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Wild Olives(2001) GRAVES, WILLIAMWilliam Graves conveys the texture of life in Majorca, where he lived from the age of five in the household of his father, the poet Robert Graves. The book is also a portrait of Robert Graves, his "Muses" and his entourage, and a study of how the son of aVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
In Search of Kazakhstan(2008) ROBBINS, CHRISTOPHERKazakhstan is the most surprising country on earth, and certainly one of the most tolerant. The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Questions of Travel(2011) GREENLAW, LAVINIAThe Victorian artist and activist William Morris travelled to Iceland in search of an answer to the problem of how to live.Vezava: Trda23,15 € -
Secret Country(1992) PILGER, JOHNExpatriate journalist and film-maker John Pilger writes about his homeland with life-long affection and a passionately critical eye. In this fully updated edition of A Secret Country, he pays tribute to a little known Australia and tells a story of high pVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Portrait of a Turkish Family(2002) ORGA, IFRANA story of Irfan Orga's family's survival.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Edgelands(2012) SYMMONS ROBERTS, MICHAEL,FARLEY, PAULIn the same way the Romantic writers taught us to look at hills, lakes and rivers, poets Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts write about mobile masts and gravel pits, business parks and landfill sites, taking the reader on a journey to marvel at theseVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides(1984) BOSWELL, JAMES,JOHNSON, SAMUELVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Connemara(2012) ROBINSON, TIMDeals with the people, places and history of south Connemara - one of Ireland's last Gaelic-speaking enclaves - with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer and the grace of a born writer.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Russia(2009) DIMBLEBY, JONATHANThe author crosses eight time zones and covers 10,000 miles in an attempt to get to the beating heart of the Russia. This is a personal odyssey and a mesmerizing account of a country undergoing economic, cultural and political change.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Sailing Alone Around the World(2000) SLOCUM, JOSHUAClassic of sea adventure conveys all the excitement of being the first man to sail around the world, alone, in a small boat. One of the great feats of seamanship told in a delightful manner. 67 illustrations.Vezava: Mehka20,31 € -
Travels into Bokhara(2012) BURNES, ALEXANDERThe author has travelled up the Indus to Lahore and to the Khanates of Afghanistan and Central Asia in the 1830s, spying on behalf of the British Government in what was to become known as the Great Game. This title provides an account his travels.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Light Garden of the Angel King(2013) LEVI, PETERAncient scrolls and beliefs entered the land in the satchels of Buddhist pilgrims and in the baggage of military invaders - from Alexander the Great to Mughal, Persian and Arab conquerors and even the ill-fated armies of the British Raj. This title seeksVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Into the Heart of Borneo(1985) O'HANLON, REDMOND'We've left a lot of men in Borneo - know what I mean?' With their SAS trainer's warnings ringing in their ears, the naturalist, Redmond O'Hanlon, and the poet, James Fenton, set out to rediscover the lost rhinoceros of Borneo. They were loaded with enougVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Pies and Prejudice(2008) MACONIE, STUARTA Northerner in exile, Stuart Maconie goes on a journey in search of the North, attempting to discover where the cliches end and the truth begins. He travels from Wigan Pier to Blackpool Tower and Newcastle's Bigg Market to the Lake District to find his oVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic(2005) FRIEDMAN, KINKYKinky 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.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Travels With Boogie(2006) WALLINGTON, MARKPresents a story of two city slickers - one an unattractive but streetwise mongrel from Stockwell, the other the long-suffering author - and how they came to terms with England's countryside and waterways. This book provides an account of a mismatched couVezava: Mehka15,41 €
