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| Author: | John Simpson |
| Publisher: | Pan Books |
| Catalogue number: | 101679 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
From small heroes to big villains, John Simpson is a master of storytelling, carrying within him a sense of wonder and adventure. Having been at the epicentre of many of the world's flashpoints for...
| Author: | John Simpson |
| Publisher: | Macmillan |
| Catalogue number: | 117145 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
In his third riveting volume of autobiography, John Simpson draws once more on his own extraordinary experiences. He provides a vivid and utterly absorbing account of how news stories arise, are selected...
Not Quite World's End - A Traveller's Tales
| Author: | John Simpson |
| Publisher: | Macmillan |
| Catalogue number: | 170928 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
SIGNED COPIES! The book’s full title gives a new reader an idea as to just what to expect from John Simpson; “Not Quite World’s End - A Traveller’s Tales” is an optimistic voice in seemingly pessimistic...
Stange Places, Questionable People
| Author: | John Simpson |
| Publisher: | Pan Books |
| Catalogue number: | 157956 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
John Simpson's eventful career as a BBC reporter has put him on the spot to witness the Tiananmen Square massacre, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of Communism through Eastern Europe and the...
| Author: | Bruce Parry |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 167606 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Now available in paperback, "Tribe" tells the story of Bruce Parry's time spent understanding 15 remote native tribes around the world, a remarkable journey that became a successful BBC series. Over...
Women Travelers - A Century of Trailblazing Adventures 1850-1950
| Author: | Christel Mouchard |
| Publisher: | Flammarion |
| Catalogue number: | 157788 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Inspiring stories of a century of pioneering women, with essays by Alexandra Lapierre, the bestselling novelist of “Artemesia”.
An award-winning novelist brings to life the stories of the greatest women...
| Author: | Ellen MacArthur |
| Publisher: | Michael Joseph |
| Catalogue number: | 116226 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
Inspired by a sailing trip with her aunt on the East Coast when she was four, Ellen MacArthur saved her school dinner money for eight years to buy her first boat, an eight-foot dinghy called Thr'penny...
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