Search Results for ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’, ‘Literary Guides’ - 15 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

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 its own laws...

Prague in Black and Gold

Millions of visitors come to Prague each year, drawn by its rich cultural heritage and visual splendour, yet knowing little of its extraordinary past. Peter Demetz’s Prague in Black and Gold is an incredible...

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...

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...

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...

Bangkok - A Cultural and Literary History

"Bangkok - A Cultural and Literary History" is part of Signal Books' series Cities of the Imagination - books ideal for the more culturally inclined traveller.
Bangkok stands out as a place of extraordinary...

Literary London

Ed Glinert’s Literary London reveals the literary history of the capital’s streets and alleyways, telling the stories behind some of our most famous historical figures. From the Globe at Bankside and...

Prague - A Cultural and Literary History

An in-depth cultural and historical guide, Richard Burton’s “Prague” is more than an ordinary book, as it introduces the visitor to the city unique present day identity and its links with the past.
Located...

Manchester Compendium

Ed Glinert’s absorbing Manchester Compendium is a timely collection of everything you need to know about one of the country’s great industrial cities. Manchester is a dynamic centre of energy, cradle...

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...