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		Return Afghanistan, Retour Afghanistan
				Travel & Places
		(Photographs by)
		Aperture 2004 128 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 1931788499 220x297mm
		Published Price £22.00		Sale Price £3.99
	After 24 years in exile, Afghan-born photojournalist Zalmai returned to his homeland in 2003. This is a personal account, told in a series of outstanding colour photographs, of the country he rediscovered: a proud, independent nation devastated by war, famine and drought, whose people exist on a knife-edge of uncertainty yet display a resilience and optimism that are inspiring. With a foreword by Ruud Lubbers, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and an essay by Ron Moreau. Text in English and French. No jacket.
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		A Photographic Journey through the Lands of the Bible
				Travel & Places
		Hilla and Max Moshe JacobyText by Tim Dowley (Photographs by)
		Hanssler 1997 256 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 3775130101 332x235mm
		Published Price		Sale Price £7.99
	Beginning in Sinai, photographers Max and Hilla Jacoby made a pilgrimage through 5,000 years of history, travelling past the Dead Sea, through Jordan and the ruins of Petra, to Judea, Bethlehem and the Sea of Galilee, ending their journey in Jerusalem. Their photographs offer powerful images of the biblical lands and stunning contrasts, from the caves of Qumran and the Roman ruins of Caesarea to the modern high-rise architecture of Tel Aviv. With text by Tim Dowley and foreword by Teddy Kollek, a former mayor of Jerusalem.
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		Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries
				Travel & Places
		David & Charles Livingstone
		Nonsuch 2005 480 pages		Qty
		Paperback 184588065X
		Published Price £16.00		Sale Price £5.99
	In 1858 David Livingstone and his brother Charles embarked on an expedition up the Zambesi river to explore Eastern and Central Africa. Although they encountered serious obstacles, including life-threatening illness and giant rapids, over the course of six years they succeeded in penetrating deep into parts of Africa that no other European explorer had reached. Transcribed from the brothers' journals, this is their personal account of the perilous journey and their 'discovery' of the majestic Lake Nyasa. First published in 1865.
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		Finding Atlantis
		A True Story of Genius, Madness and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World		Travel & Places
		David King
		Harmony 2005 310 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 1400047528
		Published Price $23.00		Sale Price £3.99
	This is the first full account in English of the life and work of Olof Rudbeck (1630-1702), the forgotten Swedish philosopher and scientist who enjoyed a high international reputation in his day. Rudbeck's grand theory argued that almost all the ancient mythologies could be traced to a common ancestor civilization, previously situated in northern Sweden, but now lost. David King's analysis reveals a fascinating combination of genius and madness in Rudbeck's character and demonstrates how seriously his ideas were taken at the time. American-cut pages.
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		A Traveller's Companion to Madrid
				Travel & Places
		Hugh Thomas (Edited by)
		Robinson 2005 422 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 184529100X
		Published Price £9.99		Sale Price £3.99
	The Traveller's Companion series brilliantly evokes the dramas and personalities of a city's past by drawing on the eyewitness accounts and commentaries of visitors in earlier centuries. This volume on Madrid offers more than 200 extracts from diaries, letters, memoirs and novels, including writings by Beaumarchais, Goya, Victor Hugo, St Teresa of Avila, Hemingway and Bunuel, among scores of others.
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		Measuring America
		How the United States was Shaped by the Greatest Land Sale in History		Travel & Places
		Andro Linklater
		HarperCollins 2003 312 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0007108885
		Published Price £7.99		Sale Price £1.99
	In 1785 the American Congress authorized the survey and sale of land west of the Ohio river, starting a process which eventually measured out and sold over a billion acres across the country. Andro Linklater explains the practicalities of this huge task and demonstrates how the new-found passion for order, scientific measurement and private ownership contributed greatly to the formation of the collective psyche of America.
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		Between Salt Water and Holy Water
		A History of Southern Italy		Travel & Places
		Tommaso Astarita
		Norton 2005 352 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0393058646
		Published Price £15.99		Sale Price £3.99
	The southern regions of Italy are far less familiar to tourists than those of the north, and have long suffered from unflattering stereotypes. But, as native Neapolitan Tomasso Astarita shows in this excellent introduction, the area contains a rich and vibrant culture which combines the sacred and the secular in unique ways. By providing the historical context he brings us closer to understanding and appreciating this intriguing land - the birthplace of, among many other things, the comic opera and the pizza. Slightly scruffy jacket.
