed right back up for a second bite of the cherry. It hasn't all been plain sailing, but in Jane's world tough times make the good times better, and her spirit, heart and humour sparkle from every page. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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A Dog Named Beautiful: The true story of the Labrador who taught a Marine to love life again Robert Kugler (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Mar 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w127mm x s19mm 233g ISBN13: 9780552174770 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17477-0 ISBN10: 0552174777 EAN: 9780552174770 x Description: 'Teaches the reader a wealth about the value of making human connections.' FORBESFor fans of Arthur and Marley and Me, this is an unlifting and unforgettable true story about how the love of a good dog can save your life.Rob Kugler adopted his chocolate Lab Bella as a puppy - a bundle of fun and love to keep his girlfriend company as he headed off to war. But when Rob's brother died and his relationship fell apart, it was Bella who was there to help heal the wounds, and make Rob's life worth living again. So when Rob was told Bella had cancer - first in her leg, which had to be amputated, and then in her lungs - he was devastated.With only months of Bella's life left, he knew just what he had to do for his furry best friend.

Determined to show her the same unconditional love she had always shown him, Rob decided to give Bella the farewell adventure of her doggy dreams. Criss-crossing the USA from coast to coast, making many new friends along the way, Bella taught Rob never to give up and to live each day as though it's your last.A heartbreaking but ultimately uplifiting true tale, A Dog Named Beautiful is full of hope, love, tears and laughter. Enjoy the journey. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel Rosita Boland (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Black Swan

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

20 Feb 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w127mm x s18mm 199g ISBN13: 9781784164379 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-437-9 ISBN10: 1784164372 EAN: 9781784164379 x Description: 'Utterly engaging.' - Sunday TimesFrom her first life-changing solo trip to Australia as a young graduate, Rosita Boland was enthralled by travel. In the last thirty years she has visited some of the most remote parts of the globe carrying little more than a battered rucksack and a diary.Documenting nine journeys from nine different moments in her life, Elsewhere reveals how exploring the world - and those we meet along the way - can dramatically shape the course of a person's life. From death-defying bus journeys through Pakistan to witnessing the majestic icescapes of Antarctica to putting herself back together in Bali, Rosita experiences moments of profound joy and endures deep personal loss.In a series of jawdropping, illuminating and sometimes heart-breaking essays, Elsewhere is a book that celebrates the life well-travelled in all its messy and wondrous glory. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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I Am An Island Tamsin Calidas (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Doubleday

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

07 May 2020

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h222mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780857526656 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-665-6 ISBN10: 0857526650 EAN: 9780857526656 x Description: 'Completely astonishing...the fragility of life transcended and restored by the triumphant pull of a determination to survive' - Juliet NicolsonWhen Tamsin Calidas first arrives on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides, it feels like coming home. Disenchanted by London, she and her husband left the city and high-flying careers to move the 500 miles north, despite having absolutely no experience of crofting, or of island life. It was idyllic, for a while. But as the months wear on, the children she'd longed for fail to materialise, and her marriage breaks down, Tamsin finds herself in ever-increasing isolation.Injured, ill, without money or friend she is pared right back, stripped to becoming simply a raw element of the often harsh landscape. But with that immersion in her surroundings comes the possibility of rebirth and renewal. Tamsin begins the slow journey back from the brink. Startling, raw and extremely moving, I Am An Island is a story about the incredible ability of the natural world to provide when everything else has fallen away - a stunning book about solitude, friendship, resilience and self-discovery. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Lost Pianos of Siberia Sophy Roberts (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Doubleday

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

04 Feb 2020

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 448pp h234mm x w153mm x s31mm 577g ISBN13: 9780857524959 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-495-9 ISBN10: 085752495X EAN: 9780857524959 x Description: Siberia's story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell.Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos - grand instruments created during the boom years of the Nineteenth Century, and humble, Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos travelled into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers and exiles. That stately instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle.But this is Siberia, where people can endure the worst of the world - and where music reveals a deep humanity in the last place on earth you would expect to find it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Lost Pianos of Siberia Sophy Roberts (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Doubleday

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

06 Feb 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 448pp h222mm x w144mm x s40mm 559g ISBN13: 9780857524942 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-494-2 ISBN10: 0857524941 EAN: 9780857524942 x Description: A Sunday Times 'MUST READ''Stunningly written... This is a wonderful book.' SUNDAY TIMES'An extraordinary, cadenced journey into music, exile and landscape.' EDMUND DE WAAL_______________Siberia's story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies and unmarked graves.

