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OxTravels : Meetings with remarkable travel writers

by Mark Ellingham, Peter Florence, Barnaby Rogerson
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Encounters with remarkable people, travel style.

This book is perfect for travel enthusiasts who are fascinated with meeting new people and experiencing unique cultures. The book is a collection of short stories written by top travel writers in which they share their life-changing, affecting, and amusing meetings. The most unique feature of the book is that the stories revolve around meetings, which is different from many other travel books. The fact that all royalties from the book will support Oxfam's work is also an added bonus.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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OxTravels : Meetings with remarkable travel writers

by Mark Ellingham, Peter Florence, Barnaby Rogerson
$7.90 Now $3.90 Save 51%
Compare to estimated retail price: S$24.66  

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ISBN: 9781846684968
Authors: Mark Ellingham, Peter Florence, Barnaby Rogerson
Publisher: IPS - Profile Books
Date of Publication: 2011-09-20
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Travel, Personal Development, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Memoir, Biography Memoir, Travelogue
Goodreads rating: 3.81
(rated by 224 readers)

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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.
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This book may contain very minor cosmetic defects, but it is in pristine condition. There should be no yellowing, no foxing, no water damage, and no annotations of any kind on the cover and the pages. For paperbacks, there should not be any crease marks on the spine. This book is good as new — lucky you!

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Books in Very Good Condition

This book has been used, but it is still in a clean condition. There should be no foxing or annotations of any kind on the inner pages, but a sparse amount may be present on the cover, title pages, or outside edges of the book. There should be no water damage of any kind. For paperbacks, there may be light crease marks on the spine.

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This is a well-read book, which means that the previous owner probably really enjoyed it! The cover and pages may include moderate foxing and annotations, but the text is not obscured and still readable. Moderate cosmetic defects and minor water damage may be present on the edges of the book. For paperbacks, there may be multiple crease marks on the spine.

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Encounters with remarkable people, travel style.

This book is perfect for travel enthusiasts who are fascinated with meeting new people and experiencing unique cultures. The book is a collection of short stories written by top travel writers in which they share their life-changing, affecting, and amusing meetings. The most unique feature of the book is that the stories revolve around meetings, which is different from many other travel books. The fact that all royalties from the book will support Oxfam's work is also an added bonus.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.