New and Recommended: Travel Writing

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A Guardian Book of the Year‘With exquisite perceptiveness she explores the way we shape and are shaped by the landscapes we inhabit.’ New StatesmanI have been completely captivated by the poet Fiona…

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The story of how Rebanks found life-changing friendship in the least likely of places – a tiny, rugged island on the edge of the Arctic.From the No.1 bestselling author of The Shepherd's Life, a spellbinding story of friendship,…

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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 RepublicSHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF…

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Selected and introduced by John Hatt.Collected here, from a period of nearly five decades, are thirty-six of Norman Lewis’s best articles. In each, his writing crackles with poker-faced wit and stylistic brilliance. As a witness to…

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 A celebration of London’s vast and varied garden legacy, but with an unexpected focus on those gardens that have either vanished or changed beyond recognition over the centuries Lost Gardens of London pays tribute to…

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Discover a network of over 9,000 walking routes connecting all of Britain's towns, cities and national landscapes.This bright and beautiful new collection of maps shows every Slow Way route in Great Britain, which between them join up 2500…

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A gripping new history of London during the Blackout—revealing the violent crime that spread across the capital under the cover of darkness Fear was the unacknowledged spectre haunting the streets of London during the Second…

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'Fascinating' Observer'Engrossing' i News'Elegant' Sunday Telegraph'Profound and poignant' Sunday Post'Remarkable and complex' George McGavinA memoir and investigation exploring loss, community and the climate crisis in…

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In A Long Way South, itinerant traveller Sara Stewart relates memories salvaged from her explorations of Latin America during 1974/5, a turbulent, politically unstable period where kidnappings and smuggling were commonplace, where dead…

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The fascinating history of St Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster, a building at the heart of British life for over 700 years.Begun in 1292, the royal chapel of St Stephen was the crowning glory of the old palace of Westminster…

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Explore the world’s smallest nations and the unique geopolitical forces that have shaped themAn ideal gift for anyone with an intrigue for geographical curiosities.Defined as sovereign states with a very small population, land area,…