Category Archives: Travel Guides
Small Pleasures – Longlisted for the 2021 Women`s Prize for Fiction
Longlisted for the 2021 Women`s Prize for Fiction”Beautiful” Jessie Burton”Wonderful” Richard Osman “A wonderful novel. I loved it” Nina Stibbe “This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. I honestly don`t want you to be without it” Lucy Mangan”Gorgeous… If you`re looking for something escapist and bittersweet, I could not recommend
The History of the Countryside
From its earliest origins to the present day, this award-winning, beautifully written book describes the endlessly changing character of Britain`s countryside.”A classic” Richard MabeyExploring the natural and man-made features of the land – fields, highways, hedgerows, fens, marshes, rivers, heaths, coasts, woods and wood pastures – he shows conclusively and unforgettably how they have developed
Hometown Tales: Lancashire
Original tales by remarkable writersHometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction – they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the
You Are Here: A Brief Guide to the World
One word binds us all: geography. We are all geographers, human beings who care about the places we think of as `home` – our habitat. And yet we have lost touch with the connection between our actions and the state of the planet that we all share. We need a new narrative that restores the
Why Geography Matters: A Brief Guide to the Planet
One word binds us all: geography. We are all geographers, human beings who care about the places we think of as `home` – our habitat. And yet we have lost touch with the connection between our actions and the state of the planet that we all share. We need a new narrative that restores the
Hometown Tales: Wales
Original tales by remarkable writersHometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction – they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the
Hometown Tales: Highlands and Hebrides
Original tales by remarkable writersHometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction – they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the
How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling
Jeremy Wade has caught an unparalleled array of outsize and outlandish fish from challenging locations all over the world – goliath tigerfish from the Congo, arapaima from the Amazon, `giant devil catfish` from the Himalayan foothills…As his catches attract increasing public attention, many people ask him how they can improve their own fishing results.This book
Walking the Great North Line: Up England Another Way
Robert Twigger, poet and travel author, was in search of a new way up England when he stumbled across the Great North Line. From Christchurch on the South Coast to Old Sarum to Stonehenge, to Avebury, to Notgrove barrow, to Meon Hill in the midlands, to Thor`s Cave, to Arbor Low stone circle, to Mam
Here Comes Trouble: Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction
Welcome to Kyrzbekistan, winner of Most Corrupt Country 2011 and 2012. A place where anyone can be happy – as long they aren`t poor, ill, foreign, a pedestrian, or in any way interested in the truth. A country that takes fake news and false promises to new levels. Expelled from school, Ellis Dau has been
Walking the Great North Line: From Stonehenge to Lindisfarne to Discover the Mysteries of Our Ancient Past
Robert Twigger, poet and travel author, was in search of a new way up England when he stumbled across the Great North Line. From Christchurch on the South Coast to Old Sarum to Stonehenge, to Avebury, to Notgrove barrow, to Meon Hill in the midlands, to Thor`s Cave, to Arbor Low stone circle, to Mam
Hometown Tales: Glasgow
Original tales by remarkable writersHometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction – they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the
Featherhood
Shortlisted for the 2021 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing”The best piece of nature writing since `H is for Hawk`, and the most powerful work of biography I have read in years” Neil Gaiman”Wonderful – I can`t recommend it too highly” Helen Macdonald”One of those rare, enchanted books” Isabella Tree”Beautiful – it made me cry”
Hometown Tales: Yorkshire
Original tales by remarkable writers Hometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction – they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore
Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome
`Uproariously readable … Levy is a master of the group biography` Sunday Times`Teeming with satisfying gossipy details` Guardian`Exalts the intoxicating, beguiling dreaminess of Rome in its celluloid heyday` TLS1950s Rome. From the ashes of war, the Eternal City is reborn as the epicentre of film, style, boldfaced libertinism and titillating journalism. It`s the heyday of
The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime`s Quest
Thomas Pakenham, indefatigable champion of trees, narrates a story of exploration and discovery, and of life-cycles that are longer than our own. Lavishly illustrated, The Company of Trees recounts his personal quest to establish a large arboretum at Tullynally, his forays to other tree-filled parks and plantations, his often hazardous seed-hunting expeditions, and his efforts
Wayfaring Stranger: A Musical Journey in the American South
Can you feel nostalgic for a life you`ve never known?Suffused with her much-loved warmth and wit, Emma John`s memoir follows her moving and memorable journey to master one of the hardest musical styles on earth – and to find her place in an alien world.Emma had fallen out of love with her violin when a
Out of the Woods
Shortlisted for the 2019 Wainwright Book PrizeLonglisted for the 2019 Polari First Book PrizeAt a crossroads in his life, the demons Luke Turner has been battling since childhood are quick to return – depression and guilt surrounding his identity as a bisexual man, experiences of sexual abuse, and the religious upbringing that was the cause
Great British Journeys
Intrepid presenter Nicholas Crane investigates eight epic journeys, following in the footsteps of our greatest indigenous explorers.Nick presents eight of the most interesting traveller-chroniclers to have explored and reported on the state of the nation. From Gerald of Wales who embarked on a seven week journey around the wild perimeter of Wales in March 1188,
The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER`Hypnotic, shocking and unputdownable` JOHN LE CARRE`Remarkable` THE SUNDAY TIMES`Breathtaking, gripping, shattering` ELIF SHAFAK`A taut and finely crafted factual thriller` OBSERVER`A triumph of research and brilliant storytelling` ANTONY BEEVOR`Extraordinary` EVENING STANDARDIn this riveting real-life thriller, Philippe Sands offers a unique account of the daily life of senior Nazi SS Brigadefuhrer Otto Freiherr
