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On the Shores of the Mediterranean
by Eric Newby
- TRAVEL NARRATIVE
- 2011
- PAPER
- 448 PAGES
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A sparkling observer and famously entertaining writer, Newby tackles the Mediterranean in these merry essays. He finds himself in North Africa, the Adriatic, Venice, Naples, the Greek Islands, Turkey, Cairo and Jerusalem.
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by Paul Theroux
- TRAVEL NARRATIVE
- 1996
- PAPER
- 509 PAGES
Theroux seems to have had an exceptionally good time on his tour of the Mediterranean, circling the celebrated sea on foot, horseback, train and boat from Gibraltar to North Africa. (MED20, $17.00)
The Spirit of Mediterranean Places
by Michel Butor
- TRAVEL NARRATIVE
- 1986
- PAPER
- 147 PAGES
- FAVORITE
- HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
In this remarkable short book, the celebrated French novelist chronicles his travels to Cairo, Luxor, Crete, Istanbul and other Mediterranean sites in absorbing, appreciative painterly detail. (MED03, $13.95)
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