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Passage To Juneau(2000) RABAN, JONATHANA modern classic of travel writing, Passage to Juneau is a dual narrative, the story of Raban's own journey from Seattle to Juneau, as well as the same voyage taken by Captain George Vancouver.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Lights Out for the Territory(2003) SINCLAIR, IAINIntroducing the streets of London, this title traces nine routes across the territory of the capital. Connecting people and places, redrawing boundaries both ancient and modern, reading obscure signs and finding hidden patterns, it intends to create a snaVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Duende(2004) WEBSTER, JASONHaving pursued a conventional enough path through school and university, Jason Webster was all set to enter the world of academe as a profession. But when his aloof Florentine girlfriend of some years dumped him unceremoniously, he found himself at a crosVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains(1982) BIRD, ISABELLA L.'This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey' Dervla Murphy, Irish TimesVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Dark Heart of Italy(2013) JONES, TOBIASAn essential guide to the strange, sometimes sinister culture of contemporary Italy. When Tobias Jones first travelled to Italy, he expected to discover the pastoral bliss described by centuries of foreign visitors and famous writers.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
8.55 To Baghdad(2005) EAMES, ANDREWFascinated by the exotic history of this quintessentially English crime writer, he decided to retrace the trip from London to Baghdad which she made in 1928 - a journey which was to change Agatha Christie completely and led to her other life as the wife oVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Blood River(2008) BUTCHER, TIMThe author set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots with the idea of recreating H M Stanley's famous expedition. This book tells of the author's journey and the story of Congo; as he made hVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
City of Falling Angels(2006) BERENDT, JOHNA mystery, a comedy, and a riveting human drama rolled into one, from the bestselling author of MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVILVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Tired of London, Tired of Life(2012) JONES, TOMWhen the author found himself doing the same things week in, week out while living in England's capital, he decided to heed Johnson's words and seek out a thing to do each day in London to make him fall back in love with the city. In this book, he sharesVezava: Trda26,62 € -
Riding the Iron Rooster(1989) THEROUX, PAULPaul Theroux left Victoria Station in April thinking that taking eight trains across Europe, Eastern Europe, the USSR and Mongolia would be the easy way to get to the Chinese border. The reality, of course, was very different. In fact, Theroux experiencedVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Pillars of Hercules(1996) THEROUX, PAULAt the gateway to the Mediterranean lie the two Pillars of Hercules: Gibraltar and Ceuta, in Morocco. Paul Theroux decided to travel from one to the other taking the long way round. He travels by a dilapidated taxi, smoke-filled bus, bicycle and even a crVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Kingdom by the Sea(1985) THEROUX, PAULAfter eleven years living as an American in London, the author set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the British are really like. It was 1982, the summer of the Falklands War, the ideal time, he found, to surprise the BVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Fishing In Utopia(2009) BROWN, ANDREW'Fishing in Utopia [winner of the 2009 Orwell Prize] is a lament for a lost Eden. But it is more than that. Essentially it is a story of modern rootlessness and the search for something to believe in' Sunday TimesVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Connemara(2007) ROBINSON, TIMThe author, who established himself as Ireland's most brilliant living non-fiction writer with the two-volume Stones of Aran, moved from Aran to Connemara nearly twenty years ago. This book is the result of his extraordinary engagement with the mountains,Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Passage To Africa(2007) ALAGIAH, GEORGE* George Alagiah's personal testament about Africa, updated in a new Abacus editionVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Green Road Into The Trees(2013) THOMSON, HUGHWalking right across England, along ancient trackways and green grass roads, Hugh explores the way the country was and the way it is today: the legends, literature and natural world that define us, and the undercurrent of regret running throughout our hisVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Italian Education(2001) PARKS, TIMHow does an Italian become Italian? In An Italian Education Tim Parks focuses on his own young children in the small village near Verona where he lives, building a fascinating picture of the contemporary Italian family at school, at home, at work and at pVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Lois on the Loose(2007) PRYCE, LOISYoung and beautiful, Lois Pryce was a rising star at the BBC. Unbeknownst to her co-workers, Lois lived a parallel life as a biker babe with an overwhelming sense of wanderlust. So she packed in her career to ride her motorcycle on her own from the northeVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Spain(2008) MORRIS, JANNothing is more compelling than the drama, at once dark and dazzling, of that theatre over the hills - the vast splendour of the Spanish landscape, the intensity of Spain's pride and misery, the adventurous glory of a history that set its seal upon half tVezava: Mehka15,41 €
