Waterstones

About Waterstones

Waterstones, formerly Waterstone’s, is a British book retailer that operates 283 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and also other nearby countries. The company was founded in 1982 under the founder Tom Waterstone. Over the decade Waterstone has become an icon of the British cultural landscape employing over 3000 superb booksellers across over 280 bookshops..

Description

World travel, visiting over 60 countries, fun, punchy, short to the point. Rivers, beaches, statues, by ship, trains and a tandem bicycle, sunrises, sunsets, above all the people you meet along the way.Someone once said the Great Wall of China was ‘just a wall’, but when you stand on it you see the enormity of it, so many stones to be laid, the manpower of the project, up mountain sides, who had stood there before you, the fact it can be seen from space. It’s more than just a wall!Covering: • Over 60 different countriesThirty years of on-off travelling adventuresFrom a tandem bicycle to a cruise liner – the QE2True life stories from diaries written at the time of visitCapturing feelings, emotions, sights, sounds and smellsPlus humour and strange incidents and happeningsFeaturing Europe, Asia, Australia, The Americas (North and South), Africa, Scandinavia, Caribbean and IndonesiaNew and old Wonders of the WorldThe best beaches in the world• The people you meet and befriend while travelling

About Waterstones

Waterstones, formerly Waterstone’s, is a British book retailer that operates 283 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and also other nearby countries. The company was founded in 1982 under the founder Tom Waterstone. Over the decade Waterstone has become an icon of the British cultural landscape employing over 3000 superb booksellers across over 280 bookshops..