отдых / туризм
Paradise With Serpents: Travels in the Lost World of Paraguay
Robert Carver
Robert Carver, journalist and author of the acclaimed ‘Among the Mountains’, searches for high adventure and intense experiences as he follows the trail of a family mystery .Once upon a time when Buenos Aires was still a tiny village, there...
The Groundwater Diaries: Trials, Tributaries and Tall Stories from Beneath the Streets of London
Tim Bradford
A flight of imagination back to a time when London was green meadows and rolling hills, dotted with babbling brooks. Join Tim Bradford as he explores the lost rivers of London.Over the last hundred and fifty years, most of the tributaries of the...
Beyond the Coral Sea: Travels in the Old Empires of the South-West Pacific
Michael Moran
A romantic and adventurous journey to the hidden islands and lagoons beyond Papua New Guinea and north of Australia.East of Java, west of Tahiti and north of the Cape York peninsula of Australia lie the unknown paradise islands of the Coral,...
Outcasts of the Islands: The Sea Gypsies of South East Asia
Sebastian Hope
An enchanting tale of travels among South East Asia’s Sea Gypsies, scattered groups of semi-nomadic fisher people who occupy the spaces between the islands.A glance at the map of South East Asia reveals more blue than green, more sea than land....
From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium
William Dalrymple
The third book from the most gifted young travel writer at work today, author of the best-selling In Xanadu (‘one of the best travel books produced in the last twenty years’ – Scotland on Sunday) and City of Djinns (‘the best travel book I have...
The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India
William Dalrymple
William Dalrymple, who wrote so magically about India in ‘City of Djinns’, returns to the country in a series of remarkable essays.Featured in its pages are 15-year-old guerrilla girls and dowager Maharanis; flashy Bombay drinks parties and...
In the Empire of Genghis Khan: A Journey Among Nomads
Stanley Stewart
As a child, award-winning travel writer Stanley Stewart dreamed of crossing Mongolia on horseback. This is the story of how that dream was fulfilled by following in the footsteps of a 13th-century Franciscan friar.Eight centuries ago the Mongols...
South from Barbary: Along the Slave Routes of the Libyan Sahara
Джастин Мароцци
The stunning debut of a talented young travel writer.‘South from Barbary’ – as 19th-century Europeans knew North Africa – is the compelling account of Justin Marozzi’s 1,500-mile journey by camel along the slave-trade routes of the Libyan...
Scots Dictionary: The perfect wee guide to the Scots language
Collins Dictionaries
This is by far the most popular guide to the language of today’s Scotland, with nearly 1800 everyday words and phrases from the Borders, Lowlands, Highlands and Islands clearly explained and with lots of helpful examples of usage. With its...
Easy Learning Spanish Conversation
Collins Dictionaries
A unique guide to communicating in Spanish. It will help you to find out more about Spanish culture and to practise your spoken Spanish with a free downloadable audio file.An ideal tool for learners of Spanish at all levels, whether at school,...
Easy Learning French Conversation
Collins Dictionaries
A unique guide to communicating in French. It will help you to find out more about French culture and to practise your spoken French with a free downloadable audio file.An ideal tool for learners of French at all levels, whether at school, in...
Евротур-Eurotrip 2.0
Mортен Торвальдсен
Реинкарнация издания 2010 года, выпущенного тиражом 1000 экз. Слегка подкорректированное и по-прежнему не потерявшее актуальности. Суть – самостоятельное путешествие в Европу попроще и подешевле. В свете бесконечных проблем с турфирмами и...
История туризма 2-е изд., пер. и доп. Учебник для академического бакалавриата
Ю. С. Путрик
В учебном издании представлена история развития туристско-экскурсионного дела в Российской империи, Советском Союзе и современной России через призму деятельности добровольных обществ и государственных организационных структур, занимавшихся...
История туризма и гостеприимства 2-е изд., пер. и доп. Учебник для СПО
Ю. С. Путрик
В учебном издании представлена история развития туристско-экскурсионного дела в Российской империи, Советском Союзе и современной России через призму деятельности добровольных обществ и государственных организационных структур, занимавшихся...
Страноведение и международный туризм 2-е изд., пер. и доп. Учебник для академического бакалавриата
Дмитрий Викторович Севастьянов
Рассматриваются теоретические аспекты, история, географическая сущность и назначение страноведения как учебной дисциплины в системе географического и туристского образования. Основное внимание уделено понятийно-терминологическому аппарату...
