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Portrait of Glamorgan

22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Nick Jenkins

£14.99 22 Jul 2008 Hardback Halsgrove

Portrait of the Eden Valley

22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Graham Uney

£14.99 22 Jul 2008 Hardback Halsgrove

The Field by the River

21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Year in the Life of a Natural Treasure

By Ken Burnett

£12.99 21 Jul 2008 Hardback Anova Books

Covers the lives of bats, mushrooms, foxes, moorhens, the night sky, spiders, snakes, salamanders, rare ferns and the rest. This book is suitable for fans of nature and travel writing.

All Things Must Fight to Live

21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bryan Mealer

£18.99 21 Jul 2008 Hardback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

After covering a brutal war that claimed four million lives, journalist Mealer takes readers on a harrowing 2,000-mile journey through Congo. At once illuminating and startling, this text is a searing portrait of an emerging country devastated by a decade of war and horror.

The Gobi Desert

18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Adventures of Three Women Travelling Across the Gobi Desert in the 1920s

By Mildred Cable, Francesca French

£18.00 18 Jul 2008 Paperback Trotamundas Press Ltd

Seven Words for Wind

18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Essays and Field Notes from Alaska's Pribilof Islands

By Sumner MacLeish

£8.00 18 Jul 2008 Paperback University of Alaska Press

Far off the coast of mainland Alaska lie the remote Pribilof Islands--a fiercely isolated wilderness surrounded by a wild, rich sea. The largest island, St. Paul, is just fourteen miles long and eight wide; despite its small size and relative self-enclosure, Sumner MacLeish lived and worked on the island, coming to love its rugged weather, abundant wildlife, and 600 native Aleuts. Her spare, imagistic prose illuminates the unforgiving darkness and unimaginable beauty of this subarctic landscape, and the pieces in "Seven Words for Wind" relate her own experience with attentive, open curiosity that finds light, humor, and companionship where it might least be expected.

Greenwood Dark

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Traveller's Poems

By Christopher Somerville

£9.99 15 Jul 2008 Hardback Haus Publishing Limited

Includes poems which are a true traveller's observations of people, places, moods and reflections as they strike the poet. This collection takes the reader on an adventure through Britain and Ireland, and on out across the wider world.

Pacific Passages

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hans-Christof Wachter

£12.99 15 Jul 2008 Hardback Haus Publishing Limited

Offers an insight into the South Sea Islands; places where even after centuries the history of European explorers and pirate legends the ancient traditions and myths of the islanders merge into a seemingly Arcadian dream setting.

Grownup Gap Year Diaries

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Laura Bloom

£9.99 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Crimson Publishing

This book follows the journey of its author on her own adult gap year and accounts her highs and lows on this unique adventure. The diary gives practical advice on where to go as well as money-saving tips for the growing number of adults who are choosing to go on their own gap year adventure.

Budapest

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

City of Music

By Nicholas Clapton

£12.99 15 Jul 2008 Hardback Haus Publishing Limited

Discovers that certain old-fashioned attitudes of courtesy and overall decency, themselves partly stemming from the extraordinary structures of the Magyar tongue, are deeply engrained in Hungarian society.

This Gaming Life

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Travels in Three Cities

By Jim Rossignol

£17.50 15 Jul 2008 Hardback The University of Michigan Press

Part personal history, part travel narrative, part philosophical reflection on the meaning of games, this book describes the author's encounters with gamers in three gaming cities: London, Seoul, and Reyjkavik. It introduces us to an emerging and doubted world of gaming lives.

The Geography of Bliss

14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Eric Weiner

£7.99 14 Jul 2008 Paperback Transworld Publishers Ltd

What makes a nation happy? Is one country's sense of happiness the same as another's? This travel book evaluates each country's different sense of happiness. It shows how the author in his quest to find the world's happiest places, eats rotten Icelandic shark, meditates in Bangalore, and drinks himself into a stupor in Reykjavik.

Mi Moto Fidel

12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba

By Christopher P. Baker

£8.99 12 Jul 2008 Paperback National Geographic Books

Astride his BMW motorcycle, Christopher Baker wanders the highways and byways of Cuba, the first such adventure by a foreigner in the more than 40 years of Fidel Castro's revolution. The moto allows a close-up look at the island and opens the door to a great many intimate encounters with the chrome-obsessed Cubans.

