Essays & Travelogues

From Miami to Kabul In his remarkable first book, Danziger's Travels, Nick Danziger journeyed incognito through Iran, Afghanistan and China. Now we learn what Danziger did next: more extraordinary episodes as he swings from rags to riches and...

"The spread of the towns, the disforesting of the hills, and other causes are conspiring to destroy many of the conditions which made the Riviera of former days so happy a resort for the lovers of Nature. But there will always be much to observe and much...

This is a guide to France intended for the traveller who wants to get to know French people as individuals, for the negotiating businessman and for students who wishes to discover in-depth aspects of their lives. It looks at what makes up the national...

Charley Boorman is back in the saddle for a brand-new, adrenaline-fuelled adventure!He begins his journey racing north from Sydney up the Gold Coast, where he hitches a ride in a Spitfire. In Papua New Guinea he takes a hand-made canoe through tropical...

Charley Boorman is back in the saddle for a brand-new, adrenaline-fuelled adventure!He begins his journey racing north from Sydney up the Gold Coast, where he hitches a ride in a Spitfire. In Papua New Guinea he takes a hand-made canoe through tropical...

Julian Sayarer grew up riding a bicycle. Working as a bike courier in London, he learned the world record for a circumnavigation by bike had been broken, and that cycling into the sunset had been bought by banks and big business. Determined to do things...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645307016Author Emma ScattergoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Emma ScattergoodPublisher Emma ScattergoodWeight(grams) 354g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909461161Author H. W. TilmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint TilmanPublisher Crescent HouseWeight(grams) 350g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906251765Author Magsie Hamilton-LittleFormat PaperbackImprint Max PressPublisher Max Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767903868Author Bill BrysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328745651Author Rory StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632863928Author Mark KurlanskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 240g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838132903Author Matthew BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Sidecar PressPublisher Sidecar Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838132903Author Matthew BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Sidecar PressPublisher Sidecar Press

Part political inquiry, part travel journal, part-self exploration, "Seek" is a collection of essays by an award-winning novelist out to explore himself and his life in the company of those who live on the edges of society. Denis Johnson travels between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785622892Author Megan Knoyle LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer Press

Packed with colorful illustrations and fun facts about Japanese culture, celebrations, language and history, this multicultural children's books will delight children and parents alike!A wonderful look at Japanese culture and family life, Japanese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786883158Author Rinker BuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 367g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312320836Author Tim MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060926199Author Lisa St Auben de TeranFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633932425Author Alan E SparksFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Rainy Day Publishing IncPublisher Rainy Day Publishing IncWeight(grams) 476g

In this moving sequel to The Lost World of the Kalahari van der Post records everything he has learned of the life and lore of Africa's first inhabitants. The Heart of the Hunter is a journey into the mind and spirit of the Bushmen, a people outlawed by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954788704Author John WallerFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Yiannis BooksPublisher Yiannis Books

This exciting new series will bring together both classic texts and the writing of the leading Travel writers working today, which will inform and inspire the inquisitive traveller. It is an essential companion for anyone travelling to Sicily. Selected...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593497456Author Rolf PottsFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

The Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers and the dreams of engineers-and some 14 million people live among their peaks today. In The Alps, Stephen O'Shea takes readers up and down these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780973471137Author Natasha J RosewoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Energy Dynamics Unlimited PressPublisher Energy Dynamics Unlimited...

While attempting to teach at an inner London comprehensive Will Randall is taken up by an elderly German woman who asks him to accompany her to India. Nothing ventured, he agrees and so begins a wonderful life-changing adventure. Set down in Puna (3...

While attempting to teach at an inner London comprehensive Will Randall is taken up by an elderly German woman who asks him to accompany her to India. Nothing ventured, he agrees and so begins a wonderful life-changing adventure. Set down in Puna (3...

Hot dogs. Poor people created them. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. They're high culture, they're low culture, they're sports food, they're hangover food, and they're deeply American, despite having no basis whatsoever in...

Will Buckingham travelled to Tanimbar Islands (Indonesia) as a trainee anthropologist to meet three remarkable sculptors: the crippled Matias Fatruan, the buffalo hunter Abraham Amelwatin, and Damianus Masele, who was skilled in black magic, but who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312423377Author Simon WinchesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PL

Zeppa recounts her three years spent in the tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, just south of Tibet, in this memoir that is part travel adventure, part Buddhist philosophy, and part "a testament of newfound faith" ("The New York Times Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735174624Author Ken SeeroiFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Shioyaki PressPublisher Shioyaki PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Paris is the crowning jewel of France, and this literary guide for travellers explores its 20th century history, from 1900-1950. Paris at the turn of the twentieth century had become the cultural capital of the world. Artists and writers came to...

Thor Heyerdahl is one of the greatest explorers of our day. At the age of 84 he has chosen to take a journey through his memories. This is not a chronological autobiography but rather an epic exploration of the world and the amazing events that Heyerdahl...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789081329453Author Simon FirthFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint DMD DigitalPublisher DMD DigitalWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 11mm

After two months on board a Russian container ship sailing 15,000 miles across the world, Josie finally arrives in New Zealand with her bike. Over the next nine months she cycles 10,000 kilometres all over North and South Islands while experiencing the...

After two months on board a Russian container ship sailing 15,000 miles across the world, Josie finally arrives in New Zealand with her bike. Over the next nine months she cycles 10,000 kilometres all over North and South Islands while experiencing the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398457133Author Malcolm JackFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers