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The Picador Book of Journeysby: Robyn Davidson
Robyn Davidson's fascinating book is an anthology in its truest sense - it is a treasure trove of writing that challenges what we define as travel writing: moving effortlessly from Flaubert in Egypt to Elizabeth David in the Mediterranean by way of runaway slaves; the moon; hallucinating in Las... |
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Indulgence: One Man's Selfless Search for the Best Chocolateby: Paul Richardson
Everybody loves chocolate. From Willy Wonka to Ferrero Rocher, the Cadbury's Flake girl to the man from Milk Tray, it is embedded in our culture like no other foodstuff. The 'Prozac of Candy' produces the same chemicals in your brain as when you fall in love. Paul Richardson has had a sweet tooth... |
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Water Road: An Odyssey Through England by Narrowboatby: Paul Gogarty
The account of a four-month circumnavigation by narrowboat of "The Grand Cross", the inland waterway linking the Thames to the Humber, Severn and Mersey. Entering the world's most concentrated canal network, Gogarty sails into England's past and future, with all its exultations and darkness. |
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Design Culture Now: National Design Triennialby: Donald Albrecht
A survey of American design that cuts across the disciplines of architecture, product design and graphic design. It accompanies the first in a series of triennials to be held at the Smithsonian National Design Museum, covering the period 1997-2000 and involving over 80 individuals and firms. |
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Prisoner in Rioby: Steven Berkoff
When Berkoff went to Rio to work with Ronnie Biggs on the screen version of Bigg's life in Brazil he wrote a diary of his experiences there. It comments, among other things, on the rich set and the poverty in the favellas and also describes the making of the film. This is Berkoff's second travel... |
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Between Extremes: A Journey Beyond Imaginationby: Brian Keenan
During their four year incarceration in a Lebanese cell the authors envisaged walking in the High Andes and across Patagonia. Five years after their release Keenan and McCarthy travelled to Chile to fulfil this dream. The story of their journey revisited the past experiences whilst allowing them... |
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Hidden Places of Walesby: David Gerrard
‘The abstract will be added shortly’ |
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A Bottle in the Shade: Journeys in the Peloponneseby: Peter Levi
In describing his return to Peloponnesia, Levi draws on both its ancient and its recent past, and discusses the captivating problems of archaeology. The book also provides insights into the author himself - as poet, biographer, traveller and scholar. |
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London: From Punk to Blairby: Joe Kerr
Based upon an exploration of essays, maps, journeys, pictures, narratives and signs the editors of this volume have compiled an overview of London from the mid-70s through to the days of the Blair administration. |
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Toujours Provenceby: Peter Mayle
From vantage points as varied as the Cannes Film Festival, the "caves" at Chateauneuf-du-Pape and the Menerbes Dog Show, this book show that life in the Provence is far from the quiet and uneventful existence suggested by those postcards of empty villages and picturesque peasants. All kinds of... |
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