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The Cobra's Heart by Ryszard Kapuscinski
14.95 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Penguin Great Journeys
One of the most brilliant journalists of the postwar world, Kapuscinski (born 1932) spent decades criss-crossing Africa, witnessing the horrors of a continent ravaged by imperialism and its aftershocks. Humane, evocative and magical, The Cobra's Heart makes the case for Kapuscinski as a great writer as ...Show more
The Congo and the Cameroons by Mary H. Kingsley
14.95 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Penguin Great Journeys
Contemptuous of Europe's 'civilising mission' in Africa, Mary Kingsley's (1862-1900) extraordinary journeys through tropical west Africa are a remarkable record, both of a world which has vanished and of a writer and explorer of immense bravery, wit and humanity. Paddling through mangrove swamps, fendin ...Show more
The Customs of the Kingdoms of India by Marco Polo
14.95 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Penguin Great Journeys
As Marco Polo (1254-1324) returned home across the Indian Ocean, after years in the service of Genghis Khan, he picked up a fabulous array of stories from sailors and merchants, about the peoples of the region, some reliable, some wholly implausible, but all fascinating. "Great Journeys" allows readers ...Show more
The Shipwrecked Man (Great Journeys) by Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
14.95 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Penguin Great Journeys
The original disaster narrative, The Shipwrecked Men by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (c.1492-c.1560) tells how a confident, well-equipped Spanish expedition to explore the Florida mainland came utterly to grief through arrogance, storms and bad luck, leaving a handful of survivors to stagger to Mexico Cit ...Show more
To the Holy Shrines (Great Journeys) by Richard Burton
14.95 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Penguin Great Journeys
Disguised as a Persian dervish, Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890) set out to become the first Christian to penetrate the Muslim shrines of Medina and Mecca - a reckless stunt that would have resulted in his being executed if discovered. Endlessly observant, amused, boastful and engaging, Burton here descri ...Show more