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Pattern of Islands(2011) GRIMBLE, ARTHURLiving for thirty years in the Gilbert and Ellis Islands, Grimble was ultimately initiated but not before he was severely tested, as when he was used as human bait for a giant octopus.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: Mehka15,41 € -
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: Mehka21,37 € -
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 € -
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, FRANCIS, JR.The 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: Mehka14,96 € -
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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 € -
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: Mehka18,21 € -
Bradshaw’s Handbook(2012) BRADSHAW, GEORGECollector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s - Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile.Vezava: Trda20,07 € -
Exploration Fawcett(2010) FAWCETT, COL. PERCYA lost city called 'Z'; lethal jungles; death-filled rivers: the last trip of a legendary explorer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones.Vezava: Mehka21,02 €