Менеджмент в социально-культурном сервисе и туризме 2-е изд., испр. и доп. Учебник для академического бакалавриата
Александр Сергеевич Большаков
В пособие вошли сведения об основных понятиях менеджмента в социально-культурном сервисе и туризме, описаны особенности сервиса и содержание основных научных подходов к менеджменту СКСиТ, а также принципов управления. В книге раскрывается...
Менеджмент туризма 2-е изд., испр. и доп. Учебник для СПО
Александр Сергеевич Большаков
В пособие вошли сведения об основных понятиях менеджмента в социально-культурном сервисе и туризме, описаны особенности сервиса и содержание основных научных подходов к менеджменту СКСиТ, а также принципов управления. В книге раскрывается...
Природные туристские ресурсы мира
О. В. Ивлиева
В учебнике рассматриваются природные условия Евразии, Северной и Южной Америки, Африки, Австралии и Океании. Характеризуются уникальные природные объекты, входящие в список объектов Всемирного наследия ЮНЕСКО по туристско-рекреационным зонам и...
Формирование туристских кластеров в России
Иван Сухов
В учебном пособии рассматриваются нормативно-правовые и научные подходы к кластерному развитию туризма в России. В нормативно-правовой части за основу взяты материалы Федеральной целевой программы «Развитие внутреннего и въездного туризма в...
What the Traveller Saw
Eric Newby
This outstanding collection of pieces, illustrated with his own superb photographs, is a unique record of Newby’s travels all over the globe – and a lasting tribute to lost and fading worlds.One of the funniest and most entertaining of all...
The Tribes Triumphant: Return Journey to the Middle East
Charles Glass
A powerful and insightful narrative of a journey – once violently interrupted and here resumed – through one of the most compelling regions on earth.From Aqaba to Jerusalem and on into Palestine, veteran commentator on the Middle East, Charles...
The Healing Land: A Kalahari Journey
Rupert Isaacson
A brilliantly written exploration – part travel writing, part personal quest – of Africa’s oldest and most famous populationThe Bushmen have long been mythologised and are firmly entrenched in the Western mind. But what is it about...
The Crossing Place: A Journey among the Armenians
Philip Marsden
Ebook edition of Philip Marsden’s classic travel book, published to coincide with the centenary of the Armenian massacres.After centuries of prominence as a world power, Armenia has withstood every attempt during the 20th century to destroy it....
The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romance
Philip Marsden
Philip Marsden returns to the remote, fiercely beautiful landscape that has exercised a powerful mythic appeal over him since his first encounter with it over twenty years ago.‘Ethiopia bred in me the conviction that if there is a wider purpose...
The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt
Mary Russell
For the first time in ebook format.What drew Annie Taylor and Alexandra David-Neal to Tibet, when it was still cut off from the world and so hostile to foreigners, and particularly female ones, that they had to wear male Tibetan dress for...
Something Wholesale
Eric Newby
Veteran travel writer Eric Newby has a massive following and is cherished as the forefather of the modern comic travel book. However, less known are his adventures during the years he spent as an apprentice and commercial buyer in the improbable...
Slowly Down the Ganges
Eric Newby
‘Slowly Down the Ganges’ is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ and ‘Love and War in the Apennines’. Told with Newby's self-deprecating humour and wry attention to detail, this is a classic of the...
Short Walks in Dorset
Collins Maps
Discover Dorset like never before with Ramblers Short Walks in Dorset.This practical e-guidebook contains 20 short walks in Dorset, all of which are 5 miles or under, and are ideal for families and individuals young and old looking for an...
Short Walks in Cornwall
Collins Maps
Discover Cornwall like never before with Ramblers Short Walks in Cornwall.This practical e-guidebook contains 20 short walks in Cornwall, all of which are 5 miles or under, and are ideal for families and individuals young and old looking for...
Ruinair
Paul Kilduff
How to be treated like shite in 15 different countries…and still quite like it!Stung by a ten-hour delay and a not-so-bargain fare to Spain on his native 'low fares' airline, Dubliner Paul Kilduff plots revenge. Can Paul beat 'Ruinair' at their...
