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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) Radio ShangriLa
Book SynopsisLisa Napoli was in the grip of a crisis, dissatisfied with her life and her work as a radio journalist. When a chance encounter with a handsome stranger presented her with an opportunity to move halfway around the world, Lisa left behind cosmopolitan Los Angeles for a new adventure in the ancient Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan—said to be one of the happiest places on earth. Long isolated from industrialization and just beginning to open its doors to the modern world, Bhutan is a deeply spiritual place, devoted to environmental conservation and committed to the happiness of its people—in fact, Bhutan measures its success in Gross National Happiness rather than in GNP. In a country without a single traffic light, its citizens are believed to be among the most content in the world. To Lisa, it seemed to be a place that offered the opposite of her fast-paced life in the United States, where the noisy din of sound-bite news and cell phones dominate our days, and meanin
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Crown Saved by Beauty
Book Synopsis When Roger Housden decided to travel to Iran and finally see the subject of his youthful fascination, he was in his sixties. By then, he thought he had seen the world. He was wrong. It was a quest that changed him forever. In Iran, Housden met with artists, writers, film makers and religious scholars who embody the long Iranian tradition of humanism, and shared with him their belief in scholarship and artistry. From the bustle of modern Tehran to the paradise gardens of Shiraz to the spectacular mosques and ancient palaces of Isfahan, Housden met Iranians who were warm, welcoming, generous, intellectually curious, and altogether alive with their love for one another, and for the faith and tradition that holds them together. Saved by Beauty weaves a richly textured story of many threads. It is a deeply poetic and perceptive appreciation of a culture that has endured for over three thousand years, while it also portrays the creative and spiritual
£14.25
Crown Female Nomad and Friends
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Crown Sinners Grand Tour A Journey Through the Historical Underbelly of Europe
Book SynopsisSex and travel have always been intertwined, and never more so than on the classic Grand Tour of Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Today the Continent is still littered with salacious remnants of that golden age, where secret boudoirs, notorious dungeons, and forbidden artifacts lured travelers all the way from London to Capri. In The Sinner’s Grand Tour, celebrated historian and travel writer Tony Perrottet sets off to discover a string of legendary sites and relics that are still kept far from public view. In southern France, an ancient text leads him inside the château of the Marquis de Sade, now owned by fashion icon Pierre Cardin. In Paris, an 1883 prostitute guide helps him discover the Belle Époque fantasy brothel Le Chabanais and the lost “sex chair” of King Edward VII. Renaissance documents in the Vatican Secret Archives point the way to the Pope’s very own apartments in Vatican City, wherein lies the fa
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Hard Way Around
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Crown Paris Paris
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Random House USA Inc In the Kingdom of Ice The Grand and Terrible
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and heroism in the Gilded Age from the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers. • “A splendid book in every way…a marvelous nonfiction thriller.” —The Wall Street Journal On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted Arctic waters, they carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the North Pole. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the Jeannette's hull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship amid torrents of rushing of water. Hours later, the ship had sunk below the surface, marooning the men a thousand miles north of Siberia, where they faced a terrifying march with m
£17.00
Random House USA Inc In Xanadu
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St Martin's Press The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago
Book SynopsisReaders tour the most popular pilgrimage route in the world, covering the ground traversed by Medieval pilgrims as they trek accross the Pyranees from France to Spain headed for the tomb of the Apostle James. Original. 12,500 first printing.
£19.93
St Martin's Press Round Ireland with a Fridge
Book SynopsisHave you ever made a drunken bet? Worse, still, have you eveer tried to win one? In attempting to hitchhike round Ireland wich a fridge, Tony Hawks did both, and his foolhardiness led him to one of the best experiences of his life. Joined by his trusty traveling companion-cum-domestic appliance, he made his way from Dublin to Donegal, from Sligo through Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Wexford, Wicklow--and back again to Dublin. In their month of madness, Tony and his fridge met a real prince, a bogus king, and the fridge got christened. They surfed together, entered a bachelor festival, and one of them had sex without the other knowing. And unexpectedly, the fridge itself became a momentary focus for the people of Ireland.An international bestseller, Round Ireland with a Fridge is a classic travel adventure in the tradition of Bill Bryson with a dash of Dave Barry.
