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| Author: | Peter Mayne |
| Publisher: | Eland |
| Catalogue number: | 112062 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Having learned to appreciate Muslim life while living in Pakistan, Peter Mayne settled down to live in the back streets of Marrakesh in the 1950s. Rather than watch from the shelter of a hotel terrace...
| Author: | Sven Lindqvist |
| Publisher: | Granta Books |
| Catalogue number: | 105071 |
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Officially about the hold the Sahara has over the western psyche, Sven Lindqvist’s short book continually evokes the starkness, harshness and loneliness experienced there. He also intertwines a memoir...
Morocco: In The Labyrinth of Dreams and Bazaars
| Author: | Walter M. Weiss |
| Publisher: | Haus Publishers Ltd |
| Catalogue number: | 142055 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
In “Morocco - In The Labyrinth Of Dreams”, Walter M. Weiss travels the breadth and depth of this magnificent country’s social and geographical contrasts. He visits the settings of modern legends, such...
| Author: | Tahir Shah |
| Publisher: | Bantam |
| Catalogue number: | 154325 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Writer and film maker Tahir Shah moved his family away from draining British life to start again in Casablanca - a place of colour, history and romance. This long-abandoned house on the edge of the...
In the Glow of the Phantom Palace
| Author: | Michael Jacobs |
| Publisher: | Pallas Athene |
| Catalogue number: | 84278 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Jacobs is considered one of the leading Hispanists of his generation. This is his meditation on Andalusia, its Islamic heritage and the romantic allure it has exercised on generations of Western travellers...
| Author: | Tahar Ben Jelloun |
| Publisher: | Quartet Books |
| Catalogue number: | 79836 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 3 - 4 weeks |
This is the story of a man led astry by the wind, forgotten by time, and scorned by death. A man whose asthma attacks are the result of collusion between the demons of Tangier and the East Wind. Written...
| Author: | Tahar Ben Jelloun |
| Publisher: | Quartet Books |
| Catalogue number: | 79835 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 3 - 4 weeks |
Mohammed Ahmed is the eighth daughter of a Hajji Ahmed. Under Islamic law, a man's daughter can only inherit one third of his wealth. He decides the last child will be a boy regardless of its gender...
| Author: | Elias Canetti |
| Publisher: | Marion Boyars Publishers |
| Catalogue number: | 36494 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
This book was first published in the U.K. in 1982, and originally published in Germany in 1967. In fact, as becomes apparent, Canetti¿s stories date from a period when he was with a film crew in the...
Marrakesh - Through Writer's Eyes
| Publisher: | Eland |
| Catalogue number: | 145387 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
There has never been a more fashionable nor a more instantly exotic destination than Marrakesh. It is a dream landscape, with the steel-blue backdrop of the High Atlas mountains, a hint of the desert...
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I had never been to Africa before, and the prospect of arriving in Marrakech, at night, after a brief stop at Casablanca, was thrilling. The airport is hardly luxurious, and before long the dry heat began to make itself felt as we waited in line to have our passport stamped.
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For those wanting a city break with a little more spice Marrakech is perfect. It is a vibrant, tantalizing blend of North African, Middle Eastern and European cultures which arouses all the senses. Stroll through the souqs to find craftsmen making traditional silver jewellery, ornate leather slippers and wooden toys. Then for the brave...
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Marrakech – the streets have no name, the maps are a picture of noodle soup and the whole city is an assault on all the senses.
Single-serving friends pop up around every corner and yet it seems that round the next bend there’s danger lurking.
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Morocco - Marrakech, Toubkal, Essaouira
Despite having a good map it wasn’t until my third day in Marrakesh that I managed to navigate my way purposefully and accurately through the maze of alleys in the souks to reach everyone’s primary and ultimate destination the Jemaa el Fna square. But of course...
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Morocco - The Rif and The Mediterranean
My chosen summer destination in 2006 was the Rif, an area of Morocco steeped in history and a site in modern times of transit and migration between Africa and Europe. The Rif stretches from the intense, profligate Tangier...
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Stanfords helps Scoot to Africa
Stanfords is sponsoring a team of people who plan to ride from Scotland to Morocco and back on scooters to raise money for charity.
The 'Scoot to Africa’ team aim to raise £100,000 for Cancer Research...
The Anthony Sattin Interview - Travel and History Writer
Travelling between Marrakech and the High Atlas mountains in the company of Anthony Sattin, as part of a Travellers' Tales trip, our web editor got the chance to catch up with the distinguished author at the end of the week - finding out how it all began and why he is now teaching.
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Chris Stewart, the drummer from Genesis' first album, is today better known as the witty author of Driving Over Lemons, A Parrot in the Pepper Tree and The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society. He visited Stanfords to reveal how to write travel books.
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John Simpson, the renowned BBC world affairs editor,visited Stanfords in London to discuss his new book - Not Quite World’s End. John has graced our screens for 40 years in a career that has seen him reporting from the front line in various war-torn parts of the world...
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