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Hello everybody! I travel a lot, never without travel literature about the country I visit. But when it comes to immigration the resources are more limited. When I moved to Malaysia, a few years ago, there was not much helpful on the market. To help future expats and immigrants I decided to write my own ebooks about Immigrating to Malaysia. The ones in german language are available at: http://www.guideebook.com/index.php?cPath=43 - the english ones at: http://www.guideebook.com/index.php?cPath=47 Have a look at my website about the "Best Places To Retire & Live" in the world and download my FREE ebook: "How To Immigrate - Guide To Moving Overseas"
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If you are planning to travel don't forget to visit Nepal where you could observe the Nepalese culture, view of highest point of the world which is Mt. Everest, Buddha birth palace etc for more information please visit www.greennepaltreks.com . If you wish to contact us please don’t feel doubt to contact any time.
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I'm spending time in Spain this summer and I am especially fascinated with their history during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930's. My grandfather was exiled from Spain during that time and I'm soon to gain my Spanish Birth Certificate as a result of the new Ley de la Memoria Historica. Any history and travel readings on Spain would be great. I've already read quite a few and want to continue. Also, does anyone know much about Rafael Del Riego Orozco, General of the Spanish Armies during the time of Napoleon? Thanks!
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Can anyone reccomend a really good book about Easter Island? I'm going there in November. Cheers!
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wastedwanderer I've never been but good luck. Though I have read Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes. Its okay but has the setting you're looking for....
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Hello. I am new to this group. My name is BrittArnhild, I live in Trondheim, Norway and I love to travel, and to read travel litterature. Just finished Dervla Murphy's Cameroon With Egbert. Not her best book, she has some I really love, this one was somewhere in the middle. Finishing a book means it is time to start another one. Haven't quite decided which one to start yet. May be any of you have a suggestion?
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Can I tout my own books? They aren't avail at the mo - however - wrote all my experiences into a trilogy of self published books then found Bill Bryson does it a lot better than me! No wonder he got a book deal and I didn't. Mine need re-writes and edits now from 10 years down the track. Interestingly, Orwell's Down and Out in Paris is similar too, eerie how little had changed in 70 years or so!
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julzetraveller Well good for you for having a go. I love the cover if that's anything to go by.
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parisiangreen thanks julze..maybe I'll add the other two covers here at some point but right now am v tired, so it's goodnight from me...
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This isn't as exotic as a trip to Iran or Turkey but i'm spending a week in the Dorset area of England and I've been looking for a guide book that's about the little places not just the big obvious places...Anyone know of anything?
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parisiangreen Either the LP England guide but don't expect too much other than on the obvious like Bournemouth. Or seek an indy publication locally in Smiths for example. Hope this helps.
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I'm planning a month in Iran in around June. There's quite a few books out there providing the rather predictable "Iran is misunderstood/special" mantra. Anyone read travel books/travelogues on Iran? Can you recommend anything in particular?
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sepulchre Thanks for the recommendation Jennifer. I'm compiling a reading list for my trip and I'm surprised by how many recent books have been written about Iran. It's topical I suppose. I like the idea of a n Iranian-American going back. Something like V.S. Naipaul going back to India in "An Area of Darkness"...Will be going to Turkey afterwards so will start reading up on that too. Coincidentally I live with a San Fran girl in Melb.
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sepulchre Hi there, I'm also planning on Turkey in the middle of the year and wondered what was a good travel book for the area. My own ideas come from being a history loon, so I'll probably read been meaning to read a condensed history of the Byzantine Empire by John Julius Norwich. A classic writer. As for travel guides...best to look at the LP's Guide to Turkey...
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jhattam Orhan Pamuk's "Istanbul" is great to read if you're going to be spending time in the city. Jeremy Seal's "A Fez of the Heart" is a nice light travelogue about Turkey. "The Turkish Labyrinth" by James Pettifer is good for heavier (but very interesting) modern history and politics, if a bit dated now.
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sepulchre BBC Radio 4's Excess Baggage http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qfy73...slightly annoying voices but interesting enough...
"Peter Curran meets trekking-guide writer Kate Clow, who has trail-blazed a number of long-distance walks in rural Turkey. She connected a series of paths to make Turkey's first long-distance walking route, the Lycian Way, and has since forged the St Paul Trail in the region walked by the saint, the Turkish Lake District. It reveals a side of Turkey usually unseen by the travellers to Istanbul or the coastal resorts. In addition art historian Francis Russell tells Peter about exploring the huge range of fascinating - often unexcavated - ruins from the Hittites to the Ottomans, that are a testament to Turkey's historical heritage."
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dishaoz I really enjoyed reading "Tales from the Expat Harem" about women who have settled in Turkey, from all different places. I think it was a great collection of experiences and although I was only travelling in Turkey for 6 weeks I identified with many of their tales.
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mashasyfier Afanasiy NIkitin was a Russian merchant (born in Tver) and one of the first Europeans who traveled to and documented his visit to India. He described his trip in a narrative known as the The Journey Beyond Three Seas.
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mashasyfier Afanasiy NIkitin was a Russian merchant (born in Tver) and one of the first Europeans who traveled to and documented his visit to India. He described his trip in a narrative known as the The Journey Beyond Three Seas.
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adi19london thanks for information.. cheers
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A forum for discussing books travellers should read to understand the character of the destinations they visit.
These could be "travel literature" in the traditional sense, such as most of what Bill Bryson writes, or it could be all manner of other reading material, from history books to novels. (Not guidebooks.)
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