Quebec

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Growth of the City

By Madelaine Mautord

£9.95 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Compendium Publishing

Quebec is the "Growth Of The City Series" sole Canadian province whose population is mainly French-speaking and where French is the only official language on the provincial level. Using contemporary maps, paintings, etchings, woodcuts, and photographs, this title provides a visual appreciation of the city's growth.

Latin America

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Panoramic Vision

£25.00 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Compendium Publishing

A pictorial guide to the landscape of Latin America. It defines its subject as South and Central America - from Mexico to the Chilean tip of Tierra del Fuego.

Cotswold Villages

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Stephen Dorey, John Mannion

£4.99 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Myriad Books

Presented by a landscape photographer, this title takes a tour of the charming villages of the Cotswolds. It contains more than 250 photographs.

Discover the Peak District

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Simon Kirwan

£2.99 10 Jul 2008 Paperback Myriad Books

Packed with colour photographs, this guide takes you on a journey through Britain.

Beautiful Cotswolds

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Stephen Dorey, John Mannion

£6.99 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Myriad Books

Captures the spectacular scenery of the Cotswolds in more than 180 photographs.

Beautiful Peak District

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Simon Kirwan

£6.99 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Myriad Books

Features more than 180 images that reveal the Peak District in all its splendour.

Wales from Above

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Simon Kirwan, Hilary Ellis

£2.99 10 Jul 2008 Paperback Myriad Books

With a series of images, this title takes an aerial tour of the mountains, valleys, city and coastline which make up the spectacular scenery of Wales. It features photographs that reveal the attractions of Wales' countryside, coastline, historic market towns and pretty villages.

Yorkshire Coast and Moors Panoramas

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Potter

£4.99 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Myriad Books

Contains photographs that show the beauty of the Yorkshire coast and North York Moors. This collection of more than 50 images reveal the many facets of this much-loved region of Britain.

Giant Landscapes Beautiful Yorkshire

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Potter

£2.99 10 Jul 2008 Paperback Myriad Books

A guide that contains more than 80 photographs of the best-loved places in Yorkshire.

Beautiful Yorkshire

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Potter

£6.99 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Myriad Books

Contains more than 180 images that reveal Yorkshire's highlights in all their splendor.

Britain from Above

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Hay, Graham Pritchard

£2.99 10 Jul 2008 Paperback Myriad Books

A collection of photographs that shows Britain's breathtaking landscape from the air. It features images that showcase Britain's glorious scenery - from the historic buildings at the heart of London to ancient monuments such as Stonehenge and the beautiful regions of the Lake District, Snowdonia and the Scottish Highlands.

Britain from the Air

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Hay, Graham Pritchard

£6.99 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Myriad Books

Features aerial photographs that show Britain's monuments, countryside and cities.

Giant Landscapes East Anglia Villages

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Potter

£2.99 10 Jul 2008 Paperback Myriad Books

Features more than 80 photographs of East Anglia's villages.

East Anglia Villages

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Potter

£4.99 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Myriad Books

Offers a tour of the villages of East Anglia. This work features more than 200 colour photographs.

Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Cultural Journey Through the Mediterranean from Venice to Istanbul

By Francesco Da Mosto

£25.00 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Ebury Press

A journey through Francesco taking a look at ruins such as the Acropolis in Athens and the Roman city of Ephesus in Turkey; sacred sites like the monasteries of Mount Athos and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul; and Dubrovnik (destroyed and rebuilt in the last decade).

Lost Oasis

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Adventures in and Out of the Egyptian Desert

By Robert Twigger

£7.99 10 Jul 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

Bestselling author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS, BIG SNAKE and VOYAGEUR enters into the desert in search of a lost oasis

Off the Beaten Track

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Traveller's Anthology

By Laura Stoddart

£7.99 10 Jul 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

From the author of UP THE GARDEN PATH, a little book of quotes about travel and exploration from a much-loved illustrator.

