Tourists - How the British Went Abroad to Find Themselves by Lucy Lethbridge
$25.00 NZD
Category: British Isles
*FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH*'I really can't recommend this enough - especially if you are going on holiday' Tom Holland'Delightful ... Lucy Lethbridge has written a glorious romp of a book' Kathryn Hughes, The Mail on Sunday'It is the paramount wish of every English heart, ever addicted to vag ...Show more
Walking The Invisible by Michael Stewart
$26.00 NZD
Category: British Isles
See through the eyes of the Brontës as you immerse yourself in their lives and landscapes, wandering the very same paths they each would have walked in search of the inspiration behind their novels and poetry.An 'imaginative and elegant trek through the landscape of the Brontës' GraziaIn his journey to ...Show more
Steam Trains Today: Journeys Along Britain's Heritage Railways by Andrew Martin
$40.00 NZD
Category: British Isles
A delightfully warm exploration of a very British obsession.
Jane Austen's England: A Walking Guide by Anne-Marie Edwards
$23.00 NZD
Category: British Isles
This is an engaging account of Austen's life and work, arranged as a series of walking tours through the towns and countryside she knew and loved - the settings for her novels. The 15 circular walks in the book describe the country houses, churches, great estates and elegant cities Austen knew and intro ...Show more
The Subterranean Railway - How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever by Christian Wolmar
$28.00 NZD
Category: British Isles
Reissued in a new paperback package to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.
On the Red Hill - Where Four Lives Fell into Place by Mike Parker
$26.00 NZD
Category: British Isles
__________________________'A moving story of love, tradition and landscape.'Evening Standard, 'Books of the Year''A moving, multilayered memoir... extraordinary, ambitious... its scope is immense. A book that is deep in riches.' Simon Callow, Guardian'A marvellous book... an uplifting tale of tranquilli ...Show more
The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District by James Rebanks
$30.00 NZD
Category: British Isles
Old world met new when a shepherd in the English Lake District impulsively started a Twitter account. A routine cell phone upgrade left author James Rebanks with a pretty decent camera and a pre-loaded Twitter app--the tools to share his way of life with the world. And what began as a tentative experim ...Show more
Vanishing Cornwall by Daphne Du Maurier
$42.00 NZD
Category: British Isles | Series: VMC
'There was a smell in the air of tar and rope and rusted chain, a smell of tidal water. Down harbour, around the point, was the open sea. Here was the freedom I desired, long sought-for, not yet known. Freedom to write, to walk, to wander, freedom to climb hills, to pull a boat, to be alone ...I for thi ...Show more
Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain by Matthew Engel
$30.00 NZD
Category: British Isles
Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folklore - yet it is considered uncool to care about them. For Matthew Engel, the railway system is the ultimate expressio ...Show more
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