Christmas 2023: Travel
Selected by the Bookshop
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The first book by iconic zine creators and cultural phenomenon Weird Walk. This is a superbly designed guide to Britain’s strange and ancient places, to standing stones and pagan rituals, and to the process of re-enchantment via weird…
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This love letter to London’s most cherished shops celebrates the city’s past and present, as well as its diversity and vivaciousness.This collection of more than two hundred shopfronts runs the gamut of old to modern-day London:…
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'A dazzlingly brilliant book' Hannah DawsonThe Britannias tells the story of Britain's islands and how they are woven into its collective cultural psyche.From Neolithic Orkney to modern-day Thanet, Alice Albinia explores the furthest…
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Translated by John HoweBy walking, you escape from the very idea of identity, the temptation to be someone, to have a name and a history ... The freedom in walking lies in not being anyone; for the walking body has no history, it is just an…
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'Illuminating' The ObserverThere is something beautiful and wild in the impossible architecture of lighthouses. They have been the homes and workplaces of men and women whose romantic guardianship has saved countless lives from cruel seas.…
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The first anthology of women’s writing about walking, edited by Wanderers author Kerri Andrews.The follow-up to the bestselling Wanderers, Kerri Andrews’s Way Makers is the first anthology of…
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A beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicling the life and work of one of the world greatest poets. Du Fu (712-70) is one of China's greatest poets. His career coincided with periods of famine, war and huge upheaval, yet his secular…
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'[Somerville's] infectious enthusiasm and wry humour infuse his journey from the Isle of Lewis to southern England, revealing our rich geological history with vibrant local and natural history.' - Observer'An illuminating take on the…
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Life at Full Tilt is a whirlwind tour of Dervla Murphy's travels. It begins in Spain in 1956, before her first book, and follows in her tracks for over fifty years, including descriptions of her beloved Afghanistan in 1963, of the Peruvian…
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The travel memoir of a Nigerian woman in China exploring the intersections and divides between the two cultures and the lives of African economic migrants in the bustling People’s RepublicChina today is a land of opportunity for…
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A wonderfully atmospheric memoir-cum-travel narrative about how British journalist Tom Parfitt walked a thousand miles across Russia's Caucasus mountains to lay to rest a ghost after witnessing the carnage of the Beslan school siege in…
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Discover the history, legends and folklore of Britain’s most intriguing landmarksThis beautifully illustrated book reveals the secrets and stories of fifty icons of Britain’s landscape.Some are natural wonders, such as Cheddar…
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