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Around The World In 80 Years

Nicholas Haslam P OINT TO P OINT N AVIGATION by Gore Vidal Doubleday, £17.99, pp. 277, ISBN 0316027278 ✆ £14.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T wo summers ago at La Rondinaia,......

Back To The Appalachians

William Brett T HIRTEEN M OONS by Charles Frazier Sceptre, £17.99, pp. 422, ISBN 0340826614 ✆ £14.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 C old Mountain , Charles Frazier’s first......

A Greedy, Randy Idealist

Simon Heffer 142 S TRAND by Rosemary Ashton Chatto, £20, pp. 386, ISBN 070117370X ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 R osemary Ashton has rather cornered the market in......