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The Novels by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £15.91A collected edition of Bruce Chatwin's acclaimed, captivating novels - On the Black Hill, Utz and The Viceroy of Ouidah - with an introduction by Hanya YanagiharaWhile Bruce Chatwin is best known as... -
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: £18.00Booksplease Price: £10.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142422571Author Bruce ChatwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher... -
Utz by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.49As Seen on BBC Between the CoversThis is Chatwin's unforgettable novel of a man in war-torn Communist Prague, driven to protect his collection of porcelain figurines at any cost.Bruce Chatwin's... -
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
Booksplease Price: £6.25'The book that redefined travel writing' Guardian ... -
On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
Booksplease Price: £6.25On the Black Hill is an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only... -
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin 9780142437193
RRP: £18.00Booksplease Price: £10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142437193Author Bruce ChatwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher... -
The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.49In 1812, Francisco Manoel da Silva, escaping a life of poverty in Brazil, sailed to the African kingdom of Dahomey, determined to make his fortune in the slave trade. Armed with nothing but an iron... -
Bruce Chatwin by Nicholas Shakespeare
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £15.91Bruce Chatwin's death in 1989 brought a meteoric career to an abrupt end, since he burst onto the literary scene in 1977 with his first book, In Patagonia.Chatwin himself was different things to... -
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin 9780099769910
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46Bruce Chatwin provides a fascinating background to indigenous Australian life.The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, tracks connecting communities and following ancient... -
In Patagonia: (Vintage Voyages) by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15Chatwin's brilliantly unique record of his adventures in Patagonia and the fascinating people he meets along the way. Beautifully written and full of wonderful descriptions and intriguing tales, In... -
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin 9780099769910 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £1.98Bruce Chatwin provides a fascinating background to indigenous Australian life.The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, tracks connecting communities and following ancient... -
On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin 9780099769712 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £1.98On the Black Hill is an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only... -
What Am I Doing Here? by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46In this collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, Chatwin takes us to Benin, where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; to Boston to meet an LSD guru who believes he is Christ; to... -
Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989 by Bruce Chatwin
Booksplease Price: £19.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140256987Author Bruce ChatwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher... -
What Am I Doing Here by Bruce Chatwin 9780140115772
Booksplease Price: £18.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140115772Author Bruce ChatwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher... -
Anywhere out of the World: The Work of Bruce Chatwin by Jonathan Chatwin
Booksplease Price: £23.54By the time of his death in 1989 at the age of 48, Bruce Chatwin had become one of the most celebrated writers of the twentieth century. Though his career spanned merely twelve years, his impact and... -
On the Black Hill: A Novel (Penguin Ink) by Bruce Chatwin 9780143119067
RRP: £24.00Booksplease Price: £16.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143119067Author Bruce ChatwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin... -
Reflections on a Marine Venus: A Companion to the Landscape of Rhodes by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.95Lose yourself in this classic travelogue evoking the Greek island of Rhodes after World War II by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. 'A magician ..... -
The Greek Islands by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95Lose yourself in this dazzling travelogue of the idyllic Greek Islands by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. 'Incandescent.' Andre Aciman'A magician.'... -
Prospero's Cell by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95Lose yourself in this glorious memoir of the island jewel of Corfu by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.'In its gem-like miniature quality, among the... -
Sicilian Carousel by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31Lose yourself in this vivid travelogue evoking the historic Mediterranean island of Sicily by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. 'A magician.' The Times ... -
The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places by William Atkins
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.40WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL WRITING AWARD 2019One third of the earth's land surface is desert, much of it desolate and inhospitable. What is it about this harsh environment that has... -
