Category Archives: Travel Guides
Where`s Mrs Zebra?
Five beautifully illustrated spreads show a series of friendly safari animals hiding behind bright felt flaps. And there`s a mirror on the final page! A perfect book to share with very little ones.Follow-up to Where`s Mr Lion? – winner of the Sainsbury`s Children`s Book Award 2017!
Slow Trains to Venice: A 4,000-Mile Adventure Across Europe
Do you love trains? Do you love adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe from London to Venice.Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks. From France (dogged by rail worker strikes), through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland, he
Tough Women Adventure Stories: Stories of Grit, Courage and Determination
It`s time we celebrated women in adventureWhat does “toughness” mean to you? Perhaps it`s being physically fit and mentally resilient. Perhaps it`s doing something no one else has done before. Perhaps it`s breaking down boundaries and proving what you can do, in spite of the naysayers. Perhaps it`s travelling alone, immersing yourself in new cultures
Slow Trains Around Spain: A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides
Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and valleys of fruit orchards and olive groves, down glittering coastlines and along viaducts towering above plunging ravines… there is no better way to see Spain than by train.Tom Chesshyre hits the tracks to take in the country through carriage windows on a series of clattering rides
Life Lessons From the Amazon: A Guide to Life From One Epic Jungle Adventure
Signed by the authorThis is the tale of an epic three-month adventure through unexplored jungle terrain – and it might even change your lifeFuelled by a zest for life and the desire to explore the world around her, Pip Stewart took on a world-first challenge: following Guyana`s Essequibo River from source to sea. With the
Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans
Signed by the authorRunning away from your problems doesn`t solve anything – but sometimes it`s more fun than dealing with themElise was spending a lot of time crying on buses. She had just graduated from university; she had a shiny new flat, her first proper job and a budding relationship – and they were all
British Museum: Around the World Colouring Book
There`s a whole world to explore inside the British Museum, and with this beautiful colouring book, readers can take a tour around each civilisation and get creative at the same time! Aspiring artists can pick up their colouring pencils and bring the scenes and objects to life, whilst learning about life in different cultures. From
Cat Learns to Listen at Moonlight School
Miss Moon is taking her class on a magical moonlit nature walk to see what interesting things they can find. Mouse finds a special starry leaf, Bat finds a swirly snail and Owl finds a swirly stone that LOOKS like a snail. But then Cat follows a flittery firefly and suddenly …she`s lost! Luckily, she
Weeping Waters: Book 1 of the Inspector Beeslaar Series
Shortlisted for Crime Writers` Association International Dagger 2019Traumatic stress causes Inspector Albertus Beeslaar to trade tough city policing for a backwater posting on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. But his dream of rural peace is soon shattered when a beautiful and eccentric artist and her four-year-old daughter are found murdered on a local farm.Brooding.
My Brilliant Friend (tv Tie-in)
A modern masterpiece from one of Italy`s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense and generous hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante`s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the
Brazil: The Passenger
Order and Progress? by Jon Lee AndersonPride, Prejudice, and Funk by Alberto RivaI Was King of The River by Eliane BrumIn the second half of the 20th century Brazil made extraordinary contributions to music, sport, architecture. From “bossa nova,” to acrobatic soccer, to the daring architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa, the country seemed
Your Duck is My Duck
Each of the six stories that make up this new collection-Eisenberg`s first for twelve years-has the heft and complexity of a novel. With her own inexorable logic and uncanny ability to conjure up the strange states of mind and emotion that constitute our daily consciousness, Eisenberg pulls us as if by gossamer threads through the
Turkey: The Passenger
The Big Dig by Elif BatumanA Story of Dust and Light by Burhan Soenmez An Author Recommends by Elif Shafak Plus: the thirty-year coup and the dam that is washing away 12,000 years of history, and more. The birth of the “New Turkey,” as the country`s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called his own creation,
The Ingenious Language: Nine Epic Reasons to Love Greek
“It is to the Greeks that we turn when we are sick of the vagueness, of the confusion, of our own age.” Virginia WoolfDiscover a new passion for a very old language, a language that can express what can`t be said in any other, and thrillingly relevant to our lives today. A language that rewards
Berlin: The Passenger
When the Circus Came to Town: The Resurrection of Postdamer Platz by Peter SchneiderBerlin Suite by Cees NooteboomAn Author Recommends by David Wagner Plus: the controversial reconstruction of a Prussian castle, Berlin`s most transgressive sex club, a green urban oasis, suburban neo-Nazis and much more. `Berlin is too big for Berlin` is the curious title
Berezina
October 1812, Napoleon enters Moscow. The Russians have set fire to the city, soon it will be reduced to a pile of ash. The Emperor equivocates, decides to turn back. This is the beginning of the retreat from Russia, a page of history that has become legendary for its degree of suffering and horror, but
India: The Passenger
From its very first contact with the West, India has been subject to great mystification. India`s long history, the survival of ancient rituals, and its variety of languages and cultures, continues to fascinate. This narrative is intertwined with a newer one that sees the frenetic change of a society at the forefront of innovation. Success
Incidental Inventions
“This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me.”With these words, Elena Ferrante, the bestselling author of `My Brilliant Friend`, bid farewell to her year-long collaboration with the Guardian. For a full year she penned short pieces, the subjects of which were suggested by editors at the Guardian, turning the
Elena Ferrante`s Key Words
“I greatly admire the work of Tiziana de Rogatis. She is a reader of deep refinement. Often I think that she knows my books better than I. So, I read her with admiration and remain silent.” Elena FerranteFerrante`s four-volume novel cycle known in English as the Neapolitan quartet has become a global success, with over
Disoriental
The story of a young girl and her family, at the core of an exploration of Iranian history. Winner of: Prix du Style, Prix de la Porte Dorรฉe, Lire Best Debut Novel, Le Prix du Roman News. Kimia Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to
