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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 33 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Desi Pubs: A Guide to British-Indian Pubs, Food and Culture by David Jesudason
    Desi Pubs: A Guide to British-Indian Pubs, Food and Culture - by David Jesudason

    £14.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781852493851 | ISBN 10: 1852493852

    In this new book, the first of its kind, award-winning British-Asian journalist and beer writer David Jesudason travels the length and breadth of the country, visiting over 200 'desi pubs' run by British-Indian landlords who have stamped their unique ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People by Stuart Maconie
    The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People - by Stuart Maconie

    £20.00   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780008498269 | ISBN 10: 0008498261

    A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 Bestseller What kind of country is England today? What does it mean to be English? Are we hungry for change or seeking old certainties?   Join Stuart Maconie on an enlightening, entertaining jour ... more

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  • Cover image of book Landlines by Raynor Winn
    Landlines - by Raynor Winn

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781405947787 | ISBN 10: 1405947780

    The remarkable story of a thousand-mile journey across Britain from the million-copy bestselling author of The Salt Path.  Some people live to walk. Raynor and Moth walk to live...  Raynor Winn knows that her husband Moth's health is declinin ... more

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  • Cover image of book Britain
    Britain's Best Bike Ride: The Ultimate Thousand-Mile Cycling Adventure from Land's End.... - by John Walsh and Hannah Reynolds

    £20.00   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781839811135 | ISBN 10: 1839811137

    Britain’s Best Bike Ride by John Walsh and Hannah Reynolds is a beautifully illustrated and inspirational guide to the ultimate thousand-mile cycling adventure from Land’s End to John o’ Groats.  There are many ways to cycle between Land’ ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive
    Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain - by Robin Ince

    £16.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781838957698 | ISBN 10: 1838957693

    ‘A unique, funny picture of Britain... A love letter to bookshops and the vagaries of public transport.’ Richard Osman  Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince’s stadium tour with Professor Brian Co ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Walk from the Wild Edge by Jake Tyler
    A Walk from the Wild Edge - by Jake Tyler

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780241401170 | ISBN 10: 0241401178

    The remarkable true story of one man's escape from the depths of depression through his 3,000 mile walk across the country.  AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST  After coming terrifyingly close to suicide, Jake Tyler was determined to take back ... more

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  • Cover image of book Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew Green
    Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain - by Matthew Green

    £20.00   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780571338023 | ISBN 10: 057133802x

    The untold story of the hidden places across Britain that have slipped through the fingers of history.  Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff.  This is the forgotten history of Britain’s lost cities, ghos ... more

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  • Cover image of book Treasured Islands: The explorer
    Treasured Islands: The explorer's guide to over 200 of the most beautiful and intriguing islands... - by Peter Naldrett

    £18.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781844865925 | ISBN 10: 1844865924

    Islands represent adventure, mystery, wilderness and escapism. Surrounded by water, they're somewhere to run away to, to be marooned on, to find a paradise... The British Isles includes some 194 inhabited islands (out of a total of over 6,000), ra ... more

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  • Cover image of book The England Coast Path: 1,000 Mini Adventures Around the World
    The England Coast Path: 1,000 Mini Adventures Around the World's Longest Coastal Path - by Stephen Neale

    £18.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781844865796 | ISBN 10: 1844865797

    The opening of the England Coast Path means that anyone will be able to walk and wild camp along the entire 3,000-mile length of the English coast. As well as being a remarkable national achievement in itself, this new national trail is a hugely exci ... more

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  • Cover image of book Revolutionary Dublin, 1912-1923: A Walking Guide by John Gibney with Donal Fallon
    Revolutionary Dublin, 1912-1923: A Walking Guide - by John Gibney with Donal Fallon

    £12.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781848893399 | ISBN 10: 1848893396

    Step back in time with this accessible walking guide to the revolutionary history of Dublin. John Gibney and Donal Fallon have spent years leading historical walking tours through the city, and now guide readers at their own pace through this radical ... more

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  • Cover image of book Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past by John Higgs
    Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past - by John Higgs

    £9.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781474603485 | ISBN 10: 1474603483

    A journey along one of Britain's oldest roads, from Dover to Anglesey, in search of the hidden history that makes us who we are today.   Long ago a path was created by the passage of feet tramping through endless forests. Gradually that path becam ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wild Guide Wales by Daniel Start and Tania Pascoe
    Wild Guide Wales - by Daniel Start and Tania Pascoe

