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Review by
trish sd
on 18th Jul 2008
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Item: Shirley Billing, Seize The Day
Shirley Billing, Seize The Day - In 1983, Shirley Billing and her husband, Peter, left London for a three year circumnavigation of the world, in their yacht Clypeus. This wasn't a fancy race sponsored by
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Review by
mahood
on 30th Jun 2008
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Item: Bill Bryson, Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
I have been to most of the places that Bill traveled to and besides being funny...he was really accurate!
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Review by
Guest.
on 8th Jun 2008
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Item: Annie Hawes, Ripe for the Picking
Please write some more books - I want to continue my adventures in Liguria and find out what happened with the vineyard and also the land in Calabria.
I save these books for my holidays in Italy
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Review by
petepsy
on 28th May 2008
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Item: Tim Butcher Blood River A Journey to Africa's Broken heart
Tim Butcher is a Telegraph journalist, it has been his life dream to travel the Congo by the same route Stanley did when it was first mapped. The Congo is part of the Democratic Republic of Congo or as it was
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Review by
degbert
on 26th May 2008
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Item: Robert Andrews Rough Guide to Devon and Cornwall
I've always queried the concept of the Rough Guide series of books. I know there was the TV show in the 80's I think it was, where people like Magenta de Vine pretended to be down with the kids and talk about
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Review by
degbert
on 23rd May 2008
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Item: Neil Reid Lizard Peninsula and Helford River Guidebook
This is how books ought to be. There's no time wasted concerning itself with who published it or the ISBN references or what print this is or who published it or when or to whom it is dedicated. Nope, you just
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Review by
Guest.
on 19th May 2008
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Item: Pete McCarthy McCarthy's Bar
Very funny. Great sense of humour. Laugh out loud book.
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Review by
Guest.
on 8th Apr 2008
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Item: Jonny Bealby, Running with the Moon
As in good points. Excellent book, what an adventure, I like the way travelling through Europe did not even get a mention,as it would have paled into insignificance compared to going through Africa, totally
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Review by
slimchance
on 14th Mar 2008
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Item: Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman, Long Way Round
Long Way Round is an excellent adventure film/docu as 2 great mates take on a massive challenge. It's so infectious I have watched my copy over and over and read and re read over and over.
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Review by
Guest.
on 5th Feb 2008
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Item: Ted Simon, Jupiter's Travels
The more interesting to read now over 30 years later. If you enjoyed recent tales of the famous pair on their BMWs then you will find this book of gritty experience far more enthralling.
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