As the first proper holiday season for two years gets cautiously underway, we’d like to introduce you to some notable new additions to our travel writing shelves.
Join Rebecca Lowe on a slow bike to Iran; go fishing with Ted Hughes and Mark Wormald; explore remoteness and exile with William Atkins; discover what the world turns into when humans abandon it with Cal Flyn; visit Iceland’s geology and landscape in the company of Chris Caseldine; and join Jennifer Lucy Allan in lamenting the disappearance of the coast’s most characteristic sound.
From the publisher:
'A truly unusual and strangely revealing lens through which to view music and history and the dark life of the sea' Brian Eno'As memorable, pleasurable and irrational as all the highest quests' John Higgs'A perfect example of the power and…
From the publisher:
THE SUNDAY TIMES’ BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION…
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One woman, one bike and one richly entertaining, perception-altering journey of discovery.SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023In 2015, as the Syrian War raged and the refugee crisis reached its peak,…
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Described by William Morris as ‘Most Unimaginably Strange’, the landscape of Iceland has fascinated and inspired travellers, scientists, artists and writers throughout history. This book provides a contemporary understanding of…
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'An absolute gem ... I was delightfully lost by the river throughout' - Paul Whitehouse'Marvellous…The Catch leaves both its writer and its reader wonderfully "lost in water"' - Robert Macfarlane'Penetrating and…
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A luminous exploration of exile - the people who have experienced it, and the places they inhabit - from the award-winning travel writer and author of The Immeasurable World and The Moor.'Breathtakingly good . .…
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