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  In Search of the English... In Search of the English Eccentric

  Henry Hemming 

  The English eccentric is under threat. In our increasingly homogenised society, these celebrated parts of our national identity are anomalies that may soon no longer fit. Or so it seems. On his entertaining and thought-provoking quest to discover the most eccentric English person alive today, Henry Hemming unearths a surprisingly large array of...

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  Michael Palin's Hemingway... Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

  Michael Palin 

  When Michael Palin was researching for his novel HEMINGWAY'S CHAIR his interest was stimulated by Hemingway's appetite for travel and 'Papa's' evocations of the places he knew. Hemingway remains a compelling figure, and Palin's goal was to revisit Hemingway's world. This book includes the American West ('wide lawns and narrow minds'), Idaho, Michigan...

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  Pole to Pole Pole to Pole

  Michael Palin 

  'The cracked and fissured ice-pack offers no comfortable reassurance - no glimmer of any reward to the traveller who has made his way to the top of the world. The Arctic Ocean, known to the Victorians as the Sea of Ancient Ice, stares balefully back as we descend towards it, reflecting nothing but the question: Why?' Michael Palin's adventure begins when...

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  Full Circle Full Circle

  Michael Palin 

  For almost a year, Michael Palin travelled through 18 countries on the perimeter of the world's largest ocean, in a spectacular journey of contrasts, drama and beauty. From head-hunters in Borneo to a meal of maggots in Mexico, his route takes him to some of the most politically volatile and physically demanding places on Earth. Whether climbing the...

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  Michael Palin: Around the... Michael Palin: Around the World in Eighty Days

  Michael Palin 

  'The pace of this kind of travel has not much changed since Fogg set out in 1872. Trains may be a little faster, but there are certainly no high-speed rail links yet across India, China or the USA. Passenger services have practically disappeared from the world's shipping lanes ...Recourse to air travel, even as a convenient means of escape, was not...

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  The Bed of Procrustes The Bed of Procrustes

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb 

  In a climate when iconoclasm is the smartest intellectual stance - whether against bankers, traders, politicians, the energy industry, or journalists - one of today's most prominent rabble-rousers gives his quick-witted and snappy guide to questioning the status quo. With characteristic panache and brio, Taleb uses aphorisms to condense his rambunctious...

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  The Xenophobe's Guide to the... The Xenophobe's Guide to the Scots

  David Ross 

  "Innate instincts""A Scotsman likes to feel that, almost by instinct, he could guddle a trout (palm it out of the water) or gralloch a deer (disembowel it with his knife), even if he spends his day driving a bus or designing software.""" "A kilty cover-up""If the Scots were to shed their seriousness, they would be noisier than the Neapolitans and wilder...

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  DK Eyewitness Travel Family... DK Eyewitness Travel Family Guide: London

   

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  Symposium and the Death of... Symposium and the Death of Socrates

  Plato 

  In Symposium, a group of Athenian aristocrats attend a party and talk about love, until the drunken Alcibiades bursts in and decides to discuss Socrates instead. Symposium gives an unsurpassed picture of the sparkling society that was Athens at the height of her empire. The setting of the other dialogues is more sombre. Socrates is put on trial for...

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  Getting Things Done Getting Things Done

  David Allen 

  Is your workload overwhelming? Does it just keep mounting up while your stress levels reach fever pitch? In Getting Things Done David Allen teaches you how to keep a clear head, relax and organise your thoughts while implementing the methods that he has introduced at organisations like Microsoft, Lockheed and the US Department of Justice: Learn the 'do...

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  Speak, Memory Speak, Memory

  Vladimir Nabokov 

  'Speak, memory', said Vladimir Nabokov. And immediately there came flooding back to him a host of enchanting recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers - on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in...

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  Jamie's 15-Minute Meals Jamie's 15-Minute Meals

  Jamie Oliver 

  Following the record-breaking success of "30-Minute Meals", Britain's most-popular cookbook of all time, Jamie Oliver brings us the even-better "15-Minute Meals". This book is completely devoted to what we are asking for - super quick, tasty, nutritious food that you can eat everyday of the week. In creating these recipes Jamie's made sure they're...

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  I Never Knew That About London I Never Knew That About London

  Christopher Winn 

  Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a captivating journey around London to discover the unknown tales of our capital's history. Travelling through the villages and districts that make up the world's most dynamic metropolis I Never Knew That About London unearths the hidden gems of legends, firsts, inventions, adventures and birthplaces that...

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  I Never Knew That About England I Never Knew That About England

  Christopher Winn 

  This is the ultimate journey around England. Christopher Winn takes us to each county, to see where history happened, where people and ideas were born, where dreams took flight and where men and women now rest from their labours. To tread in their footsteps, to touch and experience some of what inspired and moved them is to capture some of the flavour of...

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  I Never Knew That About Ireland I Never Knew That About Ireland

  Christopher Winn 

  Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a fascinating journey around Ireland, to discover the tales buried deep in the country's history. Packed full of legends, firsts, birthplaces, inventions and adventures, this book visits each of the four provinces - Ulster, Leinster, Munster and Connaught - and unearths the hidden gems that each county in...

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  I Never Knew That About Scotland I Never Knew That About Scotland

  Christopher Winn 

  Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on the ultimate journey around Scotland. Travelling county by county, this irresistible miscellany unearths the enthralling stories, firsts, birthplaces, legends and inventions that shape the country's rich and majestic history. To uncover the spellbinding tales that lie hidden within Scotland's wild and...

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