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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby
28.99 NZD
Category: Adventure | 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 by Eric Newby
35.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
Eric Newby was a complete novice at mountaineering when a friend persuaded him to quit his job and head for the Hindu Kush in 1956. Their journey took them from London to the wilds of Afghanistan in what has become a travel literature classic.
A Small Place in Italy by Eric Newby
37.99 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
In 1967 Eric and Wanda Newby fulfilled a long-cherished dream when they bought a run-down farmhouse in northeastern Tuscany, in the foothills of the Italian Alps. They were the first foreigners to live in the region. "A Small Place in Italy" describes how the house was restored with the help of their ne ...Show more
Love And War In The Apennines by Eric Newby
27.99 NZD
33.00 (15% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Picador Bks. | Reading Level: good
After the Italian Armistice in 1943, Eric Newby left the prison camp in which he'd been held for a year and evaded the advancing Germans by going to ground high in the mountains and forests south of the River Po. In strange isolation he was sheltered and protected for over three months by an informal ne ...Show more
Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby
28.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', 'Love and War in the Apennines' is the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II. After the Italian Armistice of 1943, Eric Newby escaped from the prison camp in which he'd been held for a year. He evaded ...Show more
Slowly Down The Ganges by Eric Newby
8.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | 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
Something Wholesale by Eric Newby
28.99 NZD
Category: Fashion
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
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