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We've teamed up with Real Holidays in Islington to put together a list of some titles to give you a bit of extra insight into your holiday destination.

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France

Au Revoir To All That|Michael Steinberger|Paperback|8.99 

Au Revoir To All That
Michael Steinberger

Cover: Paperback
Price: £8.99

Subtitled The Rise and fall of French Cuisine it asks amongst other questions - is Spain now the leader in the food field?

 
Travels in the South of France|Stendhal|Paperback|9.99 

Travels in the South of France
Stendhal

Cover: Paperback
Price: £9.99

‘An illuminating perspective on this popular region and the phenomenon of tourism in general’.

 
Memoirs of Montparnasse|John Glassco|Paperback|9.99 

Memoirs of Montparnasse
John Glassco

Cover: Paperback
Price: £9.99

A book about being young and reckless in 1920s Paris.

 
A Moveable Feast|Ernest Hemingway|Paperback|6.99 

A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway

Cover: Paperback
Price: £6.99

Memories of the young unknown writer living in Paris. A funny journey with F. Scott Fitzgerald to rescue his car is a highlight.

 
Zazie in the Metro|Raymond Queneau|Paperback|7.99 

Zazie in the Metro
Raymond Queneau

Cover: Paperback
Price: £7.99

‘Metro strike sends country-girl Zazie on a crazy Parisian adventure’. A cult classic.

 
The Discovery of France|Graham Robb|Paperback|9.99 

The Discovery of France
Graham Robb

Cover: Paperback
Price: £9.99

14,000 miles on a bicycle round France formed the groundwork in the preparation of this history of the people, places and customs of this diverse country.

 

Spain

Driving Over Lemons|Chris Stewart|Paperback|7.99 

Driving Over Lemons
Chris Stewart

Cover: Paperback
Price: £7.99

Running an Andalucian farm by a man described as an eternal optimist. ‘Funny and insightful’.

 
Exemplary Stories|Miguel de Cervantes|Paperback|10.99 

Exemplary Stories
Miguel de Cervantes

Cover: Paperback
Price: £10.99

Picaresque and comic short stories from the author of Don Quixote.

 
Duende|Jason Webster|Paperback|8.99 

Duende
Jason Webster

Cover: Paperback
Price: £8.99

A journey in search of the heart of Flamenco.

 
Homage to Catalonia|George Orwell|Paperback|9.99 

Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell

Cover: Paperback
Price: £9.99

The author’s account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War.

 
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises|Ernest Hemingway|Paperback|8.99 

Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway

Cover: Paperback
Price: £8.99

Intense love story set in France and then Spain in the 20’s.

 
The Face of Spain|Gerald Brenan|Paperback|10.00 

The Face of Spain
Gerald Brenan

Cover: Paperback
Price: £10.00

‘Britain’s greatest Hispanist travels through Franco’s bleak Spain’.

 

Greece

Zorba the Greek|Nikos Kazantzakis|Paperback|7.99 

Zorba the Greek
Nikos Kazantzakis

Cover: Paperback
Price: £7.99

Novel based on authors own experiences in Greece in the 1920’s this reflects Greek exhilaration at its best.

 
The Magus|John Fowles|Paperback|8.99 

The Magus
John Fowles

Cover: Paperback
Price: £8.99

A novel of deceptions set on a remote Greek island.

 
My Family and Other Animals|Gerald Durrell|Paperback|7.99 

My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell

Cover: Paperback
Price: £7.99

Very funny account of the authors childhood in Corfu.

 
Travelling Heroes|Robin Lane Fox|Paperback|10.99 

Travelling Heroes
Robin Lane Fox

Cover: Paperback
Price: £10.99

How the seafarers of the eighth-century wove their experiences into the myths of gods and monsters that we still read today.

 
Mani - Travels in the Southern Peloponnese |Patrick Leigh Fermor|Paperback|9.99 

Mani - Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
Patrick Leigh Fermor

Cover: Paperback
Price: £9.99

In Europe’s southernmost promontory, the Mani is one of the wildest and remotest parts of Greece A book of adventure and encounter.

 

Italy

The Pregnant Widow|Martin Amis|Paperback|7.99 

The Pregnant Widow
Martin Amis

Cover: Paperback
Price: £7.99

‘Summer 1970. Sex is very much on everyone’s mind’. The latest novel from Amis, set in a villa in Tuscany.

 
By the Ionian Sea - Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy|George Gissing|Paperback|12.99 

By the Ionian Sea - Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy
George Gissing

Cover: Paperback
Price: £12.99

Account of the Victorian novelists short but eventful trip in 1897.

 
Venice - Pure City |Peter Ackroyd|Paperback|9.99 

Venice - Pure City
Peter Ackroyd

Cover: Paperback
Price: £9.99

‘interweaving psycho geographical investigation with history’ Ackroyd gives a fascinating portrait of the City.

 
War in Val d’Orcia |Iris Origo|Paperback|8.99 

War in Val d’Orcia
Iris Origo

Cover: Paperback
Price: £8.99

An English woman married to an Italian - these wartime diaries are now a classic.

 
Honoured Society - The Siclian Mafia Observed |Norman Lewis|Paperback|12.99 

Honoured Society - The Siclian Mafia Observed
Norman Lewis

Cover: Paperback
Price: £12.99

Account of the US army relations with the Mafia in 1944

 
Italian Journey|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Paperback|12.99 

Italian Journey
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cover: Paperback
Price: £12.99

Letters home from the author’s trip in 1786 with observations of art, history, plants and landscapes and local characters.

 

Middle East

A Rift in Time|Raja Shehadeh |Paperback|12.99 

A Rift in Time
Raja Shehadeh

Cover: Paperback
Price: £12.99

Travels through the Lebanese mountains to the Jordan Valley, Galilee and the Jordanian wilderness.

 
Syria: Through Writers' Eyes|ed. Marius Kociejowski|Paperback|12.99 

Syria: Through Writers' Eyes
ed. Marius Kociejowski

Cover: Paperback
Price: £12.99

A collection of essays and pieces on travel through Syria from writers as diverse as Ibn Battutah to William Dalrymple.

 
The Dark Side of Love|Rafik Schami|Paperback|9.99 

The Dark Side of Love
Rafik Schami

Cover: Paperback
Price: £9.99

A Syrian family saga.

 

Africa

Anatomy of a Disappearance |Hisham Matar|Hardback|16.99 

Anatomy of a Disappearance
Hisham Matar

Cover: Hardback
Price: £16.99

Topical and autobiographical novel set in Cairo.

 
Mimi and Toutou go forth|Giles Foden|Paperback|9.99 

Mimi and Toutou go forth
Giles Foden

Cover: Paperback
Price: £9.99

The bizarre true story of the First World War battle of Lake Tanganyika.

 
In An Antique Land |Amitav Ghosh|Paperback|8.99 

In An Antique Land
Amitav Ghosh

Cover: Paperback
Price: £8.99

‘Subversive history in the guise of a traveller’s tale’

 
Cry the Beloved Country|Alan Paton|Paperback|8.99 

Cry the Beloved Country
Alan Paton

Cover: Paperback
Price: £8.99

The classic 1948 novel set in Johannesburg.

 
Flame Trees of Thika|Elspeth Huxley|Paperback|12.99 

Flame Trees of Thika
Elspeth Huxley

Cover: Paperback
Price: £12.99

Memories of a Kenyan childhood.

 
My Traitor’s Heart |Rian Malan |Paperback|9.99 

My Traitor’s Heart
Rian Malan

Cover: Paperback
Price: £9.99

An Afrikaaner memoir.

 

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