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'The point of all this has nothing to do with finding yourself. It's about what you can do to lose what you don't need.' It's a dark rainy afternoon on Dublin's jammed M50 motorway. The rain is hammering on the windscreen of Daniella Moyles' car. She...

Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016Clarisse Riviere's life is shaped by a refusal to admit to her husband Richard and to her daughter Ladivine that her mother is a poor black housekeeper. Instead, weighed down by guilt, she pretends to...

With details on everything from Big Ben to Brick Lane, this is the only guide a native or traveler needs. Whether you've called London your home for decades or just arrived last night, there's information in the Not For TouristsGuide to London that you...

Richard Grant has never spent more than twenty-two consecutive nights under the same roof. Motivated partly by his own wanderlust and partly by his realisation that America is a land populated by wanderers, he set out to test his theory. AMERICAN NOMADS...

In Yorkshire: There and Back, Andrew Martin celebrates Britain's most charismatic county, looking back at the Yorkshire of his 1970s childhood and as it is today.Journeying to every historic corner, Martin writes affectionally about its past, present and...

'Get away from here before you're completely bewitched and enslaved...' Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fisherman's cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. But enslaved she was. GRANITE ISLAND, much more than a travel book, grew out of...

'A fabulous piece of writing . . . I recommend it unreservedly' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'A brilliant book' CHRISTINA LAMB, author of Farewell KabulOne of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never to walk...When journalist Taran Khan arrives...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741177190Author Emilie RistevskiFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Hardie Grant ExplorePublisher Hardie Grant ExploreWeight(grams) 780g

Shortly after the 2005 London bombings, Tahir Shah was thrown into a Pakistani prison on suspicion of spying for Al-Qaeda. What sustained him during his terrifying, weeks-long ordeal were the stories his father told him as a child in Morocco.Inspired by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for IACP Cookbook Award - Food Photography & Styling 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780804185592Author Mimi ThorissonFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Clarkson...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909914902Author Clive BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Bradwell BooksPublisher Bradwell Books

Coastwise examines the coastline of the British Isles as a dynamic environment and offers you an understandable explanation of how the coastline functions as a single entity. It is supported by hundreds of stunning photos and illustrations. It begins...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905306831Author Ordnance SurveyImprint Land & Property ServicesPublisher Land & Property Services

Backed by Brazil's wealthy agribusiness groups, a growing evangelical movement, and an emboldened military and police force, Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019. Driven by the former army captain's brand of controversial, aggressive rhetoric, the divisive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789979338246Author H H HansenPage Count 2Imprint Mal Og Menning,IcelandPublisher Mal Og Menning,IcelandWeight(grams) 85g

The definitive guide to finding birds in Northern and Eastern Spain. This region embraces an impressive range of habitats from the Pyrenees to the sun-drenched Catalan coast. As a consequence the area is rich in birdlife and full of potential for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865653672Author Miguel Flores-ViannaFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Vendome PressPublisher Vendome PressWeight(grams) 1470g

Lonely Planet's Central Asia Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Central Asian phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Break the ice with local greetings, delve into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982102374Author Jennifer CriswellFormat PaperbackImprint Gemelli Press LLCPublisher Gemelli Press LLCWeight(grams) 327g

Take a road trip to remember with Road Trips Italy. Hilltop villages, winding Tuscan roads, miles and miles of dramatic coastline: Italy is the perfect destination for a road trip to remember. With Road Trips Italy, it's yours to explore.Featuring 24...

Discover Paris with the most incisive and in-the-know guidebook on the market. Whether you plan to stroll along the Seine, sip aperitifs at classy left-bank cafes or browse modern art at the Palais de Tokyo, The Rough Guide to Paris will show you ideal...

An engaging and beautifully illustrated full-colour guide to some of the most exciting wildlife in the world in an area about to see a significant increase in visitor numbers as a direct result of changes in the ice cover of the Arctic Ocean. Bradt's...

In June 1862, Dostoevsky left Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Ostensibly making the trip to consult Western specialists about his epilepsy, he also wished to see firsthand the source of the Western ideas he believed were corrupting...

Life at Full Tilt is a whirlwind tour of Dervla Murphy s travels. It begins in Spain in 1956, before her first book, and follows in her tracks for over fifty years, including descriptions of her beloved Afghanistan in 1963, of the Peruvian Andes, of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846743023Author Judy SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Countryside BooksPublisher Countryside Books

Brecon Beacons - the latest edition to the popular British Mountain Map series. It covers 350 square mile of country - the only really detailed map to cover this whole area on one sheet. These maps are a leap forward in technical excellence. Tough,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781452184821Author Matt CollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Chronicle BooksPublisher Chronicle BooksWeight(grams) 1061g

A guide to mountainbiking, cycling or walking the GTMC, Grande Traversee du Massif Central, in southern France, from Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne to Montpellier and Sete on the Mediterranean. The GTMC is a long-distance mountain biking trail that...

Bognor Regis...Aberystwyth...Glasgow...Can you place them on a map? Most people can't these days. What kind of countryside do you pass through on your way to the Cairngorms, or the Fens, or Northumberland? What's north of the Pennines? And what's it like...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434305244Author John LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Authorhouse UKPublisher Authorhouse UKWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm

'An epic story of hardship, friendship and faith.' Daily Telegraph Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, this is the compelling account of the most recent adventure of the bestselling author of Facing Up. It started out as a...

With details on everything from the Empire State Building to Max Fish, this is the only guide a native or traveler needs to navigate New York's neighborhoods and find the best restaurants, shopping, and more. The Not For Tourists Guide to New York City...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643456720Author Duane Arthur OseFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Stratton PressPublisher Stratton PressWeight(grams) 152g

A guidebook of 30 short, medium, long and full-day mountain bike routes across the Yorkshire Dales. The graded circular rides visit all the major dales and include loops around two of the famous Yorkshire Three Peaks - Whernside and Pen-y-ghent. Routes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952357759Author Gillian Rowan-WildeFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Gildersleve Publishing LtdPublisher Gildersleve Publishing Ltd

Born in London to a Turkish mother and British father, Alev Scott moved to Istanbul to discover what it means to be Turkish in a country going through rapid political and social change, with an extraordinary past still linked to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and...

In 1909, while dreaming of the Himalaya, Norwegian mountaineer Alf Bonnevie Bryn and a fellow young climber, the Australian George Ingle Finch, set their sights on Corsica to build their experience. The events of this memorable trip form the basis of...

Escape to Languedoc in this poignant and transportative true account of life in a beautifully restored house in the south of France'Wonderful, exquisitely written, laugh-out-loud funny, profoundly moving. An utter joy and a treat to read from first to...

With Lonely Planet's stylishly illustrated How to Pack for Any Trip, learn to up your packing game. Take the pain out of packing by using our cut-out-and-keep lists. Teach the kids to pack and learn how to edit your own capsule wardrobe. Make your tech...

Guidebook to fastpacking - multi-day running trips carrying the bare essentials - in the UK, Europe and beyond. Includes 12 route ideas (all tried and tested), fastpacking stories from around the world (featuring Jez Bragg, Anna Frost and Jasmin Paris),...