8 produkter

Artistic Places
Ordinær pris 279,00 krExplore 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.
- Publisert: 2021
- Utgave: 1. utgave
- Antall sider: 144
- Innbinding: Innbundet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780711254534

Cinematic Places
Ordinær pris 279,00 krGo 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.
- Publisert: 2023
- Utgave: 1. utgave
- Antall sider: 144
- Innbinding: Innbundet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780711264304

Foodie Places
Ordinær pris 279,00 krEat 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, including traditional 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.
- Forfatter: Sarah Baxter
- Publisert: Mars 2024
- Utgave: 1. utgave
- Antall sider: 144
- Innbinding: Innbundet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780711287327

Hidden Places
Ordinær pris 279,00 krWander off the beaten track to uncover the world's most secret destinations: Discover an ancient gateway to the mayan underworld, a mysterious underwater monument sunken off the ryukyu islands in japan or a prehistoric village covered for centuries by a huge sand dune in the orkney islands. Travel journalist sarah baxter's evocative words instantly transport you to twenty-five of the world's most obscured places. From remote locations that visitors must trek and wade just to catch a glimpse of, to forgotten cities only recently revealed and places purposefully hidden as sanctuaries from persecution, each destination has a very human story at its heart.
Savour a moment to delight in the serenity and seclusion of the secret escapes collected in this beautifully illustrated guide, full of surprise, wonder and sights otherwise unseen.
- Publisert: 2020
- Utgave: 1. utgave
- Antall sider: 144
- Innbinding: Innbundet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9781781319208

Literary Places
Ordinær pris 279,00 krInspired 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.
- Publisert: 2019
- Utgave: 1. utgave
- Antall sider: 144
- Innbinding: Innbundet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9781781318102

Wild Places
Ordinær pris 279,00 krGet back to nature and explore sites unspoilt by humankind with the latest addition to the Inspired Traveller's Guide series. We humans don't just love wild places. We need them; we need their scale, their breath, their drama and enigma.
Wild places can be a balm and a solace; an escape or a returning; a best friend; an inner cleanse. And they can remind us of our unimportance in the world. Travel writer Sarah Baxter presents 25 untameable natural wonders that reveal the curious story of our wild planet and why we need to protect it.
Despite all the advances of human civilisation, we've yet to come up with anything to rival the majesty of Lapland's snow-capped mountain summits, the haunting song of humpback whales in a Namibian paradise or the epic sculptural forms of Utah's vast Canyonlands. Escape to each of these unforgettable sites and more with Wild Places, an insightful and stunningly illustrated guide to all Mother Nature has to offer.
- Publisert: 2022
- Utgave: 1. utgave
- Antall sider: 144
- Innbinding: Innbundet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780711260290