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com Yet there is another tale to tell.Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos - grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, and humble, Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos travelled into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers and exiles. That stately instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle.But this is Siberia, where people can endure the worst of the world - and where music reveals a deep humanity in the last place on earth you would expect to find it._______________'A sparkling debut by an outstanding and gifted author. A brilliant guide to Russia of the past and the present, set around an extraordinary search for the heart, soul and lost keyboards of centuries gone by.' PETER FRANKOPAN'A masterpiece of modern travel literature with words that sing from its pages. A definitive exploration of Russia's wild east.' LEVISON WOOD _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers: Vintage Voyages Xiaolu Guo (Author) Series:

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Vintage Classics

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Vintage Publishing

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06 Jun 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875312 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-531-2 ISBN10: 1784875317 EAN: 9781784875312 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Twenty-three-year-old Zhuang (or Z as she calls herself) arrives in London to spend a year learning English. Struggling to find her way in the city, and through the puzzles of tense, verb and adverb; she falls for an older Englishman and begins to realise that the landscape of love is an even trickier terrain... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Blood River: Vintage Voyages Tim Butcher (Author) Series:

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06 Jun 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875381 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-538-1 ISBN10: 1784875384 EAN: 9781784875381 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M. Stanley's famous expedition - but travelling alone. Despite warnings that his plan was 'suicidal', Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in an assortment of vessels including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a campaigning pygmy, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Harvest: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects Edward Posnett (Author) Series:

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08 Aug 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h222mm x w144mm x s32mm 526g Integrated photographs ISBN13: 9781847923875 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-387-5 ISBN10: 1847923879 EAN: 9781847923875 x Description: 'An exceptional first book; Harvest is a subtle, fascinating braiding of travel, cultural and natural history ... It is a pleasure and an education to journey with him in these pages' Robert MacfarlaneIn a centuries-old tradition, farmers in northwestern Iceland scour remote coastal plains for the down of nesting eider ducks.High inside a vast cave in Borneo, men perched atop rickety ladders collect swiftlets' nests, a delicacy believed to be a cure for almost anything.Eiderdown and edible birds' nests: both are luxury products, ultimately destined for the super-rich. To the rest of the world these materials are mere commodities but to the harvesters they are all imbued with myth, tradition, folklore and ritual, and form part of a shared identity and history.These objects are two of the seven natural wonders whose stories Harvest tells: eiderdown, vicuna wool, sea silk, vegetable ivory, civet coffee, guano and edible birds' nests. Harvest follows their journey from the wildest parts of the planet, traversing Iceland, Indonesia, and Peru, to its urban centres, drawing on the voices of the gatherers, shearers and entrepreneurs who harvest, process and trade them.Blending interviews, history and travel writing, Harvest sets these human stories against our changing economic and ecological landscape. What do they tell us about capitalism, global market forces and overharvesting? How does a local micro-economy survive in a hyper-connected world?Harvest makes us see the world with wonder, curiosity and new concern. It is an original and magical new map of our world and its riches. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Heart of Darkness: Vintage Voyages Joseph Conrad (Author) Tim Butcher (Introduction by) Series:

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06 Jun 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 176pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875305 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-530-5 ISBN10: 1784875309 EAN: 9781784875305 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Life on the river is brutal, and unknown threats lurk in the darkness; the silence of the jungle is broken only by the ominous sound of drumming.

Marlow's mission to captain a steamer upriver into the dense interior leads him into conflict with the others who haunt the forest. But his decision to hunt down the mysterious Mr Kurtz, an ivory trader who is the subject of sinister rumours, leads him into more than just physical peril. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Horizon Barry Lopez (Author) Series:

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Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

