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16 produkter
At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig
Travels through Paraguay
Häftad, 2004
2,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
181 kr
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Paraguay - the name conjures up everything most exotic and extreme in South America. It's a place of hellish jungles, dictators, fraudsters and Nazis, utopian experiments, missionaries and lurid coups. It's not a place for the timid tourist. It doesn't even have its own guidebook. But Paraguay, as …
Panther Soup
A European Journey in War and Peace
Häftad, 2009
421 kr
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By the end of World War II much of Western Europe was in chaos. The future of our world had been contested here, in the hinterlands of France and across the German plains. But what's become of the battlefields now? Or the people that lived on them? And is there any trace of the 2.7 million …
Elephant Complex
Travels in Sri Lanka
E-bok, 2016
196 kr
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No one sees the world quite like John Gimlette. As The New York Times once noted, “he writes with enormous wit, indignation, and a heightened sense of the absurd.” Writing for both the adventurer and the armchair traveler, he has an eye for unusually telling detail, a sense of wonder, and …
Panther Soup
A European Journey in War and Peace
E-bok, 2011
147 kr
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By the end of World War II much of Western Europe was in chaos. The future of our world had been contested here, in the hinterlands of France and across the German plains. But what's become of the battlefields now? Or the people that lived on them? And is there any trace of the 2.7 million …
Theatre Of Fish
Travels through Newfoundland and Labrador
E-bok, 2011
147 kr
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John Gimlette's travels through this harsh and awesome landscape, the eastern extreme of the Americas, broadly mirrors that of Dr Eliot Curwen, his great-grandfather, who spent a summer there as a doctor in 1893, and who was witness to some of the most beautiful ice and cruelest poverty in the …
At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig
Travels through Paraguay
E-bok, 2011
147 kr
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Paraguay - the name conjures up everything most exotic and extreme in South America. It's a place of hellish jungles, dictators, fraudsters and Nazis, utopian experiments, missionaries and lurid coups. It's not a place for the timid tourist. It doesn't even have its own guidebook. But Paraguay, as …
Elephant Complex
Häftad, 2016
181 kr
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A gripping account of an under-reported island' Spectator, Book of the Year '[A] brilliant new book about an island that has a geography from heaven and a history from hell' Daily Telegraph'A brilliant work of travel, history and psychological insight . . . astute and sympathetic . . . very funny' …
Elephant Complex
E-bok, 2015
43 kr
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A gripping account of an under-reported island'' Spectator, Book of the Year ''[A] brilliant new book about an island that has a geography from heaven and a history from hell'' Daily Telegraph ''A brilliant work of travel, history and psychological insight . . . astute and sympathetic . . . very …
Gardens of Mars
Madagascar, an Island Story
E-bok, 2021
139 kr
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A journey – both historical and contemporary – among the fantastical landscapes, resourceful inhabitants and isolated tribes of the world''s fourth-largest island of enduring fascination for its rich biodiversity: Madagascar. ''A beautifully written depiction of the history of this beguiling …
Gardens of Mars
Madagascar, an Island Story
Häftad, 2021
136 kr
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A journey – both historical and contemporary – among the fantastical landscapes, resourceful inhabitants and isolated tribes of the world's fourth-largest island of enduring fascination for its rich biodiversity: Madagascar.'A beautifully written depiction of the history of this beguiling island' …
Wild Coast
Travels on South America's Untamed Edge
Häftad, 2012
156 kr
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Dolman Travel Book of the Year 2012 Between the Orinoco and the Amazon lies a fabulous forested land, barely explored. Much of Guiana seldom sees sunlight, and new species are often tumbling out of the dark trees. Shunned by the conquistadors, it was left to others to carve into colonies. Guyana, …
Wild Coast
Travels on South America's Untamed Edge
E-bok, 2011
169 kr
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Dolman Travel Book of the Year 2012 Between the Orinoco and the Amazon lies a fabulous forested land, barely explored. Much of Guiana seldom sees sunlight, and new species are often tumbling out of the dark trees. Shunned by the conquistadors, it was left to others to carve into colonies. Guyana, …
