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Explore Ireland with i-SPY - facts, photos and fantastic spots! Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! It's ideal for holidays, family road...

Don't just see the sights-get to know the people. Vietnam is one of the most fascinating destinations in Southeast Asia. Having emerged from two decades of war, it has undergone a period of rapid and far-reaching change, and its people have their...

ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH?Ben Aitken wasn't. Increasingly flat and decreasingly zen, he knew that something had to change. So he joined a lawn bowls club. About a week later, he continued his assault on the doldrums by taking a cheerleading class. Then -...

Hailed as "extraordinarily learned" (New York Times), "blithe in spirit and unerring in vision," (New York Magazine), and the "definitive record of New York's architectural heritage" (Municipal Art Society), Norval White and Elliot Willensky's book is an...

'Hypnotic... raises questions of exploration and wonder, of nature and humanity' New York Times Book Review 'Exquisite and shocking... just as any exploration of the deep should be' Helen Scales, author of The Brilliant Abyss '[A] rich, strange...

'You may never have been, may never go, may never even have heard of the place - but Malawi will repay your attention. It is one of the smallest, poorest countries in Africa, often overlooked; but its relationship with us in the West has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741176698Author Yasmin ZeinabFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Hardie Grant ExplorePublisher Hardie Grant ExploreWeight(grams) 470g

This book is for all those who love Kim, that masterpiece of Indian life in which Kipling immortalized the Great Game. Fascinated since childhood by this strange tale of an orphan boy's recruitment into the Indian secret service, Peter Hopkirk here...

This new, thoroughly updated third edition of South Devon and Dartmoor is part of Bradt's distinctive 'Slow Travel' series of guides to UK regions, offering in-depth exploration of one of England's most popular areas. Written by resident experts Hilary...

This is London in the eyes of its beggars, bankers, coppers, gangsters, carers, witch-doctors and sex workers. This is London in the voices of Arabs, Afghans, Nigerians, Poles, Romanians and Russians.This is London as you've never seen it before...

"So much to relish here . . . the plot is gripping, and the writing is just lovely!" DIANE SETTERFIELD, author of Once Upon A River"The year's most memorable narrator . . . An unusual and intriguing crime story" SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR"Niemi...

Features some of the finest museums and galleries in the world. This book is organised as an alphabetical listing of 153 of London's most-visited museums. It is suitable for London residents and cultural tourists alike. Full-colour throughout with...

Let Secret Naples guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Naples guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious...

The delightful tale of a young couple who in the late 1970s, on impulse, became the new landlords of the most remote, bleak and lonely pub - The Tan Hill Inn - located in the desolate landscape of the Yorkshire Dales. Having seen an article in the...

A guidebook to 8 walking and trekking routes in Chile's Torres del Paine National Park and Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park. Exploring the beautiful scenery of Patagonia, the routes are suitable for trekkers with some experience. The...

Philip's is No. 1 in the UK for clear maps and market leader in Road Atlases. We bring you the latest large spiral-bound format Big Road Atlas Britain and Ireland 2023 with fully updated maps from the Philip's digital database. 'Good balance between...

'Jenny Tough writes with the same talent, imagination, and sheer courage that she displays in her athletic endeavours. This book will broaden the horizons of all who venture between its covers.' - Emily Chappell, author of Where There's a Will'I love...

Lancaster and Morecambe are like chalk and Lancashire cheese. So near, yet so far apart in what they offer. Morecambe, the traditional seaside resort, its 'Bring me Sunshine' favourite son Eric Morecambe and Victoria Wood's 'two soups' cafe. Plus, its...

The Lake District delights its visitors with a series of superlatives: England's largest national park, highest mountain, deepest lakes and now a new World Heritage status. One of Britain's best-loved and most visited locations unveils its secrets. This...

Marco Polo Pocket Guide New Zealand: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips Explore New Zealand with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants, the country's trendiest places,...

Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's New England's Best Trips. This trusted travel companion features 31 amazing road trips, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. Explore the marvellous Cape Cod, climb the soaring mountains of...

Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels. Think you know Agatha Christie? Think...

Perfect for taking on vacation or as preparatory reading before a visit - or as entertainment for lovers of London and literature. Compiled by Robin Saikia, a London-based writer and journalist.Book InformationISBN 9781905131440Author Robin SaikiaFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646042388Author Adrien ClautrierFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press

"This is the most important of my books, and the one by which I most hope to be remembered - if I may hope to be remembered at all!" Amelia B Edwards, 1877. A chance visit to Egypt in 1873 by Amelia Edwards changed the future of British Egyptology...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999894054Author Ian YoungFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Jake Island LtdPublisher Jake Island Ltd

Discover the joy of the great outdoors and the pleasures of slow travel with Kinfolk Wilderness. Whatever your pace or purpose, the stories within will provide you with a fresh perspective on what it means to be "outdoorsy," whether that means trekking...

Guy Grieve's life was going nowhere - trapped in a job he hated, commuting 2,000 miles a month and up to his neck in debt. But he dreamed of escaping it all to live alone in one of the wildest, most remote places on earth - Alaska. And just when he'd...

An instant New York Times bestseller! Journey with Kathie Lee Gifford and Messianic Rabbi Jason Sobel into Israel and explore the deep roots of the Christian faith.As a lifelong student of Scripture, Kathie Lee Gifford has always desired a deeper...

A guidebook to a selection of 17 walks and short treks (of 2-7 days) in the Dinaric Alps of Montenegro. Routes are graded by difficulty and range from short easy strolls of under 2 hours to strenuous mountain traverses, sometimes involving scrambling and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904645511Author Friendly GuidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Friendly GuidesPublisher Friendly GuidesWeight(grams) 275gDimensions(mm) 240mm *...

Waterlog celebrates the magic of water and the beauty of wild Britain.In 1996 Roger Deakin set out to swim the British Isles. He swam in the sea, in rivers, in streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools, fens, dykes, moats, aqueducts,...

A wonderfully original book about contemporary Russia as seen on journeys in search of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, Chekhov, Gogol and Turgenev.SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANDFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD 2020With the writers of the Golden Age as her guides...

'Without any doubt, London is one of the best cities in the world for modern architecture. But it is also one of the biggest cities in the world, and it does not make a display of its best things. A visitor looking for new buildings in the City and the...

WINNER OF THE 2014 THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZEIn the past, Hugh Thomson has written acclaimed books about Peru, Mexico and the Indian Himalaya. Now he returns to the most exotic and foreign country of them all - his own. Walking right across England, along...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899559217Author Tyler BruleFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

Put yourself in the movie! Step inside dozens of real-life locations with this gloriously geeky, map-filled compendium.Locations are everything. They transport us to far-flung worlds and dystopian futures, and provide the backdrop to intergalactic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913625092Author Christopher GoddardFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Gritstone PublishingPublisher Gritstone Publishing

A beautifully evocative account of one man's odyssey to discover authentic and unbroken magical traditions in the East and reawaken them in the West * Shares the similarities he discovered between the teachings of the Indian tradition and the Western...

A guidebook to 32 day walks and one multi-day trek across the Ardennes region. Exploring the beautiful scenery of southeastern Belgium and venturing across the border into Luxembourg and France, the walks are suitable for beginner and experienced walkers...