Search Results for ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’, ‘Literary Guides’ - 11 matches found

1000 Books to Change your Life

1000 Books to change your life celebrates the transforming power of literature. More than 50 leading novelists, writers and critics draw the arc of a life lived in books, from birth to death. With...

Notes from the Languedoc

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An introduction to what was France's last undiscovered Mediterranean secret - the Languedoc.
This is a guide to the Languedoc composed of letters the author - Rupert Wright - sent home...

London - The Biography

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Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city.
For him it is a living organism, with...

Prague in Black and Gold

"A Dramatic and compelling history of a city Demetz admits to loving and hating ¿ He embraces myth, economics, sociology, linguistics and cultural history ... His reflections in visiting Prague after...

The London Compendium

The streets of London resonate with secret stories, from East End lore to Cold War espionage, from tales of riots, rakes, brothers, anarchy and grisly murders, to Rolling Stones gigs, gangland drinking...

Light Years: A Girlhood in Hawaii

Susanna Moore cannot remember her first encounter with the sea – it has always been part of her life. “Light Years: A Girlhood in Hawaii” is a marvelous book detailing how she grew up in Hawai’i in...

London Fragments - A Literary Expedition

“London Fragments” is one of those rare books that inspire you to revisit places you probably didn’t realise you were visiting; it will show you parts of London in completely new lights.
On ten strolls...

An Indian Odyssey

From journalist, broadcaster and writer Martin Buckley, a regular contributor to the BBC’s From Our Own Correspondent, comes “An Indian Odyssey” a beautiful, engaging and romantic history of the Indian...

Novel Destinations

It’s often said that a good book takes us somewhere we’ve never been before, and here’s the proof: National Geographic’s “Novel Destinations” is a book-lover’s Baedeker to more than 500 literary locales...

The London of Charles Dickens

A pocket A to Z guide on the life and landmarks of the great writer. Places are listed alphabetically and descriptions of each attraction contain writings by Dickens himself.

Agatha Christie's England

Practical advice for travellers wishing to visit many of the places that featured in or influenced Agatha Christie's novels. Also includes a great deal of biographical insight into her life. Part one...