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What drew Annie Taylor and Alexandra David-Neal to Tibet, when it was still cut off from the world and so hostile to foreigners, and particularly female ones, that they had to wear male Tibetan dress for protection This and other accounts of travel are included in this book.

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Tells the hilarious true story of Australian journalist Tim Elliot's misadventures in Bolivia while working for the Bolivian Times newspaper in a country renowned for cocaine, corruption and poverty. From romantic heartbreak to riots, Tim's adventures were hell to live through, but funny to read.

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A remarkable, multifaceted story made up of journal accounts, memories, conversations and personal experience, The Bronski House is a paean to Poland, a landmark in travel writing, and a family history tied together by the unique experience of returning from exile.

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This tells of foreign correspondent Christopher Kremmer's, fascinating and timely account of over a decade spent living, travelling, and reporting from Asia, and the Middle East. During this time he formed an obsession with carpets and the 'perfect rug' - an obsession that saw him trace the threads of carpet making throughout the East.

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Philip Marsden returns to the remote, fiercely beautiful landscape that has exercised a powerful mythic appeal over him since his first encounter with it over twenty years ago.

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A revised and updated edition of Philip Marsdens classic travel book, published to coincide with the centenary of the Armenian massacres.

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The earliest and most influential expeditions of the man now considered to be the greatest living explorer.

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Bestselling travel writer Richard Grant sensitively probes the complex and troubled history of the oldest city on the Mississippi River through the eyes of a cast of eccentric and unexpected characters (Newsweek).

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A study of the tiny tropical island of St Helena and the legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte who lived there in exile for the final six years of his life. It follows him through the eyes of those who lived with him, who guarded him, who managed only to catch a brief glimpse of him, alive or dead.

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A hilarious field guide to the worlds most remarkable and unusual creatures: the English.

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No industry in the world employs more people or is the world's largest foreign currency earner than tourism.

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A hilarious story of author's trip that features battle of the sexes on the road.

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The history of the African Association, the worlds first geographical society, dedicated to the exploration of the interior of a continent known only through legend and vague report.

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A diary of adventure in picturesque Sand Bay, The Great Escape: Adventures on the Wild West Coast takes readers on an extraordinary journey as writer and explorer Monty Halls follows his dream of becoming a crofter.

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Kinky Friedman, the original Texas Jewboy, takes us on a rollicking, rock-and-rolling tour of his favourite city: Austin.

Maybe you want to know where to find President Bush's favourite Austin burger joint.

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Our perception of Greece conjures up many potent images: an ancient civilization brought alive by fable, hillsides dotted with sunbaked villages, lazy beaches lapped by crystal blue waters, the warmth and humour of its people. This book surveys the roots of Greek social, economic and political realities with intelligence and clarity.

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Freddy, Phil and Don are three grumpy old men, travelling at various speeds in the slow lane of retirement, at a loss to understand the mad modern world around them.

Their chosen method of escape from all this is a shared weekly hike in the Peak District, come gale, hail, snow or torrential rain.

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A memoir of a new life in Tuscany.