12 Mar 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 592pp h198mm x w129mm x s35mm 405g ISBN13: 9781529111248 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-1124-8 ISBN10: 1529111242 EAN: 9781529111248 x Description: 'Horizon is magnificent; a contemporary epic' Robert Macfarlane, author of UnderlandFrom the author of the classic Arctic Dreams comes a vivid recollection of his travels around the world and the encounters that have shaped an extraordinary life. Taking us nearly from pole to pole - from modern megacities to some of the earth's most remote regions - Barry Lopez gives us his most far-ranging and personal work to date. Spanning decades of travel, Horizon describes journeys to six regions of the world: from Western Oregon to the High Arctic; from the Galapagos to the Kenyan desert; from Botany Bay in Australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of Antarctica. Lopez also probes the history of humanity's quests and explorations, from prehistoric expeditions to today's ecotourism. He takes us to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe, via friendships with scientists, archaeologists, artists and local residents, in a book that makes us see the world differently. It is the crowning achievement of one of the world's best travel writers. 'The greatest nature writer in the world ... He is also the greatest travel writer ... [an] astounding new memoir' Sunday Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In Patagonia: Vintage Voyages Bruce Chatwin (Author) Nicholas Shakespeare (Introduction by) Series:

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Vintage Publishing

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06 Jun 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875367 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-536-7 ISBN10: 1784875368 EAN: 9781784875367 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind When Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia was published in 1977 it heralded the arrival of a startling new talent in British literature. Critics were surprised and spellbound by a story of an adventure which blurred the boundaries between travel writing, biography, history and memoir. All readers recognised its timeless quality - Auberon Waugh went as far as to call it `a classic'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Journey to Portugal: A Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture Jose Saramago (Author) Series:

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Vintage Publishing

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01 Aug 2019

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Language: English Translated From: Portuguese Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 319g ISBN13: 9781784871826 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-182-6 ISBN10: 1784871826 EAN: 9781784871826 x Description: Jose Saramago takes us on a thrilling literary journey through the land, history and culture of his native country.From the misty mountains of the north to the southern seascape of the Algarve, the travels of Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago are a passionate rediscovery of his own land.

Embarking in the autumn of 1979, Saramago resolves to travel to Portugal, as well as through it. As his country emerges from an authoritarian dictatorship, he traverses his beloved homeland, neglecting its grand 'sights' in favour of Romanesque churches and cobweb-ridden chapels, determined to find belonging in the landscape which went on to inform his greatest works of fiction. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Magdalena: River of Dreams Wade Davis (Author) Series:

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The Bodley Head Ltd

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Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

28 Apr 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm x s32mm 670g ISBN13: 9781847926111 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-611-1 ISBN10: 1847926118 EAN: 9781847926111 x Description: A captivating new book from Wade Davis - winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence - that brings vividly to life the story of the great Rio Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future. Travellers often become enchanted with the first country that captures their hearts and gives them license to be free. For Wade Davis, it was Colombia. Now in a masterful new book, the bestselling author tells of his travels on the mighty Magdalena, the river that made possible the nation. Along the way, he finds a people who have overcome years of conflict precisely because of their character, informed by an enduring spirit of place, and a deep love of a land that is home to the greatest ecological and geographical diversity on the planet. Only in Colombia can a traveller wash ashore in a coastal desert, follow waterways through wetlands as wide as the sky, ascend narrow tracks through dense tropical forests, and reach verdant Andean valleys rising to soaring ice-clad summits. This wild and impossible geography finds its perfect coefficient in the topography of the Colombian spirit: restive, potent, at times placid and calm, in moments tortured and twisted. Both a corridor of commerce and a fountain of culture, the wellspring of Colombian music, literature, poetry and prayer, the Magdalena has served in dark times as the graveyard of the nation. And yet, always, it returns as a river of life. At once an absorbing adventure and an inspiring tale of hope and redemption, Magdalena gives us a rare, kaleidoscopic picture of a nation on the verge of a new period of peace. Braiding together memoir, history, and journalism, Wade Davis tells the story of the country's most magnificent river, and in doing so, tells the epic story of Colombia. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Magdalena: River of Dreams Wade Davis (Author) Series:

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The Bodley Head Ltd

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Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

