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The Novels by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €15.71A 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: €21.60Booksplease Price: €13.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142422571Author Bruce ChatwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint -
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.11'The book that redefined travel writing' Guardian ... -
Utz by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €8.99As 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... -
Bruce Chatwin by Nicholas Shakespeare
RRP: €25.19Booksplease Price: €19.09Bruce 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: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.35Bruce 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
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €7.50On 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... -
The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €8.99In 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... -
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin 9780142437193
RRP: €21.60Booksplease Price: €14.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142437193Author Bruce ChatwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint -
In Patagonia: (Vintage Voyages) by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €11.35Chatwin'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... -
On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin 9780099769712 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €2.38On 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: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.35In 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: €24.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140256987Author Bruce ChatwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint -
Under The Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin by Nicholas Shakespeare 9780099466147 [USED COPY]
RRP: €21.59Booksplease Price: €6.29Bruce Chatwin is one of the most significant British novelists and travel writers of our time. His books have become modern-day classics which defy categorisation, inspired by and reflecting his... -
The Greek Islands by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.54Lose 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.'... -
Reflections on a Marine Venus: A Companion to the Landscape of Rhodes by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €9.54Lose 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 ..... -
Prospero's Cell by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.54Lose 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: €11.99Booksplease Price: €8.77Lose 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: €13.19Booksplease Price: €8.88WINNER 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... -
Take a Girl Like Me: Life With George by Diana Melly 9780099490555 [USED COPY]
RRP: €9.59Booksplease Price: €3.43Once 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,... -
The Gold Machine: In the Tracks of the Mule Dancers by Iain Sinclair
RRP: €24.00Booksplease Price: €17.17A 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... -
Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond by William Dalrymple
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €12.00'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'... -
Take A Girl Like Me: Life With George by Diana Melly 9781784704605
RRP: €19.19Booksplease Price: €14.96Once 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,... -
A Little, Aloud: An anthology of prose and poetry for reading aloud to someone you care for Angela Macmillan 9780701185633
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €15.29We 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... -
Heart of Darkness: Vintage Voyages by Joseph Conrad
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €8.99Follow 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;... -
In Tasmania: Adventures at the End of the World by Nicholas Shakespeare 9780099466086
RRP: €19.19Booksplease Price: €14.96In this fascinating history of two turbulent centuries in an apparently idyllic place, Shakespeare effortlessly weaves the history of this unique island with a kaleidoscope of stories featuring a... -
Horizon by Barry Lopez
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.35'Horizon is magnificent; a contemporary epic' Robert Macfarlane, author of UnderlandFrom the author of the classic Arctic Dreams comes a vivid recollection of his travels around the world and the... -
Australia by R. M. Crawford 9780099772910 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €2.81Australia 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... -
Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.35A journey along the greatest land route on earth, from the master of travel writing Colin Thubron On buses, donkey carts, trains, jeeps and camels, Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great... -
Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron 9780099437222 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €2.64A journey along the greatest land route on earth, from the master of travel writing Colin Thubron On buses, donkey carts, trains, jeeps and camels, Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great... -
The Lost Heart Of Asia by Colin Thubron 9780099459286 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €2.89Discover 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... -
Australia by R. M. Crawford
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.35Australia 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... -
The Collected Stories: World's End; Sinning with Annie; Jungle Bells; the Consul's File; the London Embassy; by Paul Theroux
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.74The Collected Stories is a collection of award-winning writer Paul Theroux's short stories, each of which brimming with astute observations and sharp wit that will captivate readers the world over... -
Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s Literary World John Walsh 9781472133489
RRP: €30.00Booksplease Price: €15.00Something 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 Amur River: Between Russia and China by Colin Thubron
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.35In his eightieth year, Colin Thubron takes a dramatic and often treacherous journey from the Amur's secret source to its giant mouth, covering almost 3,000 miles.'Thubron on top form. Richly... -
The Rings of Saturn by W. G. Sebald
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.78'Sebald is the Joyce of the 21st Century' The TimesWhat begins as the record of W. G. Sebald's own journey on foot through coastal East Anglia, from Lowestoft to Bungay, becomes the conductor of... -
Venice, An Interior by Javier Marias
RRP: €7.20Booksplease Price: €5.71An essential companion for every traveller to Venice, this is the hidden city revealed in a gorgeous non-fiction account by one of Europe's greatest living writers, Javier MariasCentury after... -
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner 9780552775083
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.78What 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... -
Among The Russians by Colin Thubron
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €11.35'A magnificent achievement' Nikolai Tolstoy, The TimesAmong the Russians is a marvellous account of a solitary journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia. A... -
Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €8.99The enchanting story of a very remarkable dog from the author of the bestselling Captain Corelli's Mandolin.'In early 1998 I went to Perth in Western Australia in order to attend the literature...