Slow Trains to Venice: A Love Letter to Europe
By: Tom Chesshyre
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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1. Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
By: Paul Theroux
4.06
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
National BestsellerIn Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Theroux recreates an epic journey he took th… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
"Delay and dirt are the realities of the most rewarding travel."-Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
"You think of travellers as bold, but our guilty secret is that travel is one of the laziest ways on earth of passing the time."-Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
"Most travel, and certainly the rewarding kind, involves depending on the kindness of strangers, putting yourself into the hands of people you don't know and trusting them with your life."-Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
"The topography of literature, the fact in fiction,is one of my pleasures -- I mean, where the living road enters the pages of a book, and you are able to stroll along both the real and imagined road."-Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
2. Bonjour Tristesse & A Certain Smile
By: Françoise Sagan
4.83
Format: 28 pages, Paperback
Published when she was only nineteen, Francoise Sagan's astonishing first novel Bonjour Tristesse b… read more
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3. McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland
By: Pete McCarthy
3.76
Format: None pages,
The #1 Irish Bestseller Despite the many exotic places Pete McCarthy has visited, he finds that now… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
4. Small Island
By: Andrea Levy
4.00
Format: None pages,
Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart bro… read more
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5. Spain
By: Jan Morris
3.99
Format: None pages,
First published in 1964, this universally praised odyssey through Spain has been revised and superb… read more
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6. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
By: Marina Lewycka
3.93
Format: None pages,
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainianwas bestselling author Marina Lewycka's bestselling debut n… read more
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7. The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild
By: Mathias Énard
3.59
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
To research his thesis on contemporary agrarian life, anthropology student David Mazon moves from P… read more
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8. Fearless (Ben Koenig, #1)
By: M.W. Craven
4.10
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The first thrilling Ben Koenig book from The Sunday Times bestselling author of Dead Ground and The… read more
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9. Echtzeitalter
By: Tonio Schachinger
3.96
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
Ein elitäres Wiener Internat, untergebracht in der ehemaligen Sommerresidenz der Habsburger, der Kl… read more
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10. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
By: Tim Marshall
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more
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- nonfiction
11. So Shall You Reap
By: Donna Leon
4.07
Format: 262 pages, ebook
In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti… read more
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"Given Loreti's position in society, the press had followed, panting. But they were to be disappointed by the police's failure to find any sign of what the English call "foul play," and so the investi…"-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap
"Brunetti, no fan of television, did occasionally watch nature documentaries, and so he was familiar with the pose cobras took when they were preparing to attack. They somehow managed to raise their h…"-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap
12. Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
By: Susie Dent
4.30
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to a year of wonder through the English language with Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordina… read more
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- nonfiction
13. A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
By: Edward Chisholm
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young w… read more
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- nonfiction
14. Scheisse! We're Going Up!
By: Kit Holden
4.42
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF A CLUB ON THE RISE AND A CITY IN FLUX. THIS IS UNION BERLIN. No footb… read more
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- nonfiction
15. The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City
By: Anna Sherman
3.60
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An elegant and absorbing tour of Tokyo and its residents From 1632 until 1854, Japan’s rulers rest… read more
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- travel
- historical
- nonfiction
16. The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1)
By: Hannah Hendy
3.27
Format: 290 pages, ebook
Murder is a dish best served ice cold... Margery and Clementine are enjoying a peaceful middle-a… read more
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17. The Girl for the Job: My strange, dangerous and totally unexpected life as an undercover cop
By: Danni Brooke
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The Girl for the Job is an exciting, intriguing and at times jaw-dropping memoir perfect for fans o… read more
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18. Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure
By: Monisha Rajesh
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty train journeys, she was m… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
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19. The Lighthouse Bookshop
By: Sharon Gosling
3.86
Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition
At the heart of a tiny community in a remote village just inland from the Aberdeenshire coast stand… read more
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20. Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town
By: Lamorna Ash
4.03
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
A captivating, lyrical and deeply discerning portrait of life in the Cornish town of Newlyn, the la… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
21. The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East
By: Rebecca Lowe
4.19
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
ONE WOMAN, ONE BIKE AND ONE RICHLY ENTERTAINING, PERCEPTION-ALTERING JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY. In 201… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
22. Arrangements in Blue
By: Amy Key
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more
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- nonfiction
23. Slow Trains to Venice: A Love Letter to Europe
By: Tom Chesshyre
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Do you love trains? Do you love adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey… read more
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- travel
- historical
- nonfiction
- trains
24. Three Rooms
By: Jo Hamya
3.08
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A piercing howl of a novel about one young woman’s endless quest for an apartment of her own and th… read more
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"Now, even to me, it seemed ridiculous to concede that I had accumulated substantial debt and a few degrees so that I might contractually labor for the sake of having two free days a week in which to …"-Jo Hamya, Three Rooms
25. The Draw of the Sea
By: Wyl Menmuir
4.24
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Wyl Menmuir’s The Draw of the Sea is a book about the fishermen, surfers, swimmers, beachcombers, c… read more
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26. Four Seasons in Japan
By: Nick Bradley
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation… read more
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"Without losing to the rain,’ Ayako quoted the Miyazawa Kenji poem. ‘Without losing to the wind."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"You don’t have to, though,’ his friend said, with a tilt of his head. ‘You can do whatever you like, man. It’s your life. Don’t live it for other people."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"But the important thing is that you turn up, you get out your pen, and you draw one small thing, one line at a time. That’s how you achieve something big."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"I remember looking out into that dark night sky, and I remember feeling something I hadn’t in a long time – I want to live. Having found myself that close to death, I suddenly knew that I wasn’t read…"-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
27. The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England
By: Graham Robb
3.64
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An oft-overlooked region lies at the heart of British national history: the Debatable Land. The old… read more
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- historical
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28. Northerners: A History
By: Brian Groom
3.62
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A Times Bestseller A Waterstones ‘Book You Need to Read in 2022’ The definitive history of t… read more
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- nonfiction
29. The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII
By: Will Iredale
4.39
Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner'Compellin… read more
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30. Pony Club Cup
By: Josephine Pullein-Thompson
4.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
No one likes the Woodbury Pony Club, not even its members. They're so awful, they don't think they'… read more
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31. The Curtain and the Wall
By: Timothy Phillips
4.36
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
An epic journey across 5,000 kilometres and through eight decades, to tell a new story about the ol… read more
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