Travel

Venice for Lovers


by Anka Muhlstein & Louis Begley

Every year for the 30 they have been married, Louis Begley and Anka Mulhstein spend long, enjoyable months in Venice. They write and live there and, over the decades, La Serenissima has become their second home.

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Tasting Italy

A Culinary Journey
by Alice Vollenweider

This is a culinary journey through the Italian regions: Venetian Sarde all’arancia (sardines with orange juice), Tuscan Pappardelle col coniglio (pasta with rabbit stew) and Cantucci (almond biscuits), Milanese Risotto and Ossobuco (stewed shin of veal): these are just a few of the 80 mouth-watering recipes included in this fascinating book, which it is almost impossible to read without starting to feel hungry!

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Price: £10.36

Portrait of the Gulf Stream

In Praise of Currents
by Érik Orsenna

Érik Orsenna - sailor, writer and member of the Académie française - was featured in Literary Editor Boyd Tonkin's btw column in The Independent on Saturday, where he praised Orsenna’s latest book - launched last week at the institut francais - as 'a blend of travel, science and ecological warning'.US ISBN: 978-1-905791-97-2

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From Cape Wrath to Finisterre


by Björn Larsson

From Cape Wrath to Finisterre is both a voyage and an homage to Celtic lands and waters from their northern to their south western landfalls. Finisterre, the furthest point in Galicia in northern Spain and its jutting point into the Atlantic was so named for being ‘The End of the Earth’, even though this fame more correctly belongs to the west coast of Ireland.

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Along the Ganges


by Ilija Trojanow

The Bulgarian-born author Ilija Trojanow travelled hundreds of miles along the Ganges from its source in the Himalayas to the busy cities of the delta to offer a breathtaking and beautifully written account of his two-year journey along the holy river, on foot, by boat, by bus and train.

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