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How the Heather Looks - a joyous journey to the British sources of children's books (Hardcover): Joan Bodger How the Heather Looks - a joyous journey to the British sources of children's books (Hardcover)
Joan Bodger; Illustrated by Mark Lang
R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Domestic Manners of the Americans (Hardcover): Fanny Trollope Domestic Manners of the Americans (Hardcover)
Fanny Trollope
R863 Discovery Miles 8 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Skybound - A Journey In Flight (Paperback): Rebecca Loncraine Skybound - A Journey In Flight (Paperback)
Rebecca Loncraine 1
R447 R411 Discovery Miles 4 110 Save R36 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'A soaring gift of a book' Owen Sheers 'Remarkable' Mark Vanhoenacker, author of Skyfaring 'Stunning . . . a love letter to nature' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love The day she flew in a glider for the first time, Rebecca Loncraine fell in love. Months of gruelling treatment for breast cancer meant she had lost touch with the world around her, but in that engineless plane, soaring 3,000 feet over the landscape of her childhood, with only the rising thermals to take her higher and the birds to lead the way, she felt ready to face life again. And so Rebecca flew, travelling from her home in the Black Mountains of Wales to New Zealand's Southern Alps and the Nepalese Himalayas as she chased her new-found passion: her need to soar with the birds, to push herself to the boundary of her own fear. Taking in the history of unpowered flight, and with extraordinary descriptions of flying in some of the world's most dangerous and dramatic locations, Skybound is a nature memoir with a unique perspective; it is about the land we know and the sky we know so little of, it is about memory and self-discovery. Rebecca became ill again just as she was finishing Skybound, and she died in September 2016. Though her death is tragic, it does not change what Skybound is: a book full of hope. Deeply moving, thrilling and euphoric, Skybound is for anyone who has ever looked up and longed to take flight. Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award 2018.

The Wild Silence - A Memoir (Paperback): Raynor Winn The Wild Silence - A Memoir (Paperback)
Raynor Winn
R486 R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Save R34 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Heartfelt and heartening ... a full-throated paean to the fundamental importance of nature in all its glory, fury and impermanence." -Wall Street Journal The incredible follow-up to the international bestseller The Salt Path, a story of finding your way back home. Nature holds the answers for Raynor and her husband Moth. After walking 630 homeless miles along The Salt Path, living on the windswept and wild English coastline; the cliffs, the sky and the chalky earth now feel like their home. Moth has a terminal diagnosis, but together on the wild coastal path, with their feet firmly rooted outdoors, they discover that anything is possible. Now, life beyond The Salt Path awaits and they come back to four walls, but the sense of home is illusive and returning to normality is proving difficult - until an incredible gesture by someone who reads their story changes everything. A chance to breathe life back into a beautiful farmhouse nestled deep in the Cornish hills; rewilding the land and returning nature to its hedgerows becomes their saving grace and their new path to follow. The Wild Silence is a story of hope triumphing over despair, of lifelong love prevailing over everything. It is a luminous account of the human spirit's connection to nature, and how vital it is for us all.

Memoirs of a Free Pilgrim (Hardcover): "Pilgrim" Memoirs of a Free Pilgrim (Hardcover)
"Pilgrim"
R714 Discovery Miles 7 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Across the Plains - With Other Memories and Essays (Hardcover): Robert Louis Stevenson Across the Plains - With Other Memories and Essays (Hardcover)
Robert Louis Stevenson
R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Ride to Khiva - Travels and Adventures in Central Asia (Hardcover): Frederick Burnaby A Ride to Khiva - Travels and Adventures in Central Asia (Hardcover)
Frederick Burnaby
R841 Discovery Miles 8 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Ra Expedition (Paperback, New ed): Thor Heyerdahl The Ra Expedition (Paperback, New ed)
Thor Heyerdahl
R357 R298 Discovery Miles 2 980 Save R59 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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The Tigris Expedition (Paperback, New ed): Thor Heyerdahl The Tigris Expedition (Paperback, New ed)
Thor Heyerdahl
R326 R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Save R32 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Along with his companions from nine nations, Heyerdahl set sail in a boat made of reeds in search of the sea routes which he was sure must have been used by the Sumerians in vessels like his own, 5000 years ago. Heyerdahl recounts the many discoveries and hazards that occurred on his journey down the Tigris, through the Gulf and on to the Indian Ocean - tales of modern shipping, bandits, reefs and the political dispute which finally led to the ceremonial burning of the boat.

The Snow Tourist (Paperback): Charlie English The Snow Tourist (Paperback)
Charlie English 1
R272 R246 Discovery Miles 2 460 Save R26 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this unique book, part eulogy, part history, part travelogue, Charlie English goes in search of the best snow on the planet. Along the way he explains the extraordinary hold this commonplace phenomenon has over us, and reveals the ongoing drama of our relationship with it. Combining on-the-slopes experience with off-piste research, Charlie English's journey begins with the magical moment when his two-year-old son sees snow for the first time, before setting off in the footsteps of the Romantic poets over the Alps, following the sled-tracks of the Inuit across Greenland, and meeting up with a flurry of fellow enthusiasts, from snow-making scientists in Japan and global warming experts in California to plough drivers in Alaska.This is a book for anyone who reaches for their mittens at the sight of the first flake.

Going Home (Paperback, New Ed): Doris Lessing Going Home (Paperback, New Ed)
Doris Lessing
R159 Discovery Miles 1 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, a compelling account of her return to the land in which she grew up. In 1956, some seven years after departed for England, Doris Lessing returned home to Southern Rhodesia. It was a journey that was both personal - a revisiting of a land and people she knew - and, inevitably, political: Southern Rhodesia was now part of the Central African Federation, where the tensions between colonialism and self-determination were at their most deeply felt. 'Going Home' is a book that combines journalism, reportage and memoir, humour, farce and tragedy; a book fired by the love of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers for a country and a continent that she felt compelled to leave.

Time Out - Premium Edition - A journey across America and a state of mind (Hardcover, Premium ed.): Robert Olesen Time Out - Premium Edition - A journey across America and a state of mind (Hardcover, Premium ed.)
Robert Olesen
R1,216 R1,023 Discovery Miles 10 230 Save R193 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Isabelle's Bat - A journey through Africa and the Caribbean (Hardcover): Martin J. Bush Isabelle's Bat - A journey through Africa and the Caribbean (Hardcover)
Martin J. Bush
R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Following the Equator - A Journey Around the World (Hardcover): Mark Twain Following the Equator - A Journey Around the World (Hardcover)
Mark Twain
R1,179 Discovery Miles 11 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
French Roll - Misadventures in Love, Life, and Roller Skating Across the French Riviera (Hardcover): J Michael Jarvis French Roll - Misadventures in Love, Life, and Roller Skating Across the French Riviera (Hardcover)
J Michael Jarvis
R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Time Out - A journey across America and a state of mind (Hardcover): Robert Olesen Time Out - A journey across America and a state of mind (Hardcover)
Robert Olesen
R1,042 Discovery Miles 10 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Tales of the Alhambra (Hardcover): Washington Irving Tales of the Alhambra (Hardcover)
Washington Irving
R728 Discovery Miles 7 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Trials & Truffles - Expats in Brussels (Hardcover): T D Arkenberg Trials & Truffles - Expats in Brussels (Hardcover)
T D Arkenberg
R1,037 Discovery Miles 10 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
For Love or Money (Paperback): Jonathan Raban For Love or Money (Paperback)
Jonathan Raban
R392 R329 Discovery Miles 3 290 Save R63 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Jonathan Raban is the only person I listen to in matters of travel and books and writing in general. Reading him, talking to him as I have over fifty years, he has made my work better and me happier.' Paul Theroux 'For Love and Money ... is as good a book as there is about the writing life. Delighted that it will be safeguarded in print by Eland.' Tim Hannigan This collection of writing undertaken for love and money is about books and travel, and makes for an engrossing and candid exploration of what it means to live from writing. Jonathan Raban weighs up the advantages of maintaining an independent spirit against problems of insolvency and self-worth, confesses to travel as an escape from the blank page, ponders the true art of the book review, admires the role of the literary editor and remembers with affection and hilarity events from his eccentric life at the heart of literary London. Reading it is like embarking on a humane, rigorous and witty conversation.

Dark Ruby - Travels in a Troubled Land (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Zoe Schramm-Evans Dark Ruby - Travels in a Troubled Land (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Zoe Schramm-Evans
R293 Discovery Miles 2 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Story Of My Boyhood And Youth (Legacy Edition) - The Formative Years Of John Muir And The Becoming Of The Wandering... The Story Of My Boyhood And Youth (Legacy Edition) - The Formative Years Of John Muir And The Becoming Of The Wandering Naturalist (Hardcover, Legacy ed.)
John Muir
R904 Discovery Miles 9 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shadowed Soul - Wandering to Find Your Inner Compass (Hardcover): Melissa Jennewein Shadowed Soul - Wandering to Find Your Inner Compass (Hardcover)
Melissa Jennewein; Edited by Michael K Ireland; Illustrated by Daniel Gonzalez
R809 Discovery Miles 8 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Briewe Uit Die Tankwa (Afrikaans, Paperback): Leti Kleyn, Dawid Slinger Briewe Uit Die Tankwa (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Leti Kleyn, Dawid Slinger; Photographs by Adriaan Oosthuizen
R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Met kaarte en geografiese grense sal mens wel kan bepaal waar le die Tankwa-Karoo. maar vir Adriaan Oosthuizen kry jy die streek wanneer jy die langste grondpad tussen twee dorpe in Suid-Afrika aanpak: die pad tussen Ceres en Calvinia. Saam met Adriaan se foto’s vertel Leti Kleyn van haar besoek aan hierdie geliefde stuk land en dit word aangevul deur Dawid Slinger se vertellings en skrywes. ’n Fees vir die oog, lekkerleesboek en ’n inligtinggids ineen oor die geliefde streek wat die Tankwa-Karoo heet.

The Cruise of the Snark - a Sailing Voyage Through the South Pacific in a Cutter-Rigged Ketch (Hardcover): Jack London The Cruise of the Snark - a Sailing Voyage Through the South Pacific in a Cutter-Rigged Ketch (Hardcover)
Jack London
R740 Discovery Miles 7 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Window Seat to My Life (Hardcover): April Bourne A Window Seat to My Life (Hardcover)
April Bourne
R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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