Travel

100 Family Adventures provides parents with a valuable resource bank of tried and tested outdoor activities to enjoy with their children, wherever they live.

An enticing exploration of the smallest islands of Britain from the award-winning, bestselling author of The Butterfly Isles

An exploration of the joys and idiosyncrasies of Britain's one-off narrow-gauge railway lines. This informative guide to lesser-known and eccentric railways across the country is the perfect alternative railway history for lovers of steam heritage.

This is a classic collection of the very best of travel writing published in Granta magazine, with contributions from many best-selling authors including - Thomas Keneally, Paul Theroux and Colin Thubron to name just a few.

Small and practical, these maps are easy to use thanks to double sided pocket format and includes multi-language key, relief shading, spot heights and other geographical features. Ferry connections are marked but railways are not included.

25 London adventure walks, based around historic, literary and artistic themes, all starting from points accessible by public transport .

This book offers a critical examination of Harold Pinter's dramatic writing over four decades, from The Room (1957) to Celebration (2000), emphasising the worth of the plays as pieces written for performance, investigating their status as dramatic (as opposed to literary) texts.

From its famous landmarks and industries to its cultural and sporting highlights, A Lancashire Miscellany is bursting with intriguing facts and figures-a book to dip into again and again.

On the occasion of the centenary of the Master's death, a new collection of the acclaimed novelist's travel writing, taking readers from the American towns of upstate New York to villages in rural Tuscany.

Perhaps no other city has so many resonances, on so many levels, as Paris, which has fragmented socially, sexually, intellectually and linguistically into many fields. Using literary analysis, film, social and gender theory, and perspectives on urbanism, this book examines some of them.

From an award-winning travel writer, this is an evocative journey around some of the country's most ancient sites and ritual places, and a profound exploration of the relationship between man and the landscape

From the Lion's Mouth - holiday reads and travel literature, an insightful portrait of Pakistan with themes of religion, culture and hospitality in an account of travelling up the Indus River from the Karachi mudflats through the Karakorum, Kashmir and the Himalayas to its source on Mount Kailash on the Indian side of the Tibetan plateau in Ladakh.

Tales of escape and adventure on Britain's waterways

Covering the high points of pharaonic Egypt--pyramids, tombs, temples and sculpture--this collection of images with extensive captions introduces the major must-see sights and works of art.

One of the highlights of a visit to the temple of Horus at Edfu, halfway between Luxor and Aswan in Upper Egypt, is the famed Sound & Light Show, a spectacular show of music, historical narration , and lights and images played on the ancient temple facade and inside the columned courtyards and hallways. ...

With stories and advice drawn from the expertise and knowledge of the famous London Walks Company and its small army of guides, this book is perfect for tourists who want to experience English life beyond Trafalgar Square, as well as for Londoners keen to step off the Circle Line and discover the secrets just beyond their own doorstep.

A fun little book, detailing all of the small quirks that New Yorkers love to hate.

A laugh-out-loud dissection of the linguistic myths surrounding British and American English

Must Sees San Francisco, updated in the new Must Sees format, highlights the best of the City on the Bay and beyond for a 24 hour visit, a weekend or longer. Explore the diverse neighborhoods, ride the trolley, tour Alcatraz, or take excursions to laid back Sausalito and the rugged seascape of Point ...

Portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, this title carves a route through Ireland's history, literature and landscape.