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Our ability to travel to the remotest parts of the world has been transformed, but the health risks are ever changing and increasing, and there may be no one to help when things go wrong. Whether you are travelling abroad for business or pleasure, this book provides...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-09-26
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The quintessential Englishwoman Clarissa Dickson Wright, one of the Two Fat Ladies and author of Spilling the Beans, takes us on a personal journey through the country of her birth.From Cornwall to Cumbria, Norfolk to Northumbria she brings her extraordinary knowledge,...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2012-09-13
ePub
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Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going très wrong:He's stuck in an apartment so small that he has to cut his baguettes in two to fit them in the kitchen. His research into...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2012-09-13
ePub
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One of the most violent countries on earth, where the cause of death is regularly 'massacre', drink drivers play chicken and kidnap stories pass for dinner party conversation; nine times more dangerous than the United States, Columbia is no place for the nervous...
Editeur :
Abacus
Parution :
2012-09-07
ePub
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For a growing number of British holidaymakers, Cuba is a Caribbean paradise, but it is also a land of cutbacks and economic instability. Stephen Smith comes to live on the island, and his search for the real Cuba inevitably becomes a search for Fidel Castro too. Before...
Editeur :
Abacus
Parution :
2012-09-06
ePub
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1912 was an incredible year, marking the height of the Heroic Age of Exploration. Curiosity about Antarctica was at fever pitch, and between 1910 and 1914 five teams of intrepid explorers embarked on the greatest race of the era, to travel beyond the edges of the known...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-09-06
ePub
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A sparklingly witty memoir, which takes us on a seductive journey from wartime Jerusalem to the heart of Fleet Street, providing a riveting outsider's view of English cultural life.
Editeur :
Short Books
Parution :
2012-09-06
ePub
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Once again organized county by county, The Good Pub Guide is as invaluable as ever. Its comprehensive yearly updates and countless reader reports ensure that only the very best pubs make the grade.Here you will find classic country pubs, town-centre inns, riverside...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2012-09-06
ePub
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The new Rough Guide to New Zealand is the definitive guide to the world's adventure capital. Now in full-colour throughout, it contains dozens of tempting colour photos illustrating the country's iconic landmarks and its stupendously diverse scenery. Detailed accounts...
Editeur :
Rough Guides
Parution :
2012-09-03
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The new full-colour Rough Guide to Guatemala is the definitive guide to this fascinating Central American country. Fully updated, detailed accounts of every attraction, along with clear, colour maps, will show you everything Guatemala has to offer, from ancient Mayan...
Editeur :
Rough Guides
Parution :
2012-09-03
PDF, ePub
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'In the same way as there's a partner for every person, there's a place. All you have to do is find the one that's yours among the billions that belong to someone else, you have to be awake, you have to choose.' With this conviction in mind, acclaimed Swedish writer...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-08-31
ePub
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Paul Theroux invites us to join him on one of his most exotic and tantalizing adventures exploring the coasts and blue lagoons of the Pacific Islands, and taking up residence to discover the secrets of these isles.Theroux is a mesmerizing narrator – brilliant, witty,...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2012-08-02
ePub
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It's not easy landing unprepared in a country like Japan. The eccentricities of the calendar, the indecipherable postal system, not to mention the alien alphabet, language and culture, have all to be confronted before the disorientated traveller can feel at ease. Trying...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2012-08-02
ePub
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' "When you touch a Lipizzaner, you're touching history," Westerman was once told. His elegant book offers fascinating proof' Financial Times Frank Westerman explores the history of Lipizzaners, an extraordinary troop of pedigree horses bred as personal mounts for the...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-08-02
ePub
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Evelyn Waugh chose the name "Labels" for his first travel book because, he said, the places he visited were already "fully labelled" in people's minds. Yet even the most seasoned traveller could not fail to be inspired by his quintessentially English attitude and by his...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2012-08-02
ePub
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DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Mexico City will lead you straight to the very best on offer. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights, or want to find the best nightspots; this guide is the perfect companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10...
Editeur :
DK Travel
Parution :
2012-08-01
ePub
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Whether it is memories of childhood holidays or exotic fantasies of faraway places, a sea and its coast forms the most evocative of landscapes. Combining elements of romance, danger and mystery, it provides the perfect inspiration for this unique collection. The finest...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2012-07-31
ePub
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Cyprus, spring 1972. Tensions are rising between the Greek South and the Turkish North. Within two years, the country will become divided.It is at this distinctive time in history British travel writer Colin Thubron embarks on a 600 mile trek across the country. Moving...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-07-31
ePub
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HIV/AIDS is more divisive and destructive than any other disease - tearing apart communities and ostracising the afflicted. Award-winning novelist Uzodinma Iweala embarks on a remarkable journey around the African continent meeting individuals and communities that are...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2012-07-05
ePub
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The course of the Meander is so famously indirect that the river's name has come to signify digression - an invitation Jeremy Seal is duty-bound to accept while travelling the length of it in a one-man canoe. At every twist and turn of his journey, from the Meander's...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-07-05
ePub
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