New and Recommended: Travel Writing
Selected by the Bookshop
Explore the world from the comfort of your sofa, armchair, bath or equivalent, with this selection of new titles from our Travel Writing section.
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From acclaimed poet and New Yorker writer Cynthia Zarin comes a deeply personal meditation on four Italian spaces.Here we encounter a writer deeply engaged with narrative in situ – a traveller moving through beloved streets,…
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Factor two sunscreen, brightly-coloured Speedos and duty-free cigarettes by the pool: the pleasure of the early package holiday are captured in this collection of technicolour photographs of the British abroad. Taken by an English…
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‘An enthralling guide to one of the world’s great cities – that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics of Istanbul. A book that is as informative as it is…
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Translated by Jane Degras‘Conjures the rasp of the ski runner, the scent of burning blubber and the rippling iridescence of the Northern Lights’ Sara Wheeler‘[An] astonishing, haunting memoir’ Isabella TreeThe…
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The border between Scotland and England is rich in history. It has been the site of battles, treaties, castles and crossroads. It is also a place where both countries display their nationalism: Saltires flying in the north, the Cross of St…
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A time-travelling, genealogical adventure, bringing pre-industrial, rural, eighteenth-century England vividly to life on the page.One day Ian Marchant decided, as all men of a certain age must, to have a dig around his family history.…
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A beautiful memoir, travelogue and meditation on stone by artist and stone mason Beatrice Searle.'A magnificent book' Alex Woodcock'Exceptional' Kerri Andrews'Luminous' SpectatorAt the age of twenty-six, artist and Cathedral…
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The travel memoir of a Nigerian woman in China exploring the intersections and divides between the two cultures and the lives of African economic migrants in the bustling People’s RepublicChina today is a land of opportunity for…
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A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England–Wales border: Britain’s deepest faultline.There is a line on the map: to one…
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