Oxtravels: Meetings With Remarkable Travel Writers [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 184668496X ISBN 13: 9781846684968

Casa editrice: Profile Books Ltd, 2011

Riassunto

Introduced by Michael Palin, OxTravels features original stories from twenty-five top travel writers, including Paul Theroux, Sara Wheeler, William Dalrymple, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Lloyd Jones, Rory Stewart, Jan Morris, Dervla Murphy, Rory MacLean, Nicholas Shakespeare, Peter Godwin, Victoria Hislop, and others. Each of the stories takes as its theme a meeting—life-changing, affecting, amusing by turn—and together they transport readers into a brilliant, vivid atlas of encounters.

This extraordinary collection is published in aid of Oxfam and all royalties from the book will support Oxfam's work around the world.

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Recensione

"If you have the slightest curiosity about the world beyond your living room then this is a collection to die for. What could be a better way to raise funds for Oxfam than to collect these nuggets of worldly wisdom from a galaxy of the very best travel writers? It's impossible to read their contributions without wanting to go and get the rucksack out."—Michael Palin

"These are adventures full of wonders conjured by the finest possible travelling companions."—Peter Florence, director, Hay Festival UK

"A rare congregation of talent" -Lonely Planet

"An ideal holiday companion" -Financial Times

Descrizione del libro

OxTravels is a collection of travel writing, which will act as a focus for the Oxfam Bookfest in 2011 donated by world class travel writers. Proceeds will be given to Oxfam.

Now a Radio 4 Book of the Week starting on the 30th May.

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• Editore: Profile Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 184668496X
• ISBN 13: 9781846684968
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 432
• Redattore: Ellingham Mark, Florence Peter, Rogerson Barnaby