Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Heart`s Invisible Furies
`By turns savvy, witty and achingly sad, this is a novelist at the top of his game.` Mail on SundayForced to flee the scandal brewing in her hometown, Catherine Goggin finds herself pregnant and alone, in search of a new life at just sixteen. She knows she has no choice but to believe that the
A Ladder to the Sky
`A deliciously dark tale of ambition, seduction and literary theft . . . an ingeniously conceived novel that confirms Boyne as one of the most assured writers of his generation.` Hannah Beckerman, Observer*You`ve heard the old proverb about ambition, that it`s like setting a ladder to the sky. It can lead to a long and
The Translation of Love
During the American occupation, the citizens of Japan were encouraged to apply directly to General MacArthur – “if you have a problem, write a letter, this is what democracy means” – and so write they did. MacArthur received over 500,000 letters, letters of entreaty, rage, gratitude, complaint, even adoration. Twelve-year-old Fumi Tanaka has a problem
Notes from a Small Island
In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to
The January Man: A Year of Walking Britain
`The January Man` is the story of a year of walks that was inspired by a song, Dave Goulder’s ‘The January Man’. Month by month, season by season and region by region, Christopher Somerville walks the British Isles, following routes that continually bring his father to mind. As he travels the country ‘“ from the
A Walk In The Woods: The World`s Funniest Travel Writer Takes a Hike
In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There), Bill Bryson set off to hike the Appalachian Trail, the longest continuous footpath in the world. Ahead lay almost 2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, moose, bobcats, rattlesnakes, poisonous plants, disease-bearing tics, the occasional chuckling
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
`I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to` And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn`t hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England, he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
Bill Bryson`s first travel book, `The Lost Continent`, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In `Neither Here nor There` he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backback, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on
The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal
“Magical, moving and deeply atmospheric” Patrick BarkhamAs November stubs out the glow of autumn and the days tighten into shorter hours, winter`s occupation begins. Preparing for winter has its own rhythms, as old as our exchanges with the land. Of all the seasons, it draws us together. But winter can be tough. It is a
Just Another Mountain: A Memoir
Shortlisted for the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s APA Publications Travel Memoir of the YearIn 1997, at the age of 24, Sarah lost her mother to breast cancer. Alone and adrift in the world, she very nearly gave up hope – but she`d made a promise to her mother that she would keep going
Under the Rock: Stories Carved From the Land
This is a spellbinding contribution to the literature of landscape and place from a writer at the peak of his powers. An astonishing new work of non-fiction from the prize-winning author of `The Gallows Pole`; `Under the Rock` is about badgers, balsam, history, nettles, mythology, moorlands, mosses, poetry, bats, wild swimming, slugs, recession, oods, logging,
Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire: The Inside Story of Europe`s Last War
A gripping eyewitness account of a major 20th-century military conflict by the UK`s most popular writer on geopolitics. The shattering of Yugoslavia in the 1990s showed that, after nearly 50 years of peace, war could return to Europe. It came to its bloody conclusion in Kosovo in 1999.Tim Marshall, then diplomatic editor at Sky News,
Wintering: A Season with Geese
The new season begins. The geese return.The arrival of huge flocks of geese in the UK is one of the most evocative and powerful harbingers of winter; a vast natural phenomenon to capture the imagination. So Stephen Rutt found when he moved to Dumfries in the autumn of 2018, coinciding with the migration of thousands
Into the Tangled Bank: In Which Our Author Ventures Outdoors to Consider the British in Nature
“Funny, accessible and full of wonders – a genuine breath of fresh air.” Melissa Harrison, author of `All Among the Barley`Lev Parikian is on a journey to discover the quirks, habits and foibles of how the British experience nature. Open a window, hear the birds calling and join him.It`s often said that the British are
Unofficial Britain: Journeys Through Unexpected Places
LONGLISTED FOR RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021`Terrific… Britain`s urban landscape is just as freighted with myth and mystery as its castles and ancient monuments and [Rees] proves it by unearthing a treasure trove of riveting stories.` – Sunday Times, Best Books of the Year, 2020—–There is a Britain that exists outside of the official histories and
The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World Signed Copy
Signed by the authorTim Marshall`s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed. But the world has.’Another outstanding guide to the modern world. Marshall is a master at explaining what you need to know and why.’ Peter FrankopanIn this
Under the Stars: A Journey Into Light
Moonlight, starlight, the ethereal glow of snow in winter … When you flick off a switch, other forms of light begin to reveal themselves. Artificial light is everywhere. Not only is it damaging to humans and to wildlife, disrupting our natural rhythms, but it obliterates the subtler lights that have guided us for millennia. In
The Heeding – illustrated by Nick Hayes
Signed by the Author”So vivid… A call out to our elemental relationship with love and nature. Beautiful.” Willem DafoeFrom two bestselling and award-winning writers on landscape comes a luminously illustrated meditation on our relationship with the natural world and each other through four unprecedented seasons & a global pandemic.
The Almighty Dollar: Follow the Incredible Journey of a Single Dollar to See How the Global Economy Really Works
Have you ever wondered why we can afford to buy far more clothes than our grandparents ever could . . . but may be less likely to own a home in which to keep them all? Why your petrol bill can double in a matter of months, but it never falls as fast?Behind all of
Fifty Words for Snow
`A delightful compendium that brings together language, culture and adventure through frozen landscapes as it shares the meanings behind 50 words for snow, gathered from around the globe.` – The Herald, Christmas Books 2020—-Snow. Every language has its own words for the feather-like flakes that come from the sky. In Japanese we find Yuki-onna –
