THE BOOKSELLER BUYER’S GUIDE | PUBLISHERS’ AUTUMN TITLES
TRAVEL WRITING
Bestselling author and explorer Levison Wood recounts his adventures walking the length of the Himalayas. E
I B TAURIS
LITERARY GUIDES FOR TRAVELLERS SERIES hb, £16.99 each, 978178453 A must-have for travellers, armchair adventurers and literature buffs. ANDALUCIA: A LITERARY GUIDE FOR TRAVELLERS ANDREW EDWARDS; SUZANNE EDWARDS September, 3908 E BERLIN: A LITERARY GUIDES FOR TRAVELLERS PAUL SULLIVAN; MARCEL KRUEGER July, 6428 E
ICON BOOKS NICHOLAS BREALEY
ADRIFT: A SECRET LIFE OF LONDON’S WATERWAYS HELEN BABBS November, pb, £8.99, 9781785781278
A tour of the people, politics, history and wildlife of London’s canals and rivers. E
LONELY PLANET
TRAVEL LITERATURE SERIES November, pb, £8.99 each, 978178657 Travel Literature. KINDNESS OF STRANGERS, THE 3 3rd edn, 1908 BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS 3
3rd edn, 1915 LONELY PLANET TRAVEL ANTHOLOGY, THE 1 1960 MOVEABLE FEAST, A 2 2nd edn, 2097 TALES FROM NOWHERE 3 3rd edn, 6217
LUSTER
THE 500 HIDDEN SECRETS OF ROTTERDAM SASKIA NAAFS; GUIDO VAN EIJCK July, pb, £13.95, 9789460581786
True locals selected 500 addresses and facts about Rotterdam that few people know.
MACLEHOSE PRESS
BOOKSHOPS JORGE CARRIN October, hb, £16.99, 9780857054449 A journey around the world by way of its best bookshops. E
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DARE TO DO: HOW I LOOPED THE PLANET BY BIKE AND BOAT SARAH OUTEN November, hb, £18.99, 9781857886412 An epic adventure story over 25,000 miles and a call to redefine your boundaries. E
WALKING THE WOODS AND THE WATER: IN PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR’S FOOTSTEPS FROM THE HOOK OF HOLLAND TO THE GOLDEN HORN NICK HUNT September, pb, £9.99, 9781857886436 This Stanford Dolman finalist, now in B-format, was published to universal acclaim. E
AROUND INDIA IN 80 TRAINS MONISHA RAJESH October, pb, £9.99, 9781857886443 First time in B-format for one of the biggest selling books about travel in India. E
DON’T RUN WHAT EVER YOU DO: MY ADVENTURES AS A SAFARI GUIDE PETER ALLISON August, pb, £9.99, 9781857886450 Bestselling account of the life of a safari guide in Botswana. First time in B-format. E
HEAD OVER HEEL: SEDUCED BY SOUTHERN ITALY CHRIS HARRISON July, pb, £9.99, 9781857886467
MACMILLAN COLLECTOR’S LIBRARY
THE TRAVELS OF IBN BATTUTAH IBN BATTUTAH September, hb, £9.99, 9781909621473 A classic of travel writing, discover Ibn Battutah’s epic journey in a beautiful hardback edition.