The Forbidden City

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Great within

By Caroline Courtauld, May Holdsworth

£20.00 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd

The Shark God

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific

By Charles Montgomery

£9.00 10 Jul 2008 Paperback The University of Chicago Press

Journals

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Captain Scott's Last Expedition

By Robert Falcon. Scott

£8.99 10 Jul 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

Captain Scott's own account of his tragic race with Roald Amundsen for the South Pole thrilled the world in 1913. This new edition of his Journals publishes for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text before publication.

Luxembourg

09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Helga Neubauer

£34.99 09 Jul 2008 Hardback New Zealand Visitor Publications Ltd

Presents 360 panoramic photographs. This book features these images that can be unfolded to a width of over one metre.

Patagonia

08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Cultural History

By Chris Moss

£12.00 08 Jul 2008 Paperback Signal Books Ltd

Portrait of the Sussex Coast

08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Iain McGowan

£14.99 08 Jul 2008 Hardback Halsgrove

China in the Mirror

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Roland Michaud, Sabrina Michaud

£29.95 07 Jul 2008 Hardback Editions Flammarion

Street without a Name

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria

By Kapka Kassabova

£15.99 07 Jul 2008 Hardback Portobello Books Ltd

From the Mull to the Cape

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Gentle Bike Ride on the Edge of Wilderness

By Richard Guise

£7.99 07 Jul 2008 Paperback Summersdale Publishers

Like many middle-aged baby-boomers, Richard Guise yearned to take on a physical challenge before he reached the age where walking across the kitchen would fall into that category. This is the tale of his 600-mile, 16-day bike ride through the Highlands of Scotland, from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to Cape Wrath in the north.

Lost in the Jungle

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Harrowing True Story of Survival

By Yossi Ghinsberg

£7.99 07 Jul 2008 Paperback Summersdale Publishers

Four backpackers meet in Bolivia and set off into the rainforest on a dream expedition, lured by the promise of uncharted villages and forgotten tribes hidden in places tourists only dream of seeing. But what begins as the adventure of a lifetime quickly becomes a struggle for survival when they get lost in the wilds of the Amazonian jungle.

Narrowboat Dreams

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Journey North by England's Waterways

By Steve Haywood

£7.99 07 Jul 2008 Paperback Summersdale Publishers

Recounts the history of the waterways and stories of the author's encounters with characters along the way, and attempts to define the magic that makes England's waterways so appealing.

A Vineyard in Tuscany

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Shooting for the Moon

By Ferenc Mate

£15.99 07 Jul 2008 Hardback Albatross Publishing,Canada

In this intimate and uproarious story, two daring New Yorkers convert an ancient, abandoned farm into a world-renowned winery.

Discovery of France

04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Graham Robb

£9.99 04 Jul 2008 Paperback Pan Macmillan

A literary exploration of a country few will recognize; from maps and migration to magic, language and landscape,

Clive Sinclair's True Tales of the Wild West

04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Clive Sinclair

£9.99 04 Jul 2008 Hardback Pan Macmillan

Clive Sinclair has been driven to invent a new genre. He calls it Dodgy Realism, a melange of fact, fantasy, and fiction. Call it what you will, this book is both an erudite investigation of, and a glorious romp through, the heartland of America.

Curse of the Al Dulaimi Hotel

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

and Other Half-truths from Baghdad

£7.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Monday Books

Friends Like These

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Danny Wallace

£13.99 03 Jul 2008 Audio Cd Arrow Books Ltd

Danny Wallace is about to turn thirty. Recently married and living in a smart new area of town, he's swapped pints down the pub for lattes and brunch. For the first time in his life, he's feeling, well ...grown-up. But something's missing. Something he can't quite put his finger on. Until he finds an old address book, containing just twelve names.

These are the Days That Must Happen to You

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Dan Walsh

£18.99 03 Jul 2008 Hardback Arrow Books Ltd

The world through the eyes of Dan Walsh is never less than Technicolor, and always uninhibited. Dan has travelled the length and breadth of the world on his BMW F650 GS Dakar. Along the way, he's visited Buenos Aires, where 'revolutionary' means the angry poor invading the presidential palace, not a really small phone that's also a camera.

