Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Countries

This book takes readers on a global journey of the world's most amazing wildlife, visiting forests, deserts, savannahs, mountains, and oceans. From action-packed adventures (camel trekking in Jordan, diving in the Maldives), to relaxing experiences (savouring the peace of a Giant Redwood Forest),...

There are more than 40 million miles of highway, dirt track, ice road, tunnels and bridges wrapped around the globe and waiting to be discovered. 1001 Road Trips You Must Take Before You Die strives to inspire like-minded explorers to strike out on their own adventures and sample some of the most...

The ever-increasing passion for recreational walking is given fresh impetus with the creation of each new national park and wilderness area, the construction of every new walkway, and the clearing of another fresh, never-before-trodden trail. The exponential growth of pathways and woodland walks,...

Beautifully illustrated as well as informative, One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy: Shops and Crafts focuses on two of the most popular reasons to visit Italy: shopping and the artisanal products for which Italy is famous.

Beautifully illustrated, this compendium uncovers the many extraordinary, notable and surprising places to be found on Britain's waterways. Our canals and rivers link into a diverse 3,000-mile-long network, and 101 Wonders of the Waterways shows you that wherever you find yourself in the country,...

Pay homage to the city that birthed a wrestling dynasty. Search for sidewalk stamps and manhole covers. Eat prairie oysters (that's code for cow balls). Learn all about a flamboyant madam named Diamond Dolly. Fish - or surf- on a downtown river. Find a poem about a frog in a university stairwell....

Chicago. City of the Big Shoulders. What started off as a small fur-trading settlement is today a bustling metropolis. Once considered the"hog butcher of the world", "stacker of wheat", and "player with railroads", Chicago's colourful past remains hidden in the nooks and crannies of this wonderfu...

Tokyo is a city that enshrines the past and the future, where the Far East meets the Western world. Time and again throughout its history, the city has been afflicted by natural disasters. Yet, despite total destruction, it has risen up again and again like a bamboo shoot in the wind. Thanks to t...

For the enthusiastic reader and book lover, browsing through a bookshop is an irreplaceable experience. American author Elizabeth Stamp selected the 150 most unique bookstores in the world that are worth making a detour to visit. From Australia to France, and Japan to the United States, the books...