Round Ireland in Low Gear
Eric Newby
'You've had some pretty crazy ideas in your life, Newby, but this is the craziest.' Grandmother Wanda Newby was exasperated after continuous rain, snow, and gales that knocked from her bike. Twice.To avoid other tourists, Eric Newby had decided...
Sea Room
Adam Nicolson
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to own your own set of islands?20 years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson. His father had answered a newspaper advertisement in the ‘30s. ‘Uninhabited islands for sale’, it said. ‘Outer Hebrides. 600...
Stephen Fry in America
Stephen Fry
Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour,...
The Zanzibar Chest: A Memoir of Love and War
Aidan Hartley
A deeply affecting memoir of a childhood in Africa and the continent's horrendous wars, which Hartley witnessed at first hand as a journalist in the 1990s. Shortlisted for the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, this is a...
The Slow Breath of Stone: A Romanesque Love Story
Pamela Petro
An absorbing travel book, a meditation on geology, photography, Romanesque art and the romance of physical decline, The Slow Breath of Stone throws a mirror on Europe of the Middle Ages and its hold on us today.In the years following the...
The Hungry Cyclist: Pedalling The Americas In Search Of The Perfect Meal
Tom Davies Kevill
Over 100,000 miles to cover, one man, one bike and one hungry stomach.Having created his alter-ego, the Hungry Cyclist and with thousands of pedal-powered miles before him, Tom Kevill-Davies pushed off from New York City on one of the most...
Short walks in the Yorkshire Dales
Collins Maps
Recommended for colour tablets only. This ebook is not suitable for reading on black and white eink devices. All content downloaded to device, making maps and text available at all times.The Yorkshire Dales with its picturesque dales, ancient...
Short walks in the Lake District
Collins Maps
Recommended for colour tablets only. This ebook is not suitable for reading on black and white eink devices. All content downloaded to device, making maps and text available at all times.The Lake District contains some of the most spectacular...
On the Shores of the Mediterranean
Eric Newby
With his trademark charm and sharp wit, Newby leaves no stone unturned in his quest for wonderfully detailed and quirky knowledge to share with his reader. Insightful, hilarious and sheer fun, this is an adventure not to be missed, by Britain's...
Old Man on a Bike
Simon Gandolfi
A Septuagenarian OdysseySimon Gandolfi has never been one to grow old gracefully and following two heart attacks he decides not to rest up, as many might, but to ride the length of Hispanic America on a 125cc motorbike. And why not?His wife may...
Motel Nirvana
Melanie McGrath
Now available in ebook format. ‘Motel Nirvana’ is Melanie McGrath’s first published book.A book about the New Age movement and its American heartland. It concerns the author's travels around the south-western United States of Nevada, Colorado,...
Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive?
Tim Bradford
A wry and extremely witty travelogue exploring all things Irish (and Oirish).'With Spike Milligan-ish humour, Bradford investigates the Irish psyche: at times he comes close to adding a new mythology of his own.’ Time Out'If you know who Shane...
On The Couch
Fleur Britten
Couchsurfing? Surely a sofa would sink on the open sea?Couchsurfing is a global community of over a million people in 232 countries that offers couches, beds and body-sized horizontal surfaces via the internet for fellow members to bunk down on...
Love and War in the Apennines
Eric Newby
Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', ‘Love and War in the Apennines’ is the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II.After the Italian Armistice of 1943, Eric Newby escaped from the...
Departures and Arrivals
Eric Newby
More episodes from the life and travels of one of our most celebrated travel writers.This latest book demonstrates exactly why Newby has become a national treasure – his love of the unknown, the unusual and the totally absurd, combined with his...
A Traveller’s Life
Eric Newby
A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush.Eric Newby's life of travel began in 1919, on pram-ride adventures with his mother into the dark...
A Small Place in Italy
Eric Newby
This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era.In 1967, veteran travel writer Eric Newby and his heroic wife Wanda fulfiled their dream of a return to life in the Italian hills where they...
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
Eric Newby
Some of the maps in this title are best viewed on a tablet device.A classic of travel writing, ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.It...
City of Djinns
William Dalrymple
This is William Dalrymple’s captivating memoir of a year spent in Delhi, a city watched over and protected by the mischievous invisible djinns. Lodging with the beady-eyed Mrs Puri and encountering an extraordinary array of characters – from...