Caesar's Vast Ghost by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31Lose yourself in this classic travelogue evoking the idyllic South of France by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. 'Full of stories, landscapes, comedy,... -
Take a Girl Like Me: Life With George by Diana Melly 9780099490555 [USED COPY]
Booksplease Price: £3.26Once there was a girl, pretty and smart and sexy. By her mid-twenties, she'd acquired two husbands and two children, and life wasn't going to plan... Then she met a man. Outrageous, brilliant,... -
John Pawson, Making Life Simpler by Deyan Sudjic 9781838666194
RRP: £79.95Booksplease Price: £52.79The only comprehensive book on the fascinating life and work of the celebrated architectural designer, John Pawson This visual biography brings together John Pawson's architecture, life, clients,... -
Falling into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer Thomas Swick 9798216461036
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £14.77From Booklist's Starred Review: "[Swick] keenly and empathically observes the world, bringing both a relatably human approach and learned appreciation for the art of travel and of life."Working as a... -
Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond by William Dalrymple
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.00'Riveting. This highly readable and entertaining book ... finally sets the record straight on the history of the Koh-i-Noor' Tarquin Hall, Sunday Times 'Dynamic, original and supremely readable'... -
The Gold Machine: In the Tracks of the Mule Dancers by Iain Sinclair
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.31A New Statesman Book of the Year, 2021 'Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.' Barry Miles From the award-winning... -
The Gold Machine: In the Tracks of the Mule Dancers by Iain Sinclair 9780861543731
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.74A New Statesman Book of the Year, 2021 'Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.' Barry Miles From the award-winning... -
A Little, Aloud: An anthology of prose and poetry for reading aloud to someone you care for Angela Macmillan 9780701185633
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.74We are on the cusp of a reading revolution. Increasingly, research is uncovering an intimate connection between reading and wellbeing. The seemingly simple act of being read to brings remarkable... -
Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s Literary World John Walsh 9781472133472
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Something extraordinary happened to the UK literary scene in the 1980s. In the space of eight years, a generation of young British writers took the literary novel into new realms of setting, subject... -
Australia by R. M. Crawford 9780099772910 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £2.34Australia celebrated one hundred years as a nation in 2001. This book - part history, part travelogue, part memoir - tells the inspiring story of how a one-time British colony of convicts turned... -
Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s Literary World John Walsh 9781472133489
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £10.18Something extraordinary happened to the UK literary scene in the 1980s. In the space of eight years, a generation of young British writers took the literary novel into new realms of setting, subject... -
The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing by Carl Thompson 9780367365295
RRP: £51.99Booksplease Price: £49.84As many places around the world confront issues of globalization, migration and postcoloniality, travel writing has become a serious genre of study, reflecting some of the greatest concerns of our... -
The Lost Heart Of Asia by Colin Thubron 9780099459286 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £2.41Discover Colin Thubron's journey through central asia in the wake of the fall of the iron curtain.Thubron travelled throughout Central Asia in the wake of the break-up of the Soviet Union and... -
Heart of Darkness: Vintage Voyages by Joseph Conrad
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.49Follow a dark and powerful journey up the Congo River in Conrad's sharp and incisive exploration of the damages of imperialism. Life on the river is brutal, and unknown threats lurk in the darkness;... -
A Coup in Turkey: A Tale of Democracy, Despotism and Vengeance in a Divided Land by Jeremy Seal
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.74The most dramatic, revealing and little-known story in Turkey's history - which illuminates the nation'Through the spellbinding career of a single, ill-fated leader, Jeremy Seal illuminates a... -
Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads Paul Theroux 9780241969359
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWinner of the Stanford Dolman Lifetime Contribution to Travel Writing Award 2020Beloved travel writer Paul Theroux turns his attention to America, exploring the... -
Travel Writing Casey Blanton 9780415938938
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69Blanton follows the development of travel writing from classical times to the present, focusing in particular on Anglo-American travel writing since the eighteenth century. He identifies significant... -
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner 9780552775083
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15What makes a nation happy? Is one country's sense of happiness the same as another's? In the last two decades, psychologists and economists have learned a lot about who's happy and who isn't. The...