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How I Found Livingstone
Henry M. Stanley - Paperback - Wordsworth
Henry Stanley describes his search for David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary-explorer working in Africa during the Victorian era.
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Snowball Oranges: One Mallorcan Winter
Peter Kerr - Paperback - Summersdale
A Scottish family give up relative sanity and security to go and grow oranges for a living in a secluded valley in the mountains of Mallorca. However, it isn't long before they realise that they have been sold a bit of a lemon of an orange farm.
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The Great Escape: Adventures On The Wild West Coast
Monty Halls - Paperback - BBC
A diary of adventure in picturesque Sand Bay, this text takes readers on an extraordinary journey as Monty Halls follows his dream of becoming a crofter. With his dog Reuben as his companion, Monty raises sheep, pigs & chickens, grows his own vegetables, explores the wildlife, & learns all about life on the wild west coast.
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Across Country From Thonon To Trent: Rambles And Scrambles In Switzerland And The Tyrol
Douglas William Freshfield - Paperback - In Pinn
'Across Country from Thornton to Trent' is an adventure story of how three English schoolboys spent the summer of 1863 trekking through the Swiss and Italian Alps before conquering Mont Blanc. It shows how privileged young Englishmen once spent their leisure time and reveals a lifestyle long gone but still worthy of reminiscence.
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Up The Creek Without A Mullet
Simon Varwell - Paperback - Sandstone
After acquiring a fascination with the dubious 1980s haircut while travelling around Eastern Europe, Simon Varwell discovered a village in Albania called Mullet, and a mission was born. This book charts the first three legs of the mission, as he visits places with the word 'mullet' in their name.
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Tourist And Travellers: Women's Non-Fictional Writing About Scotland, 1770-1830
Betty Hagglund - Hardback - Channel View
This title explores the ways in which travel and tourism in Scotland changed during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, focusing on the writings of five women.
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Footsteps Of The Celts By Rail
William Bleasdale - Hardback - Book Guild
A true rail enthusiast, William Bleasdale has written a travelogue of his three journeys through Ireland and Scotland by rail. It features steam trains, intercity services, busy main lines and tiny sections of track restored and maintained by enthusiasts.
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Nine Lives: In Search Of The Sacred In Modern India
William Dalrymple - Hardback - Bloomsbury
'Nine Lives' is a distillation of 25 years of exploring India and writing about its religious traditions, taking you deep into worlds that you would never have imagined even existed.
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Sea Change: The Summer Voyage From East To West Scotland Of The Anassa
Mairi Hedderwick - Hardback - Birlinn
In 'Sea Change', writer and illustrator Mairi Hedderwick embarks on a six-week summer voyage from the east to the west of Scotland in the antique teak, 26-foot long cruising yacht 'The Anassa', sailing through the Caledonian Canal and visiting, among others, Loch Linnhe, Loch Etive, Lochs Ailort, Moidart, Nevis and Leven.
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Walking To America: A Boyhood Dream
Roger Hutchinson - Hardback - Birlinn
'Walking to America' follows and recreates the immense journey, in search of a new life and a miracle doctor who could cure the blindness of one of a family unit from England in the 1880s.
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