Travel Guides

Paul Clements - Irish Shores : a Journey Round the Rim of Ireland ( 25th Anniversary Edition )- PB - BRAND NEW

'Irish Shores: A Journey Round the Rim of Ireland' tells the story of a hitchhike around the West of Ireland's coastline. It conjures up a picture of a pre-Celtic Tiger Ireland, reminding us that that was not really very long ago. This can act as a...

Alain De Botton / The Art of Travel (Hardback)

 Few things are as exciting as the idea of travelling somewhere far from home. So why are we so often dissatisfied with the reality of travel? In THE ART OF TRAVEL, Alain de Botton, takes us on a journey through the satisfactions and disappointments...

Michael Smith / Ice Man (Large Paperback)

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Ben Fogle / Up : My Life's Journey to the Top of Everest (Hardback)

 My eyes lifted to the horizon and the unmistakable snowy outline of Everest.Everest, the mountain of my childhood dreams. A mountain that has haunted me my whole life. A mountain I have seen hundreds of times in photographs and films but never in...

Daniella Moyles / Jump (Large Paperback)

 'The point of all this has nothing to do with finding yourself. It's about what you can do to lose what you don't need.'It's a dark rainy afternoon on Dublin's jammed M50 motorway. The rain is hammering on the windscreen of Daniella Moyles' car...

James Doyle / Where on Earth? : Geography Without the Boring Bits (Hardback)

  Where on Earth? is Jam-packed with all of geography's greatest hits, with all the boring bits taken out. From lava-spewing volcanoes to cool ways to remember the world's highest mountains, longest rivers and most desolate deserts - plus all the...

Valerie Pakenham - Exploring Ireland's Middle Kingdom - PB - 2021 - BRAND NEW - Meath

EXPLORING IRELAND's Middle Kingdom - BRAND NEW - PUBLISHED 2021A guide to the ancient kingdom of Meath by Valerie Pakenham Ireland’s Middle Kingdom or Midhe once stretched from the Shannon to the Irish Sea. Created in the Iron Age as...

Michael Bright / 1001 Natural Wonders : You Must See Before You Die (Large Paperback)

  A breathtaking journey, taking in the most incredible natural wonders of the world, 1001 Natural Wonders is the definitive guide to the stunning features of nature. Some places are in the remote wilderness, others just a bus ride from town, but...

Sarah Woods / The 50 Greatest Bike Rides of the World

 Imagine freewheeling through tufted French vineyards, scaling the rocky, cloud-topped tracks in the Himalayas or rattling past whitewashed sugar-cube houses in narrow Spanish valleys.From surviving the peaks of the Yorkshire Dales to tackling truly...

Diana Souhami / Coconut Chaos

  This singular tale by Whitbread Prize-winning writer Diana Souhami (SELKIRK'S ISLAND) connects the famous mutiny on the Bounty in the Pacific Ocean in 1789 to the plight of the islanders of Pitcairn now. Its conceptual core is chaos theory: how...

Tom Lawton / Short Walks in Ireland (Hardback)

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Schneider, Anne & Steven - The Climber's Sourcebook - PB - 1976 - Mountaineering in the USA

A vintage 1976 compendium of information relating to mountaineering and rock climbing in the United States. CONTENTSWHERE TO LEARN TO CLIMB - climbing schools etc, mountaineering clubsTECHNICAL MOUNTAINEERING EQUIPMENTCLIMBING EQUIPMENT RETAIL...

Eamonn O'Hara / A French Renaissance? (Large Paperback)

  Seeking a more natural and balanced life for their two young children, in 2010 Eamon and Tanya O'Hara set out on a journey to begin a new life. Rural France seemed to be the answer to all their dreams. However, starting a new life in rural...

Louise Wates / A Girls' Guide to India

  Revised 2013 edition. Telling it like it is, A girls' guide to India, a survivor's handbook reveals to women travelling to India what they really need to know. While lads can hoist on a rucksack containing a spare pair of pants and some ageing...

James W. Finegan / Emerald Fairways and Foam-flecked Seas

 Every golfer dreams of making a pilgrimage to Ireland to enjoy the 'craic' and play some memorable golf on some of the most magnificent courses in the world. From the opening drive at Lahinch, to the spectacular dune-framed holes ay Ballybunion,...

