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Series
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1967, ©1966]
Language
English
Description
'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 forty-forth birthday, Eric Newby sets out on an incredible journey: to travel the 1,200-mile length of India's holy river. In a misguided attempt to...
Author
Language
English
Description
With his trademark charm and sharp wit, Newby leaves no stone unturned in his quest for wonderfully detailed and quirky knowledge to share with his reader. Insightful, hilarious and sheer fun, this is an adventure not to be missed, by Britain's best-loved travel guide, and father of the genre. 'Why don't you start in Naples and go clockwise round the Mediterranean instead of dashing off in all directions like a lunatic?' Fortunately, Eric Newby followed...
Author
Language
English
Description
'You've had some pretty crazy ideas in your life, Newby, but this is the craziest.' Grandmother Wanda Newby was exasperated after continuous rain, snow, and gales that knocked from her bike. Twice. To avoid other tourists, Eric Newby had decided that the depths of winter would be the very best time to explore Ireland by mountain bike. More astonishing still, he managed to persuade Wanda, his long-suffering wife and life-long co-traveller, to accompany...
Author
Language
English
Description
This outstanding collection of pieces, illustrated with his own superb photographs, is a unique record of Newby's travels all over the globe - and a lasting tribute to lost and fading worlds. One of the funniest and most entertaining of all travel writers, Eric Newby has been wandering the by-ways of the world for over half a century. Admired for his exceptional powers of observation, Newby's genius is also to capture the unexpected, the curious and...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
©1982
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colorful as a walk in the Hindu Kush.
Eric Newby's life of travel began in 1919, on pram-ride adventures with his mother into the dark streets of Barnes and the chaotic jungles of Harrods, and progressed to solo, school-bound adventures around the slums of darkest Hammersmith. His interest piqued, Newby's wanderlust snowballed, and his adventures...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
Description
More episodes from the life and travels of one of our most celebrated travel writers.
This latest book demonstrates exactly why Newby has become a national treasure - his love of the unknown, the unusual and the totally absurd, combined with his sharp observation and glorious wit, are here for both his loyal audience and new admirers to relish.
Like this book, Newby's life has been episodic, a string of situations into which he has thrown himself...
Author
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era. In 1967, veteran travel writer Eric Newby and his heroic wife Wanda fulfilled their dream of a return to life in the Italian hills where they first met during World War II. But this fulfillment would not come easy. The dream materialized in the form of I Castagni ('The Chestnuts'), a small, decrepit farmhouse with no roof, an abandoned septic...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1986
Language
English
Description
David Livingstone on being attacked by a lion in Africa, Cecil Beaton on an evening with the Rolling Stones in Marrakesh, Roman Emperor Hannibal on crossing the Alps, Henry James on the Epsom Derby, John Steinbeck on trying to get out of a small town in upstate New York ... these are some of the more than 300 writers and subjects represented in this veritable Who's Who of travellers from 430 B.C. to the 1980s.
18) In love and war
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A miraculous true story of courage, determination and love in war-torn Italy.
19) In love and war
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A miraculous true story of courage, determination and love in war-torn Italy.