Journey Into Barbary

Wyndham Lewis

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• In the spring and summer of 1931, Wyndham Lewis traveled to Morocco. Escaping the furor that surrounded the publication of his controversial book on H... Lees meer

The Great Belzoni

Stanley Mayes

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• The truly extraordinary life story of Giovanni Belzoni - engineer, barber, monk, actor and circus strongman (where he earned his title, 'The Great Bel... Lees meer

Seven League Boots

Richard Halliburton

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• Richard Halliburton's fifth and last book, Seven League Boots, illustrates how he followed the orders to move fast, visit strange places, and meet any... Lees meer

Alexandria

E M Forster

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• Alexandria is still alive and alters even when one tries to sum her up... Only the climate, only the north wind and the sea remain as pure as when Men... Lees meer

Travels Through France and Italy

Tobias Smollett

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• In 1763, Tobias Smollett set sail from Folkestone to Boulogne. He would not return to England for two years, during which time he traveled extensively... Lees meer

Lucie Duff Gordon

Katherine Frank

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• Lucie Duff Gordon was a world apart from her Victorian counterparts. An intellectual, traveller, writer and progressive social commentator, she and he... Lees meer

Pharaoh's People

T G H James

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• Popular interest in ancient Egypt has too often tended to focus on the deeds of rulers, great nobles and priests. In Pharaoh's People , T.G.H. James b... Lees meer

The Zodiac Arch

Freya Stark

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• With such tantalizing chapters as In Defence of Smuggling and Lunch with Homer, this is a witty, eye-opening tapestry of Freya Stark's writings on tra... Lees meer

A King Condemned

C V Wedgwood

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• The reign of Charles I, defined by religious conflict, a titanic power struggle with Parliament, and culminating in the English Civil Wars, the execut... Lees meer

Crete

John Freely

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• Crete, the 'Great Island' of Greece, has been home to such figures as the legendary King Minos, El Greco and Nikos Kazantzakis. In myth, it is associa... Lees meer

Indian Balm

Paul Hyland

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• Indian Balm is the captivating account of a journey Paul Hyland made along the little-known course of the sacred Godavari river in Southern India: a p... Lees meer

The Divine Supermarket

Malise Ruthven

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• Traveling in a battered camping van, Malise Ruthven set out across America in search of the manifestations--often bizarre and sometimes terrifying--of... Lees meer

The Flying Carpet

Richard Halliburton

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• Thirsting for a new adventure and announcing that "an adventure not in the air is obsolete," Richard Halliburton hired pioneer aviator Moye Stephens i... Lees meer

The Western Shores of Turkey

John Freely

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• Resting on two continents, Turkey reflects and absorbs the cultures of both East and West and nowhere is this more evident than along its Aegean and M... Lees meer

A Passion for Egypt

Julie Hankey

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• This compelling biography of Arthur Weigall, the British Egyptologist and Chief Inspector of Antiquities, chronicles his involvement with the discover... Lees meer

Conquering the Desert of Death

Charles Blackmore

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• The ferocious Taklamakan desert in Central Asia, one of the largest sandy deserts in the world and the harshest on earth, is known by the Chinese as t... Lees meer

Afghan Frontier

Victoria Schofield

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• For centuries, men have fought and died on the Afghan frontier -- American soldiers and the Taliban are merely the latest. As the gateway to India and... Lees meer

The Glorious Adventure

Richard Halliburton

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• It was perhaps inevitable that Richard Halliburton, the romantic, imaginative wanderer, would follow in the footsteps of another legendary traveler--O... Lees meer

In the Footsteps of the Gods

David Constantine

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• The classical world has for centuries influenced and inspired the west -- its poetry and literature, art, architecture -- but what provoked the move f... Lees meer

A Taste of Thyme

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• Presents the pivotal role of food culture in the Islamic world. This book will appeal to anyone interested in food and the culture of food. It is writ... Lees meer

Queen Victoria and the Discovery of the Riviera

Michael Nelson

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• Queen Victoria fell in love with the Riviera when she discovered it on her first visit to Menton in 1882 and her enchantment with this 'paradise of na... Lees meer

English Traits

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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• During two influential visits to England (in 1833 and in 1847) where he met with literary icons such as Coleridge, Carlyle, and Wordsworth, Ralph Wald... Lees meer

British Victory in Egypt

Piers Mackesy

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• In 1800 the British army's reputation was in tatters, having experienced nothing but failure in wars across the world for forty years; at home, a divi... Lees meer

Empire and the English Character

Kathryn Tidrick

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• Kathryn Tidrick's highly acclaimed book explores the origins of the ideal of British imperial rule and the effect it had on the character of the Engli... Lees meer