10 Books to Read on Your Green Escape
10 books to read while on your green escape
1) Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson – astute and comic observations on the British way of life
2) Two Degrees West by Nicholas Crane – charts the author’s unusual journey in a perfectly straight line (two degrees west of the Greenwich meridian)
3) Slow Coast Home by Josie Drew – a cyclist’s travelogue as she completes a 5000 mile tour of England and Wales
4) Great British Bus Journeys: Travels through Unfamous Places by David McKie – a witty description of those lesser known villages and towns and eccentric places of interest
5) Complete Guide to British Wildlife by Arlott, Fitter and Fitter – all you need to know about our islands’ fauna
6) Eccentric Britain by Benedict Le Vay – humorous anecdotes on the eccentricities of the British folk
7) Watching the English: The hidden rules of English behaviour by Kate Fox – light-hearted, social commentary reflecting on why we are why we are
8) Heat by George Monbiot – a hard hitting analysis of our impact on the environment
9) Final Destination by Leo Hickman – a critical look at the environmental, social and political effects of tourism
10) The Road by Cormac McCarthy – emotive, post apocalyptic novel