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    The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe

    Theodore Gray

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Our African Winter (Duckworth Discoverers)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Like many of his contemporaries, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle traveled extensively. This eloquent travelogue recreates in amusing detail the difficulties ordinary tourists encountered while travelling abroad, while at the same time giving a lucid picture of colonial life at the early part of the 20th century.

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Like many of his contemporaries Sir Arthur Conan Doyle travelled extensively. This travelogue recreates in amusing detail the difficulties ordinary tourists encountered while travelling abroad, while at the same time giving a lucid picture of colonial life at the early part of the 20th century.

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Eloquent travelogue recreates in amusing detail the difficulties ordinary tourists encountered while travelling abroad, while at the same time giving a lucid picture of colonial life at the early part of the 20th century.
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ISBN:
9780715630846
Author:
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Publisher:
Duckworth Publishing
Location:
London
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
Great britain
Subject:
Essays & Travelogues
Subject:
Colonies
Subject:
Africa, Southern
Subject:
Africa - General
Subject:
Africa Description and travel.
Subject:
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Journeys - Africa
Series:
Duckworth Discoverers
Series Volume:
Nr. 12
Publication Date:
September 2001
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
302
Dimensions:
8.44x6.56x.78 in. .98 lbs.
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