Travel

The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series, which includes Travel Guides, Travel Maps, Road Atlases, Best Of Pocket Guides and In Your Pocket Language Guides, presently covers more than 90 destinations worldwide. The Packs are excellent value, including both a guidebook and a foldout Globetrotter ...

Thailand Chic is the definitive guide to the most alluring and stylish hotels and spas in Thailand. All the retreats featured ? whether an urban boutique hotel or a secluded beach resort ? have been specially selected for their unique and charming qualiti

Nigel Hey's sixth book is a trip around the world, around the mind, and, where possible, beyond both. The story is laced with scores of real-life anecdotes as Nigel Hey explores his personal philosophy and tackles the biggest question of all - where does he really belong?

Draws together a selection of "Guardian" writing that is both informative and celebratory, tracking the sport's history and uncovering how public perception has changed over time. This book features articles on scrambling, fell-running, rock-climbing and rambling.

Traces the story of the author's walking journey throughout Ireland, in a narrative collection of songs, poetry, and stories that pays tribute to the region's heroes, saints, and notorious figures. Original.

A pictorial history of Chipping Norton

A history of Marlborough

Offers information on what San Francisco natives and tourists need to know, from stopping a runaway cable car, staying warm in the summer, parking on a hill, eating sushi, and escaping from Alcatraz.

A bracing and beguiling quest for the world's deepest, purest snowfall that takes us from carrot-nosed snowmen in frosty gardens to the most perilous peaks on earth - a book that does for the white stuff what Robert Macfarlane did for mountains.

For natives and tourists alike, this work offers a view of the city of Los Angeles. Each card outlines a self-guided walking adventure, with a detailed map on one side and insider information on the other. Noteworthy sites and attractions are numbered on both sides of the cards for easy reference.

Delves into the social, architectural, and epicurean scenes of London and New York. This title is packed with photographs and presented in a convenient on the go format.

The philosopher and writer Krystin Lach-Szyrma came to Britain in 1820 as tutor to two Polish princes, as their Grand Tour took them to Enlightenment Scotland, where they spent two years studying at Edinburgh University.