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An excellent resource for seeing Britain on foot

Advantages: An easy to use guide with a range of beautiful walks
Disadvantages: Some of the walks are a little too difficult for me!

Coast: The Walks A number of book representatives regularly visit my workplace, such as The Book People and as a result, I frequently find myself browsing through the samples and placing several orders. My husband and I are keen photographers an ...

Alyson29 08.09.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Coast: The Walks - BBC Books

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Where will I find the Dragon's lair?

Advantages: Easy to use, interesting and lovely photos and maps
Disadvantages: Paperback book but a little heavy

DK Eyewitness Guide : Cracow Whenever we buy a guidebook we opt for one of the Dorling Kindersley Eye Witness ones as they are so well laid out and have great pictures so you can actually see what you might be looking for when you go somewhere. WHAT DO ...

catsholiday 01.02.2012 · Read full review
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Review of DK Eye Witness Travel Guide: Cracow - Dorling Kinderseley

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This Time With Maps

Advantages: Intelligent, compassionate, amusing and laced with danger.
Disadvantages: None

Tim Butcher's day job from 1990 to 2009 was "journalist". I wonder what today's school-kids imagine when they say they want to be a journalist… do they envisage writing about science, or economics, or celebrities, or do they see themselves as televi ...

hiker 01.09.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Chasing the Devil: On Foot Through Africa's Killing Fields - Tim Butcher

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Dancing around the devil

Advantages: Interesting, educational, full of detail
Disadvantages: None

Some time ago I read and reviewed Tim Butcher's Blood River, about his journey along the Congo River, and I'm afraid to say I wasn't terribly complementary about it. I didn't like his style or attitude, and thought I would rather find other books on Afric ...

eilidhcatriona 22.11.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Chasing the Devil: On Foot Through Africa's Killing Fields - Tim Butcher

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