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'Clever, brave and urgent. I thought about Lost Property for days after I finished it.' Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall 'Fascinating and eloquent discussion of nationalism, art and conflict, leavened with wry humour.' Mail on Sunday ____________________ In the middle of her life, a writer finds herself in a dark wood, despairing at how modern Britain has become a place of such greed and ... Read more

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Tomorrow

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A loyal dog embarks on an odyssey across centuries in an epic fantasy "beautifully rich in perseverance, love . . . and memorable, evocative scents" ( Kirkus Reviews).Venice, 1815. A two-hundred-year-old dog is searching for his lost master. So begins Tomorrow, a story of loyalty and love that spans the centuries, and of hope as the world collapses into war. Tomorrow is a dog who must travel ... Read more

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Where the Wild Winds Are

Walking Europe's Winds from the Pennines to Provence

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Selected as a Book of the Year by the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator"Travel writing in excelsis." -Jan Morris, author of Venice"A thrilling and gorgeous tale, packed with meteorological wonder." -Amy Liptrot, author of The OutrunNick Hunt sets off on an unlikely quest: to follow four of Europe's winds across the continent.... ... Read more

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Selected as a Book of the Year by the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator"Travel writing in excelsis." -Jan Morris, author of Venice"A thrilling and gorgeous tale, packed with meteorological wonder." -Amy Liptrot, author of The OutrunNick Hunt sets off on an unlikely quest: to follow four of Europe's winds across the continent....
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The Lawrence Durrell Travel Reader

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A collection of travel essays from the New York Times –bestselling author whose writing sparkles with "prose as luminous as the Mediterranean air he loves" ( Time ).Few men have traveled as wisely as Lawrence Durrell. Born in India, he lived in Corfu as a young man, enjoying salt air, cobalt water, and an unfettered bohemian lifestyle. Over the following decades, he rambled aroun... ... Read more

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A collection of travel essays from the New York Times –bestselling author whose writing sparkles with "prose as luminous as the Mediterranean air he loves" ( Time ).Few men have traveled as wisely as Lawrence Durrell. Born in India, he lived in Corfu as a young man, enjoying salt air, cobalt water, and an unfettered bohemian lifestyle. Over the following decades, he rambled aroun...
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Rene & Me

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As financial disaster looms, our heroes seek sanctuary in France at the Mill of the Flea. Will they survive, or fall prey to the wiles of Rene Ribet, the notorious Fox of Cotentin. Rene & Me is a sometimes hilarious sometimes moving and always captivating celebration of human nature and life in France. ... Read more

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As financial disaster looms, our heroes seek sanctuary in France at the Mill of the Flea. Will they survive, or fall prey to the wiles of Rene Ribet, the notorious Fox of Cotentin. Rene & Me is a sometimes hilarious sometimes moving and always captivating celebration of human nature and life in France.
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Words of Mercury

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A career-spanning anthology from the greatest traveler—and travel writer—of the twentieth century.The adventures of Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor, Britain’s most beloved traveler, began in 1933, when he embarked on a walk from Holland to Constantinople—the entire length of Europe—at the tender age of eighteen. Sleeping in barns, monasteries, and, on occasion, aristocratic country houses, the young ... Read more

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A career-spanning anthology from the greatest traveler—and travel writer—of the twentieth century.The adventures of Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor, Britain’s most beloved traveler, began in 1933, when he embarked on a walk from Holland to Constantinople—the entire length of Europe—at the tender age of eighteen. Sleeping in barns, monasteries, and, on occasion, aristocratic country houses, the young
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The Porpoise

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In a bravura feat of storytelling, Mark Haddon calls upon narratives ancient and modern to tell the story of Angelica, a young woman trapped in an abusive relationship with her father. When a young man named Darius discovers their secret, he is forced to escape on a boat bound for the Mediterranean. To his surprise he finds himself travelling backwards over two thousand years to a world of pirates ... Read more

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In a bravura feat of storytelling, Mark Haddon calls upon narratives ancient and modern to tell the story of Angelica, a young woman trapped in an abusive relationship with her father. When a young man named Darius discovers their secret, he is forced to escape on a boat bound for the Mediterranean. To his surprise he finds himself travelling backwards over two thousand years to a world of pirates
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The Golden Step

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Art & Lies

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Notes from the Cévennes

Half a Lifetime in Provincial France

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Adam Thorpe's home for the past 25 years has been an old house in the Cévennes, a wild range of mountains in southern France. Prior to this, in an ancient millhouse in the oxbow of a Cévenol river, he wrote the novel that would become the Booker Prize-nominated Ulverton, now a Vintage Classic.In more recent writing Thorpe has explored the Cévennes, drawing on the legends, history and above all the ... Read more

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Adam Thorpe's home for the past 25 years has been an old house in the Cévennes, a wild range of mountains in southern France. Prior to this, in an ancient millhouse in the oxbow of a Cévenol river, he wrote the novel that would become the Booker Prize-nominated Ulverton, now a Vintage Classic.In more recent writing Thorpe has explored the Cévennes, drawing on the legends, history and above all the
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Prospero's Cell

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From the New York Times –bestselling author of the Alexandria Quartet, a memoir of the idyllic Greek island that is "among the best books ever written" ( The New York Times ).The real-life family portrayed in the PBS Masterpiece production, The Durrells in CorfuBefore Lawrence Durrell became a renowned novelist, poet, and travel... ... Read more

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