Divine Magnetic Lands

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Journey in America

By Timothy E. O'Grady

£18.99 03 Jul 2008 Hardback Vintage

The author went out onto the American road, travelling over fifteen thousand miles through thirty-five states. He met academics, the homeless, war veterans, political activists, New Orleans rappers, billionaires, novelists and a Ku Klux Klansman. This book presents a picture of America as it evolved.

Tribe

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Adventures in a Changing World

By Bruce Parry

£7.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Penguin Books Ltd

Over several years, the author spent a month living with fifteen different tribes. This book features the result which is an insight into various cultures that are vibrant, hospitable and full of spirit. It also discusses such questions as: is change good? And, should we protect tribes people?

Friends Like These

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Danny Wallace

£11.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Ebury Press

Danny Wallace finds an old address book containing just twelve names. His best mates as a kid. Where are they now? Who are they now? And how are they coping with being grown-up too? And so begins a journey from A-Z, tracking down and meeting his old gang. But how will they respond to a man they haven't seen in twenty years?

An Indian Odyssey

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Martin Buckley

£12.99 03 Jul 2008 Hardback Vintage

Retraces the route of Rama from his birthplace in north India to the climax of his confrontation with Evil, in Sri Lanka. The author finds that the epic is as much a key to understanding India as it was many years ago. It is the story of an adventurous and sometimes perilous passage through India by motorbike, microlight, bus and train.

The Iambics of Newfoundland

02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Notes from an Unknown Shore

By Robert Finch

£9.99 02 Jul 2008 Paperback Counterpoint,U.S.

For nearly a decade, Robert Finch traveled around the "edge of North America" -- the stunning yet seriously inhospitable island of Newfoundland. Here, he chronicles the people, geography, and wildlife of this remote and lovely place. In beautifully written essays, sketches, and stories, Finch roams from verdant valleys to the rocky cliffs of Cape Spear, from Sandy Cove to Squid Tickle, from the steep streets of historic St. John's to the moss-covered tundra of the southern coast. As he describes the land, he brings to life the island's diverse array of characters -- newcomers and old-timers, fisherman, hunters, hitchhikers, and children. Most of all, "The Iambics of Newfoundland" shows readers the island itself -- an ancient place tucked between provinces, languages, and cultures -- struggling to find a footing in the modern world.

Autumn

02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A New England Journey

By Candace Mate

£19.99 02 Jul 2008 Paperback Albatross Publishing,Canada

Swahili for the Broken Hearted: Cape Town to Cairo by Any Means Necessary

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Moore, Peter

£8.21 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Centro Books

While for many, a galloon of ice cream or a new convertible might be enough to ease the pain of a nasty break-up, this outgoing Aussie author needs a twelve-country, six-month journey snaking through Africa on a ridiculously small budget. And with all the twists and turns on this trip, Peter doesn't even have the time or the peace of mind to mourn love lost. From traveling through Lesotho's Kingdom Where Cattle are Allowed to Wander Freely into the Path of Oncoming Vehicles to escaping an angry mob by hiding in a Southern Ethiopian coffin shop, Peter once again finds himself in a land demanding his full attention, an amazing eye for detail, and an inexhaustible sense of humor.

The Wrong Way Home: London to Sydney the Hard Way

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Moore, Peter

£8.21 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Centro Books

As an outgoing, upbeat guy who travels over some very serious ground, Peter finds the human aspect in every city: either sneaking through the Bosnian war zone with newfound friends Slaven, Koca and Damir; playing house-guest to a beautiful Iranian woman named Fatty and her brother, Ali; crossing from Pakistan into Afghanistan in the mujahideen's car with fellow-travelers Keith and Hiro; or throwing back beers with two good-time English girls, Jil and Emma.

Thrilling Cities

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Fleming

£15.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Ian Fleming Publications Limited

Riddoch on the Outer Hebrides

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lesley Riddoch

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Luath Press Ltd

Features a commentary based on the author's cycle journey through a an island chain facing seismic cultural and economic change.