30 Apr 2020

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Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 432pp h240mm x w162mm x s39mm 816g ISBN13: 9781847926104 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-610-4 ISBN10: 184792610X EAN: 9781847926104 x Description: A captivating new book - from the winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence - that illuminates Colombia's complex past, present, and future through the story of the great Rio Magdalena. Travellers often become enchanted with the first country that captures their hearts and gives them license to be free. For Wade Davis, it was Colombia. In this masterful new book, he revisits the mighty Magdalena, the river that made possible the nation. Along the way, he finds a people who have overcome years of conflict precisely because of their character, informed by an enduring spirit of place, and a deep love of a land that is home to the greatest ecological and geographical diversity on the planet. Only in Colombia can a traveller wash ashore in a coastal desert, follow waterways through wetlands as wide as the sky, ascend narrow tracks through dense tropical forests, and reach verdant Andean valleys rising to soaring ice-clad summits. Both a corridor of commerce and a fountain of culture, the wellspring of Colombian music, literature, poetry and prayer, the Magdalena has served in dark times as the graveyard of the nation. And yet, always, it returns as a river of life. At once an absorbing adventure and an inspiring tale of hope and redemption, Magdalena gives us a rare, kaleidoscopic picture of a nation on the verge of a new period of peace. Braiding together memoir, history, and journalism, Wade Davis tells the story of the country's most magnificent river, and in doing so, tells the epic story of Colombia. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age Sara Wheeler (Author) Series:

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Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

23 Jul 2020

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Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780099584131 ISBN13: 978-0-09-958413-1 ISBN10: 0099584131 EAN: 9780099584131 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANDFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD 2020With the writers of the Golden Age as her guides Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol and Turgenev, among others - Wheeler travels the length and breadth of Russia to make connections between then and now.

On the Trans-Siberian railway, at sail on the Black Sea, or while watching television with her hosts in Soviet apartment blocks, Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news - a Russia of humanity and daily struggles.At a time of deteriorating relations between Russia and the West, Wheeler gives a voice to the 'ordinary' people of Russia and discovers how the writers of the past continue to represent their country today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul Taran Khan (Author) Series:

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Chatto & Windus

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Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

05 Dec 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h222mm x w144mm x s29mm 407g ISBN13: 9781784742287 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-228-7 ISBN10: 1784742287 EAN: 9781784742287

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com x Description: 'Any reader of this book is sure to discover a Kabul so unlike what the media portrays. Taran's love of her city comes across in her enchanting evocation of a city where so many tragedies echo from across Kabul's decades of war' Raja Shehadeh, author of Palestinian WalksOne of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never to walk...When Indian journalist Taran Khan arrives in Kabul in 2006, she imagines it as a return to the land her forebears hailed from centuries ago. It is a city both familiar and unknown. She finds an unexpected guide in her grandfather who - despite never visiting the city - knows it intimately through books and stories, poetry and myth. With his voice in her head, and falling in with poets, doctors, actors and other Kabulis, Khan uncovers a place quite different from the one she anticipated. Her wanderings reveal a fragile city in a state of flux: stricken by near-constant war, but flickering with the promise of peace, a shape-shifting place governed by age-old codes but experimenting with new modes of living. These walks take her to the unvisited tombs of the dead, and to the land of the living: the booksellers, archaeologists, intrepid filmmakers and entrepreneurs who are remaking and rebuilding this ancient 3,000-year-old city.Lost in its labyrinthine streets Khan reads the city more closely, excavating the ghostly iterations of Kabul's past and its layers of forgotten memories - unearthing a city that has been brutally erased and redrawn as each new war sweeps through. And as NATO troops begin to withdraw from the country, Khan watches as her friends and comrades also prepare to depart, and the cycle of transformation begins again. Filled with unique insights about the meaning of home and the haunting power of loss and absence, Taran Khan conjures a magic that is spellbinding and utterly her own.'A wonderful journey' Atiq Rahimi _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shadow of the Silk Road: Vintage Voyages Colin Thubron (Author) Series:

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Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875343 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-534-3 ISBN10: 1784875341 EAN: 9781784875343 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind On buses, donkey carts, trains, jeeps and camels, Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great trade route out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran into Kurdish Turkey. A magnificent account of an ancient world in modern ferment, Thubron covers over 7000 miles in eight months Thubron enduring a near-miss with a drunk-driver, incarceration in a Chinese cell, and undergoing root canal treatment without anaesthetic, along the way. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Ascent Of Rum Doodle: Vintage Voyages W E Bowman (Author) Series:

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Vintage Publishing

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06 Jun 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875299 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-529-9 ISBN10: 1784875295 EAN: 9781784875299 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men including Dr Prone (constantly ill); Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) and 3,000 Yogistani porters, set out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas.

