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"Theatre of Fish"

Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador

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At the heart of the book, however, are the present-day inhabitants of these shores. Descended from last-hope Irishmen, outlaws, navy deserters and fishermen from Jersey and Dorset, these 'outporters' are a warm, salty, witty and exuberant breed. With illustrations, maps, ports.. Hardback, 368 pages. Weight: 940g.
Author:  Gimlette, John
ISBN:  0091795192
Publisher:  Arrow Books Ltd
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"Theatre of Fish"

Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador

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John Gimlette's travels through the eastern extreme of the Americas, which mirrors that of Dr Eliot Curwen, his great-grandfather, who spent a summer there as a doctor in 1893. Using Curwen's journal, John Gimlette revisits the places his great-grandfather encountered, and along the way explores his own links with this land. With 16. New ed. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 196 x 129 mm. Weight: 329g.
Author:  Gimlette, John
ISBN:  0099453258
Publisher:  Arrow Books Ltd
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"The Tribes Triumphant"

Return Journey to the Middle East

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A powerful and insightful narrative of a journey -- once violently interrupted and here resumed -- through one of the most compelling regions on earth. With map. New ed. Paperback, 496 pages. Size: 197 x 130 mm. Weight: 323g.
Author:  Glass, Charles
ISBN:  0007131631
Publisher:  Harpercollins Publishers
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"One Flat Coyote on the Centre Line"

Cruising Canada in a Classic Chevy

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Travel writer Karen Goa and her boat-builder husband Ken fled their native Saskatchewan's bone-crackingly cold winters for New Zealand's hilly greenery and beaches in the 1980s. Twenty years on, the Canadian Kiwis rustle up a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air station wagon and set off across Canada's back roads. With approx 30 colour photographs, map. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 198 x 130 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  Goa, Karen
ISBN:  1869661206
Publisher:  New Holland Publishers (Nz) Ltd
Date:  2006  (New Zealand)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"Tao"

On the Road and on the Run in Outlaw China

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On the Road and on the Run in Outlaw China. Far from boomtown Beijing, there is another China - join an unlikely vagabond couple exploring it in this exhilarating Chinese 'On the Road'. This is not picturesque China or economic miracle China or Maoist China - this is a China not found in print in English: remote, timeless, strange, unpredictable and beautiful. With maps. Hardback, 384 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 652g.
Author:  Goda, Aya
ISBN:  1846270243
Publisher:  Portobello Books Ltd
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"The Water Road"

An Odyssey By Narrowboat Through England's Waterways

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The account of a four-month circumnavigation by narrowboat of The Grand Cross, the inland waterway linking the Thames to the Humber, Severn and Mersey. Entering the world's most concentrated canal network, Gogarty sails into England's past and future, with all its exultations and darkness. With 8 illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 599g.
Author:  Gogarty, Paul
ISBN:  1861056559
Publisher:  Anova Books
Date:  2003  (UK)
Readership:  General Travel Writing

"America Unchained"

A Freewheeling Roadtrip in Search of Non-Corporate Usa

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The plan was simple. Go to America. Buy a second-hand car. Drive coast-to-coast without giving any money to The Man. What could possibly go wrong? Dismayed by the relentless onslaught of faceless American chains muscling in where local businesses had once thrived, the author sets off on the ultimate American road trip - in search of the true USA. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 215 x 135 mm. Weight: 136g.
Author:  Gorman, Dave
ISBN:  0091899338
Publisher:  Ebury Press
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"Cinema Eden"

Essays From the Muslim Mediterranean

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The outspoken, exiled Spanish novelist explores Morocco, Turkey, and Egypt. With port.. Paperback, 144 pages. Size: 215 x 135 mm. Weight: 190g.
Author:  Goytisolo, Juan
ISBN:  1900209160
Publisher:  Eland Publishing Ltd
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"The Seven Year Hitch"

A Family Odyssey

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Of all the attempts to circumnavigate the globe, the tale of the Grant family's epic seven year journey by horse-drawn caravan must be one of the most extraordinary. This is a look at family life in a pressure cooker environment, and an account of how fireside dreams can be turned into reality. With colour illustrations maps, colour portraits. New ed. Paperback, 432 pages. Size: 198 x 128 mm. Weight: 335g.
Author:  Grant, David R.
ISBN:  0671022113
Publisher:  Simon & Schuster
Date:  2000  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"The People on the Street"

A Writer's View of Israel

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The highly-acclaimed writer, Linda Grant, attempts to try and understand the Israeli situation. 'Although I am not an Israeli, but a Diaspora Jew, I think that it is the eye of the novelist, who coming from the outside, can often see what others do not.' Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 216 x 135 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  Grant, Linda
ISBN:  1844082547
Publisher:  Little, Brown Book Group
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"Ghost Riders"

Travels With American Nomads

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Ghost Riders combines history, travelogue and a revealing personal narrative to create a multi-dimensional map of the travelling soul. With 1 map. New ed. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 198 x 127 mm. Weight: 244g.
Author:  Grant, Richard
ISBN:  0349112681
Publisher:  Little, Brown Book Group
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"Big Noses in Beijing"

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Paperback, 228 pages. Size: 230 x 150 mm. Weight: 73g.
Author:  Grattidge, Sally
ISBN:  0595223451
Publisher:  Iuniverse Dotcom
Date:  2001  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"First Pass Under Heaven"

One Man's 4,000-Kilometre Trek Along the Great Wall of China

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The Great Wall of China is the largest man-made structure, stretching for over 4,000 kilometres. Nathan Gray, a New Zealand lawyer, set off with four fellow travellers to walk the entire length of the Great Wall. But he succumbed to physical and mental fatigue and returned to New Zealand. He returned three months later to complete the challenge. With photographs. Paperback, 270 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 111g.
Author:  Gray, Nathan
ISBN:  0143020676
Publisher:  Penguin Books Ltd
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"Paris"

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This book not only provides a new perspective on little known parts of Paris, it also appeals to those looking for something more than just a simple guide to the most romantic city in the world. A special bi-lingual edition, illustrated with the author's own photographs. With illustrations. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 200g.
Author:  Green, Julien
ISBN:  0714534048
Publisher:  Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

"Journey Without Maps"

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In 1936 Graham Greene set off to discover Liberia, a remote and unfamiliar West African republic founded for released slaves. Crossing the red-clay terrain from Sierra Leone to the coast of Grand Bassa with a chain of porters, he came to know one of the few areas of Africa untouched by Western colonisation. With maps. New ed. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 174g.
Author:  Greene, Graham
ISBN:  0099282232
Publisher:  Vintage
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Travel Writing

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