The Spey

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From Source to Sea

By Donald Barr, Brian Barr

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Luath Press Ltd

A rich source of salmon and key site of whisky distilleries the Spey is an important river whose story illustrates social and industrial history of Scotland. Part travelogue, part guidebook, this book follows the river from its source in the high Monadhliath Mountains to Spey Bay on the Moray Firth.

Tasting Italy

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Culinary Journey

By Alice Vollenweider

£7.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Haus Publishing Limited

Includes prospects and insights into the Italian way of life, which evolves around cooking and eating. This travelogue, cookbook and literary guide introduces the main regions of Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia by their cuisine and features many recipes and information on where to eat and drink.

Hidden Bhutan

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Entering the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon

By Martin Uitz

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Haus Publishing Limited

It was only in the middle of the 1960s that the first road between India and Bhutan was opened. And only since 1974 have a small number of tourists been permitted to visit the kingdom every year. The daily life of the Bhutanese is dominated by Buddhism and the worship of their former King Druk Gyalpo.

Patagonia

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Cultural History

By Chris Moss

£12.00 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Signal Books Ltd

DON'T RUN, Whatever You Do

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

My Adventures as a Safari Guide

By Peter Allison

£9.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd

Peter Allison works as a safari guide in the Okavango Delta. In this oasis of wetland in the middle of the Kalahari desert, he caters to the whims of his wealthy clients. This work is filled with true tales of the people and animals he has encountered. It also includes essential wisdom like "Don't run,whatever you do".

The Wild Places

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Macfarlane

£8.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Granta Books

Explores our ideas of the wild. This book also tells the story of a friendship, and of a loss. It mixes history, memory and landscape in a strange and beautiful evocation of wildness and its vital importance.

Tao

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Aya Goda

£8.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Portobello Books Ltd

A Gleaming Landscape

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Hundred Years of the "Guardian's" Country Diary

By Martin Wainwright

£8.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Aurum Press Ltd

Covers subjects including: neighbours woken at midnight to be shown a glow-worm; a beached shark to be saved from the council binmen; a peregrine flushed during the Normandy landings; the prevalence of owls in First World War trenches full of vermin, and an earnest preoccupation with stoats.

Our Own Piece of Paris

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ellie Nielsen

£7.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Atlantic Books

Paris has seduced many, but for Ellie Nielsen it's true love. So deep is her infatuation that, if she can't have it all to herself she simply has to buy her own little piece of it. The object of her desire seems so simple: the sort of apartment she's seen a thousand times in magazines and books.

Portrait of the Eden Valley

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Graham Uney

£14.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Halsgrove

A Small Place in Italy

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Newby, Eric

£8.24 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Lonely Planet Publications

In 1967 Eric and Wanda Newby fulfilled a long-cherished dream when they bought a run-down farmhouse in northern Tuscany. With his characteristic wry humor and sharp eye for the quirks of human nature, he paints an unforgettable picture of rural Italy and its people.

A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Newby, Eric

£8.24 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Lonely Planet Publications

A frank and funny account of an ill-prepared Himalayan expedition from one of the world's best-loved travel writers. Ranked 16th in the National Geographic Adventure magazine ranking for the Top 100 advendure books of all time.

Love & War in the Apennines

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£8.24 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Lonely Planet Publications

Eric Newby escapes through a hospital window to become a POW on the run in Italy in 1943. With the Nazis moving in from the north and no certain way back to England, his situation appears grim. But with the help of local farmers and villagers, who risk their lives to shelter him, he survives.

The Last Grain Race

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Newby, Eric

£8.24 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Lonely Planet Publications

The Last Grain Race is Eric Newby's spell-binding account of this time spent on the Moshulu's last voyage in the Australian grain trade. A classic tale from one of the world's best-loved travel writers.

America Eats!: On the Road with the WPA - The Fish Fries, Box Supper Socials, and Chitlin Feasts That Define Real American Food

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Willard, Pat

£14.28 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Willard takes readers on a journey into the regional nooks and crannies of American cuisine where WPA writers--including Eudora Welty, Saul Bellow, Ralph Ellison, Nelson Algren, and others--were dispatched in 1935 to document the roots of this diverse culinary cuisine.