An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, The Ascent of Rum Doodle has been a cult favourite since its publication in 1956. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Rings Of Saturn: Vintage Voyages W. G. Sebald (Author) Michael Hulse (Translated by) Series:

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Vintage Publishing

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06 Jun 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875350 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-535-0 ISBN10: 178487535X EAN: 9781784875350 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind What begins as the record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia becomes the great, constellated story of people and cultures past and present: of Chateaubriand, Thomas Browne, Swinburne and Conrad, of fishing fleets, skulls and silkworms. A rich meditation on the past via a melancholy trip along the Suffolk coast, The Rings of Saturn is an intricately patterned and haunting book on the transience of all things human. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain Damian Le Bas (Author) Series:

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Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

02 May 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 223g ISBN13: 9781784704131 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-413-1 ISBN10: 178470413X EAN: 9781784704131 x Description: 'I needed to get to the stopping places, so I needed to get on the road. It was the road where I might at last find out where I belonged.'Damian Le Bas grew up surrounded by Gypsy history. His great-grandmother would tell him stories of her childhood in the ancient Romani language; the places they worked, the ways they lived, the superstitions and lores of their people. In a bid to better understand his heritage, Damian sets out on a journey to discover the stopping places - the old encampment sites known only to Travellers. Through winter frosts and summer dawns, from horse fairs to Gypsy churches, Damian lives on the road, somewhere between the romanticised Gypsies of old, and their much-maligned descendants of today.'A beautiful writer who seems born to tell this fascinating story' Amy LiptrotWinner of the Somerset Maugham AwardShortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing AwardLonglisted for the Wainwright Prize _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea and Japan Michael Booth (Author) Series:

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Jonathan Cape Ltd

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Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

16 Jan 2020

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s26mm 479g Trade paperback (UK) ISBN13: 9781910702956 ISBN13: 978-1-910702-95-6 ISBN10: 1910702951 EAN: 9781910702956

www.NielsenBookDataOnline.com x Description: 'The next Bill Bryson' (New York Times) explores international relations past and present between three East Asian countries - Japan, South Korea and China - in this lively, absorbing travelogue'Two tigers cannot share the same mountain' - Chinese proverb China, Korea and Japan are the neighbours who love to hate each other. But why? Europe has forgiven Germany's war crimes, why can't Japan's neighbours do likewise? To what extent do the ongoing state-level disputes about island ownership, war history, controversial shrines and statues, missile systems and military escalation reflect how the people of these countries regard each other? They have so much to gain from amicable relations, so why do they seem to be doing their level best to keep the fires of hatred burning? The Chinese, Koreans and Japanese are more than neighbours, they are siblings from a Confucian family. They share so much culturally, from this ancient philosophy with its hierarchical, bureaucratic legacy, to rice-growing, art, architecture, chopsticks, noodles and much more which has been passed down from China over millennia. In turn, China has modelled much of its recent industrial and economic strategy on Japan's post-war manufacturing miracle, and adores contemporary Korean popular culture. Yet still East Asia festers with a mutual animosity which frequently threatens to draw the world into a twenty-first-century war. In his previous international bestseller, The Almost Nearly Perfect People, Michael Booth set out to explore the Scandinavian tribes and what they think of each other. In this new book, which blends popular anthropology, history, politics and travel, the subjects are these Asian tigers that have endured occupation, war and devastation to become among the richest, most developed and powerful societies on Earth. In this deeply researched, revealing book, he sets off on a journey by car, boat, train and plane through all three countries, ending up in a fourth, Taiwan. Here, he hopes to find a positive story but instead discovers the Taiwanese are not merely in conflict with the Chinese, but they also harbour another, less well-known but still bitter grudge towards an East Asian neighbour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

To The Lighthouse: Vintage Voyages Virginia Woolf (Author) Eavan Boland (Introduction by) Series:

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Vintage Classics

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Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875329 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-532-9 ISBN10: 1784875325 EAN: 9781784875329 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Mr and Mrs Ramsay and their eight children have always holidayed at their summer house in Skye, surrounded by family friends. But as time passes, bringing with it war and death, the summer home stands empty until one day, many years later, the family return to make the long-postponed visit to the lighthouse. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Travels With My Aunt: Vintage Voyages Graham Greene (Author) Series:

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Vintage Classics

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Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875336 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-533-6 ISBN10: 1784875333 EAN: 9781784875336 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, to travel to Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay, and a shiftless, twilight society of hippies, war criminals, CIA men that will help Henry come alive after a dull suburban life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________