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'The master of a journalistic style long vanished - urbane, lucid, courteous... A masterpiece of observation and storytelling' Ian McEwanMitchell is the laureate of old New York. The hidden corners of the city and the people who lived there are his subject. He captured...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-07-05
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Peter Mattiessen has long been known for his travels to some of the remotest lands on earth, most notably recorded in The Snow Leopard. The Cloud Forest brings to vivid life a South American journey that took him from the Sargasso Sea to the jungles of Amazonia, from...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-06-30
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In the Baliem Valley in central New Guinea lived a Stone Age tribe which survived into the twentieth century - the Kurelu. Matthiessen joined the Harvard-Peabody Expedition of 1961which set out to study the tribe as unobtrusively as possible, living among the Kurelu for...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-06-30
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African Silences is a spellbinding and sobering journey through Africa’s ravaged wildernesses. In 1978 and again in 1986, Matthiessen travelled through Senegal, Gambia, the Ivory Coast, Zaire and the CentralAfrican Republic to examine the fate of WestAfrican wildlife....
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Vintage Digital
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2012-06-30
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The story of the man who strung the telegraph across Australia, and the woman who gave her name to Alice Springs. In 1855 an impoverished young scientist from Greenwich told...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-06-30
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Britain's most readable journalist takes on his biggest challenge - America.Where were you when John F. Kennedy was shot? Today the answer more often than not is going to be 'not born'. You have to be some way past 45 to know where you were when Kennedy was shot in...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2012-06-28
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In this hilarious, no-holds-barred account, journalist Philip Nolan packs his bag (maximum 10kg, please) and takes us on an adventure that is not for the faint-hearted as he flies with Europe 's biggest low-cost airline. Using Ryanair destinations as a route planner, we...
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Hachette Books Ireland
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2012-06-21
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In his brilliant first book, 150 Things Every Man Should Know, Gareth May instructed the young man about town in vital life lessons such as how to undo a girl's bra with one hand, and how to down a pint without being sick.All well and good. But there comes a time in...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-06-21
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At seventy-five, Terry and Monica Darlington had done everything they could think of doing, including starting a business and becoming athletes and running a literary society.Lately they had become boating adventurers and Terry a bestselling writer. But in their...
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Transworld Digital
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2012-06-21
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Forget New York City: Las Vegas truly is the city that never sleeps. The most extreme, absurd and outrageous destination in the US draws more than 37 million visitors a year, and not all of them are gamblers: some come for weddings, others for conventions, still others...
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Time Out Digital
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2012-06-19
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Which? Recommended Provider: Time Out Guides kicks off 2014 by being rated top guidebook brand byWhich? Survey, for level of detail, photography, quality of maps, ease of finding information and value for money.Berlin is now well established as a budget flight...
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Time Out Digital
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2012-06-19
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'Delves into the very essence of being a fan, while seamlessly exploring Italian history, politics, culture and society,' GuardianIs Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states? Is Italian football a sport, or an ill-disguised protraction of ancient...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-06-12
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"Am I giving the impression that I don't like the Veneto? It's not true. I love it. But like any place that's become home I hate it too."How does an Englishman cope when he moves to Italy - not the tourist idyll but the real Italy? When Tim Parks first moved to Verona...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-06-12
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How does an Italian become Italian? Or an Englishman English, for that matter? Are foreigners born, or made? 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...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-06-12
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Eating Dirt in Venezuela - Alexander von HumboldtGeographer, geologist, naturalist, anthropologist, physician and philosopher, Baron von Humboldt brought to exploration a greater range of enquiry than any contemporary. Also an indomitable traveller, particularly in the...
Editeur :
Robinson
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2012-06-07
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Mammoth Books
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Stranded on Bering Island - Georg Wilhelm StellerAs physician and scientific know-all on Vitus Bering's 1741 voyage, Steller shared its triumphs, including landing the first Europeans in Alaska. He also shared its disasters. Returning across the north Pacific to Russian...
Editeur :
Robinson
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2012-06-07
Collection :
Mammoth Books
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This handy portable guide features up-to-date information, including food, drinks, facilities and opening hours, for the best pubs in the North of England, as chosen by the highly respected editors of the annual Good Pub Guide. Spanning Cheshire, Cleveland, County...
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Ebury Digital
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2012-06-07
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This handy portable guide features up-to-date information, including food, drinks, facilities and opening hours, for the best pubs in London and the south east of England, as chosen by the highly respected editors of the annual Good Pub Guide. Spanning Berkshire, ...
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Ebury Digital
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2012-06-07
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Unlike France and England, Spain has not been dominated by its capital, and the focus of its history shifts from city to city over the centuries, illuminating different features of the country's past. Toledo, Cordoba, Seville and Madrid have at various times managed to...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-05-31
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In 1996, former Country Living garden editor Miranda Innes decided to change her life completely. Tired of urban living, bored of her career, out of love with her long-standing partner, she and her son spied a romantic ruin in Andalusia amid its own olive groves, and...
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Transworld Digital
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2012-05-31
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