MERLIN UNWIN BOOKS
ASCENSION: THE STORY OF A SOUTH ATLANTIC ISLAND DUFF HART-DAVIS September, hb, £20, 9781910723326 Only book on Ascension Island’s history, from its discovery to today. E
New format for the award- winning bestselling journey into the heart of Southern Italy. E
IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME: A TALE OF A MAD DOG AND AN ENGLISHMAN, RUINS, RETSINA - AND REAL GREEKS JOHN MOLE July, 2nd edn, pb, £9.99, 9781857886504
New edition with extra chapter for this 50,000 seller. Film rights sold this year. E
SLOW TRAIN TO SWITZERLAND: ONE TOUR, TWO TRIPS, 150 YEARS - AND A WORLD OF CHANGE APART DICCON BEWES September, pb, £9.99, 9781857886511 New in B-format, the 2013 classic following pioneering Victorian tourists. Author of Swiss Watching. E
IS THAT BIKE DIESEL, MATE? AROUND AUSTRALIA ON USED COOKING OIL PAUL CARTER
July, pb, £9.99, 9781857886535 Paul Carter’s books have sold over 250,000 copies. First time in B-format. E
THE TIMBUKTU SCHOOL FOR NOMADS: ACROSS THE SAHARA IN THE SHADOW OF JIHAD NICHOLAS JUBBER September, hb, £20, 9781857886542 An epic modern-day quest across the Sahara to the legendary city by Dolman Award-winning writer. E
OXYGEN BOOKS
CITY-LIT SERIES HEATHER REYES ED September, pb, £9.99 each, 97809559700 A series of literature collections inspired by cities around the world. CITY-LIT PARIS HEATHER REYES ED 09 CITY-LIT BERLIN HEATHER REYES; KATIE DERBYSHIRE EDS 47 CITY-LIT LONDON ED HEATHER REYES 54
CITY-PICK SERIES SERIES September, pb, £9.99 each, 978095
A series of writing collections inspired by cities around the world.
CITY-PICK DUBLIN HEATHER REYES ED 5970016 CITY-PICK AMSTERDAM HEATHER REYES; VICTOR SCHIFERLI EDS 5970023 CITY-PICK VENICE HEATHER REYES ED 5970085 CITY-PICK ISTANBUL HEATHER REYES ED 5970092 CITY-PICK NEW YORK HEATHER REYES ED 6787613 CITY-PICK ST PETERSBURG HEATHER REYES; MARIA SAMSANOVA EDS 6787620
PENGUIN CLASSICS
VILLAGE CHRISTMAS: AND OTHER NOTES ON THE ENGLISH YEAR LAURIE LEE November, pb, £8.99, 9780241243671 A moving, lyrical portrait of England through the changing years and seasons.
PENNED IN THE MARGINS
THE OLD WEIRD ALBION JUSTIN HOPPER October, hb, £8.99, 9781908058379
A captivating non-fiction début mapping the dark history of the South Downs through memory and myth.
PICADOR TRAILBLAZER
THIS IS LONDON: LIFE AND DEATH IN THE WORLD CITY BEN JUDAH August, pb, £9.99, 9781447276272
A fresh portrait of what it’s like to live, love, work, and die in London. E
POLYGON
TRAILBLAZER TRAVEL ANTHOLOGIES SERIES THE WALKER’S ANTHOLOGY - FURTHER TALES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT EXCERPTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF FAMOUS LITERARY FIGURES ON THE SUBJECT OF HIKING, TREKKING AND CLIMBING AROUND THE WORLD. August, hb, £9.99, 9781905864829 Anthologies of short excerpts from the writings of more than 50 famous literary figures.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
THE UN-DISCOVERED ISLANDS: AN ARCHIPELAGO OF MYTHS AND MYSTERIES,
BERLIN FOR JEWS: A TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY COMPANION LEONARD BARKAN October, hb, £19.50, 9780226010663 Reveals, muses on, and celebrates Jewish culture in Berlin past and present. E
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JUNGLE: A HARROWING TRUE STORY OF ADVENTURE, DANGER AND SURVIVAL YOSSI GHINSBERG
July, pb, £9.99, 9781849538824 A feature film is due for release in 2017, starring Daniel Radcliffe. National press anticipated. E
WALKING IN BERLIN: A FLANEUR IN THE CAPITAL FRANZ HESSEL; AMANDA DEMARCO TR December, hb, £12.99, 9781925228359 A timeless guide to one of the world’s greatest cities by an observer par excellence. E
SUMMERSDALE
PHANTOMS AND FATES MALACHY TALLACK; KATIE SCOTT ILLUS September, hb, £14.99, 9781846973505 Luxury hardback by a critically-acclaimed new talent in travel writing, Malachy Tallack. E
RIVERRUN
ELEPHANT COMPLEX JOHN GIMLETTE August, pb, £9.99, 9781782067993
A Spectator Book of the Year 2015: the first in-depth account of Sri Lanka. E
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