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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.

Whether you need a moment of calm before bed or a power boost for self-confidence, these guided meditation cards will help you call on the healing properties of 50 of the world’s most spectacular locations.    Restore your inner peace: Leave stress behind and transport yourself to the world’s most powerful locations with 50 guided meditations.  Contains 60 cards in a gift box: 50 illustrated location cards and 10 guidance cards to help you get the most out of the deck.  Meditations for every mood: Choose from four categories: calm, energy, power or nature.  Immersive illustrations: Talented artist Amy Grimes depicts stunning and diverse landscapes from 6 different continents – there’s something for everyone.  Give the gift of relaxation: The perfect present for someone into travel, meditation, mindfulness or self-care.  To use the deck, choose a mood for your meditation – calm, energy, power or nature – then select a location from that category to transport yourself to. Put your location card between the ‘beginning’ and ‘ending’ card for that category and read the three texts in order to unlock the transformative power of the full guided meditation.   A visually relaxing, thoughtful gift for yourself or a friend, reach for these cards to quickly wind down in moments of overwhelm or stress. This soothing gift set is enlightening as well as uplifting. Learn about the specific visual details of different beauty spots around the world, with imagery and words to place yourself there and inspire feelings of belonging and peace. Overflowing with information about gloriously spiritual landscapes, you’re guaranteed to learn something new.Includes a link to audio files, so you can listen to the guided meditations while meditating or looking at the stunning illustrations. Focus on transporting yourself to a place of calm and allow the words to wash over you.

Explore the landscapes and places that inspired great art: find peace in Monet’s lily-filled garden oasis, climb Mount Fuji on a printmaker’s pilgrimage, sail with Gauguin to the South Pacific to stretch your imagination, or contemplate light and the changing seasons on Chelsea Embankment. Artistic Places is a stunningly hand-illustrated, visionary guide for seekers of beauty, rare tales and cultural riches. Find yourself instantly transported to the places where great artists have sought refuge, found their inspiration and changed the course of art history forever.Susie Hodge, bestselling author and art historian, presents 25 famous and forgotten artistic destinations around the world, and connects these to the artists they inspired. In keeping with the Inspired Traveller’s Guide series design, each entry is accompanied by specially commissioned illustrations from Amy Grimes which perfectly evoke the wonders that first attracted the masters, while Hodge delves into each location's curious history with insightful stories both in and beyond the canon. So take a leaf out of your favourite artist’s sketchbook and discover the places they loved best.Artists and locations include: J.A.M Whistler in London, EnglandJohn Constable in Suffolk, EnglandBarbara Hepworth in St Ives, EnglandPaula Rego in Cascais and Estoril, PortugalPablo Picasso and Guernica, SpainSalvador Dalí in Catalonia, SpainClaude Monet in Giverny, FranceVincent van Gogh in Arles, FranceRene Magritte in Brussels, BelgiumPaul Klee in Bern, SwitzerlandMichelangelo in Florence, ItalyCanaletto in Venice, ItalyJohannes Vermeer in Delft, NetherlandsAnni Albers in Dessau, GermanyCaspar David Friedrich in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, GermanyGustav Klimt and Lake Attersee, AustriaEdvard Munch in Oslo, NorwayHilma af Klint and Lake Mälaren, SwedenHenri Matisse in Tangier, MoroccoHokusai on Mount Fuji, JapanPaul Gauguin in Papeete and Papeari, TahitiJean-Michel Basquiat in New York, USAGrant Wood in Iowa, USAGeorgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico, USAFrida Kahlo in Coyoacán, MexicoEach 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: Spiritual Places, Literary 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.