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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
| Author: | Eric Newby |
| Publisher: | Picador |
| Catalogue number: | 169555 |
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby is an acknowledged classic of travel writing. The 50th anniversary edition of the book’s publication includes previously unpublished photographs of the expedition...
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
| Author: | Jason Elliot |
| Publisher: | Picador |
| Catalogue number: | 92574 |
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Elliot first visited the country as a teenager during the war with the Soviet Union. On this visit he travelled with the mujaheddin, on later visits he travelled independently. Afghanistan is a country...
| Author: | Robert Byron |
| Publisher: | Pimlico |
| Catalogue number: | 123779 |
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This the diary Byron kept while travelling through Persia and Afghanistan in 1933-34. With lots of detail and deep insight, Byron provides us with a vivid account of the people and places he comes across...
| Author: | Nicolas Bouvier |
| Publisher: | Eland |
| Catalogue number: | 156275 |
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Part candid description of a road journey, part a meditation on travel, this is the tale of a life-enhancing journey taken in the 1950s from Geneva to the Khyber Pass on very little money. When Nicolas...
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