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.Shadow of the Silk Road (P.S.)

by: Colin Thubron

July 01, 2008
I am actually only half way through this book. I became interested in travel writings after reading all of Ryszard Kapuscinski's reportage/diaries, also a world traveler who writes with exquisite decorum. I enjoy objective, beautifully written prose which is the flavor I find in Colin Thubron's book. I like his humanity, curiosity, and tolerance of the people he meets. This book will transcend and include you in his travels. It is very educational and will expand your knowledge of peoples of another world.
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.The Lost Heart of Asia (P.S.)

by: Colin Thubron

July 01, 2008
Don't loan this book. You'll never get it back. It's that good. It's that informative. It's that true to life. Reading Colin Thubron's "The Lost Heart of Asia" put me in a part of the world I now want to experience for myself, but probably never will. It helped me understand how history and current events interact on such a diverse region. The Soviets left them with one major gift: A common language.
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.Among the Russians

by: Colin Thubron

December 26, 2000

If this gives any indication of enjoying a book :

I read it in two gulps / just could not put it down !

This writer is just captivating .

I ESPECIALLY was charmed by the poignant descriptions of peoples' faces ..

A MUST READ especially , if you are curious to understand the puzzling dichotomy of repression

and, too authentic warmth and hunger for beauty that comprises this fascinating country, Russia..

Spaceba!
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.In Siberia

by: Colin Thubron

December 26, 2000
Colin Thubron takes you right into Siberia with him. And with him, you can experience the hardships and the love of the land that these people face. This is not a tourist book. It is a book about people, interwoven with geographic fact.
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.The Travels of Marco Polo: Edited by Peter Harris (Everyman's Library (Cloth))

by: Marco Polo

October 21, 2008
Colin Thubron takes you right into Siberia with him. And with him, you can experience the hardships and the love of the land that these people face. This is not a tourist book. It is a book about people, interwoven with geographic fact.
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.The Venetians (The Seafarers)

by: Colin Thubron

1980
Colin Thubron takes you right into Siberia with him. And with him, you can experience the hardships and the love of the land that these people face. This is not a tourist book. It is a book about people, interwoven with geographic fact.
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.Fairies and Elves (Enchanted World)

by: Colin Thubron

1984-06
This book is one in Time Life Books' The Enchanted World series. Each of these books covers a different aspect of folklore and mythology, and they are an excellent set. They tell stories in a similar format and complement each other well without repeating the content. Each is about 140 pages.

This is a beautifully illustrated well printed volume. Artists include Mark Hess, Alicia Austin, Winslow Pinney Pels, James C Christensen, Yvonne Gilbert, Wyne Anderson, Lucy Maxym, Kinuko Y Craft and Jozef Sumichrast. Older depictions of fairies and elves are common, including work by John Atkinson Grimshaw, Edmund Dulac, John Anster Fitzgerald, Daniel Maclise, Moritz von Schwind, Joseph Noel Patton and of course John Waterhouse.

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.Marco Polo Travels

from: Everyman's Library

October 02, 2008
This book is one in Time Life Books' The Enchanted World series. Each of these books covers a different aspect of folklore and mythology, and they are an excellent set. They tell stories in a similar format and complement each other well without repeating the content. Each is about 140 pages.

This is a beautifully illustrated well printed volume. Artists include Mark Hess, Alicia Austin, Winslow Pinney Pels, James C Christensen, Yvonne Gilbert, Wyne Anderson, Lucy Maxym, Kinuko Y Craft and Jozef Sumichrast. Older depictions of fairies and elves are common, including work by John Atkinson Grimshaw, Edmund Dulac, John Anster Fitzgerald, Daniel Maclise, Moritz von Schwind, Joseph Noel Patton and of course John Waterhouse.

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.Where Nights Are Longest

by: Colin Thubron

1983
This book is one in Time Life Books' The Enchanted World series. Each of these books covers a different aspect of folklore and mythology, and they are an excellent set. They tell stories in a similar format and complement each other well without repeating the content. Each is about 140 pages.

This is a beautifully illustrated well printed volume. