Arabia
£12.99First published in 1979, Arabia is an exploration of the modern Middle East, from Earls Court and back again.
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The Light Garden of the Angel King
£12.99Ancient scrolls and beliefs entered the land in the satchels of Buddhist pilgrims and in the baggage of military invaders – from Alexander the Great to Mughal, Persian and Arab conquerors and even the ill-fated armies of the British Raj. This title seeks the clues which each migration left, in the company of the young Bruce Chatwin.
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Month By The Sea
£16.99Bombed and cut-off from normal contact with the rest of the world, Gaza is beset with structural, medical and mental health problems, yet it is also bursting with political engagement and underwritten by an intense enjoyment of family life. During her month by the sea, Dervla Murphy develops an acute eye for the way in which isolation has shaped this society. Time and again she meets men who have returned to the Strip as an act of presence. Yet the mosque is often their only daily activity as difficulties obtaining supplies mean few opportunities for creative work.
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Scum Of The Earth
£12.99A recent edition of Arthur Koestler’s gripping tale of arrest, imprisonment, and subsequent escape to London from Nazi-occupied France.
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My Early Life
£12.99Packed with adventure and incidents, Winston Churchill’s first 25 years were spent working as a soldier and a war correspondent in India, South Africa and Cuba. Churchill evokes a so-called golden age before 1914 in his autobiography.
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Naples 44
£12.99Norman Lewis is Britain’s greatest living travel writer, with a list of some ten travel books and several books of collection journalism to his name. Here, he provides a portrait of Naples in the depths of war – poverty-stricken, vice-ridden and riddled by corruption – yet magnificently life-affirming.