George - Great Britain 1

Met zijn veertigste verjaardag in zicht besluiten George en Rachel even afstand te nemen van de gebruikelijke georganiseerde sportevenementen. Tijd voor avontuur van een ander soort. Dat leidt tot t……続きを見る

Nadat George zijn vrouw Rachel stiekem had ingeschreven voor haar eerste marathon ー en het wonder boven wonder heeft overleefd ー probeert hij nu wanhopig haar tempo bij te houden. Maar blijkbaar h……続きを見る

Ontdek het mysterie en de pracht van het Victoriaanse Londen! Stap in de wereld van George R. Sims en laat je meevoeren naar de bruisende straten van het 19e-eeuwse Londen. In 'Het hedendaagsche Lon……続きを見る

Embárcate en un viaje fascinante por la España del siglo XIX con "La Biblia en España, Tomo I" de George Borrow, una obra que desafía las convenciones y te sumerge en un mundo de aventuras y descubr……続きを見る

George Mikes says, 'the English have no soul; they have the understatement instead.' But they do have a sense of humour - they provide it by buying over three hundred thousand copies of a book that ……続きを見る

In this brilliantly daft collection of true stories, George Mahood returns with more laugh-out-loud tales of family life, bizarre adventures, and the small, stupid moments that somehow become the on……続きを見る

Turn Left at the Pub was first published in 1969 as a follow-up to the highly successful Turn Right at the Fountain by the same author, George Oakes. This fully updated edition features a wealth of ……続きを見る

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a poetic epic written by Lord Byron and published in four cantos between 1812 and 1818. It is considered one of the most influential works of the Romantic movement in l……続きを見る

In "The Pocket George Borrow," readers are invited into the intricate world of George Borrow, a quintessentially eccentric figure of 19th-century literature. This compilation encapsulates Borrow's t……続きを見る

Two million Britons visit one of the UK’s largest Islands every year, but few seem to have much of a clue about where it is, or even what language the natives speak. Other regular enquiries to the I……続きを見る

Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s – Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian ……続きを見る

In "The Romany Rye," George Borrow weaves a rich tapestry of narrative and observation that delves into the lives of the Romani people in 19th-century Britain. This semi-autobiographical novel, writ……続きを見る

本书为外国经典原著作品，作者为文学史上享有极高影响力的名家，是不可多得的阅读佳作。 続きを見る

Dubbed 'the mountain connoisseurs' walk', the Cambrian Way stretches 479km between the mighty castles of Cardiff in the south and Conwy on the north coast. Traversing the heartland of Wales, the cha……続きを見る

The second volume of a major new series of books on British natural history. Meadows provide one of the most wide-ranging and eloquent treatments of this most quintessential British habitat. Yet the……続きを見る

Towards the close of the year 1744 there landed at Madras, as writer in the service of the East India Company, a young Englishman just entering the twentieth year of his existence, named Robert Cliv……続きを見る

Three francs will feed you till tomorrow, and you cannot think further than that… As a young man struggling to find his voice as a writer, George Orwell left the comfort of home to live in the impov……続きを見る

Bradshaw's guide to London was published in a single volume as a handbook for visitors to the capital, and it includes beautiful engravings of London attractions, a historical overview of the city, ……続きを見る

Portrait of Orkney is a personal account of a people, their history and their way of life, and of a landscape that has shaped them, and been shaped by them. 続きを見る