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Norman Lewis

A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam


by Norman Lewis

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 358 PAGES
  • FAVORITE
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

A classic account of travels and adventure during the last years of French Indochina, strong on atmosphere and including wonderfully detailed descriptions of local cultures and archaeological treasures. First published in 1951. (SEA40, $33.95)

Golden Earth, Travels in Burma

Golden Earth, Travels in Burma


by Norman Lewis

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 275 PAGES

The classic, mesmerizing account of the people and country of Burma as recorded by the author during a visit shortly after independence in 1951. (BMA33, $32.95)

The Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed


by Norman Lewis

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 276 PAGES

A penetrating report on the Mafia, its origins, code, brutality and impact on Sicilian society and culture, originally published in 1964. (ITL735, $33.95)

Naples '44, A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy

Naples '44, A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy


by Norman Lewis

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 187 PAGES

A classic book by one of the 20th century's great travel writers. Naples '44 is funny and moving, and ultimately a meditation on war and the indomitable character of the Italian people. (ITL603, $14.95)

A View of the World, Selected Journalism

A View of the World, Selected Journalism


by Norman Lewis

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

This enormously pleasurable omnibus from the 1940s to the 1980s includes 20 samples of travels, adventures and encounters to Belize, Liberia, Guatemala, the Amazon, Sardinia and Cuba by the ever insightful Norman Lewis. (TVL24, $32.95)

Voices of the Old Sea

Voices of the Old Sea


by Norman Lewis

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES

An account of life in the remote Spanish fishing village of Farol, on what is now the Costa Brava, in the years after World War II by the wonderful Norman Lewis. (SPN261, $14.95)

 

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