Travel writing

Boogie is an unattractive but street-wise mongrel from Stockwell, used to travelling everywhere on London Transport.

The sequel to "e;500-mile Walkies"e;.

From the author of the bestselling 500 Mile Walkies, this is the true story of one man and his bike .

Longlisted for the 2014 Thwaites Wainwright Prize Welcome to a large small island.

When Elspeth Huxley s pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat.

**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4**'A master nature writer' (New York Times) provides the ultimate natural, social and cultural history of the Arctic landscape.

WINNER: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER READER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016WINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARD FOR BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR BIOGRAPHY 2016Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country.

ONE OF BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE NATURE BOOKS AS FEATURED ON BBC's WINTERWATCHSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2016 'Bold and beautiful.

'If you loved Under the Tuscan Sun, you ll love this' Red Magazine Every week on a Thursday evening, a group of four rural Italian women gather in an old stone house in the hills above Italy s Orvieto.

Discover the little worlds of BritainBeyond the British shores and straight out to sea lie the most exquisite islands, just waiting to be discovered.

A profoundly satisfying read Financial TimesIn Field Notes from the Edge, the acclaimed writer of the Guardian's 'Country Diary', Paul Evans, takes us on a journey through the in-between spaces of Nature such as strandlines, mudflats, cliff tops and caves where one wilderness is on the verge of becoming another and all things are possible.

In Dip, Andrew Fusek Peters describes an extraordinary year of wild swimming.

In 1887 Harper's Magazine sent Lafcadio Hearn to the West Indies to write a series of articles on the area.

Best known for his swashbuckling tales of adventure, Alexandre Dumas turns his talents to real-life exploration in Travels in Switzerland.

"e;Travels in The North"e; is a chronicle of Karel Capek's time spent travelling in northern Europe.

This vintage volume contains Lord Dunsany's 1937 novel, "e;My Ireland"e;.

Gaspar de Portola de Rovira (1716-1784) was a Spanish soldier, governor of Baja and Alta California (1767-1770), explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey.

A must read for anybody with an interest in the ancient history of Great Britain, a well researched and in-depth account of life for people living around British lakes thousands of years ago.

Toshikazu Kase was a Japanese civil servant and spent his adult life as a career diplomat, having trained at Amherst and Harvard university Kase was part of Japanese delegation sent onboard the USS Missouri to sign the Japanese surrender to end World War II.

A beautiful collection of stories and observations picked up by a lifetime of walking among the villages and hamlets of England.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This book describes western Inner Mongolia in 1945.

This rare book is an obscure Victorian travel narrative set in the West Indies and written by the prolific Charles Kingsley.

This volume contains a collection of essays and memoirs by Robert Louis Stevenson, including "e;Across the Plains"e; (1892).

First published in 1908, "e;Florida Enchantments"e; contains various interesting and entertaining accounts on time spent on and around the natural waterways of Florida, USA.

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

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This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to Cornwall, with fascinating historical information, descriptions of its towns and places, details concerning folklore, and much more.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Experience the timeless beauty and mystique of early twentieth-century Egypt through the eyes of Pierre Loti.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

First published in 1895, this classic by Frances Willard provides a fascinating insight into the explosion in popularity of the bicycle at the turn of the century, and explores the new freedom it offered women in the West.

This book contains a vintage guide to cycling.

"e;The Steel Horse"e; is a collection of stories and anecdotes related to the author's vast experiences cycling.

"e;Over the Wheel"e; is an accessible and profusely illustrated guide to cycling vintage bicycles, such as the penny-farthing.

Contained within this book is a comprehensive guide to cycling in Europe, with information on preparing for a trip, favourable and beautiful routes, expenditure, bicycle maintenance, etiquette, and much more.

This book contains a collection of vintage hunting articles written by various authors.

Within this volume Burke makes contemporary observations of London and compares it to how it was in the past, especially before the war.

First published in 1862, "e;Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets"e; is an insightful account of the author's personal experiences and relationships with the Lake Poets, a group of English poets who all resided in the Lake District of England and include William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey.

Everything creaks and bends in heavy seas what will not bend will simply snap.

WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE "e;I knew in every bone of my body, in every fibre of my being, that I had to report what had happened, not only for myself but to help stop anyone else having to go through what I did.

WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE "e;I knew in every bone of my body, in every fibre of my being, that I had to report what had happened, not only for myself but to help stop anyone else having to go through what I did.

WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION AND LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION.

Everything creaks and bends in heavy seas what will not bend will simply snap.

Shortlisted for the 2021 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year AwardShortlisted for the 2020 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature WritingAlone on a remote mountaintop one dark night, a woman hears a mysterious voice.

'Heads up here's how to run like a pro' - The Times'A fascinating book' - Adharanand Finn, author of Running With the Kenyans'I'm convinced that Shane's insights were were instrumental in me winning the Marathon des Sables for a second time' - Elisabet Barnes, coach and athlete'Shane is the Indiana Jones of the running world' - Damian Hall, ultra marathon runner'You can't but help go out the door for your next run and try to put it all into practice' - Nicky Spinks, endurance runnerThe Lost Art of Running is an opportunity to join running technique analyst coach and movement guru Shane Benzie on his journey across five continents as he trains with and analyses the running style of some of the most gifted athletes on the planet.