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Literary London by Eloise Millar 9781789295931
RRP: £9.99£6.85Discover one of the best cities in the world through the lens of some of the most iconic writers who have ever lived. London has long inspired and celebrated books and writing, and some of the most well-known and beloved names in English Literature have... -
Literary Landscapes Paris by Sandrine Voillet
RRP: £20.00£13.34From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature. The book is an elegant photographic stroll around the bookshops, famous literary restaurants and storied streets of... -
Tender Maps by Alice Maddicott 9781914613326
RRP: £19.99£13.35'Of all the places where I feel the translucency of things, places that are thin for me, bluebell woods are first among them.' Some travellers are driven by the need to scale a natural wonder, or to see a city's sights or a place of history. Others,... -
Harry's Bar: The Life and Times of the Legendary Venice Landmark by Arrigo Cipriani
RRP: £12.99£9.65Now in paperback, the inside story of one of the world's most renowned watering holes, legendary since the days of Hemingway.Harry's Bar in Venice has remained one of the world's most storied watering holes, as entrenched a fixture of the Venetian... -
Malta: A Traveller's Anthology by Deborah Manley 9781904955702 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£5.79Few countries are as marked by their history as the Maltese islands of Malta and Gozo. Each period of Maltas turbulent historynot least its heroic role during the Second World Warhas added to its rich cultural fabric. Deborah Manleys selection of... -
Malta: A Traveller's Anthology by Deborah Manley
RRP: £14.99£13.64Few countries are as marked by their history as the Maltese islands of Malta and Gozo. Each period of Maltas turbulent historynot least its heroic role during the Second World Warhas added to its rich cultural fabric. Deborah Manleys selection of... -
Agatha Christie's England by Caroline Crampton 9781838216733
RRP: £12.00£8.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838216733Author Caroline CramptonPage Count 1Imprint Herb Lester Associates LtdPublisher Herb Lester Associates LtdDimensions(mm) 208mm * 145mm * 5mm -
Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese Travel Writing from the Manyoshu to Basho by Meredith McKinney
RRP: £12.99£9.09Shortlisted for the NSW Translation Prize Discover a realm of travel writing undreamed of in the West - a richly literary tradition extending through a thousand years and more, whose individual works together weave a dense and beautiful brocade of... -
Lighted Window, The: Evening Walks Remembered by Peter Davidson
RRP: £25.00£19.47Homecoming, haunting, nostalgia, desire: these are some of the themes evoked by the beguiling motif of the lighted window in literature and art. In this innovative combination of place-writing, memoir and cultural study, Peter Davidson takes us on... -
Footnotes: A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers by Peter Fiennes
RRP: £10.99£7.77Through past and present, the country and the city, Peter Fiennes takes a literary journey through the British Isles 'As enjoyable a guide to the relationship of writers to the landscape of Britain as one could hope to read: beautifully written,... -
Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb
RRP: £10.99£7.93No one knows a city like the people who live there - so who better to relate the history of Paris than its inhabitants through the ages? Taking us from 1750 to the new millennium, Graham Robb's Parisians is at once a book to read from cover to cover, to... -
Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey by Ian Rankin 9780752877716 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£1.92Ian Rankin's guide to the places in Scotland that have provided inspiration for his bestselling Inspector Rebus novels.'A must-have for all Rebus fans' DAILY EXPRESS'His novels are playing a significant part in redefining Scotland's image of itself in... -
Rebus's Scotland: From the iconic #1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES Ian Rankin 9780752877716
RRP: £14.99£9.80Ian Rankin's guide to the places in Scotland that have provided inspiration for his bestselling Inspector Rebus novels.'A must-have for all Rebus fans' DAILY EXPRESS'His novels are playing a significant part in redefining Scotland's image of itself in... -
Jane Austen's England: A Travel Guide by Karin Quint 9781788840354
RRP: £15.00£11.36Walk in Jane Austen's footsteps with this unique travel guide - the first book to explore England in relation to its most beloved Regency author. Rambling across the rolling fields of Hampshire, along the bustling streets of London and around the golden... -
Hamlet: Globe to Globe: 193,000 Miles, 197 Countries, One Play Dominic Dromgoole 9781782116929
RRP: £12.99£8.56NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017Over two full years, Dromgoole, the Artistic Director of the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, and the Globe players toured all seven continents, and almost 200 countries, performing the Bard's most famous play. They... -
Europe: An Intimate Journey by Jan Morris
RRP: £12.99£8.56Europe has been widely acclaimed as among the finest achievements of 'one of our greatest living writers' (The Times). A personal appreciation, fuelled by five decades of journeying, this is Jan Morris at her best - at once magisterial and particular,... -
Waypoints: Seascapes and Stories of Scotland's West Coast by Ian Stephen
RRP: £11.99£8.43Adventure, memoir, storytelling and celebration of all things maritime meet in Waypoints, a beautifully written account of sea journeys from Scotland's west coast. In the book Ian Stephen reveals a lifetime's love affair with sailing; each voyage honours... -
Dear Bill Bryson: Footnotes from a Small Island by Ben Aitken
RRP: £10.99£7.32FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED THE GRAN TOUR AND THE MARMALADE DIARIESAn irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic.'It would be wrong to view this book as just a highly accomplished homage to a personal hero. Aitken's politics, as much as his humour,... -
Up The Country: Letters from India by Emily Eden 9780860684404
£13.81Emily Eden was born in 1797 into the charmed inner circle of the English upper class who conducted the country's political life. In 1836 this prominent member of Whig society joined her brother George in India where he was Governor-General. She stayed... -
