Essays & Travelogues

In the time it takes to get through Atlanta airport's luggage system, Peter Biddlecombe negotiates the perils of business life in twenty cities from Beirut to Budapest, all courtesy of another awe-inspiring expense account.This volume finds the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916389311Author Michael GeogheganFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Leitmotif EditionsPublisher Leitmotif Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400031672Author Geoff DyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 201gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400031030Author Pico IyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

Oxford started as an Anglo-Saxon border outpost, with a bridge replacing the 'oxen ford' from which it takes its name. It became a centre for trade and religion and developed one of the oldest universities in Europe from the late twelfth century. Since...

Greenwich Village is a collection of short essays and art by the hip and well-known artists, writers, musicians, dancers, actors, restaurateurs, and other neighbourhood habitues who have lived or live in the Village - from Mario Batali to Donna Karan,...

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...

In "Gods in Britain" Jill Dudley travels from England to Scotland, from Cornwall to Wales in search of the pagan past, gathering myths and legends on the way. As with her earlier travel books on Greece, she continues to explore how, and even why, early...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771605731Author Jane MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307948908Author William DalrympleFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140252705Author Peter MatthiessenFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 252gDimensions(mm) 197mm...

Introduced by Jeet Thayli, author of Booker Prize shortlisted novel Narcopolis.At the age of 20, Dom Moraes - already a celebrated poet who would go on to be regarded as one of India's finest writers - returned to his native India after finishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845242305Author Phil HorsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Llygad Gwalch CyfPublisher Llygad Gwalch Cyf

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Northeastern Minnesota Book Award (Nonfiction) 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780873515894Author Cary J. GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint...

A light-hearted account of a country trying to keep up with the new while holding onto the old. A must-read for every resident and visitor in Singapore! A witty and humorous look into the changing Singapore landscape with an insight into Singapore's...

From his home in a remote Eskimo Village, Nick Jans leads us into a vast, magical world: Alaska's Brooks Range. Drawn from fourteen years of arctic experience, The Last Light Breaking offers a rare perspective on America's last great wilderness and its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993493294Author David M. AddisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint Extremis Publishing LimitedPublisher Extremis Publishing Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619492363Author Mark TwainFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Empire BooksPublisher Empire BooksWeight(grams) 753gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 20mm

Cobblestone streets leading to perfectly preserved historic homes. Intricate wrought-iron gates opening to lush, fragrant gardens. A skyline of steeples and a river harbor bustling with schooners and sailboats. Charleston is one of America's most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550229226Author Glen HeggstadFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 634g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633376342Author Jamie BowmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Hitchcock Media Group LLCPublisher Hitchcock Media Group LLCWeight(grams) 490g

In these wide-ranging tales from a life on the road, Vietnam vet and "adventure eater" Richard Sterling takes the reader deep into the heart of cultures, from Asia to Africa to North America. Whether breaking bread with a murderer in the Baja desert or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547737379Author Paul TherouxFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954558741Author Richard GuiseFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Richard GuisePublisher Richard GuiseWeight(grams) 391g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648260523Author Sara MossFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Sara MossPublisher Sara MossWeight(grams) 350g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873982099Author Medlar LucanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dedalus LtdPublisher Dedalus Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985521806Author Phyllis MazzocchiFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Travel GravelPublisher Travel GravelWeight(grams) 140g

As a professional travel writer and editor for the past 40 years, Don George has been paid to explore the world. Through the decades, his articles have been published in magazines, newspapers, and websites around the globe and have won more awards than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771082658Author Don StarkellFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060855024Author Peter HesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771602877Author Geoff PowterFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm)...

A beautifully atmospheric memoir and travelogue from poet Amryl Johnson depicting her journey from the UK to Trinidad in the 1980s'Memories demanded that I complete this book. If what I experienced was, in fact, a haunting, I believe I have now laid...

Berlin is much more than the former capital of Nazi Germany--it is often described today as innovative, fast-paced, avant-garde, rough, exciting, and even sexy. At the political and geographical centre of the Second World War and the Cold War, the city...

Why would a man retire from his job and take off on a unique 4,000-mile walk around France? What possessed him to wear out his sixty-year-old hips and knees when he could spend a comfortable retirement at home? In this fascinating book Terry Cudbird...

Why would a man retire from his job and take off on a unique 4,000-mile walk around France? What possessed him to wear out his sixty-year-old hips and knees when he could spend a comfortable retirement at home? In this fascinating book Terry Cudbird...

The Journey Home ranges from the surreal cityscapes of Hoboken and Manhattan to the solitary splendor of the deserts and mountains of the Southwest. It is alive with ranchers, dam builders, kissing bugs, and mountain lions. In a voice edged with chagrin,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592408726Author Beppe SevergniniFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767904162Author Derek LambertFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 326gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902175584Author Barbara HaddrillFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Centre for Alternative Technology PublicationsPublisher Centre for Alternative...