Marrying Anita: A Quest for Love in the New India

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jain, Anita

£13.73 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How H

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Troost, J. Maarten

£16.46 01 Jul 2008 Non-Book Item Blackstone Audiobooks

The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid

Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How H

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Troost, J. Maarten

£10.96 01 Jul 2008 Compact Disk Blackstone Audiobooks

The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid

Marching Through Georgia

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ellis, Jerry

£21.57 01 Jul 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Audio

Marching Through Georgia

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ellis, Jerry

£13.71 01 Jul 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Corporation

Long Way Down: An Epic Journey by Motorcycle from Scotland to South Africa

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By McGregor, Ewan Boorman, Charley

£14.81 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Atria Books

This unique travelogue offers the breathtaking account of the authors' three-month motorcycle journey across two continents, that took them from the northernmost tip of Scotland, across Europe, and down through Africa ending in Cape Town.

Walking to Extremes

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By McCord, Howard

£8.24 01 Jul 2008 Paperback McPherson

China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gifford, Rob

£9.34 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Random House Trade

An acclaimed National Public Radio reporter takes a dramatic journey along China's Route 312 from its start in the boomtown of Shanghai to its end on the border with Kazakhstan. Along the way, he poses crucial questions regarding China's future as a super power.

The Ridiculous Race

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hely, Steve Chandrasekaran, Vali

£8.24 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Holt Rinehart and Winston

In this hilarious and ridiculous travelogue, two comedy writers race each other around the world--for bragging rights and a very expensive bottle of Scotch--with only one rule: no airplanes.

My Mercedes Is Not for Sale: From Amsterdam to Ouagadougou...an Auto-Misadventure Across the Sahara

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Van Bergeijk, Jeroen

£7.12 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Broadway Books

With the wit and insight of J. Maarten Troost's "Sex Lives of Cannibals" and Tony Horwitz's "Baghdad Without a Map," this is a rollicking tale of an innocent abroad that also vividly portrays the impact of globalization on Africa through its thriving car culture.

Cape Cod and the Islands from Above

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Spencer Kennard, Richard Kelsey

£32.50 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Schiffer Publishing Ltd

Greetings from the Washington Coast

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Postcard Tour from Columbia River to the San Juan Islands

By Cherie Christensen

£27.50 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Schiffer Publishing Ltd

London's Docklands

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Geoff Marshall

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

Presenting ten different tours, this book aims to show us the best and most interesting sights to see within London's Docklands. It also provides coverage of the history and shows what made London great and where to find it.

House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Tracking a Vanished Civilisation Across the South West

By Childs, Craig

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Back Bay Books

A feat of historical detection?the most significant, and certainly the most enthralling, book on American prehistory to appear in decades.

Shadow of the Silk Road

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Thubron, Colin

£8.76 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Harper Perennial

In his latest absorbing travel epic, the author of "In Siberia" and "Mirror to Damascus" follows the course--or at least the general drift--of the ancient network of trade routes that connected central China with the Mediterranean Coast.

The Healing Land

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Kalahari Journey

By Rupert Isaacson

£9.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

A brilliantly written exploration -- part travel writing, part personal quest -- of Africa's oldest and most famous population

Walking the Backroads

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Journey from Donegal to Clonmacnoise

By Michael McMonagle

£8.99 30 Jun 2008 Paperback Appletree Press Ltd

From Bantry Bay to Leitrim

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter Somerville-Large

£6.99 30 Jun 2008 Paperback Appletree Press Ltd

Around the Weird In 80 Days

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Rich Smith

£9.99 30 Jun 2008 Paperback Transworld Publishers Ltd

When you've broken 25 of the USA's most absurd laws, what do you do next? If you're Rich Smith, you return to the scene of the crime, and then: attend the National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa, which includes such treats as the Hobo bake sale, a giant parade, a pie and ice-cream social and the 'cheerleader omelette breakfast'.

Turkish Coast

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Rupert Scott

£12.99 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Eland Publishing Ltd

The Turkish Coast from Izmir to Antalya is an area of natural drama, rich in the ruins of antiquity. This book offers accounts ranging from the archaeological discovery, or the route march of Alexander's army, to the pleasures of the hammam and Turkish cooking.