£15.29
St Martin's Press Marching Powder
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St Martin's Press False Papers Essays on Exile and Memory
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St Martin's Press 222 Days in Alaska A Fun Early Learning Book for
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£9.90
St Martin's Press 99 Drams of Whiskey The Accidental Hedonists Quest for the Perfect Shot and the History of the Drink
Book SynopsisEducates the readers on whiskey's place in the history of the world. This title discusses the fine art of distilling and the proper ways to drink whiskey, and provides tasting notes on different brands.Trade Review"99 DRAMS OF WHISKEY is part travelogue, part distillery guide, and part history book. It is deeply personal, and told in Kate Hopkins humorous, engaging, and inimitable style." Kevin Erskine, author of the Instant Expert's Guide To Single Malt Scotch"
£20.64
Griffin Publishing French Toast An American in Paris Celebrates the Maddening Mysteries of the French
£12.89
Little, Brown & Company Skeletons on the Zahara
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Little, Brown & Company Blue Highways A Journey into America
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Voracious Accidentally Wes Anderson Postcards
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Back Bay Books First Casualty
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Little Brown and Company The Blue Book
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Pan Macmillan Facing the Frozen Ocean
Book SynopsisBear Grylls spent three years with the British Special Forces. During this time he had a horrendous parachuting accident in southern Africa, breaking his back in three places. Two years later he overcame the odds to become one of the youngest British climbers ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and this story forms the basis for his bestselling memoir, Facing Up. Bear Grylls is one of the most successful motivational speakers on the world circuit. Looking for another adventure, Bear tackled the treacherous North Atlantic seas in Facing the Frozen Ocean. Bear Grylls is one of the most recognized faces of survival and outdoor adventure and one of the most successful motivational speakers on the world circuit.Trade ReviewAn epic story of hardship, friendship and faith. * Daily Telegraph *Riveting. * Daily Express *Grylls is certainly proof that the age of great explorers has not completely passed us by. * Scotsman *
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Penguin Random House LLC AT HOME IN FRANCE Tales of an American and Her House Aboard
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Little, Brown Book Group Valley Of The Casbahs A Journey Across the Moroccan Sahara
Book SynopsisThe four-hundred-and-fifty-mile long Draa River Valley in the Moroccan Sahara contains some of the most sumptuous oases and searing desert of the Arab world, starting in the moonscape gorges of the Anti Atlas Mountains through to a green sea of date palms over which rise the many-towered casbahs of ochre coloured clay, medieval in aspect and sheltering a life medieval in character. It is a region richer historically and ethnically than anywhere else in North Africa. The river stretches to the mosaic of dunes and parched land known as hammada - the domain of Bedouin and Blue Men and isolated Berber tribes - and pours through the desert into the Atlantic, where it ends its course. Jeffrey Tayler follows the Draa by foot and on camel, recounting stays in casbah homes, weddings, visits to mosques and marabouts and nights in hashish dens. It is a journey marked with extremes - of weather, as Tayler survives intense heat and sandstorms and potentially lethal local tribesmen - and one which Trade ReviewTayler imparts a sense of immediacy to his travels, while reflecting on a nomadic way of life in fast decline. * NORTHERN ECHO *A delightful and thought-provoking snapshot of Moroccan life. * DAILY EXPRESS *He vividly recreates his trek, balancing the beauty with the gritty. * INK *It is easy to see why Tayler counts Bill Bryson amongst his fans * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
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Little, Brown Book Group Another Long Day On The Piste
Book SynopsisWriter, adventurer, ex-teacher and veteran of umpteen travel disasters, Will Randall has fallen off donkeys in Spain and out of canoes in the Solomon Islands, but none of this has prepared him for a disastrous season as a ski-bum with a posse of raucous, hard-drinking ex-students.Dismally unfashionable and hopeless at skiing, Randal finds that his stay in the charming Alpine backwater of mont St Bernard brings a whole host of new opportunities for domestic catastrophe, romantic rejection and public humiliation, including a stint as a chalet girl and an encounter with a Russian oligarch and his hair-raising entourage.Wry, self-deprecating and deliriously funny, ANOTHER LONG DAY ON THE PISTE is a rollercoaster of a travel adventure and essential apres-ski reading.Trade ReviewUnremittingly calamitous, self-deprecating and entertaining * DAILY MAIL SKI + SNOWBOARD *Highly entertaining . . . there is much pointed irony and satire to enjoy * THE TIMES *...side-splittingly funny... Randall is a gifted raconteur... * FRENCH NEWS *timely and humorous * DAILY MIRROR *
£20.54
Little, Brown Book Group Chasing Mammon
