The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 11: True Stories from Around the World (Spalding Lavinia)(Paperback)

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 12: True Stories from Around the World (Spalding Lavinia)(Paperback)

This 12th volume in the popular series presents the best travel writing by women for women that's been done in the past few years. Adventures range from a trip into a new neighborhood to expeditions to the far corners of the globe, always with the inner journey close at hand to give perspective and

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 11: True Stories from Around the World (Spalding Lavinia)(Paperback)

Since publishing the original edition of A Woman's World in 1995, Travelers' Tales has been the recognized national leader in women's travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best women's

The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11: True Stories from Around the World (O'Reilly James)(Pevná vazba)

The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11 is the latest in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing -- from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers. The points of view and perspectives are global, and themes encompass high adventure, spiritual

Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler (Spalding Lavinia)(Paperback)

Two major trends have recently swept the travel world: the first, an overwhelming desire (thanks to Elizabeth Gilbert's bestseller, Eat, Pray, Love) to write one's own memoir; the second, an explosion of social media, blogs, twitter and texts, which allow travelers to document and share their

The Lonely Planet Travel Anthology: True Stories from the World's Best Writers (Boyle Tc)(Paperback)

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherA collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldova, Tanzania, Austria and beyond, edited by long-term Lonely Planet collaborator Don George. The 35

Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Challenges: Overcoming Adversity Around the World (Sundem Garth)(Paperback)

Inspiring true stories of kids from around the world of kids who have overcome obstacles to create success for themselves. The third installment in the Real Kids, Real Stories collection again travels the world with inspirational short stories of young people who overcame adversity and persevered

Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 (Bussel Rachel Kramer)(Paperback)

Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 delivers the kind of sexy stories you want most: daring, bold, and surprising tales of women who pursue their boundless passions anywhere and everywhere. Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel, winner of multiple Independent Publishing Book Awards, these

The Best Writing on Mathematics 2019 (Pitici Mircea)(Paperback)

The year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2019 makes available to a

Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings (McRobbie Linda Rodriguez)(Paperback)

These 30 true stories of take-charge princesses from around the world and throughout history offer a different kind of bedtime story . . . Pop history meets a funny, feminist point-of-view in these illustrated tales of 'royal terrors who make modern gossip queens seem as demure as Snow White' (New

Gift from Heaven - True-Life Stories of Contact from the Other Side (Newcomb Jacky)(Paperback / softback)

Millions of people around the world have experienced contact from the other side. In this inspiring and uplifting short story leading expert Jacky Newcomb shares some of the stories she's received about contact and life after death. When a loved one is taken away suddenly, people often tell Jacky

Women's Stories of 9/11: Voices from Afghanistan and the West (Hilton Christopher)(Paperback)

The 9/11 attacks on the United States in 2001 sent shockwaves across the world; they were the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in US history, killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring thousands more. For those whose lives it directly impacted, the effects are enduring and deeply

Moment of Lift - How Empowering Women Changes the World (Gates Melinda)(Paperback / softback)

A debut from Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary call to action for women's empowerment. 'How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings - and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift up humanity.” For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to find

The Lion Classic Christmas Stories (Joslin Mary)(Pevná vazba)

This beautifully presented volume of classic Christmas stories from around the world is written for children aged 7+ to enjoy reading alone, or for reading aloud in a classroom setting or with family sitting round a log fire! A mixture of stories from the Christian heritage and more secular tales,

Around the World Mazes (Smith Sam)(Paperback / softback)

Travel from the Amazon and the Antarctic to the Himalayas and Hollywood with this entertaining selection of mazes from across the globe. Each maze is more challenging than the last, from taking a ramble in Rio de Janeiro to touring the Norwegian fjiords or finding your way in a Moroccan market. All

Illustrated Stories from Around the World (Sims Lesley)(Pevná vazba)

A wonderful collection of ten folktales specially chosen from around the globe. Stories are The Baobab Tree, Baba Yaga the Flying Witch, The Stonecutter, Dick Whittington, The Three Wishes, The Fish that Talked, King Midas and the Golden Touch, Brer Rabbit Down the Well, The Magic Pear Tree and

Found in Translation(Pevná vazba)

A selection of 100 of the best short stories from around the world, selected by award-winning translator Frank

Christmas Around the World (Claybourne Anna)(Pevná vazba)

Christmas customs, festive food, present-giving, songs and traditional stories from around the world with easy-reading text for children who have just started reading alone. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton

The Fairlight Book of Short Stories, 1: Volume 1 (Vidoni Urska)(Paperback)

The best of modern-day short story writing. From flash fiction to mini-novelette, Fairlight presents The Fairlight Book of Short Stories: Volume 1, twenty-four of its best short stories from some of the world's most talented new and emerging English language writers. Chosen from work sent to

The Best American Travel Writing 2019 (Wilson Jason)(Paperback)

An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2018, collected by Alexandra Fuller. BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING gathers together a satisfyingly varied medley of perspectives, all exploring what it means to travel somewhere new. For the past two decades, readers have come to

Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World(Pevná vazba)

Motor Racing's Strangest Races - Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of motor racing (Tibballs Geoff)(Paperback / softback)

This absorbing collection of stories from over a century of motor racing around the world includes the Frenchman who drove 25 miles in reverse, the Grand Prix in which the leading drivers were so far ahead that they stopped for a meal in the pits, the Le Mans 24-hour race won by a car patched up

Horse of Fire - and other stories from around the world (Don Lari)(Paperback / softback)

Portrait of Humanity 3 (British Journal of Photography)(Pevná vazba)

- The latest volume of the best portraits from around the world to accompany a globe-touring exhibition, held during 2021-2022. Dates and locations TBC Following the success of Portrait of Britain and Portrait of Humanity, this third edition of the latter brings together 200 new portraits taken by

Spanish Short Stories(Paperback / softback)

This second volume of short stories contains more diverse and lively writing from the Spanish-speaking world, including Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, Cuban author Norberto Fuentes, and Spanish native Ana Mar a Matute. This highly entertaining selection of stories, together with a chapter from