Travel

Leaving their Welsh hill farm behind, Nick, Ros and their children arrive on the little-known island of Ikaria in 1978, having impulsively boarded the first ferry leaving Athens. Escape to Ikaria tells the story of how they become involved with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857042637Author Jim DonahueFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

'Anne Holt is the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction.' Jo NesboDon't miss the start of a new series from the bestselling author of Modus______________________Selma Falck has lost everything. Her family has left her and her career as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787165731Author Andrey TaranovFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint T&p Books Publishing LtdPublisher T&p Books Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Discover Europe with the 'Only In' Guides! These ground breaking city guides are for independent cultural travellers wishing to escape the crowds and understand cities from different and unusual perspectives. Unique locations, hidden corners and unusual...

As a boy growing up near Liverpool in the 1950s, Andrew Lees would visit the docks with his father to watch the ships from Brazil unload their exotic cargo of coffee, cotton bales, molasses, cocoa - the ships' names and goods noted down in loving detail...

'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...

A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul's profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled...

Whether you want to tour the outstanding wineries of California's premier wine region, drink great wines and eat great food, take a magical hot-air-balloon ride over rolling vineyards, or explore the galleries and art-filled estates of the region, the...

'This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993094620Author Frank KuznikFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Duncan Petersen PublishingPublisher Duncan Petersen Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906887063Author Steve HannaFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint PiXZ BooksPublisher PiXZ Books

Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West, he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of...

This is the complete official guide to walking the well-loved and popular North Downs. Whether you're an experienced long distance walker or a weekend stroller, this is the only companion you need to this beautiful and scenic route. The North Downs Way...

Discover the communities that have made London the amazing place it is to live in and visit, with this fascinating walking guide to the history, culture, religion and cuisine of immigrant London. Brimming with beautiful maps and illustrations, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620053430Author James KavanaghPage Count 2Imprint Waterford Press LtdPublisher Waterford Press Ltd

Have you ever wondered what 'our' birds get up to when they're not pinching our peanuts, pilfering our pyracantha berries or nesting under the eaves of our homes? The One Show's natural history star Mike Dilger tells us the answers in Nightingales in...

Insight Guide to Cuba is a pictorial travel guide in a magazine style providing answers to the key questions before or during your trip: deciding when to go to Cuba, choosing what to see, from exploring old Havana to discovering Valle de Vinales or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789491648106Author Dirk HilbersFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Crossbill Guides FoundationPublisher Crossbill Guides Foundation

Travelling in a van is emerging as a popular way to see the world. Back to nature, away from mass tourism, you can experience a country in a way that's fresh, unscheduled, and autonomous. This book on getting the most from your trip to van-friendly...

Twenty years after the publication of his classic novel Ulverton, the acclaimed poet and novelist Adam Thorpe revisits the landscape which inspired him. Silbury Hill in Wiltshire has perplexed people for generations. Was it once an island, moated by...

A marble plaque that weeps twice a year, exceptional scuba diving among the mosaics and temples of an ancient Roman city, a magnificent amphitheatre full of stone spectators, forgotten pagan traditions, the world's largest censer, a sublime secret...

The Chile Reader makes available a rich variety of documents spanning more than five hundred years of Chilean history. Most of the selections are by Chileans; many have never before appeared in English. The history of Chile is rendered from diverse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995561540Author Raymond GoodburnFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Pilgrim Book Services LtdPublisher Pilgrim Book Services Ltd

'it appeared to me that the greatest and best feelings of the human heart were paralyzed by the relative positions of slave and owner' In Domestic Manners of the Americans, Frances Trollope recounts her travels through America between 1827 and 1830,...

'Photography for me is not looking, it's feeling. If you can't feel what you're looking at, then you're never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures' - Don McCullin Journeys Across Roman Asia Minor is driven by an eye...

Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Now with free eBook, and a pull-out map.Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference...

Tom Kitching is one of England's leading traditional fiddle players. He has worked as a solo performer, band member, dance caller, violin teacher, and street busker. That last element - the busking - was an afterthought, something to be phased out as he...

Surrounded by water, Copenhagen is a well-loved destination for travellers, but it is also a very popular place to live among Danes. This new city guide has something to offer both, taking in overlooked and inconspicuous places that lie outside the usual...

When Patricia Clough bought a house in Umbria, she knew that buying her dream home did not mean that life would become a dream. By the end of this book, in which she describes the journey of making Umbria her home, she is sure that if one has basic...

With the Lapps in the High Mountains is an entrancing true account, a classic of travel literature, and a work that deserves wider recognition as an early contribution to ethnographic writing. Published in 1913 and available here in its first English...

Winner of the Booker Prize 1971 and nominated for the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018. In a Free State tells the story first of an Indian servant in Washington, who becomes an American citizen but feels he has ceased to be a part of the flow. Then of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.Book InformationISBN 9780679428503Author Jon KrakauerFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random...

The latest episode in the adventures of culinary explorer Tom Vandenberghe and food photographer Luk Thys takes place in Tokyo. With an eye for authenticity and a nose for delicious dishes, they stroll around in the Japanese capital, seeking new culinary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901746563Author Phil GatenbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 156g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908748089Author David PerrottFormat PaperbackImprint Kittiwake PressPublisher Kittiwake Press

Starting in the Gobi desert in winter, adventurer Rob Lilwall sets out on an extraordinary six-month journey, walking almost 5000 kilometres across China. Along the way he and his cameraman Leon brave the toxic insides of China's longest road tunnel,...

Whether you want to explore the Alhambra, marvel at La Sagrada Familia, or enjoy tapas, wine, and flamenco, the local Fodor's travel experts in Spain are here to help! Fodor's Essential Spain guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated...

The Galapagos archipelago is one of the most beautiful, wild, and untouched places on earth. Travel back in time with Moon Galapagos Islands. Inside you'll find:- Strategic tour advice on which boats to take, how long to stay, and where to stop along the...

Thessaloniki, the most important city in the Byzantine empire after Constaninople, experienced periods of great economic prosperity and cultural and artistic flowering that created monuments of great importance in the development of Byzantine...