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Follow Peter Millar on a journey in the heart of Cold War Europe, from the carousing bars of 1970s Fleet Street to the East Berlin corner pub with its eclectic cast of characters who embodied the reality of living on the wrong side of the wall.

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533 days in the life of a great writer, reflecting on his immediate surroundings on the island of Menorca, on literature, global affairs and his place in the universe.

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Near Mount Etna in Sicily lies Casa Cuseni, the home which Daphne Phelps was astonished to find she had inherited in 1947. At the age of 34, with barely any Italian, and little money, she had to overcome financial difficulties but local authorities and a house staff who initially felt no loyalty to the new Signorina.

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A remarkable combination of memoir, history and travel.

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A classic book from the bestselling travel writer and historian, Charles Allen, author of Plain Tales from the Raj, first published by Abacus in 1983.

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Chris Stewart turns another leaf on his life in southern Spain in this evocative and very funny sequel to Driving Over Lemons.

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* George Alagiah's personal testament about Africa, updated in a new Abacus edition

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Each chapter of this often hilarious and sometimes poignant travelogue recounts an island-hopping, culture-clashing crisis that pits the homesick author against falling coconuts, hospitals that remove wrong organs, insects as big and dangerous as stealth bombers, garbage-bin sex, steel drum bands, and the French.

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'Delves into the very essence of being a fan, while seamlessly exploring Italian history, politics, culture and society,' Guardian

Is Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states

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Includes a travel book and a biography of its author.

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A classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newbys iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.

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From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers, through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild, to the Gulf of Guinea where the sea blazes with oil flares, across two continents and fourteen countries - this epic journey is nothing to swallows, they do it twice a year.

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The only travel writing book on Gascony, A Summer in Gascony is a charming and humorous tale of an extraordinary summer spent in this relatively unknown part of south-western France, the home of D Artagnan, Cyrano de Bergerac, gutsy red wine, fine sweet wine Armagnac and sunflowers.

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Elizabeth Bowen's account of a time spent in Rome is no ordinary guidebook but an evocation of a city - its history, its architecture and, above all, its atmosphere.

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A thoughtful and beautifully crafted epilogue to the history of slavery essential reading for anyone interested in American history.

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The remarkable story of Everett Ruess, told through his letters, diaries and poems. A John Murray Journey.

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An enchanting tour of the history and culture of Venice.

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In a hugely evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from five decades, Jan Morris has produced a unique portrait of the late twentieth century world

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Peter Mayle and his wife did what most of us only imagine doing when they made their long-cherished dream of a life abroad a reality: throwing caution to the wind, they bought a glorious two hundred year-old farmhouse in the Luberon Valley and began a new life. This work lets you discover the joys of French rural living.

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A captivating glimpse of Britain then and now, seen from behind the steering wheel

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When an Irishman, an Englishman, a man with an identity crisis and an inexperienced biker are all the same person, scaling the heights of the Alps on a cheap tourer seems as reasonable a way as any to get to the bottom of things

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A quirky, off-beat tour boat-hopping around the coasts and canals of Scotland by the author of Eight Men and a Duck

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From Shakespeare to JK Rowling, Vaughan Williams to Craig David, William Morris to B&Q, Stuart Maconie leads the expedition, with plenty of stop-offs for tea and scones, to discover the truth.