Kyoto, 29 Walks in Japan’s Ancient Capital
£16.99The only Japan travel guide you’ll need for getting around Kyoto! Everything you need is in this one convenient package–including extensive area maps!
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Fifty Places to Travel with Your Dog Before You Die
£19.99This guide explores all of the domestic and international ways dog owners can celebrate their love for man’s best friend. From the dazzling glaciers of Alaska and the onsen’s of Japan to the sun-soaked beaches of Portugal, this book takes you on a dog-approved journey of where to stay and how to travel with your beloved furry friend. Enjoy locations such as the ski trails of Mariposa, the gothic architecture of Prague, the chic salons of Paris for a doggy makeover, and the world’s first dog cruise – complete with a canine-friendly menu, even a three-course meal!
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Bill Wyman’s Chelsea
£16.99A comprehensive and affectionate look at the village of Chelsea, with over 300 photos, itineraries, maps, historical research and stories by ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman.
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Rome
£20.00Matthew Rice is a long-time observer and illustrator of cities, buildings and all those who inhabit them, with an uncanny ability to express the energy of a place through a few lines of ink and splashes of paint. In the first book in this sketchbook series, he explored the glittering canals of Venice: now he turns his attention to Rome, the Eternal City. Rome is a place where the ancient, the baroque and the modern clash, and this tension runs through Matthew’s paintings. In this guide, he makes sly juxtapositions of people and animals against the backdrop of the city’s architectural and artistic wonders, its ruins and its ristoranti.
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A spotter’s guide to the countryside
£12.99From the enormous to the truly tiny, John Wright illuminates the oddities that pepper our countryside and reveals the many pleasures of spotting and understanding them. Informative, entertaining and beautifully illustrated, this is for anyone who has ever gone outside and wondered what is that?
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Haute bohemians
£65.00A land immortalized by poets for its otherworldly beauty, Greece is the birthplace of iconic monuments that are known the world over. Yet, at the same time, it is also home to an organic architectural language, the product of centuries of rural and island lifestyles – it is the heir both to the timelessness of classical architecture and the simplicity of rustic living. This stunning volume chronicles Miguel Flores-Vianna’s photographic odyssey through the beautiful Greek landscape.
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Pasta veloce
£25.00From the famed author of ‘Under the Tuscan Sun’, the most delicious Tuscan pasta recipes that can be made in the time it takes to boil water.
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A taste of London
£21.99From the handsome dining rooms of Brawn to beloved institutions like Ciao Bella, John Donohue renders people’s favourite restaurants in a manner that captures the emotional pull a certain place can have on the hearts of Londoners. ‘A Taste of London’ is a collection of these drawings, characterised by their appealingly informal lines. These transportive images are intentionally spare, leaving the viewer room to layer on their own meaning and draw connections to their own memories of a place, of a time, of an atmosphere.
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An island promise
£8.99Patricia Wilson’s sweeping historical romantic novel follows a Daphne, a young, Jewish Greek artist as she hides during the Nazi occupation of Athens. In 2023, Daphne’s granddaughter, Flora, an art restorer, is planning her 100th birthday, when Daphne tells Flora of a valuable piece of art which bought her freedom during the war. Realising she knows so little about her family history, Flora heads to Corfu to uncover the secrets of their past.
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City parks
£20.00A glorious visual celebration of the world’s most beautiful and atmospheric urban parks and the people who use them, from Central Park in New York to Houtan Park in Shanghai.
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The book of English place names
£14.99Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England’s towns and villages. Deciphering our place names reveals how generations of our ancestors lived, worked, travelled and worshipped, and how their influence has shaped our landscape.
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Rooftop Paris
£35.00A spectacular accordion-folded gift book that is a love letter to the city of Paris, as seen in panoramic views high above the city streetsRooftop Paris presents a unique panoramic and comprehensive visual tour of one of the world’s most iconic cityscapes. From eight vantage points above the city, photographer Laurent Dequick invites you to explore, from dawn to dusk, a seemingly infinite landscape of zinc, slate, and copper from which emerge the great gilded monuments of the City of Light. Short essays focus on key Paris neighborhoods, and call-out captions on the photographs highlight notable buildings. The book is produced in an accordion-style concertina format that would stretch to 125 feet (38 meters) if fully unfolded. It is bound between hardcovers and inserted in a sturdy slipcase.