Advantages: Read about a unique journey; Writing is both accessible and informative Disadvantages: Poor copy editing & photo placement; Little new information seems to be learnt
In 1095, Byzantium was an empire under threat. From his seat in Constantinople, Emperor Alexius saw his territories across the Bosphorus in Anatolia coming under intense pressure from the Seljuk Turks, a Muslim people originating in central Asia who were ...
Advantages: Some funny parts, the supporting cast, not too technical Disadvantages: A bit laddish, not enough on the places visited
Take a group of middle-aged men and a leaky boat bound for St Petersburg, throw in some bad tempers and churlishness, some prostitutes and a smattering of jokes and you have "To the Baltic with Bob". It's another in the long line of humorous travelogues ...
Many of you will know Griff Rhys-Jones as one half of the comedy duo Smith and Jones from their 1980's sketch show Alas Smith and Jones (or Lunta tupaan as the Finns called it), while those who have never heard of this Welsh comedian will know him from th ...
Advantages: Great read about an interesting traveller Disadvantages: Descriptions of illness and injuries in the jungle are a bit gory
...got more books than time and have a huge backlog to read through at holiday times such as now, a book that I bought fairly recently and skipped the queue though was The Lost City of Z. The subject matter was interesting, a quick glance at it led me t ...
Advantages: a mixture of personal experience and background information Disadvantages: none
A graduate of medicine is likely to become a physician, a graduate of physics is likely to become a physicist, a graduate of mass communication, however, is likely not to know what kind of job they’ll end up with. A gap year is a good thing for the undeci ...
