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A Book of Lands and Peoples by Eric Newby
$27.95 AUD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
In 1985 Eric Newby compiled an immensely successful anthology of travel-writing called Travellers Tales that was distinguished by its originality and the genuine affection with which each entry had been chosen and described. Newby
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
A classic of travel writing, 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' is Eric Newby's iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable living in the chaotic family business of London haute couture. Pining for ...Show more
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (50th Anniversary Edition) by Eric Newby
$26.99 AUD
Category: Travel
When Eric Newby, improbably earning his living in the London haute-couture trade, sent his fateful cable - 'Can You Travel Nuristan June?' - it was the first step on a legendary journey from Mayfair to Afghanistan and the mountains of the Hindu Kush, north-east of Kabul. Ill-prepared and inexperienced, ...Show more
A Traveller's Life by Eric Newby
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush. Eric Newby's life of travel began in 1919, on pram-ride adventures with his mother into the dark streets of Barnes and the chaotic jungles of Harrods, and p ...Show more
Slowly Down The Ganges by Eric Newby
$23.00 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Picador Bks. | Reading Level: good-very good
'Slowly Down the Ganges' is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' and 'Love and War in the Apennines'. Told with Newby's self-deprecating humour and wry attention to detail, this is a classic of the genre and a window into an enchanting piece of history.On his f ...Show more
Slowly Down The Ganges by Eric Newby
$21.99 AUD
Category: Travel
'Slowly Down the Ganges' is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' and 'Love and War in the Apennines'. Told with Newby's self-deprecating humour and wry attention to detail, this is a classic of the genre and a window into an enchanting piece of history. On his ...Show more
Something Wholesale by Eric Newby
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel
Veteran travel writer Eric Newby has a massive following and is cherished as the forefather of the modern comic travel book. However, less known are his adventures during the years he spent as an apprentice and commercial buyer in the improbable trade of women's fashion. From his repatriation as a priso ...Show more
The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby
$21.99 AUD
Category: Travel
An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. In 1939, a young Eric Newby - later renowned as a travel writer of exceptional talent - set sail aboard Moshulu, the largest sailing ship still employed in the transporta ...Show more
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