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Par Sam Juneau. 2007
Sam and Bud intended to move to France and create a simple life with their children. However they bought a…
17th century chateau with over thirty rooms. With modest savings, they restored the building and started a bed and breakfast against resistance from the locals. This is a glimpse into what it takes to leave everything behind to pursue a dream.Par Chris Price, Joe Harland. 2010
Disappointed to learn that Hotel California isn’t actually in the phone book, radio producers Chris and Joe resolve to seek…
out the true spirit of rock and roll America. Roof down and stereo up, they drive coast to coast on a mission to ‘live the music’. It’s a tale of friendship tested to the limit, great melodies, and noble myths.Par Tom Anderson. 2010
Tom Anderson has always loved surfing – anywhere except the UK. But a chance encounter leads him to a series…
of adventures on home surf… As he visits the popular haunts and secret gems of British surfing he rekindles his love affair with the freezing fun that is surfing the North Atlantic.Par Tom Chesshyre. 2018
Authors, artists and amblers have always felt the pull of the Thames, and now Tom Chesshyre is following in their…
footsteps. He’s walking more than 200 miles from the Cotswolds to the North Sea. Seeing some familiar sights through new eyes, Chesshyre explores the living present and remarkable past of England’s longest and most iconic river.Par Tom Chesshyre. 2011
Tired of airport queues and delays, Tom Chesshyre embarks on a series of high-speed adventures across the Continent on its…
fast trains instead. He travels to places that wouldn’t feature on a standard holiday wish-list and discovers the hidden delights of mysterious Luxembourg, super-trendy Rotterdam and much-maligned Frankfurt.Par Bernard Levin. 1985
With passion and wit, Bernard Levin describes his travels on foot through the beautiful countryside of south-eastern France. He comments…
on the social and historical importance of the landscape as he follows in the footsteps of the great enemy of Rome, Hannibal, who made the expedition with an army and elephants nearly two millennia before.Par Justine Hardy. 1999
A chance conversation with her greengrocer about the media’s portrayal of India inspired journalist Justine Hardy to leave London and,…
following in the footsteps of Rudyard Kipling, spend a year working at The Indian Express in New Delhi. Her new life takes her all over India from polo matches and Assam tea gardens to city slums.Par Tom Chesshyre. 2010
As staff travel writer on The Times, Tom Chesshyre had visited over 80 countries on assignment, and wondered: what is…
left to be discovered? On a mad quest he visited secret spots of Britain in search of the least likely holiday destinations. With a light and edgy writing style, Tom peels back the skin of the unfashionable underbelly of Britain.Par Sir Francis Chichester. 1964
The complete autobiography of the great adventurer Sir Francis Chichester, the first and fastest man to singlehandedly circumnavigate the globe.…
Here, his entire life - including his greatest failures and successes - are told by the man who experienced it all firsthand. A foreword from his son, Giles Chichester, is also included.Par Neville Shulman. 2005
Creatures from another time, volcanic mountains five million years old, Indian tribes surviving from the pre-Inca period, jungles and rainforests:…
Ecuador has all this and more. Only in its Galapagos Islands did Charles Darwin discover such a variety of extraordinary fauna that on his return to England he wrote his groundbreaking On the Origin of Species. With a philosophical yet humourous approach, Neville Shulman provides an in-depth background to Ecuador and its diverse peoples and tells intriguing stories of spectacular creatures and exotic flora, many not found anywhere else in the world.Par Steve Haywood. 2009
Inspired by Tom Holt, who took to the canals on a journey immortalised in the book 'Narrow Boat', Steve sets…
out from Oxford to explore what makes the English… well, so English! Prepare for a generous helping of mayhem, mishaps and the staple of every English summer: torrential rain.Par Steve Haywood. 2015
We were aware of a dreamlike quality to our trip. There was something far-fetched about it, something out of this world.Austerity might…
be getting everyone else down, but Steve is waving his worries goodbye on another of his light-hearted trips around the picturesque English waterways.This time it’s a bit different, though. This time he’s not just cruising with his cat, Kit, but with his long-suffering wife, Em, who’s given up work and wants her share of easy living too. They’ve rented out their home for the ups and downs of a life afloat, and there’s no goingback now as they cruise from the historic River Thames, through the Midlands and westward into the hills of Wales, meeting a familiar cast of eccentrics and oddballs along the way, and experiencing one of the hottest summers of recent years.But how, after life in a four-bedroom house, do they manage to survive together squeezed into a space the size of a potting shed? Other books pretend to tell you about life afloat – this one shows you what it’s really like.Par Egill Bjarnason. 2021
The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic has shaped the world for centuries.The…
history of Iceland began 1,200 years ago, when a frustrated Viking captain and his useless navigator ran aground in the middle of the North Atlantic. Suddenly, the island was no longer just a layover for the Arctic tern. Instead, it became a nation whose diplomats and musicians, sailors and soldiers, volcanoes and flowers, quietly altered the globe forever. How Iceland Changed the World takes readers on a tour of history, showing them how Iceland played a pivotal role in events as diverse as the French Revolution, the Moon Landing, and the foundation of Israel. Again and again, one humble nation has found itself at the frontline of historic events, shaping the world as we know it, How Iceland Changed the World paints a lively picture of just how it all happened.Par Judith Tschann. 2023
Perfect for readers of Susie Dent and Mark Forsyth, and fans of QI. All food has a story, reaching as…
far back into history as language itself. As languages followed and reflected the tides of civilizations, food language came to represent some of the highs and lows of how humans communicate: from the highbrow 'Chateauneuf du Pape: (the Pope's new castle)' to the 'nun's farts' of Jamaica (also known as 'beignets').Chock full of food puns, linguistic did-you-knows and delectable trivia, Romaine Wasn't Built in A Day is your go-to gift for your trivia nerds, your history buffs, your crossword fiends, and your Scrabble diehards. This is the surprising and hilarious history of food, told through the lens of the fascinating evolution of language.Travel writing mattersExplore the world through this beautiful collection of the finest travel writing published in British media in the…
21st century – as judged by some of the most respected travel writers in the world: Levison Wood, Monisha Rajesh, Jessica Vincent and Simon WillmoreThe world has changed, but our desire to explore new places remains as strong as ever. The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century includes 30 outstanding travel stories published in British media over the last two decades, as chosen by some of the top names in travel writing today. Through travel’s most talented storytellers, you’ll face adversity along the Congo’s raging River Lulua, make new friends aboard Iraq’s night train, and embark on life-changing pilgrimages from India to Saudi Arabia.This book is an ode to travel and all that it offers, but it’s also a celebration of a genre that brings the world closer to us. At its best, travel writing encourages empathy and inspires change. Join our award-winning writers in marvelling at the power and beauty of travel, and let them inspire you to fall in love with the world all over again.Par John Harrison. 2001
In 1950, a young French explorer entered deep jungle in Brazil and was never seen again. Inspired by that explorer's…
diary, John and Heather Harrison paddled their canoe into some of the remotest parts of the Amazon. This is the incredible story of their struggle to keep their sanity and marriage intact in one of the most hostile places on earth.Par Sarah Outen. 2011
Powered by the grief of the sudden loss of her father and the determination to live life to the full, in…
2009 Sarah became the first woman and the youngest person to row solo across the Indian Ocean. Life-affirming, funny and poignant, Sarah’s salty tale of courage and endurance will inspire the taste of adventure in everyone.Par David Treanor. 2010
Fifty-something BBC journalists Geoff and David eagerly volunteered for redundancy. But rather than easing into retirement, they decided to buy a van and…
drive off to Mongolia. In an epic journey from Ukraine to the Gobi Desert, they discover more about each other in a few weeks than they did sharing an office for years.Par Phil Harwood. 2012
Ex-Marine Phil Harwood embarked on an epic solo journey on the Congo, the eighth longest river in the world. He…
faced swamps, man-eating crocodiles, snakes and spiders’ webs the size of houses. He collapsed from malaria, and was arrested. But he also received tremendous hospitality from proud people long forgotten by the Western world.Par Jenny Tough. 2020
The badass adventurers in this collection are all fearless, intelligent, compassionate and curious about the world – and they all…
happen to be female. From arctic expeditions and endurance races to wingsuit flying and mountain climbing, they have set the bar high for what women are capable of. These are their inspiring stories.