Book SynopsisMoney as a weapon. Money as revenge. Money as a substitute for sex and love. Money as status ... This intriguing and extraordinarily well-written book is cheering for those of us who aren''t rich, and will go happily to our graves without ever pulling down 300,000 per annum'' Simon Hoggart, LITERARY REVIEW''How we chase Mammon defines us. Because, like it or not, we are what we earn,'' CHASING MAMMON is the first travel book ever written about the uses of money and the attitudes of the wheelers and dealers in the international marketplace. Douglas Kennedy spent a year loitering with intent in six very disparate financial realms, including the Casablanca bourse (where stocks and bonds are listed on a blackboard), the squeaky-clean Singapore money markets, the Sydney futures market and the first Hungarian stock exchange to open since 1948. From the ''New Age'' City folk in London, unsure whether greed really is good for you, to the tireless toilers of Wall Street, Knnedy''Trade ReviewA sparkling international excursion along the route of all evil * Lloyd Grossman, SUNDAY TIMES *A series of strangely poignant life-accounts from those who wait at the banquet but do not sit at the feast * NEW STATESMAN AND SOCIETY *A travel writer of witty talent and originality, who steers a risky but well-plotted course away from the obvioius .. a timely and engaging book * DUBLIN SUNDAY TRIBUNE *Fascinating and funny * TODAY *
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Mariner Books Rebel with a Clause
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER A fresh and democratic take on language by a gifted teacher. —Mary Norris[Jovin] never hectors, never finger-points; she enlightens and illuminates. This is lovely work. —Benjamin DreyerAn unconventional guide to the English language drawn from the cross-country adventures of an itinerant grammarian.When Ellen Jovin first walked outside her Manhattan apartment building and set up a folding table with a GRAMMAR TABLE sign, it took about thirty seconds to get her first visitor. Everyone had a question for her. Grammar Table was such a hit—attracting the attention of the New York Times, NPR, and CBS Evening News—that Jovin soon took it on the road, traveling across the US to answer questions from writers, lawyers, editors, businesspeople, students, bickering couples, and anyone else who uses words in this world.In
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Mariner Books On the Plain of Snakes
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Mariner Books American Ramble
Book Synopsis“American Ramble is a dazzling mixture of travelogue, memoir, and history. At times profound, funny, and heartbreaking, this is the story of a traveler intoxicated by life. I couldn’t put it down.” — Nathaniel PhilbrickA stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City—an unforgettable pilgrimage to the heart of America across some of our oldest common ground. Neil King Jr.’s desire to walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City began as a whim and soon became an obsession. By the spring of 2021, events had intervened that gave his desire greater urgency. His neighborhood still reeled from the January 6th insurrection. Covid lockdowns and a rancorous election had deepened America’s divides. Neil himself bore the imprints of a long battle with cancer.Determined to rediscover what matters in life and to see our national story with new eyes, Neil turned north with a small satchel on his back and one mission in mind: To pay close attention to the land he crossed and the people he met.What followed is an extraordinary 26-day journey through historic battlefields and cemeteries, over the Mason-Dixon line, past Quaker and Amish farms, along Valley Forge stream beds, atop a New Jersey trash mound, across New York Harbor, and finally, to his ultimate destination: the Ramble, where a tangle of pathways converges in Central Park. The journey travels deep into America’s past and present, uncovering forgotten pockets and overlooked people. At a time of mounting disunity, the trip reveals the profound power of our shared ground.By turns amusing, inspiring, and sublime, American Ramble offers an exquisite account of personal and national renewal—an indelible study of our country as we’ve never seen it before.
£999.99
Lulu.com Palmeras En El Oasis
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£12.87
Lulu.com The Aran Islands The History and Traditions of the Arans and the Geography of Irelands Galway Bay
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Lulu.com The Aran Islands The History and Traditions of the Arans and the Geography of Irelands Galway Bay Hardcover
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Lulu.com A Ladys Life in the Rocky Mountains One Womans Travels Through the Rockies of Colorado and Wyoming in the 1870s Hardcover
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Lulu.com A Tramp Across the Continent An Adventurer Journalist and Activist for Native American Rights and Natures Preservation Journeys Across North America Hardcover
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Lulu.com A Tramp Across the Continent An Adventurer Journalist and Activist for Native American Rights and Natures Preservation Journeys Across North America
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Lulu.com Paradise in the Pacific The Life Culture Kings and History of Hawaii and Honolulu Seen Firsthand by a Traveller to the Hawaiian Islands in the 1870s Hardcover
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Lulu.com Paradise in the Pacific The Life Culture Kings and History of Hawaii and Honolulu Seen Firsthand by a Traveller to the Hawaiian Islands in the 1870s
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Lulu.com Quantum Reviewer
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Lulu.com Al final del pavimento
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Lulu.com VIEDOS DEL SUR
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Lulu.com Photo Journal of the Philippines The Undiscovered Gems
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Lulu.com Adventures of a Mountain Man The Narrative of Zenas Leonard
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Lulu.com Adventures of a Mountain Man The Narrative of Zenas Leonard
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Lulu.com The Best Memories of Shanghai
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Lulu.com The Best Memories of Shanghai
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Lulu.com My Visit to the Ruins of Vijayanagara Empire at Hampi
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Lulu.com Wonderful Places Version 6
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Lulu.com Jamaican Diaspora Aspire
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