| Oxtravels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers Contributor(s): Palin, Michael (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 184668496X ISBN-13: 9781846684968 Publisher: Ips - Profile Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 910.4 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5" W x 7.75" (0.95 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |