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'Almost nothing in life is only what it seems.' Soldier, journalist, historian, author of forty books, Jan Morris led an extraordinary life, witnessing such seminal moments as the first ascent of Everest, the Suez Canal... See More
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by Jan Morris
(92 reviews)
Quick View'Almost nothing in life is only what it seems.' Soldier, journalist, historian, author of forty books, Jan Morris led an extraordinary life, witnessing such seminal moments as the first ascent of Everest, the Suez Canal... See More
by Jan Morris
(48 reviews)
Quick ViewEurope has been widely acclaimed as among the finest achievements of 'one of our greatest living writers' ( The Times). A personal appreciation, fuelled by five decades of journeying, this is Jan Morris at her best - at... See More
by Jan Morris
(56 reviews)
Quick ViewAdmiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. He was also a colossal figure to contemporaries, both loved and loathed, a man of exceptional charm, presence and... See More
by Jan Morris
(24 reviews)
Quick ViewIn Contact! Jan turns her brilliantly observant eye to the human contacts she made, across the globe and though the decades. As a series of vignettes, some only a few lines long, she records hundreds of brief glimpses and... See More
by Jan Morris
(498 reviews)
Quick ViewOften hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past... See More
by Jan Morris
(545 reviews)
Quick ViewJan Morris (then James) first visited Trieste as a soldier at the end of the Second World War. Since then, the city has come to represent her own life, with all its hopes, disillusionments, loves and memories. Here, her... See More
by Robert Byron
(43 reviews)
Quick ViewA travel writing classic ready to be rediscovered, Europe in the Looking Glass describes, with a mixture of laugh-out-loud humour and perceptive commentary on art and architecture, how three rich young Englishmen cross... See More
by Jan Morris
(65 reviews)
Quick ViewJan Morris's magnificent book celebrates Wales and all things Welsh. Written as a deeply personal study, it reflects the rich bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and wonderfully varied landscapes, the... See More
by Jan Morris
(40 reviews)
Quick ViewRenowned and much-loved travel writer Jan Morris turns her eye to Sydney: 'not the best of the cities the British Empire created... but the most hyperbolic, the youngest at heart, the shiniest.' Sydney takes us on the city's... See More
by Jan Morris
(997 reviews)
Quick ViewAs one of Britain's best and most loved travel writers, Jan Morris has led an extraordinary life. Perhaps her most remarkable work is this grippingly honest account of her ten-year transition from man to woman - its pains... See More
by Jan Morris
(134 reviews)
Quick ViewNecrophilia is not one of my failings, but I do like graveyards and memorial stones and such... Following the publication In My Mind's Eye, her acclaimed first volume of diaries, a Radio 4 Book of the Week in 2018, Jan... See More
by Tim Cahill
(157 reviews)
Quick ViewLonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* A timely collection of 26 inspiring tales, The Kindness of Strangers explores the unexpected human connections that so often transfigure and transform the... See More
by Jan Morris
(81 reviews)
Quick ViewFor six centuries the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean - an empire of coasts, islands and isolated fortresses by which, as Wordsworth wrote... See More
(113 reviews)
Quick ViewLonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Humorous tales of travel and misadventure. Lonely Planet knows that some of life's funniest experiences happen on the road. Whether they take the form of unexpected... See More
by Jan Morris
(146 reviews)
Quick View'Exquisite, powerful... I can think of no better way of commemorating British exploration's culminating triumph.' Simon Winchester? Coronation Everest offers a breathtakingly intimate evocation of the most famous of all... See More
by Jan Morris
(86 reviews)
Quick ViewIn a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris - a constant traveller - has produced a unique portrait of the twentieth century. Ranging from New York to Venice... See More
by Jan Morris
(52 reviews)
Quick ViewIn its last days under British rule, the Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the world's most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and... See More
by Jan Morris
(18 reviews)
Quick ViewFresh from her successful scoop reporting the first ascent of Everest in 1953, Jan Morris spent a year journeying across the United States, by car, train, ship and aeroplane. In herwords a "period piece", Coast to Coast... See More
by Jan Morris
(170 reviews)
Quick ViewSpain is one of the absolutes. Nothing is more compelling than the drama, at once dark and dazzling, of that theatre over the hills - the vast splendour of the Spanish landscape, the intensity of Spain's pride and misery... See More
by Jan Morris
(9 reviews)
Quick ViewSix centuries ago, the Islamic world was the pinnacle of civilization. What was it really like? The answer is in the twelfth-century diaries of Ibn Battuta, a Moroccan traveler who spent thirty years journeying some 73,000... See More
(36 reviews)
Quick ViewWith contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje... See More
by Jan Morris
(126 reviews)
Quick ViewFarewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. With characteristic balance, this... See More
by Jan Morris
(312 reviews)
Quick View'I have never before in my life kept a diary of my thoughts, and here at the start of my ninth decade, having for the moment nothing much else to write, I am having a go at it. Good luck to me.' So begins this extraordinary... See More
by Jan Morris
(131 reviews)
Quick ViewThe second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity... See More
by Jan Morris
(113 reviews)
Quick ViewFew cities,' Jan Morris observes, 'have been much more loved, loathed, and celebrated.' This book has become a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, and people of one of Britain's most... See More
by Jan Morris
(23 reviews)
Quick ViewIn these essays which originally appeared in Rolling Stone, Jan Morris captures the essence of places as diverse as Washington just after Watergate, Delhi under Mrs. Gandhi, Panama on the eve of the U.S. treaty debate, and... See More
by Jan Morris
(4 reviews)
Quick ViewThe Aussie Adventures of Buster Ruff-Ruff Cheese - Dugong Frolics at the Seaside. Buster Ruff-Ruff Cheese is a little Welsh puppy dog who migrates with his father John, age six, to a land far, far away called Australia (or... See More