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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
| Author: | Bill Bryson |
| Publisher: | Doubleday |
| Catalogue number: | 157130 |
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Bill Bryson takes a look back at his childhood, a seemingly idyllic time in 1950s Des Moines, Iowa. It was a time when America was growing up, when they discovered that after the Second World War they...
| Author: | Jon Krakauer |
| Publisher: | Pan Books |
| Catalogue number: | 159190 |
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In April 1992, Chris McCandless, a young man from a well-to-do family, hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness. He had given all his savings to charity, abandoned his car and possessions...
| Author: | James Orbinski |
| Publisher: | Rider & Co. |
| Catalogue number: | 166511 |
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In "An Imperfect Offering", James Orbinski tells his own extraordinary story of being a doctor, but also discusses the nature of humanitarian action today and our responsibilities as citizens of the...
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The Charlie Connelly Interview
When Charlie Connelly came to Stanfords recently to sign copies of his hugely successful Attention All Shipping just prior to the launch of his latest book, In Search of Elvis, James Innes Williams...
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The basis of the this handsome looking book is the true story of Gilbert Bland. In 1995 Bland was caught stealing four 200-year-old maps from the Peabody Library of John Hopkins University in Baltimore. Further investigation revealed that 19 libraries across North America had been systematically vandalised...
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Mapping your travels for over 150 years