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One clear morning in May, Nick Thorpe left his Edinburgh flat, ducked off the commuter route and hitched a ride aboard a little white canal boat, heading west towards the sea. It was the first mutinous step in a delightful boat-hopping odyssey that would take him 2500...
Editeur :
Abacus
Parution :
2009-12-03
ePub
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Ranulph Fiennes has travelled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth, almost died countless times, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite, raised millions of pounds for charity and been awarded a polar medal and an OBE. He has been an elite soldier,...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2009-11-26
ePub
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When Suzanna Clarke and her husband bought a dilapidated house in the Moroccan town of Fez, their friends thought they were mad. Located in a maze of donkey-trod alleyways, the house - a traditional riad - was beautiful but in desperate need of repair. Walls were in...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2009-11-24
ePub
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Unafraid of a challenge, Lois Pryce began the kind of adventure most of us could only ever dream of. She put on her sparkly crash helmet, armed herself with maps and a baffling array of visas, and got on her bike. Destination: Cape Town - and the small matter of...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2009-11-24
ePub
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Tourists come to Bangkok for many reasons: a night of love, a stay in a luxury hotel, or simply to disappear for a while. Lawrence Osborne comes for the cheap dentistry, and then stays when he finds he can live off just a few dollars a day.Osborne's Bangkok is a...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2009-11-24
ePub
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'Packed with tales of derring-do ... a riveting read' INDEPENDENTWho are you going to call if it all goes wrong on holiday?Meet Doctor Ben MacFarlane. His job is to bring people back to Britain after holiday disasters, gap year crises, embarrassing incidents on business...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2009-11-12
ePub
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Bestselling author and quiz master Christopher Winn is here to test your general knowledge of Britain with over 1000 quiz questions to perplex and puzzle about our glorious islands. Covering a myriad of subjects including history, cathedrals, sports, records, modern...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2009-11-05
ePub
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Travel yarns that only America’s best-loved author could spin.With a sharp eye and an even sharper wit, Twain is the quintessential tour guide to 19th-century America. Dispatches showcasing his caustic, gimlet-eyed humor will take readers on a trot around the...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
Parution :
2009-11-03
ePub
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Frommer's American Southwest brings you expert coverageof New Mexico, Arizona, Utah's national parks, and Las Vegas.Our team of authors give you their personal advice oneverything from exploring Native American reservations in NewMexico to the best hotels, restaurants,...
Editeur :
*Frommers
Parution :
2009-10-09
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Having survived their voyage to Carcassonne, you might expect pensioners Terry and Monica Darlington and their whippet, Jim, to retire to a comfortable corner of their favourite pub. But no, they looked to the New World for an extraordinary new adventure...No-one had...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2009-10-06
ePub
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Who would live in a country where no child is allowed to win a race on sports day and you can lose your job for forwarding an ‘Irish joke’ email? About 60 million Britons, that’s who! This laugh-out-loud collection of ludicrous laws, political correctness gone mad,...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2009-10-05
ePub
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Four million captivated viewers watched Charley Boorman complete his last adventure - LONG WAY DOWN - which took him from John O'Groats to Cape Town. Along with Ewan McGregor he achieved not only this amazing feat, but also circumnavigated the globe on the LONG WAY...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2009-10-01
ePub
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While attempting to teach at an inner London comprehensive Will Randall is taken up by an elderly German woman who asks him to accompany her to India. Nothing ventured, he agrees and so begins a wonderful life-changing adventure. Set down in Puna (3 hours from Bombay)...
Editeur :
Abacus
Parution :
2009-10-01
ePub
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House-sitting in Boston one winter, Will Randall picks up with one of his more disreputable travel buddies, Jack J. Makepeace, and life gets a great deal more exciting.Makepeace introduces Randall to his current employers, Chestnut Investigations, and soon Will finds...
Editeur :
Abacus
Parution :
2009-10-01
ePub
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Will Randall travels with a purpose, as well as an outrageous sense of fortune. In INDIAN SUMMER he found himself, by chance, having the extraordinary experience of helping slum schoolchildren put on a play to help save their school. In Botswana he was taken up by a...
Editeur :
Abacus
Parution :
2009-10-01
ePub
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'A sizzling, white-knuckle read' Daily Mail'A raw, colourful tour through the Sierra Madre... Grant is a cracking writer' Financial Times'Read this brilliant book and be grateful he survived to tell the tale' Maxim'A gripping account of Grant's journey into the badlands...
Editeur :
Abacus
Parution :
2009-10-01
ePub
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Nostalgia, identity, eccentricity, gin drinking and occasional violence... these are just some of the themes that stand-up comedian Dara O Briain explores in Tickling the English. O Briain moved to England many years ago, but when he takes his show on tour around the...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2009-10-01
ePub
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'WE COULD BORE OURSELVES TO DEATH, DRINK OURSELVES TO DEATH, OR HAVE A BIT OF AN ADVENTURE...'When they retired Terry and Monica Darlington decided to sail their canal narrowboat across the Channel and down to the Mediterranean, together with their whippet Jim. They...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2009-09-15
ePub
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The real-life stories of the novice monks in Little Angels reflect the lives of many youths in rural Thailand who are trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty, broken homes, illiteracy and drug abuse. When all else fails, Buddhism becomes their last resort: providing...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2009-09-15
ePub
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What is Leisure Studies? Who are the key figures in the field? How can we evaluate the relevance of concepts in the field?
This is the first full length Dictionary of Leisure Studies. It examines the key concepts, assesses the work of central figures and helps students...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2009-09-14
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