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Roughing it(1982) TWAIN, MARKA fascinating picture of the American frontier emerges from Twain's fictionalized recollections of his experiences prospecting for gold, speculating in timber, and writing for a succession of small Western newspapers during the 1860s.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
On A Chinese Screen(2000) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETMaugham spent the winter months of 1919 travelling fifteen hundred miles up the Yangtze river. Maugham keenly observes, and gently ridicules, their dogged and oblivious persistence with the life they know.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
To The Hebrides(2011) JOHNSON, SAMUEL,BOSWELL, JAMESSamuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring through the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland as far west as the islands of Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Inchkenneth and Iona. Here, they paint a picture of a society which was still almost uVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Hindoo Holiday(2009) ACKERLEY, J. R.Describes a Maharajah's eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit(2012) CANETTI, ELIASCaptures the essence of Marrakesh: the crowds, the smells - of spices, camels and the souks - and the sounds of the city, from the cries of the blind beggars and the children's call for alms to the unearthly silence on the still roofs above the hordes.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides(1984) BOSWELL, JAMES,JOHNSON, SAMUELVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Pictures from Italy(1998) DICKENS, CHARLESItaly's famous sights are all to be found here - St Peter's in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background and canals of Venice. In this book, the author portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings and squalid poverty, aVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Oregon Trail(2008) PARKMAN, FRANCISThe Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. His detailed description of the journey, set against the vast majesty of the Great Plains, has emerged through the generations as a classic narrativeVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Flaubert in Egypt(1996) FLAUBERT, GUSTAVEDescribes the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Rural Rides(2001) COBBETT, WILLIAMWilliam Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with labourers, and outbursts at the encroaching cities and sufferings of the poor. Ian Dyck places these accounts in the context of Cobbett'sVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Innocent Anthropologist(2011) BARLEY, NIGELOffers an introduction to the life of a social anthropologist.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Turkish Embassy Letters(1994) MONTAGU, LADY MARY WORTLEYLady Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was described by a contemporary, as 'one of the most extraordary shining characters in the world...'. Her newly edited letters tell of her travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
