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Inspired Traveller’s Guides: Literary Places takes you on an enlightening journey through the key locations of literature’s best and brightest authors, movements and moments – brought to life through comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn artwork.Travel journalist Sarah Baxter provides comprehensive and atmospheric outlines of the history and culture of 25 literary places around the globe, as well as how they intersect with the lives of the authors and the works that make them significant. Full-page colour illustrations instantly transport you to each location. You’ll find that these places are not just backdrops to the tales told, but characters in their own right.Travel to the sun-scorched plains of Don Quixote’s La Mancha, roam the wild Yorkshire moors with Cathy and Heathcliff or view Central Park through the eyes of J.D. Salinger’s antihero. Explore the lush and languid backwaters of Arundhati Roy’s Kerala, the imposing precipice of Joan Lindsay’s Hanging Rock and the labyrinthine streets and sewers of Victor Hugo’s Paris.Featured locations:Paris, Les MiserablesDublin, UlyssesFlorence, A Room with a ViewNaples, My Brilliant FriendBerlin, Berlin AlexanderplatzNordland, Growth of the SoilSt Petersburg, Crime and PunishmentSierra de Guadarrama, For Whom the Bell TollsLa Mancha, Don QuixoteDavos, The Magic MountainBath, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion London, Oliver TwistYorkshire Moors, Wuthering HeightsCairo, Palace WalkSoweto, Burger's DaughterKerala, The God of Small ThingsSaigon (Ho Chi Minh City), The Quiet AmericanKabul, The Kite RunnerHanging Rock, Picnic at Hanging RockNew York, The Catcher in the RyeMonterey, Cannery RowMississippi River, Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMonroeville, To Kill a MockingbirdCartagena, Love in the Time of CholeraChile, The House of the SpiritsDelve into this book to discover some of the world’s most fascinating literary places and the novels that celebrate them.Each book in the Inspired Traveller's Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Artistic Places (March 2021), Spiritual Places, Hidden Places and Mystical Places.

Go beyond the big screen and explore the real places that inspired some of the greatest films of all time – brought to life through comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn artwork.Travel journalist Sarah Baxter reveals 25 essential cinematic destinations around the globe, spanning different decades, directors and movie genres. Full-page colour illustrations instantly transport you to each location. You’ll find that these places are not just backdrops to the tales told, but characters in their own right.Travel to the sweeping deserts of Lawrence of Arabia in Jordan, escape to the tumbling hills of San Francisco as seen in Hitchcock’s Vertigo or lose yourself in the cobbled lanes of In Bruges.Featured locations: London, England, PaddingtonWells, England, Hot FuzzDumfries & Galloway, Scotland, The Wicker ManBelchite & the Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain, Pan’s LabyrinthMontmartre, Paris, France, AmélieBruges, Belgium, In BrugesGörlitz, Germany, The Grand Budapest HotelFårö, Sweden, PersonaSalzburg, Austria, The Sound of MusicRome, Italy, La Dolce VitaMatmata & Tozeur, Tunisia, Star Wars: A New Hope Wadi Rum, Jordan, Lawrence of ArabiaMumbai, India, The LunchboxHong Kong, China, Enter the DragonSeoul, South Korea, ParasiteTokyo, Japan, Lost in TranslationOutback, Australia, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the DesertKarekare Beach, New Zealand, The PianoAlberta, Canada, The RevenantPhiladelphia, USA, RockySan Francisco, USA, VertigoBrooklyn, New York, USA, Do the Right ThingDead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA, Thelma & Louise Jamaica, Dr NoCusco & Machu Picchu, Peru, The Motorcycle DiariesDelve into this book to discover some of the world’s most fascinating cinematic places and the films that celebrate them.Each book in the Inspired Traveller's Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Artistic Places, Spiritual Places, Literary Places, Hidden Places, Mystical Places and Wild Places.

Eat your way around the globe with this mouthwatering tour of the tastiest, most inventive, most diverse food on the planet.A region’s food is truly a window into its rich history and culture – nothing tells the story of a place so profoundly as the food it serves.  FoodiePlaces is a stunning, hand-illustrated guide for gastronomic adventurers intrigued by the rich cultural heritage behind the world's best food. Travel journalist Sarah Baxter visits 25 food capitals from across the globe, includingtraditional foodie havens as well as surprising places with their own world-class offering. Accompanied by stunning illustrations, each entry simmers with the flavour and buzz of the location.  The food featured includes restaurant-ready pastries handmade by nuns and pilgrimage-worthy curries, and many more. Featured locations:   Marrakesh, Morocco, couscousSichuan, China, SichuancuisineJeonju, South Korea, BibimbapandbanchanOsaka, Japan, variousHanoi, Vietnam, PhoUdupi & Karnataka, India, UdupicuisineMelbourne, Australia, variousLisbon, Portugal, PasteldenataMarseille, France, BouillabaisseLyon, France, BouchonslyonnaisrestaurantsBologna, Italy, RaguVenice, Italy, CicchettiNuremberg, Germany, gingerbreadSan Sebastian, Spain, PintxosValencia, Spain, PaellaOostduinkerke & Belgium coast, Belgium, shrimpCopenhagen, Denmark, newNordiccuisineWhitstable, UK, oystersKrakow, Poland, obwarzanekTusheti, Georgia, dumplingsTel Aviv, Israel, humousetalLima, Peru, CevicheBuenos Aires province, Argentina, asadoNew Orleans, USA, creole,CajunMontreal, Canada, Jewishfood  Each book in the Inspired Traveller's Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: ArtisticPlaces, SpiritualPlaces, LiteraryPlaces, HiddenPlaces, MysticalPlaces, CinematicPlaces and WildPlaces.

Discover the destinations that have inspired the world’s greatest art, cinema, food, novels and music.Pure armchair travel, this book is for anyone with a sense of wanderlust and curiosity: immerse yourself in 100 places that have inspired a remarkable cultural environment.In Paris, visit the labyrinth streets of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables and the charming streets of Montmartre, the backdrop of Amélie; in New York visit Brooklyn, home of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s stomping ground round the East Village. Split by continent, and with fascinating text and charming hand-drawn illustrations for each entry, this is the ultimate atlas of 100 cultural places every armchair traveller needs to know about.

Get to the heart of 100 of the world's top destinations during off-peak times so you can avoid the crowds, support local communities and see each place in a different light.Experience Romania's winter wonderland and medieval marvels in January, head to the Galapagos in March for a snorkel excursion or jungle tour, or explore Namibia in May for temperate weather and stellar stargazing. Find fresh perspectives of amazing places around the world and discover the best off-season experiences in each destination so you can spend less and see more, all with a little bit more elbow room.Inside Offseason: 100 top destinations across 12 months of the year outside of their peak tourist seasonsFascinating insights and unforgettable off-season experiences to seek out for each month Essential need-to-know information and practical details to help you plan your next adventure and escape the crowdsStunning photography showcasing the beauty of each placeWritten by expert travel writers Sarah Baxter and Paul Bloomfield. Sarah is a travel author and editor whose books include Lonely Planet Where to Go When. Paul is a travel, wildlife and history writer whose books include Lonely Planet Epic Hikes of the World and Lonely Planet Epic Bike Rides of the World  Avoid the peak season crush and travel more sustainably with Offseason, the perfect gift for the adventurer in your life who wishes to see a different side to our planet.