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In this extraordinary travelogue Horatio Clare recreates the walk that J S Bach, then an unknown composer and organ teacher, made in the depths of winter in 1705 across ...

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From the Norwegian explorer, a stunning meditation on the power of silence and how to shut out the world Behind a cacophony of traffic noise, iPhone alerts and our ...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR. A journey across the former Ottoman Empire reveals its legacy and the integral diversity threatened amid rising ...

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A classic work of social history and a moving account of the destruction of a remote Scottish community

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Tim Moore – indefatigable travelling everyman – switches two wheels for four as he journeys across Trumpland in an original Model T Ford.

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‘Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. ...

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When local contacts tipped off Nigel Barley that the Dowayo circumcision ceremony was about to take place, he immediately left London for the village in northern Cameroon ...

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Derek Sayer provides an expert and very readable guide to the complexities of Prague’s colourful past, while reflecting upon sides of the present-day city tourists seldom ...