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I Came, I Saw: An Autobiography
| Author: | Norman Lewis |
| Publisher: | Picador |
| Catalogue number: | 67321 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Norman Lewis's autobiography was originally published as "Jackdaw Cake" in 1985. It was re-published in 1996 with 50 new pages increasing in depth the story in the 1960s and 1970s, recording his time...
| Author: | Marco Polo |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 20146 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 12 days |
Originally translated into English in 1925, this edition of “The Travels” has chapters missing from translations previous to this date, and is all the better for it. Marco Polo lived from 1254 to1324...
Full Tilt: Dunkirk to Delhi by Bicycle
| Author: | Dervla Murphy |
| Publisher: | John Murray |
| Catalogue number: | 120557 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
On her tenth Birthday Dervla Murphy was given a bicycle and an atlas. A few days later she decided to cycle to India. Twenty years later she set off from Dunkirk towards Delhi. The epic journey took...
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