A story about the entangled and conflicted fortunes of two cousins: Erasmus Kemp, the son of a Lancashire merchant, and…

• Počet stran 432
• Rok vydání 1984

Produkt Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides - Boswell, James a Johnson,…

An ancient Central Asian epic, passed down through generations, carries the reader into a world of nomads, warriors and…

A eulogy to Italy as the temperate land of perpetual spring, and a celebration of the values of rustic piety.…

The author, who established himself as Ireland's most brilliant living non-fiction writer with the two-volume Stones of…

William Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with…

• Počet stran 352
• Rok vydání 2015

Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this book offers a blend of poetry and…

\nA collection of tender(ish) moments. It consists of three individual volumes now collected together (\"Small Dreams Of A…

For decades, Colombia was the 'narcostate'. Now it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the…

Roger McGough is one of Britain's best loved poets and this collection charts his passage from youthful exuberance to the…

Moves into wilder territory: the fjords, cliffs, hills and islands of north-west Connemara, a place that Wittgenstein, who…

Encircling London like a noose, the M25 is a road to nowhere, but when the author sets out to walk this asphalt loop -…

In these impressions of the Italian countryside: Twilight in Italy, Sea and Sardina, and Etruscan Places, the author…

Istanbul's history has managed to retain its own identity. This book captures the flavour of daily life as well as court…

• Počet stran 624
• Rok vydání 2013

Taking us around the globe, through time and across multiple media, this book tracks the ways in which we were initially…

• Rok vydání 1998

"English Food" reveals the richness and surprising diversity of England's culinary heritage. Fully updated and revised by…

At the gateway to the Mediterranean lie the two Pillars of Hercules: Gibraltar and Ceuta, in Morocco. Paul Theroux decided…

\nAutobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, celebrated Italian goldsmith (1500-1571), in which Cellini tells the story of his life…

Provides detailed pictures of life on a farm, with labels on each picture to pick out interesting features, giving toddlers…

A story of idealism and ambition, wars and destruction, survival and memories, set against the haunting backdrop of the…

• Rok vydání 2022

In 1985 the author, struck by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, travelled 100,000 miles…

\nThere are thousands of undocumented Chinese immigrants in Britain. They\'ve travelled here because of desperate poverty,…

Looks at how and why the British merchant banks and brokers sold out, and where that leaves us. This book takes us through…

Paris is the city of light and the city of darkness - a place of ceaseless revolution and reinvention that for two thousand…

\nAfter the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of south-west France in 1208, a Spanish monk took up the cudgels by…

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• Počet stran 592
• Rok vydání 2006

An anthology that offers a view over the history of Scottish history, extending from the 6th century to the end of the 20th.…

\nFrom her youth in London high society to a period in the court of Queen Charlotte and her years interned in France with…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nThere are few more compelling and more tragic issues in the world, than the bitter struggle between Palestinians and…