Travel Writing
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-08-09 | Author:Italo Calvino

Political Autobiography of a Young Man I. A Childhood under Fascism 1) I was sixteen in 1939, so in replying to the question about the ideas I grew up with ...
( Category: Arts & Literature August 27,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-06-22 | Author:Richard Fidler

RAYMOND DE LA FORÊT was born into a noble family in France that had fallen on hard times. The Count of Poitou took pity on Raymond’s penniless father, so he ...
( Category: Travel Writing August 27,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2011-04-07 | Author:Dew, Josie [Dew, Josie]

My neighbour on the campsite here in Akaroa was Greg from Thatcham, Berkshire. He was cycling in New Zealand for about six months (with two months left), only he was ...
( Category: Travel Writing August 26,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2000-01-15 | Author:William Dalrymple

'Yes,' I said, out of habit rather than any particular wish to deceive. 'My wife and I have been married three years.' 'And you have children?' Sadly not." 'You are ...
( Category: Asia August 26,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2004-02-01 | Author:William Dalrymple [Dalrymple, William]

'Several times.' 'Who by? I thought this part of Beirut escaped the worst of the war.' 'The first time, in '75, it was by the Palestinians. Then there was a ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations August 26,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-04-24 | Author:Saima Wahab

NINETEEN Outside Jalalabad a handful of big refugee camps languished on the desert plain that extends into Pakistan. Without plumbing, heat, or electricity, they were bursting with tens of thousands ...
( Category: Social Sciences August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | 2010-02-18 | Author:Paulo Coelho

Interruption by the Magistrate. How can I be expected to believe that this same race discrimination, which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 26,2017 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2012-04-15 | Author:Les Powles [Powles, Les]

Chapter Seven Screams in the Rigging South Atlantic – Indian Ocean September – October 1980 Thursday, September 30th. Our noon sight showed we were about to enter the Roaring Forties, ...
( Category: Writing, Research & Publishing Guides August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Tom Fort [Fort, Tom]

Flora Thompson Massingham observed no scruple in claiming Thompson’s work for his own back-to-the-earth agenda. Instead of seeing it for what it was – a closely observed, clear-sighted account of ...
( Category: Writing, Research & Publishing Guides August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Tom Fort

The Otava near Sušice was no better. Unlike the Milava campsite on the Poprad, the Annin campsite where Tomáš, Standa and I had stayed was still in business, but its ...
( Category: Social Sciences August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Tom Fort [Fort, Tom]

11 WILTSHIRE HORN Winterbourne Stoke’s stream is called the Till. Both stream and name come from Tilshead, an isolated village a few miles over the downs to the north. It ...
( Category: Travel Writing August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | 2017-03-13 | Author:Randy Denmon

We Ain’t in Orange County I’d been to San Salvador once, seven or eight years before. It’s rumored to have the best nightlife in Central America so I hoped we ...
( Category: Central America August 25,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-05-09 | Author:Derek J. Taylor

'There aren't many jobs around for professional archaeologists,' he explains. 'I'm just temping for the research company.' But will he know a second century Roman baptismal font when he sees ...
( Category: Travel Writing August 25,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-19 | Author:Ian Buruma [Buruma, Ian]

In Ermita, a former historian called Cruz, now “prostituting” himself for a multinational company, tells Ermita that we are witnessing the slow demise, the gradual self-destruction of this nation. And ...
( Category: Politics & Government August 25,2017 )
epub |eng | 2007-06-12 | Author:Anthony Doerr [Doerr, Anthony]

It rains, the sun comes out. Five minutes later, hail is bouncing off the street. This morning the Alban Hills were slate blue and velvety. At noon they were shining ...
( Category: Travel Writing August 25,2017 )