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		Athens
		A History: From Ancient Ideal to Modern City		Travel & Places
		Robin Waterfield
		Basic 2004 400 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 046509063X
		Published Price £19.99		Sale Price £11.99
	In this narrative history of the city, Robert Waterfield provides a splendid introduction to the grand sweep of Athenian history, up to the hosting of the 2004 Olympic Games.
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		The Gates of Africa
		Death, Discovery and the Search for Timbuktu		Travel & Places
		Anthony Sattin
		St Martin's 2005 382 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0312336438
		Published Price $27.95		Sale Price £3.99
	In London in 1788, a diverse group of men formed the African Society, the first geographical society in the world. Appalled by the lack of accurate information about the African interior, the Society existed to encourage exploration, mapping, scientific research and, of course, trade. But other groups and countries were not far behind, and the race was on to reach the fabled Timbuktu. Journalist and traveller, Anthony Sattin, tells an exciting tale of high adventure, international intrigue and geographical discovery.
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		A Cultural History of Madrid
		Modernism and the Urban Spectacle		Travel & Places
		Deborah L Parsons
		Berg 2003 130 pages		Qty
		Paperback 1859736513
		Published Price £14.99		Sale Price £3.99
	A history of Madrid between 1900 and 1930 when the population doubled to almost a million, exploring relations between elite, mass and popular culture in the city, and emphasizing the role of art in the creation of the city's personality.
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		Road to Katmandu
				Travel & Places
		Patrick Marnham
		Tauris Parke 2005 160 pages		Qty
		Paperback 184511017X
		Published Price £8.99		Sale Price £4.99
	Providing an insight into the nature of the 'hippie trail', this is a part-factual, part-fictional account of a 3,000 mile journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1968. Marnham presents a kaleidoscopic blend of tortuous journeys, wild deserts and isolated villages, and introduces a cast of memorable characters, from hashish-dealers to the President of the Indian National Rifle Association, as he tells the story of a generation's bid to escape the conventional life.
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		The Cyclades
		Discovering the Greek Islands of the Aegean		Travel & Places
		John Freely
		IB Tauris 2006 256 pages		Qty
		Paperback 1845111605
		Published Price £12.99		Sale Price £3.99
	'Arrayed like the stars of a spiral galaxy around their sacred centre at Delos, the mythical birthplace of Apollo', the Cyclades are the quintessential Greek islands, renowned for the beauty of their seascapes, their antiquities and a way of life deeply rooted in the remote past of the Aegean. John Freely provides a guide to the archipelago, describing the monuments and culture of each island, the islanders' way of life and the religious festivals which mark the seasons of the Cycladic year.
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		The Afghan Amulet
		Travels from the Hindu Kush		Travel & Places
		Sheila Paine
		Tauris Parke 2006 290 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 1845112431
		Published Price £9.99		Sale Price £2.99
	Intrigued by a mysterious amulet on an antique embroidered dress from Kohistan, the 'land of mountains' in Pakistan, Sheila Paine, an expert on tribal textiles, began an epic quest for the source of the costume and the significance of the triangular amulet. Her journey began in the high valleys of the Hindu Kush and crossed some of the most remote, inhospitable and war-torn places in the world before ending on the shores of the Black Sea.
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		A Voyager Out
		The Life of Mary Kingsley		Travel & Places
		Katherine Frank
		Tauris Parke 2005 334 pages		Qty
		Paperback 184511020X
		Published Price £12.99		Sale Price £2.99
	At the age of 30 Mary Kingsley turned her back on a conventional Victorian up-bringing and decided to travel. Never one to do things by half-measures, she set sail for West Africa and began a passionate love affair with the 'dark continent'. This enthralling biography captures all the dangers of exploration in the 1890s - from cannibals to crocodiles - and sheds new light on the amazing life of a truly original traveller, writer and indefatigable Englishwoman.
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		Africa Africa
				Travel & Places
		Daniela Schetar (Text.)
		Vilo 2001 288 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 2845760248 325x280mm
		Published Price £29.99		Sale Price £5.99
	In spite of the natural and manmade disasters which afflict it, Sub- Saharan Africa is still the most environmentally and ethnologically diverse area on Earth. In this beautifully illustrated 'portrait of a continent', two photographers and the German ethnologist and critic Daniela Schetar explore Africa's landscapes, wildlife and indigenous peoples, from the Senegal and Niger rivers to the Cape, and graphically convey 'the sense of sparkle - not to say the flame - of the joie de vivre we discovered in Africa'.
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