    £16.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781910636145 | ISBN 10: 1910636142

    A new compendium of adventures, from the best-selling and award-winning Wild Guide series, now released for Wales and the Marches (Herefordshire and Shropshire).   Guiding you to over 1000 secret places and wild adventures, including slow foo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wild Cycling: A Pocket Guide to 50 Great Rides Off the Beaten Track in Britain by Chris Sidwells
    Wild Cycling: A Pocket Guide to 50 Great Rides Off the Beaten Track in Britain - by Chris Sidwells

    £12.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781472139795 | ISBN 10: 1472139798

    An illustrated guide to 50 great, original rides off the beaten track in Britain, carefully chosen by Chris Sidwells.   Here is plenty of inspiration for anyone who loves to ride off road and get out into the wild and stunning scenery of the B ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Land of the Green Man: A Journey Through the Supernatural Landscapes of the British Isles by Carolyne Larrington
    The Land of the Green Man: A Journey Through the Supernatural Landscapes of the British Isles - by Carolyne Larrington

    £10.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781784538484 | ISBN 10: 1784538485

    Beyond its housing estates and identikit high streets there is another Britain. This is the Britain of mist-drenched forests and unpredictable sea-frets: of wraith-like fog banks, druidic mistletoe and peculiar creatures that lurk, half-unseen, in th ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ways to See Great Britain: Curious Places and Surprising Perspectives by Alice Stevenson
    Ways to See Great Britain: Curious Places and Surprising Perspectives - by Alice Stevenson

    £12.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781910463482 | ISBN 10: 1910463485

    An inspiring visual adventure.  Driven by curiosity, restlessness and a desire to better understand her own country, artist Alice Stevenson spent two years exploring and drawing Great Britain.  With an eye for the odd and an antenna f ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rain: Four Walks in English Weather by Melissa Harrison
    Rain: Four Walks in English Weather - by Melissa Harrison

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780571328949 | ISBN 10: 0571328946

    An evocative meditation on the English landscape in wet weather by the acclaimed novelist and nature writer, Melissa Harrison.  Whenever rain falls, our countryside changes. Fields, farms, hills and hedgerows appear altered, the wildlife behaves ... more

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  • Cover image of book Island Story by J.D. Taylor
    Island Story - by J.D. Taylor

    £8.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781910924204 | ISBN 10: 1910924202

    What is life like on this island? With a tent and a rusty bike, J.D. Taylor set off to find out.   No other subject has spilt so much ink as Britain today. But whilst assuming a monopoly on national identity, a London-based elite has proven a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Neither Nowt nor Summat: In Search of the Meaning of Yorkshire by Ian McMillan
    Neither Nowt nor Summat: In Search of the Meaning of Yorkshire - by Ian McMillan

    £8.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780091959968 | ISBN 10: 0091959969

    I’m going to define the essence of this sprawling place as best I can. I’m going to start here, in this village, and radiate out like a ripple in a pond. I don’t want to go to the obvious places, either; I want to be like a bus driver on my first mor ... more

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  • Cover image of book Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane
    Landmarks - by Robert Macfarlane

    £9.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780241967874 | ISBN 10: 0241967872

    Landmarks is Robert Macfarlane's joyous meditation on words, landscape and the relationship between the two.   Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape ... more

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  • Cover image of book Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
    Notes from a Small Island - by Bill Bryson

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784161194 | ISBN 10: 1784161195

    After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a while, to let his kids experience life in another country, to give his wife the chance to shop until 10p.m seven nights a week, and, most of all, beca ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place by Philip Marsden
    Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place - by Philip Marsden

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781847086303 | ISBN 10: 1847086306

    When Philip Marsden moved to a remote, creekside farmhouse in Cornwall, the intensity of his response took him aback. It led him to wonder why we react so strongly to certain places and set him off on a journey on foot westwards to Land's End through ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ultraviolet: A Glastonbury Tale by Blueblagger
    Ultraviolet: A Glastonbury Tale - by Blueblagger

    £11.95   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780956815569 | ISBN 10: 0956815561

    Welcome to Glastonbury – a relaxed Somerset town known for its ancient legends. From King Arthur to the Tor, it is part of a Wessex landscape rich in stone circles and stoned wanderers, and in more recent years its name has become synonymous with a f ... more