Charley Boorman / Race To Dakar (Hardback)

    In January 2006, 230 people raced in trucks, cars and motorbikes from Lisbon to Dakar in the 28th annual Dakar rally - the most dangerous race in the world. Taking part was a team of three bikers: Matt Hall, Simon Pavey ...and actor and...

Charley Boorman / By Any Means : His Brand New Adventure From Wicklow to Wollongong (Large Paperback)

    Four million captivated viewers watched Charley Boorman complete his last adventure - LONG WAY DOWN - which took him from John O'Groats to Cape Town. Along with Ewan McGregor he achieved not only this amazing feat, but also...

Pat Preston / Take a Break in Ireland

   Ireland is brimming with fun-filled travel experiences, with spectacular scenery, awesome attractions and friendly people. Wander amid ancient dolmens, castles, crannogs and round towers. Ride a jaunting car, climb aboard a steam-powered...

John McCarthy / A Ghost Upon Your Path

    We all have a need to belong, to have a place and people we feel tied to: our family, our house, our hometown, our nation. Ever since he first visited Ireland with his family 20 years ago, John McCarthy has felt a strong affinity with...

Billy Connolly / Journey to the Edge of the World

   Billy tells us the gripping story of his adventures in some of the remotest parts of the world.In the summer of 2008 Billy Connolly set sail on a ten-week journey from ocean to ocean: from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by way of the North...

Tim Bradford / Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive?

    A book of Irish journies, both real and imagined, as the author sits in pubs and listens to old men's stories, laughs at and falls in love with mad Irishwomen, sings folksongs, cries in the rain and vomits in soft green fields. On the...

Patrizia Chen / Rosemary And Bitter Oranges : Growing up in a Tuscan Kitchen

    This rich combination of cookbook and memoir tells the story of a family and the secrets of its kitchen in post-World War II Tuscany. Suffused with the scents of simmering pots of cacciucco - a hearty, local seafood stew - and the...

Adam Nicolson / Atlantic Britain

   Accompanied by an eight-part series, this is the story of Adam Nicolson's adventure in a small boat around the western coast of the British Isles.Early in the year, Adam Nicolson decided to leave his comfy life at home on a Sussex farm and...

Frances Mayes / Bella Tuscany : The Sweet Life in Italy

   Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sunmade the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites readers back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy...

Emily Monk / Don't Tell Mum : Hair-raising Messages Home from Gap-year Travellers

   The e-mail home is an essential part of every gap-year back-packers journey. Where once the news of narrowly surviving a bus crash on the dirt-roads of India, waking up to gunfire in Honduras or fending off marriage proposals from complete...

Paul Clements / The Height of Nonsense

    In 'The Height of Nonsense' Paul Clements recounts his journey through the 32 counties of Ireland along the Great Mountain Roads and the eccentric characters he encountered along the way, including Cathy Rea, a woman who can see - and...

Patricia Schultz / 1,000 Places to See Before You Die

    This title describes 1000 "must-see" spots, from beaches to museums to cathedrals to bustling markets, grand hotels to backwater inns, rugged safaris to the most pampering spas. It includes addresses, phone and fax numbers, websites,...

Kevin Corcoran / West Cork Walks

    Walking in West Cork, in the extreme southwest of Ireland, offers an incredible variety, of choice, from mountainous peaks to spectacular coasts. The ten walks detailed here provide clear walk routes and directions, and information on...

Lonely Planet Sweden

 This guide includes Swedish culture from Strindberg to ABBA. It covers outdoor activities with a section on the most popular trekking routes, a Swedish lauguage guide, up-to-date accommodation guide and entertainment options...

Time Out Miami

 Florida's most flamboyant city is changing fast. The fabled tourist industry is booming: the designer hotel craze shows no signs of slowing, with new additions in the next year from big players, such as The Mondrian, The W and New York's...

City Cycling Europe : Slipcased set of 8 PB'S - Paris, Milan, London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Barcelona, Antwerp & Ghent and Amsterdam

The eight guides in the City Cycling Europe series are each devoted to a different city: London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Antwerp/Ghent, Berlin, Paris, Barcelona and Milan. Each compact volume features cycle-friendly neighbourhoods, itineraries, cycle...

Time Out Barcelona: 8th Edition

Unparalleled in its enthusiasm for a good time, Barcelona barely has time to take down the bunting between its rollicking festivals. When there isn't an all-night fiesta happening on the street, there's more than likely a party on the beach and...

Lonely Planet Ireland

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Rhodes

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