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This book is based on letters written by the author in the early 1960’s to his future wife. He was then on secondment from the British Army to the Sultan’s Armed Forces.

These vivid letters provide a unique snapshot of a relatively unknown Muscat and Oman just at a time when the discovery of oil was about the transform society. While the letters at the heart of the book, come … More >>

Letters from Oman: A Snapshot of Feudal Times as Oil Signals Change

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Travel / Essays… More >>

Letters From the Cape

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The six friends who set off to climb in the Andes in the autumn of 1971 were as varied and remarkable as the characters in a novel. The expedition was led by Robin Fedden, the writer and poet, and his wife there was a Swiss international skier and jeweller, a social anthropologist from Provence who had fought in the French Resistance and a Nottinghamshire farming squire, all seasoned mountaineers. The others, a botany-loving duke and the author, were absolute beginn… More >>

Three Letters from the Andes

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Letters, information and rants on the Oriental nightlife… More >>

Dharma Burns – info, letters and rants on Bangkok, Pattaya nightlife

• ISBN13: 9780872864481
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• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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In January 1953, William S. Burroughs began an expedition into the jungles of South America to find yage, the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. From the notebooks he kept and the letters he wrote home to Allen Ginsberg, Burroughs composed a narrative of his adventures that later appeared as The Yage Letters. For this edition, Oliver Harris has gone back to the original manuscripts and untangled the history of the text, telling the fascinating story of its genesis a… More >>

The Yage Letters Redux

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In May 1913, Rupert Brooke embarked on a year-long expedition of North America, visiting the United States, Canada, and finally the South Seas. He sent his impressions home in a series of letters, written for publication in the Westminster Gazette, describing all his various experiences and reflections: the beauty of arriving by boat at night in New York; the novelties of a baseball game; the awesome grandeur of Niagara Falls and the Canadian wilderness; and “the fu… More >>

Letters from America

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Yes, I Would… comprises a series of imaginary letters written to Lady Mary Montagu, whose famous Embassy Letters were written in 1716-1718 during her stay in Turkey as the wife of the English ambassador. The author uses themes dear to Lady Mary, such as culture, art, religion, women and daily life, to reflect on those same topics as encountered during the author’s past 30 years of travel in Turkey…. More >>

Yes, I Would…: An American Woman’s Letters to Turkey

• ISBN13: 9781590173367
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• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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Eliza Fay’s origins are obscure; she was not beautiful, rich, or outlandishly accomplished. Yet the letters she wrote from her 1779 voyage across the globe captivated E. M. Forster, who arranged for their British publication in 1925. The letters have been delighting readers ever since with their truth-is-stranger-than-fiction twists and turns, their earthy humor, and their depiction of an indomitable woman.

When the intrepid Mrs. Fay departed from Dover mo… More >>

Original Letters from India

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Describes some of the sights and experiences on a trip to Peru, including visits to Lima, the walled city of Cuczo, and Machu Picchu…. More >>

Letters Home From – Peru

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One man’s irreverent and insightful chronicle of his journey into the Arab World. The deejay put on a James Brown remix, and the club went nuts again. Everyone started singing in English, and people climbed up on all the club’s tables and chairs to shake their hipsÖOn my way home at 4:00 a.m. (the club was still hopping when I left), I couldn’t help thinking about all these wealthy Jordanians and Palestinians, dressed in American and European labels, … More >>

Live From Jordan: Letters Home From My Journey Through the Middle East