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Cairo(2004) GOLIA, MARIACairo is a 1,400-year-old metropolis whose streets are inscribed with sagas, a place where the pressures of life test people's equanimity to the very limit. Packed with incident and anecdote, this book explores Cairo’s relationship with its ‘others’, fromVezava: Mehka50,39 € -
Oracle Bones(2007) HESSLER, PETERFrom the acclaimed author of River Town comes a rare and authentic portrait - both intimate and epic - of twenty-first century China as it opens its doors to the worldVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
John Betjeman on Trains(2006) GLANCEY JOHNATHONJohn Betjeman (1906-1984) was not only one of the best-loved Englishmen of the twentieth century, he was also the people's favourite poet and champion of many causes linked to the preservation of Britain's heritage. This book presents his love of railwaysVezava: Trda16,98 € -
Three Men on the Way Way(2013) BROWN, HAMISH M.An entertaining narrative that encapsulates the complete experience of walking the West Highland Way. It brings to life one of the classic Long Distance walks.Vezava: Mehka23,15 € -
Missionaries(2013) LEWIS, NORMANBrings together a lifetime's experience of travelling in tribal lands in a searing condemnation of the lethal impact of North American fundamentalist Christian missionaries on aboriginal life throughout the world.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Moods of Future Joys - Around the world by bike Part 1(2014) HUMPHREYS, ALASTAIRAround the World by Bike Part 1Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Narrow Dog To Carcassonne(2006) DARLINGTON, TERRYWhen they retired, Terry and Monica Darlington decided to sail their canal narrow boat across the Channel and down to the Mediterranean, together with their whippet Jim. They took advice from experts, who said they would die, together with their whippet JVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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Gods in Britain(2012) DUDLEY, JILLIntends to explore how, and even why, early Christianity took over. In this book, the author travels from England to Scotland, from Cornwall to Wales in search of the pagan past, gathering myths and legends on the way. It also includes a useful Glossary aVezava: Mehka11,20 € -
Seven-Tenths(2007) HAMILTON-PATERSON, JAMESSeven-Tenths is James Hamilton-Paterson's classic exploration of the sea. A beautifully-written blend of literature and science, it is here brought back into print in a revised and updated edition which includes the acclaimed essay Sea Burial.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
River of Time(1996) SWAIN, JONBetween 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, The Killing Fields, lived in the lands of the Mekong river.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Songlines(1998) CHATWIN, BRUCEBruce Chatwin provides a fascinating background to indigenous Australian life. The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Roads To Santiago(1998) NOOTEBOOM, CEESA many-tangented pilgrimage through ten centuries of Spain's history, its politics, its art, literature and architecture, its climate and its people, in which Nooteboom unlocks doors to an undiscovered Spain and reveals his obsession for a country he hasVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Guerra(2007) WEBSTER, JASONWhen Jason Webster and his wife moved into an idyllic old farmhouse in the mountains north of Valencia, by chance he found an unmarked mass grave from the Spanish Civil War on his doorstep. Yet the more Webster unveils of the passions that set one countryVezava: Mehka16,81 €
