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In the third portrait of his series Great Parisian Neighborhoods, award-winning raconteur John Baxter takes readers on a dazzling excursion of Montparnasse.

Seven-Tenths is James Hamilton-Paterson's classic exploration of the sea.

A glorious celebration of nature and the simple pleasures of walking.

Dieser etwas andere Reisebericht handelt von einer Frau mit deutlichem »Übergepäck«, die sich aufmacht, um den Jakobsweg zu rocken.

'Compelling, insightful, often sombrely beautiful' Sunday Telegraph Moving beyond travelogue, V.

The new novel from the author of An Unremarkable Body, shortlisted for the Costa First Book Award 2018.

Füllenbach ist seit Jahren als alleinreisende Frau auch immer wieder in Afrika unterwegs.

In the summer of 2002, two profoundly amateur sailors, Griff and Bob, set off in an elderly yacht for Russia, because, on the map, it looked easier than sailing to Cornwall.

There are only a handful of places left on this earth where you can't buy a McDonald's hamburger or stay in a Holiday Inn - and John Simpson has been to them all.

A New York Times bestseller 'A sensation .

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Father Don Osuna shares memories covering fifty years of travel experiences with his good friend, classmate and fellow priest, Tony.

'They are memorials to times and countries whose best is probably past and gone .

In Beyond The Blue Horizon Alexander Frater reveals and relives the romance and breathtaking excitement of the legendary Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service - the world's longest and most adventurous scheduled air route.

Lose yourself in the definitive collection of glorious travel sketchesby our century's best loved voyager and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.

'A life-affirming book' Daily Mail'An uplifting personal story of a year lived like no other' Daily ExpressTwo days after her husband of sixty-seven years dies, nonagenarian Miss Norma is diagnosed with cancer.

During forty years of travel, V.

Michael Palin's terrific account of his journey through 18 countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, published by Phoenix for the first time.

During the course of Annie Hawes' new book, local culinary superstar, Ciccio, gradually takes over as Annie's constant companion.

Griff Rhys Jones was a mountain virgin.

Just two years after rowing solo across the North Atlantic at the age of twenty-five, Maud Fontenoy was ready for a new challengecrossing the Pacific Ocean.

'Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like A Walk in the Woods.

Hovels and palaces, presidents and villagers, beseechers and beggars, bedbugs and silk sheets, bearers and ayahs, feasts and cockroaches, foreign travel, riches and squalor, beauty and ugliness, opportunity and temptation, access and denial, such are the quotidian fare of diplomatic life.

'If you fall far enough, its hard to know when you hit bottom.

Father Don Osuna shares memories covering fifty years of travel experiences with his good friend, classmate and fellow priest, Tony.

If ever there is a place on earth for a man that was as close toperfect as possible, it would have to be Thailand.

'In the gloom it came along the branches towards me, its round, hypnotic eyes blazing, its spoon-like ears turning to and fro independently like radar dishes .

A kayak trip in Greenland's Nuuk fjords through an area of amazing beautyTurreted fairytale peaks, glistening snowfields, waterfalls plunging over immense cliffs into the sea, a million tons of ice capsizing - this is the setting for Fallen Pieces of the Moon, an account of a kayak trip along the west coast of Greenland, paddling about 150 miles of coastline in the Nuuk fjords area.

Meet the man who will go to any length in search of a good meal.

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year Award'Extraordinary' Daily Telegraph'Breathtaking' Guardian Skybound by Rebecca Loncraine is a book for anyone who has looked up and longed to take flight.

An Iceberg as Big as Manhattan is a gripping report on the new frontlines of science and the environment from the BBC's Science Editor, David Shukman.

Beyond Belief is a book about one of the more important and unsettling issues of our time.

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Joseph O'Connor's love affair with all things American led to an extraordinary tour of the United States to visit the nine different towns called Dublin, as well as some of the great cities and tiny hamlets in between.

In 1924, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine disappeared into the clouds encircling the peak of Everest.

In September 2005, Alex Kapranos began writing about what he ate while touring the world with the rock band Franz Ferdinand.

In a memoir as vivid and unpredictable as any novel we follow Roger Garfitt on his journey from stable boy to jazz dancer, from Oxford dandy to Sixties drop-out.

NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS .

"e;IRRESISTIBLE AND PULSE-POUNDING"e; Karin Slaughter"e;A TENSE, PACY PAGE-TURNER"e; GUARDIAN"e;BRILLIANT AND RELENTLESS"e; Don WinslowThe unmissable new thriller from the bestselling author of THE CHAIN.

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Told with humor and a true travelers fascination with new places and adventure,this book provides a country wide glimpse of Canada and its bounty of travel opportunities and experiences.

Why on earth would anyone give up a life on the open road for the regimen of a vast Japanese conglomerate?

'An extraordinary journey of discovery' - Daily Telegraph'Pedals along with never a dull paragraph .

Englishwoman Caroline Seller met Marcello Manzo at a Halloween party in London in the mid-seventies.

Some men are born to lead.

Ever since Annie got together with Ciccio, his Calabrian family have spoken of their homeland as an earthly paradise, of wild nights dancing the tarantella, of almond milk sold fresh from roadside stalls, of honey cakes and amaro made from wild liquorice roots.

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.