Travel

The Liquid Continent - A Mediterranean Trilogy

Volume III: Istanbul
by Nicholas Woodsworth

Nicholas Woodsworth sets out from Venice to complete his circumnavigation of the Liquid Continent. As ever, he takes the road less travelled, through Albania towards the Aegean archipelago, visiting Lesbos and the Dardanelles on the way to Istanbul.

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The Liquid Continent - A Mediterranean Trilogy

Volume II: Venice
by Nicholas Woodsworth

On his circumnavigation of the Liquid Continent Nicholas Woodsworth is interrupted by his wife. ‘I’d love to see Venice in the spring,’ she said. ‘We could meet there and then you could carry on to Istanbul when I go back to teaching. You wouldn’t miss an inch of the coast - you’d just be doing part of it the other way round.’ Compelling argument combined with irresistible temptation propels him to the Lagoon.

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China A to Z

A User's Guide to the Next Global Superpower
by Kai Strittmatter

It’s time we got to know a little more about the Chinese. Did you know that our Olympic hosts in 2008 don’t eat soup, they drink it? That their surnames come before their first names? That their good sense is to be found not in their heads but in their hearts? Or that white is their colour of mourning? This guide to avoiding the numerous pitfalls of Chinese culture and etiquette, and understanding the world’s fastest growing superpower, is both amusing and informative. Let it be your introduction to China and its people.The writer and journalist Kai Strittmatter lived and worked in China for ten years. With the Beijing Olympics 2008 luring even more travellers to China, this amusing, affectionate and perceptive book provides a fascinating guide to this lively, sociable and friendly people and their complex and often contradictory society. As the author says: ‘Be prepared for everything when you come to Beijing. It really is unbelievable what can happen here.’

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Happy Landings!

Cartoons by Bosc, Chaval, Paul Flora and Loriot
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This is a journey around the world in 65 cartoons. To all rolling stones and armchair travellers alike the world-renowned artists Bosc, Chaval, Paul Flora and Loriot say: Happy Landings!

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Farewell to Salonica

City at the Crossroads
by Leon Sciaky

In this warm and moving memoir, Leon Sciaky describes his childhood before the First World War in a prosperous, loving Jewish family in the cosmopolitan city of Salonica (now Thessaloniki in Greece). With an introduction by Neil Barnett.

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Price: £13.59