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  • Cover image of book Eat, Sleep, Cycle: A Bike Ride Around the Coast of Britain by Anna Hughes
    Eat, Sleep, Cycle: A Bike Ride Around the Coast of Britain - by Anna Hughes

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781849536875 | ISBN 10: 1849536872

    For Anna, a cycling enthusiast, the decision to ride 4,000 miles solo around the coast of the UK wasn’t that hard. But after epic highs, incredible lows, unforgettable scenery and unpronounceable place names, her simple idea turns into a compelling j ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wild Nights: Camping Britains Extremes by Phoebe Smith
    Wild Nights: Camping Britains Extremes - by Phoebe Smith

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781849536998 | ISBN 10: 1849536996

    It’s not until we push ourselves past our perceived limits, till we feel so cold and so tired that we feel we can’t go on any further, that we discover what we are truly capable of...   Britain’s most famous wild camper and best-selling author ... more

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  • Cover image of book Uncommon Ground: A Word-Lover
    Uncommon Ground: A Word-Lover's Guide to the British Landscape - by Dominick Tyler

    £16.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783350483 | ISBN 10: 1783350482

    This book offers an enchanting visual glossary of the British landscape: photographs and stories which take the reader from the waterlogged fens to the white sands of the Western Isles. 'Out...over the hill and then down the dip and through some lump ... more

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  • Cover image of book Walking Home: Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way by Simon Armitage
    Walking Home: Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way - by Simon Armitage

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780571249893 | ISBN 10: 0571249892

    In Summer 2010 Simon Armitage decided to walk the Pennine Way. The challenging 256-mile route is usually approached from south to north, from Edale in the Peak District to Kirk Yetholm, the other side of the Scottish border. He resolved to tackle it ... more

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  • Cover image of book On the Slow Train: Twelve Great British Railway Journeys by Michael Williams
    On the Slow Train: Twelve Great British Railway Journeys - by Michael Williams

    £9.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781848092082 | ISBN 10: 1848092083

    This beautifully-packaged book will take the reader on the slow train to another era when travel meant more than hurrying from one place to the next, the journey meaning nothing but time lost in crowded carriages, condemned by broken timetables. On t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tickling the English by Dara O Briain
    Tickling the English - by Dara O Briain

    £7.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780141046662 | ISBN 10: 014104666x

    Nostalgia, identity, eccentricity, gin drinking and occasional violence... these are just some of the themes that stand-up comedian Dara O Briain explores in Tickling the English.   O Briain moved to England many years ago, but when he ... more

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  • Cover image of book Underground England: Travels Beneath Our Cities and Country by Stephen Smith
    Underground England: Travels Beneath Our Cities and Country - by Stephen Smith

    £15.00   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780349120386 | ISBN 10: 0349120382

    For Stephen Smith, author of Underground London, beneath the dales and downs of England’s green and pleasant land there exists another country, its equal in beauty and fascination.   On his underworld odyssey from Newcastle to Brighton, fro ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Single Swallow: Following the Migration from South Africa to South Wales by Horatio Clare
    A Single Swallow: Following the Migration from South Africa to South Wales - by Horatio Clare

    £9.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780099526315 | ISBN 10: 009952631x

    A magical, thrilling journey and a hugely seductive book which combines the best travel and nature writing.  From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers, through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild, to the Gulf of Guinea where ... more

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  • Cover image of book Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North by Stuart Maconie
    Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North - by Stuart Maconie

    £8.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780091910235 | ISBN 10: 0091910234

    'My name in Stuart Maconie, and I am from the north of England. Some time ago, I was standing in my kitchen, rustling up a Sunday brunch for some very hungover, very northern mates who were 'down' for the weekend. One of the was helping me out and, r ... more

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  • In Search of Albion: From Cornwall to Cumbria - A Ride Through England's Hidden Soul - by Colin Irwin

    £7.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780233001654 | ISBN 10: 0233001654

    Offering a warm, amusing and insightful commentary on modern England, Colin Irwin seeks out the traditional events, festivals and gigs that are becoming increasingly sidelined in our rapidly changing era of instant communication, multi-culturalism an ... more

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  • Cover image of book Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley
    Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages - by Mark Abley

    £8.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780099460220 | ISBN 10: 009946022x

    Mark Abley's journeys among the speakers of languages at the brink take him to aboriginal Australia, to American Indian reservations and to elderly Canadian speakers of Yiddish, as well as to places where the languages are fighting back: Wales, the F ... more

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