The Passenger: India by Various
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Category: Travel Writing | Series: The\Passenger Ser.
"Essential in these times of narrowing national horizons."- The Bookseller
The Race to the Future by Kassia St Clair
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Category: Travel Writing
An Italian prince and his chauffeur, a French racing driver, a conman and various journalists battle over steep mountain ranges and across the arid vastness of the Gobi Desert. The contestants need teams of helpers to drag their primitive cars up narrow gorges, lift them over rough terrain and float th ...Show more
Abroad in Japan: The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller by Chris Broad
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Category: Travel Writing
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history?Abroad in Japan charts a decade of living in a ...Show more
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
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Category: Travel Writing | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
For its twenty-fifth anniversary, a new edition of Bruce Chatwin's classic work with a new introduction by Rory Stewart Part adventure, part novel of ideas, part spiritual autobiography, The Songlines is one of Bruce Chatwin's most famous books. This singular book, which was a New York Times bestseller ...Show more
Wild Walking: A Guide to Forest Bathing Through the Seasons by Melanie Choukas-Bradley
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Category: Travel Writing
Being present in a forest can produce mental, emotional, and physical health benefits; Wild Walking is a simple antidote to our nature-starved lives. Disconnect from the distractions of daily life and reconnect with nature with Wild Walking, an enticing and comprehensive introduction to forest bathing- ...Show more
One, Place de l'Eglise: A Year or Two in a French Village by Trevor Dolby
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Category: Travel Writing
A joyous and life-affirming story of one family's move from London to a rural French villageThere it stands, a thousand-year-old ruin ignored by the Languedoc villagers of Causses-et-Veyran who pass by it on their way to the church next door. But for Londoners Trevor and Kaz it's coup de foudre - love a ...Show more
Epic Surf Breaks of the World (Lonely Planet) by Lonely Planet
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Category: Travel Writing | Series: Epic Ser.
Lonely Planet explores the world's most righteous spots for riding waves in Epic Surf Breaks, the latest addition to its popular Epic series. From Java's G-Land to Hawaii's North Shore and on to Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia, surfers of all levels are sure to be thrilled. With stunning photograph ...Show more
The Farmer's Wife by Helen Rebanks
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Category: Travel Writing
'Beautiful.' Daily Mail'True, unflinching, powerful, lyrical' Kate Mosse'Wonderful, inviting, wholesome.' Observer'Beautiful and very honest.' CAITLIN MORAN'It's quite an achievement to shine a light of truth on the often idealised, always understated, role of the farmer's wife.' RAYNOR WINNThis honest ...Show more
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan by Alan Booth
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Category: Travel Writing
One sunny spring morning in the seventies, an unlikely Englishman set out on a pilgrimage that would take him across Japan's entire length. Traveling only along small back roads, Alan Booth travelled on foot from Soya, the country's northernmost tip, to Sata in the extreme south, traversing three island ...Show more
The Telling Room: Passion, Revenge and Life in a Spanish Village by Michael Paterniti
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Category: Travel Writing
As heard on Radio 4 Book of the Week. In the medieval Castilian village of Guzman (population: 80), villagers have gathered for centuries in the 'telling room' to share stories and drink the local wine. It was here, in the summer of 2000, that Michael Paterniti found himself listening to a compelling ta ...Show more
The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love by Per J. Andersson
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Category: Travel Writing
The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait - it is an encounter that will change their lives irrevocably. PK was not born in the city. H ...Show more
Walking Home by Simon Armitage
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Category: Travel Writing
One summer, Simon Armitage decided to walk the Pennine Way - a challenging 256-mile route usually approached from south to north, with the sun, wind and rain at your back. However, he resolved to tackle it back to front, walking home towards the Yorkshire village where he was born, travelling as a 'mode ...Show more