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Andalucia - A Literary Guide for Travellers by Andrew Edwards; Suzanna Edwards
Category: Travel Literature | Series: The\I. B. Tauris Literary Guides for Travellers Ser.
Andalucia is the quintessence of Spain and yet, historically and culturally, it is surprisingly unlike the rest of the country. Its literary history began to develop with the Romans and reached an early flowering when Arabic poets drew on centuries of literary tradition, together with the landscapes and ...Show more
At Home with the Patagonians by Musters, George Chaworth
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Travellers, Explorers and Pioneers Ser.
Inspired by Darwin's account of his experiences in Patagonia, George C Musters journey across the Patagonian steppes from the Rio Santa Cruz to the Rio Negro. This is his account of the lifestyle of the Teheulche tribes with whom he lived.
Berlin: A Literary Guide for Travellers by Paul Sullivan and Marcel Krueger
Category: Travel Literature | Series: Literary Guides for Travellers Ser.
"Berlin is a city forever in the process of becoming, never being, and so it lives more powerfully in the imagination." Rory Maclean, 'Berlin - Imagine a City'.Located at the epicentre of some of modern Europe's most significant and turbulent events, Berlin has long held a magnetic attraction for writer ...Show more
Iceland - A Literary Guide for Travellers by Marcel Krueger
Category: Travel | Series: Literary Guides for Travellers Ser.
Iceland is an island of multiple identities in constant flux, just like its unruly, volcanic ground. Shaped as much by storytelling as it is by tectonic activity, Iceland's literary heritage is one of Europe's richest - and most ancient.Iceland: A Literary Guide for Travellers takes the literary-minded ...Show more
London by Peter Ackroyd (Editor); Thomas Wright (Editor)
Category: Travel | Series: A\Traveller's Companion Ser.
Loved and hated in equal measure, London was for centuries the world's greatest city. Its streets, teeming with history, have always worn a variety of influences, reflecting the diverse crowds who have walked them. Its citizens have witnessed everything from pilgrimages, celebrations, acts of heroism an ...Show more
Mexico Pocket Guide by Thomas Cook Publishing Staff; Mona King
Category: Fiction | Series: Travellers Ser.
Expert advice on tracking down Mexico's best sights and experiences is provided by this guidebook along with information on its geography, culture and history. Accurate country, city and region mapping are included as well as sleeping, eating and entertainment listings.
Scotland A Literary Guide for Travellers by Garry MacKenzie
Category: Travel | Series: The\I. B. Tauris Literary Guides for Travellers Ser.
Voted a Best Travel Book of the Year by The Scotsman, 2016 With its vibrant cities and breathtaking landscapes, Scotland has captivated writers and visitors for centuries and inspired a diverse range of literature, from the religious poems carved on the rocks of its sacred monuments to the seedy urb ...Show more
Tangier: A Literary Guide for Travellers by Josh Shoemake
Category: Travel | Series: I. B. Tauris Literary Guides for Travellers Ser.
An edge city, poised at the northernmost tip of Africa, just nine miles across the Strait of Gibraltar from Europe and overlooking both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, Tangier is more than a destination, it is an escape. The Interzone, as William Burroughs called it, has attracted spies, outlaws, ou ...Show more
The French Riviera - A Literary Guide for Travellers by Ted Jones
Category: Travel | Series: Literary Guides for Travellers Ser.
This is a literary tour of the French Riviera. It covers the lives and work of all the writers who found inspiration there - from Graham Greene and W. Somerset Maugham, who spent much of their lives there, to those writers whose work it dominates, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Guy de Maupassant, to th ...Show more
Twentieth Century Paris - 1900-1950: a Literary Guide for Travellers by Marie-José Gransard
Category: Travel | Series: Literary Guides for Travellers Ser.
Paris is the crowning jewel of France, and this literary guide for travelers explores its 20th century history, from 1900-1950.Paris at the turn of the twentieth century had become the cultural capital of the world. Artists and writers came to contribute to flourishing avant-garde movements, as the Left ...Show more
Venice: A Literary Guide for Travellers by Marie-Jose Gransard
Category: Travel | Series: The\I. B. Tauris Literary Guides for Travellers Ser.
Based on the author's popular seminars and walking tours of Venice, this entertaining and comprehensive "guide for literary travelers" is a work of literature itself, chronicling the writers and artists who have worked in or travelled to Venice over the centuries. Organized around six themes, such as Lu ...Show more
Venice - A Literary Guide for Travellers by Marie-José Gransard
Category: History | Series: Literary Guides for Travellers Ser.
"Memory's images, once they are fixed in words, are erased," Marco Polo said. "Perhaps I am afraid of losing Venice all at once, if I speak of it, or perhaps, speaking of other cities, I have already lost it, little by little." -- Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities Venice, 'La Serenissima', is one of the m ...Show more
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