Places and peoples: general and pictorial works

'A book about London; in other words, a book about everything' Peter Ackroyd, The TimesWalking the streets of London, Iain Sinclair traces nine routes across the territory of the capital.

Faszinierende Reise durch das Land der aufgehenden Sonne- Typisch Japan: Die perfekte Einführung in die absolute Trend-Destination- Alle Facetten des Landes: Natur, Tradition, Kunst, Kulinarik, Unterhaltung & Innovation- Das optimale Geschenk-Buch für alle Japan-Fans & -Reisenden- Aktualisierte NeuauflageSehen, erleben, staunen: Entdecken Sie das authentische Japan!

Kyoto's top sights brought to life through the evocative words of long-term resident John Dougill and the stunning photography of Patrick Hochner.

CLICK HERE to download a sample chapter from The Tecate Journals* More than a man-against-nature adventure-the author floats us along the border of political furor, cultural limbo, and dangerous human encounters*Touches on environmental issues, adrenalin-spiked action, and the author's ambivalence with his own cultural identity* A first work from a new voice that is parts gritty, elegant, and contemporaryThe Rio Grande is a national border, a water source, a dangerous rapid with house-sized boulders, a nature refuge, a garbage dump, and a playground, depending on where you are on its 1885-mile course.

Bill Porter is the ideal travel companion.

Edinburgh-born James Boswell, at twenty-two, kept a daily diary of his eventful second stay in London from 1762 to 1763.

This collection contains fifty stories written by people who attended the original Woodstock Festival in 1969.

Winner of the 2005 Willa Award for Best Memoir from Women Writing the West A 2004 Southwest Books of the YearIn 1968 newlyweds Lucy Moore and her husband moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Chinle, Arizona, where he had taken a job with the recently created Navajo legal services program.

Philip Vorwald retraces the fields of battle which were once bitterly contested killing grounds in the struggle to halt Hitler’s final gambit in the West.

Have you ever looked out a window and become lost in thought?

Extrait : "Dans le bureau que j'occupe au ministère de la guerre, j'essaie vainement de travailler et mes idées deviennent de plus en plus mélancoliques.

Almost every journalist asks the subjects of profiles to tell the truth.

In 2001, anthropology professor Robert Leonard began moonlighting as a cabdriver; Yellow Cab is a portrait of the city he found as he drove the streets of nighttime Albuquerque, picking up everyone from business people and drunken college kids to hookers and drug dealers.

THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT FRANCE: You burnt Joan of Arc!

Westminster Abbey is the most complex church in the world in terms of its history, functions and memories - perhaps the most complex building of any kind.

Mark Tully is incomparable.

It was the worst winter in a decade, the winter of foot-and-mouth, when island power cuts ran for up to 72 hours - and two days before Peter Mortimer's planned departure, his father died.

Island – das Land der Sagas und Schafe, der Witterung und Wikinger.

The British Lawnmower Museum, Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music and Mad Jack's Sugar Loaf.

PACKED WITH ASTONISHING FACTS AND WONDERFUL STORIES ON WHAT MAKES THE ENGLISH TICKQ.

In a new edition of this classic book, introduced by the world-renowned Gaelic poet Sorley Maclean, the late Calum I.

The Nashville community, with its collective thirst for brews that are more pleasing to their palates, is but a microcosm in this surging universe of bubbly artisan beverages.

Philip Vorwald retraces the fields of battle which were once bitterly contested killing grounds in the struggle to halt Hitler’s final gambit in the West.

In Sean Hudson's new book of poems called Nature's Wish, he tries to describe a new world in which human survival at this stage in our human evolution should not have to depend on the killing of any animal life anywhere in this human world of ours.

For six exciting years Doug Thompson worked as a park ranger at Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

To be a poet is much like being a concert violinist: you have to be devoted to your craft.

Diamond Street is Rachel Lichtenstein's fascinating account of London's Hatton Garden.

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017An immersive, intimate journey into the world of the Thames Estuary and the people who spend their lives thereThe Thames Estuary is one of the world's great deltas, providing passage in and out of London for millennia.

When you read the work of a poet or hear the rhymes of a song writer, those poems and songs then belong to the reader, the singer or the listener.

Spoil your dinner and rot your teeth with the ultimate book of sweetie nostalgia!

Oxford is many things.

Across the face of southern Africa are more than 460 remarkable stone palaces - some small, others rambling, but many are astonishing.

A brilliantly quirky and affectionate look at a British institution: Wetherspoon Pubs and their incredible carpets.

United States of LEGO takes readers on a journey across America that has never been seen before.

Norfolk is a very distinctive county, the most easterly in the British Isles.

'I don't know any tract of land in which in so narrow a compass may be found an equal variety of sublime and beautiful features'.

Norfolk is a very distinctive county, the most easterly in the British Isles.

A Spectator and Prospect Book of the YearWinner of the American Library in Paris Book Award'An amused, erudite homage to France .

We've been sending one another postcards for well over a century now - usually brief messages to our friends and family telling them about the weather on our holidays or where we're visiting next on our travels.

Follow Sue Perkins' extraordinary adventures across southern Asia in this fabulously funny travelling tale - inspired by her BBC 1 documentary series 'The Ganges with Sue Perkins' 'Vivid, laugh-out-loud, moving' Sunday Express'A few years ago I was asked if I'd like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the remote and snowy peaks of Tibet.

'A book worth reading' Andrew Marr, Sunday TimesThe Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England.

Bill Hubbell writes in his preface that entering Maine is not like crossing into other states: A few miles after having passed the border, a subtle awareness sneaks in.

Bill Hubbell writes in his preface that entering Maine is not like crossing into other states: A few miles after having passed the border, a subtle awareness sneaks in.

Lorna Brown is an artist specialising in watercolour architectural paintings that represent something other than just bricks and mortar.

The Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare.

The hilariously accurate, witty and indispensable manual for everyone who longs to attain True Britishness'Got me in tears of laughter' 5***** Reader Review'Laugh-out-loud hilarious, witty and insightful' 5***** Reader Review_______Born in Hungary, George Mikes eventually spent more than forty years in the Britain observing behaviours and misbehaviours of local and foreign Brits.

Brings Scotland's colourful past to life, snapshots of life, work and play in Edwardian and Victorian ScotlandAn entertaining and valuable historical and social record