Category: Travel
Over thousands of yearsthe world was wide with wind-powered boats, one of man's mostbeautiful constructions, andsailors had to strugglein theage-old game of Man vsSea. This collection of tales isnot a history of sail, it's avoyage through centuries of curious sailing adventures.
Category: Travel
It can be challenging to travel in the modern world without falling for the temptations of fast planes, cheap airlines, last-minute tickets, quick-fix travel apps and overzealous tour operators. To actually take a back seat, and allow yourself time to embrace the ebb and flow of travel, requires a more ...Show more
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Paris, the City of Light. We think of it as the city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of white facades, discreet traffic and well-mannered exchanges. But there was another Paris, hidden from view and virtually extinct today - the Paris of the working and criminal classes that shaped the city over the ...Show more
Category: Travel | Series: Writer and the City
A flaneur is a stroller, a loiterer, someone who ambles through city streets in search of adventure and fulfillment. Edmund White, who lived in Paris for sixteen years, wanders through the streets and avenues and along the quays, into parts of Paris virtually unknown to visitors and indeed to many Paris ...Show more
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In the last few years, Paris has undergone a huge transformation. It's fostered one of the coolest creative scenes in Europe, some of the continent's best nightlife, and a "bistronomy" movement that has influenced dining around the globe. Yet while millennial travelers pour into the city, travel guides ...Show more
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
This large, inspirational hardcover showcases 101 of the world's most magnificent sights and tells readers - on a range of budgets - how to see them. Iconic landmarks range from the famous and familiar to more obscure and off-the-beaten-track, including Antarctica, Victoria Falls, the Amazon Rainforest, ...Show more
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
It's back: our agenda-setting compilation of the hottest destinations in the world. Our staff, authors and online community have travelled to every corner of the world and we've distilled their adventures down to the most outstanding, underrated and overlooked places - and tell readers why to go in 2020 ...Show more
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From the acclaimed author of The Art of Stillness--one of our most engaging and discerning travel writers--a unique, indispensable guide to the enigma of contemporary Japan. After thirty-two years in Japan, Pico Iyer can use everything from anime to Oscar Wilde to show how his adopted home is both haunt ...Show more
Category: Travel | Series: Atlas Obscura Ser.
Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. The second edition, revised and updated with 20% new material, reveals more hidden wonders. Among them: The Glowing Termite Mounds of Emas Brazil, The secretive FBI Spy H ...Show more
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'What's so impressive about Justin Butcher's book is the interweaving of his personal face-to-face experiences in Israel and Palestine against the backdrop of the social and political realities there. This book displays an empathy that is unusual in discussions of that tangled and tragic situation - the ...Show more
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Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A forty-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension, now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers ...Show more
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
The next title in our Epic series celebrates the fastest growing activity in the world: recreational running. We cover the greatest routes, from fun and scenic short runs, to trails and must-do marathons that go beyond New York and London to include Kyoto, the Great Wall of China and Australia's Blue Mo ...Show more