The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers by Ted Jones
RRP: £14.99£11.75A reader's journey along the French Riviera, from Hyeres and Saint-Tropez to the Italian border, introducing the lives and work of writers who passed this way. The sunlight and calm of the French Riviera have been a magnet for writers since the... -
Thunderstone: A Summer in a Caravan in the Woods by Nancy Campbell
RRP: £14.99£9.98Can a tiny vehicle provide the space to rebuild a life? Thunderstone: a sculpted & fearless memoir from the award-winning author of Fifty Words for SnowAbout the AuthorNancy Campbell is a poet and non-fiction writer whose books include Fifty Words for... -
Two Lights by James Roberts
RRP: £16.99£11.54An extraordinary account of searching for the wildness left in our world - spanning continents and geological eras, skies and oceans, animals and birds, and even the planets and stars. With dizzying acuity and insight Roberts paints a portrait of a... -
Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age by Sara Wheeler
RRP: £9.99£7.11A 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... -
Wild Wisdom: ZEN Masters, Mountain Monks, and Rebellious Eccentrics Reflect on the Healing Power of Nature by Neil Douglas-Klotz 9781642970081
RRP: £12.99£11.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642970081Author Neil Douglas-KlotzFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Hampton Roads Publishing CoPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome Jerome
RRP: £7.99£5.79A comic masterpiece that has never been out of print since it was first published in 1889, Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat includes an introduction and notes by Jeremy Lewis in Penguin Classics.Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and... -
Armchair Explorer by Lonely Planet
RRP: £17.99£13.35Calling culture lovers: sample music, films and books from 120 countries without leaving your armchair. Perfect preparation for travellers or simply a satisfying journey into the unknown, this book lists the five most interesting books and movies from... -
London: An Illustrated Literary Companion by Rosemary Gray 9781035031689
RRP: £9.99£6.87With diary entries, quotations, poems, essays and extracts, this is an exquisite time capsule of literary London which takes you on a captivating journey through the city.London: An Illustrated Literary Companion, compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the... -
Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History David Rosenberg 9780745338552
RRP: £14.99£9.80The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital. Transporting readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners, David... -
Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace by David Lipsky
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307592439Author David LipskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Three Rivers PressWeight(grams) 504g -
John Le Carra(c)A(tm)S London by Richard Hutt
RRP: £12.00£8.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739897116Author Herb Lester AssociatesPage Count 1Imprint Herb Lester Associates LtdPublisher Herb Lester Associates Ltd -
Writers' London: A Guide to Literary People and Places Carrie Kania 9781788840460
RRP: £15.00£9.80"When one is tired of London, one is tired of life." - Samuel Johnson London has long been a centre of the literary world. From Shakespeare to Amis, Byron to Blake, Plath, Thomas, Christie and Rowling; many of the greatest names in literature have... -
Walking the Literary Landscape: 20 classic walks for book-lovers in Northern England by Ian Hamilton 9781906148782
RRP: £12.95£9.24Literature and a love of the English countryside are natural companions.Walking the Literary Landscape by Ian Hamilton and Diane Roberts brings the two together in a collection of 20 circular routes in the north of England, all between 3 and 9 miles (5... -
Exiles: Three Island Journeys by William Atkins 9780571352999
RRP: £10.99£7.12A luminous exploration of exile - the people who have experienced it, and the places they inhabit - from the award-winning travel writer and author of The Immeasurable World and The Moor. 'Breathtakingly good . . . Exiles is completely sui generis... -
The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe by Colm Toibin 9780330373579
RRP: £10.99£7.93Between 1990 and 1994, Colm Toibin made a series of trips through Catholic Europe. His journey led him into close contact with people from all walks of life, from priests to politicians, from the intellectually open to the spiritually bigoted. He then... -
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey by V. S. Naipaul 9780330522823
RRP: £14.99£11.13Among the Believers is V. S. Naipaul's classic account of his journeys through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia; 'the believers' are the Muslims he met on those journeys, young men and women battling to regain the original purity of their faith in... -
The Tangier Diaries by John Hopkins
RRP: £14.99£11.75John Hopkins brings back to life all the decadence and flamboyance of Tangier in the 1960s and 1970s. Tangier in the 1960s and '70s was a fabled place. This edge city, the 'Interzone', became muse and escapist's dream for artists, writers,... -
The Murder of Christina Collins: The Story of the Bloody Steps Murder of 1839 on the Trent & Mersey Canal by John Godwin 9781901091441
RRP: £6.99£6.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901091441Author John GodwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Irregular Special PressPublisher Baker Street StudiosWeight(grams) 94gDimensions(mm)... -
Real Cardiff: The Flourishing City Peter Finch 9781781724699
RRP: £9.99£6.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781724699Author Peter FinchFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressDimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 18mm -
Exiles: Three Island Journeys by William Atkins
RRP: £20.00£13.46A luminous exploration of exile - the people who have experienced it, and the places they inhabit - from the award-winning travel writer and author of The Immeasurable World and The Moor. 'Breathtakingly good . . . Exiles is completely sui generis... -
Jane Austen's England by Anne-Marie Edwards 9781788310024
RRP: £9.99£7.67This is an engaging account of Austen's life and work, arranged as a series of walking tours through the towns and countryside she knew and loved - the settings for her novels. The 15 circular walks in the book describe the country houses, churches,...