Running to Extremes

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Lisa Tamati gets asked one question more than any other: ‘Why do you do it?’ In Running to Extremes, she attempts to answer that question and many more about ultramarathon running.In the past few year …

The Sea and Civilization

RRP: £30.00

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARITIME MEDIA AWARDS 2014A monumental, wholly accessible work of scholarship that retells human history through the story of mankind’s relationship with the sea.An accomplishment …

Destination Cambodia

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From the rich tropical city of Phnom Penh, the wonders of Angkor Wat, and the oddly loveable country town of Kampot, to Sihanoukville, named after the movie-directing and womanising former king, Walte …

To the Edge of the World

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Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current suc …

The Life of the Automobile

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In this book Steven Parissien examines the impact, development and significance of the automobile over its turbulent and colourful 130-year history. He tells the story of the auto, and of its creators …

Seven Flowers

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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE GARDEN MEDIA AWARDS, INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR**The lotus, lily, sunflower, opium poppy, rose, tulip and orchid. Seven flowers: seven stories full of surprise and secrets. W …

Destination Saigon

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From the crazy heat and colour of Saigon to the quieter splendour of Hanoi, Walter Mason gives us a rare, joyous and at times hilarious insight into twenty-first century Vietnam. Seduced by the beauty …

Soffritto

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Every Italian cook has a soffritto – the ‘starter kit’ of olive oil, garlic and herbs from which a great dish is built. Lucio Galletto was in search of the soffritto of his life.He’d grown up between …

Holidays in Hell

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P.J. O’Rourke travels to hellholes around the globe in Holidays in Hell, looking for trouble, the truth, and a good time. After casually sight-seeing in war-torn Lebanon and being pepper-gassed in Kor …

The Traveller's Daybook

The Traveller’s Daybook invites you to cross ocean, desert, mountain and ice-cap in the company of the world’s greatest explorers, wanderers and writers… Fergus Fleming’s day-by-day anthology of tra …

Above the Law

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One of the astonishing revelations in Dead Man Running was the difficulty faced by the Australian police in tackling the burgeoning crime empire that outlaw motorcycle gangs were developing. The news …

Chinese Whispers

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In 1972, Jan Wong became one of only two Westerners admitted to Beijing University at the height of the Cultural Revolution. One day, a student, Yin Luoyi, sought Jan’s assistance in going to the Unit …

Following Fish

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Shortlisted for the André Simon Food and Drink book awardsIn a coastline as long and diverse as India’s, fish inhabit the heart of many worlds – food of course, but also culture, commerce, sport, hist …

Holidays in Heck

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Holidays in Heck takes the reader on a globe-trotting journey to far-reaching places including China, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and the Galapagos Islands. The collection begins after the Iraq War, when …

Holidays in Hell

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A re-issue of the original classic in which P.J. O’Rourke takes on the role of tour guide with hilarious resultsHolidays in Hell follows P. J. O’Rourke on a global fun-finding mission to the most desp …

To Sea and Back

RRP: £17.99

Combining natural history with beguiling autobiographical and historical narrative, To Sea and Backis a dazzling portrait of a fish whose story is closely intertwined with our own.’Indispensable and p …