On Paris

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ernest Hemingway

£6.99 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Hesperus Press Ltd

Written for the Toronto Star between 1920 and 1924, this selection of pieces focusses on Paris. This work tackles such topics as 'Living on $1,000 a year in Paris', 'American bohemians in Paris' and 'Parisian boorishness'.

The Cinque Ports of Kent and Sussex

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Andy Stansfield

£14.99 27 Jun 2008 Hardback Halsgrove

Honeymoon Travels

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Roger Hudson

£12.99 27 Jun 2008 Hardback Eland Publishing Ltd

Local Girl Makes History

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Exploring Northern California's Kitsch Monuments

By Dana Frank

£12.99 26 Jun 2008 Paperback City Lights Books

A historians nostalgic trip to a series of local day trip sites takes an unexpected turn as she explores the mysterious draw of these places. Writing in a personal, humorous, and engaging style, Dana Frank brings the reader along on her process of discovery. Each essay is accompanied by a map and illustrated with photos, news clippings, and memorabilia.

Meeting the Medicine Men

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Englishman's Travels Among the Navajo

By Charles Langley

£9.99 26 Jun 2008 Paperback Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd

A chance meeting with a young Navajo Indian propels an English traveller out of his middle-class life and into the world of North American Indian Medicine Men, a world where people genuinely believe that witchcraft can bring ruin, even death, and only Medicine Men have the knowledge to lift curses and restore the sick to health.

Batting on the Bosphorus

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Skoda-powered Cricket Tour Through Eastern Europe

By Angus Bell

£8.99 26 Jun 2008 Paperback Canongate Books Ltd

Following a chance encounter with a psychic, Angus Bell sets off on an 8,000-mile Skoda-powered road trip across Eastern Europe in search of a cricket match.

The Warm Arctic

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Norman Price

£17.99 26 Jun 2008 Hardback Book Guild Ltd

Sundays with Vlad

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Bibeau

£7.99 26 Jun 2008 Paperback Constable and Robinson

From movies to novels to the cereal box, Dracula has become quite the cult figure over the centuries, though locals barely bat an eyelid at the surprising breadth of the subculture devoted to him.

New Europe

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Palin

£7.99 26 Jun 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

No. 1 bestseller and superstar doing what he does best, introducing millions of avid readers to little-known peoples and places.

The High Places

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Leaves from a Lakeland Notebook

By Harry Griffin

£12.99 26 Jun 2008 Hardback Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd

An illustrated celebration of the mountains and fells of Lakeland and their history, The High Places selects highlights from 'Leaves from a Lakeland Notebook', long-time Guardian country diarist Harry Griffin's other weekly feature for the Lancashire Evening News.

A Year in the Life of the Isle of Skye

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£14.99 26 Jun 2008 Hardback Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd

Bill Birkett portrays each aspect of the Isle of Skye throughout the seasons, from its awakening in spring to the icy grip of winter.

La Bella Figura

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Beppe Severgnini

£8.99 26 Jun 2008 Paperback Hodder & Stoughton General Division

WATCHING THE ENGLISH for the Italians... an affectionate, witty guide to Italians at their most enchanting and infuriating

Rose En Marche

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Running a Market Stall in Provence

By Jamie Ivey

£12.99 26 Jun 2008 Hardback Orion Publishing Co

The third volume in an enchanting series of rose-tinted travel memoirs.

Mountain

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Exploring Britain's High Places

By Griff Rhys Jones

£8.99 26 Jun 2008 Paperback Penguin Books Ltd

Griff Rhys Jones was a mountain virgin. So when it was suggested that he might like to go up a few of Britain's peaks, he rightly asked: isn't there someone better qualified? Apparently not. So Griff was duly dispatched across the rooftops of England, Scotland and Wales to explore some of the roughest, most arduous terrain.

A Voyage Round the World in Paintings

25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Julie Askew

£24.99 25 Jun 2008 Hardback New Holland Publishers Ltd

Features over 200 of Julie Askew's works, showing how she has used her extensive travels and her love of the natural world as her inspiration.