A thousand-mile walk that took Martineau from Accra to Ouidah: a spell-binding account of a young man’s journey into the world around him as well as himself. Remarkable meetings open doors to complex histories.
Waypoints: A Journey on Foot
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£16.99
Edition:Hardback978178733136501/04/2021From a Bookshelf nearby
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A hardback re-issue of this anthology. Pieces by Mary McCarthy, Willa Cather, Joan Didion, Vita Sackville-West, M F K Fisher and many others.
The Virago Book Of Women Travellers.
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In praise of curiosity: the author's investigations began when she found herself living next door to its two-acre remnant. Part biography, part memoir, part history of science, this is as in... read more
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The Bulgarian/Scottish writer explores the mountainous fringe of North Macedonia, Albania and Greece along the via Egnatia (which, astonishingly, joined the via Appia to link Rome with Byzan... read more
To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace
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In this magnificently madcap adventure, SR pursues rumours of old pianos into all corners of Siberia: Arctic, Altai, Kamchatka, Princess Volkonsky in Irkutsk... She writes well, has a lovely... read more
The Lost Pianos of Siberia
Hardback £18.99