The Kingdom by the Sea. A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain, Paperback - Paul Theroux

Reducere. After eleven years as an American living in London, the renowned travel writer Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great B...

After eleven years living as an American in London, the author set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the Britis...

Reducere. Robert Westall's highly commended, award-winning story of one boy's trials in wartime Tyneside - a novel about courage, friendship and war - now re...

Experiencing epic highs, incredible lows, unforgettable scenery and unpronounceable place names - as well as a hearty battle with some good old Bri...

Covers Britain in the early eighteenth century.Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Pat RodgersNumber of pages: 736Publication date: 1978Dimensio...

Reducere. First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of ...

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DescriptionLegendary travel writer Paul Theroux drives the entire length of the US-Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back r...

A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, driv...

The story of Adel Dajani's family who embark on an epic intergenerational voyage spanning the Middle East, North Africa, and the United Kingdom.Ill...

Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilisation and tak...

A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, driv...

A sweeping, evocative story of love, secrets and betrayal, set against the stunning backdrops of Karachi and Cornwall. Perfect for readers who love...

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Mark Twain toured the British Empire in 1895, during which time he began concocting a travelogue about the experience that was published in 1897. T...

Publisher: Walker Books LtdNumber of pages: 32Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 270 x 230 x 7Cover type: Paperback / softbackIllustrator: Rachael S...

Elise had a new job, flat and relationship - and they were all making her utterly miserable. Then the obvious solution hit her: run 5, 000 miles ar...

Thirty years after the epic journey chronicled in his classic work The Great Railway Bazaar, the world's most acclaimed travel writer re-creates hi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Verlyn TarltonIllustrator: Norma Andriani Eka PutriEditor: Candace WestSwift Walker's speedy legs take him on a journey acr...

Reducere. In a breathtaking adventure story, the paranoid and brilliant inventor Allie Fox takes his family to live in the Honduran jungle, determined to bui...

Reducere. The Tudor dynasty ruled from 1485 to 1603 and had a huge impact on England and Wales, not only on society but also on the British landscape. Henry ...

Through past and present, the country and the city, a unique exploration of the British Isles

James VI and I is a new title in the Cambridge Topics in History series. It covers all of the important areas of James VI and I's reign, focusing o...

First published over 60 years ago when interest in reviving Britain's network of navigable and rivers was starting to gather pace, this map provide...

Reducere. Paul Theroux, the author of the train travel classics The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express, takes to the rails once again in thi...

Reducere. The Black Sea, hostile and hospitable by turns, a land of towering mountain peaks, green tea plantations and thick forests, has always attracted ci...

They are both symbols of the ways we have lived, and reminders of the political, financial and social forces that have shaped our modern landscape....

At the gateway to the Mediterranean lie the two Pillars of Hercules: Gibraltar and Ceuta, in Morocco. Paul Theroux decided to travel from one to th...

This definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength - and weakness...

The go-to photographic guide to Britain and Ireland's insects Britain's Insects is an innovative, up-to-date, carefully designed and beautifully il...

Reducere. Throughout the chronicle of Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of kings, the security of trade, and the integri...

Reducere. Connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millennia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, ...

A lyrical, richly illustrated storybook about community and family - set against the backdrop of a seaside fishing village.Publisher: Templar Publi...

DescriptionThis latest edition of the Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland has been fully revised, updated and restructured, bring...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Description**The National Bestseller** From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled...

A comprehensive history of parliament in the British Isles from the earliest times, covering all aspects of parliament as an institution.

Reducere. National Outdoor Book AwardsA sea kayak battles the freezing Irish waters as the morning sun rises out of the countryside. On the western horizon i...

DescriptionThe Story of Britain is an accessible one-volume history that clearly depict Britain's origins--and explain how the past shaped the nati...

Previously published in ebook as The Daughter's ChoiceA charming and nostalgic World War II tale from the author of The Nursemaid's Secret and Bicy...

Reducere. "A book to be plundered and raided." -- New York Times Book Review "A portal into a world of timeless travel literature curated by one of the great...

Reducere. DescriptionThe intention in creating this book was to make it a pleasurable, as well as an educational, viewing experience. But in the collecting o...

Reducere. DescriptionAt the most fundamental level the only reason we have a brain is because we move. To develop the ability to feel and think actually requ...

Reducere. Fifty years ago Georgia chose how it would use the natural environment of its coast. The General Assembly passed the Coastal Marshlands Protection ...

DescriptionElizabeth Gowing is not a likely yogini. She is too fond of cake and To-do lists, and sometimes falls over on her mat. But yoga has take...

Publisher: Radio Society of Great BritainAuthor(s): Radio Society of Great BritainIllustration(s): 387ill.Number of pages: 328Publication date: 199...

The Coast of Utopia is an epic but also intimate drama of romantics and revolutionaries in an age of emperors. The three sequential, self-contained...

Reducere. A ghostly tour of Maine's coast - twenty-five tales of hauntings and unexplained supernatural occurrences compiled by a woman whose family's home i...