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A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
| Author: | Norman Lewis |
| Publisher: | Eland |
| Catalogue number: | 116254 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Travelling through Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in the twilight of the French colonial regime, Norman Lewis witnesses these ancient civilisations as they were before the terrible devastation of the Vietnam...
| Author: | Amitav Ghosh |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 104769 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Rajkumar is only a boy, helping out on a market stall in the dusty square outside the royal palace in Mandalay, when the British force the Burmese King, Queen and court into exile. Thus begins this...
| Author: | Adam Jacot De Boinod |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Catalogue number: | 150604 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Did you know that people in Indonesia have a word that means "to take off your clothes in order to dance"? Or how many words the Albanians have for eyebrows and moustaches? Or the Dutch word for skimming...
| Author: | Niels Mulder |
| Publisher: | Pepin Press |
| Catalogue number: | 56873 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
Although this is an academic work, it is aimed at both interested lay people and specialists alike. It looks at how the people of the region view and organise their society. The author compares how...
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Series: | Stanfords Travel Classics |
| Publisher: | Stanfords Books |
| Catalogue number: | 163860 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Alfred Russel Wallace’s “The Malay Archipelago” is a work of astounding breadth and originality that chronicles the British naturalist’s scientific exploration of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and...
| Author: | Tiziano Terzani |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 73806 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
It was 1976 when Tiziano Terzani was warned by the fortune-teller in Hong Kong: "Beware! You run a grave risk of dying in 1993. You mustn't fly that year. Don't fly, not even once." Sixteen years later...
| Author: | John Harris |
| Publisher: | Summersdale Publishers |
| Catalogue number: | 100343 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
in John Harris' "The Backpacker", John's holiday in India begins badly. His girlfriend returns home after falling ill and he finds himself at the end of a knife in a train station latrine.
But then...
| Author: | Redmond O'Hanlon |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Catalogue number: | 16793 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Armed with equipment and advice from 22 SAS, Hereford, and accompanied by three trackers, Redmond O'Hanlon, the naturalist, and James Fenton, the poet, set out on a long river voyage into the interior...
| Author: | Tony Wheeler |
| Publisher: | Lonely Planet |
| Catalogue number: | 154804 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet, travelled through some of the world’s most repressive and dangerous regimes. Wheeler says, “When Mr Bush produced his ‘Axis of Evil’ list, my first thought was...
| Author: | Alec Waugh |
| Publisher: | Eland |
| Catalogue number: | 160515 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A fluent and affectionate portrait not only of the city of Bangkok, known to Thais as ‘the city of angels’, but also of the dynasty and culture that created it. Cutting through confusion and veiled...
Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures)
| Author: | Kenneth Cain |
| Publisher: | Ebury Press |
| Catalogue number: | 142468 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
It's the early 1990s and three young people, working for the UN and Red Cross in Cambodia, become friends in the heady atmosphere of the country's first democratic elections. All of them have been attracted...
Golden Earth: Travels in Burma
| Author: | Norman Lewis |
| Publisher: | Eland |
| Catalogue number: | 116255 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Despite communist incursions and tribal insurrection, Norman Lewis describes a land of breath-taking natural beauty peopled by the gentle Burmese.
This is a country where Buddhist beliefs spare even...
| Author: | Brian Payton |
| Publisher: | Old Street Publishing |
| Catalogue number: | 154676 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Bears are a symbol of the health of an ecosystem - and the global population is dwindling to the point where only eight different species remain. These creatures have long fascinated us and their influence...
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
| Author: | Simon Winchester |
| Publisher: | Viking |
| Catalogue number: | 123115 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
In August 1833 the most cataclysmic eruption in modern recorded history occurred on the island of Krakatoa off the west tip of Java. The island was destroyed, almost 40,000 people were killed and shock...
| Author: | Laurent De Brunhoff |
| Publisher: | Harry N Abrams |
| Catalogue number: | 136173 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
The latest from venerable storyteller and brilliant artist Laurent de Brunhoff has Babar's family on a world tour! They visit a number of countries around the globe.
First stop is Italy where they learn...
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 157364 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
The novel of choice for any backpacker, traveller or Asia enthusiast, "The Beach" was also recently made into a popular Hollywood film of the same name.
When a mysterious traveller slits his wrists...
| Author: | Alex Garland |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 160413 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
When a mysterious traveller slits his wrists in a Bangkok hostel, he leaves Richard a map to The Beach. Legend has it that The Beach is an Island Paradise where a select community lives in a state of...
| Publisher: | Dorling Kindersley |
| Catalogue number: | 156074 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
A collection of over 60 stickers to help you make your own jungle scenes. You can use these stickers to decorate your books or for project work at school.
| Author: | Giacinto Cosenza |
| Publisher: | Sirai Edizioni |
| Catalogue number: | 161792 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
This interesting book brings Myanmar (Burma) to life through Giacinto Cosenza’s magical photography and Davide Ferrario’s lyrical prose.
“Ko - Travelling In Myanmar” (or “Viaggio In Myanmar” in Italian...
| Author: | Lloyd Jones |
| Publisher: | John Murray |
| Catalogue number: | 163420 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize
Mister Pip is an unforgettable tale of survival by story; a superb piece of writing that will both captivate and inspire.
Bougainville. 1991. A small village...
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