Allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways fro... (More)
Allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - and also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways fro... (More)
One of a three-part series of Lawrence Durrell's writings. In this volume he explores the island of Cyprus, evoking the sun-drenched landscapes, dazzling light and vivid ... (More)
Allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways fro... (More)
Wordsworth's 'Guide to the Lakes' gives a first-hand account of his feelings about the unique countryside that was the source of his inspiration. He addresses concerns th... (More)
Published between the end of the nineteenth century and the Second World War "Highways and Byways" took readers on a guided tour of the country, county by county. This vo... (More)
Exploring the country and its people during the final days of World War I, Wharton's classic account of her journey through Morocco describes the places she visited - suc... (More)
In 1865, Lord Dufferin, a young Anglo-Irish peer, commissioned the schooner "Foam" and sailed to the Arctic. The lively style and humour of his account of the voyage won ... (More)
Marco Polo's book was one of the best-loved works of the Middle Ages, and has remained popular ever since. This book explains the references in the book, and shows in det... (More)
Calabria. A dramatic peninsula of rugged mountains and windswept coastlines facing Sicily - 'the most beautiful kilometer in Italy' - wrote Gabriele d'Annunzio of its coa... (More)
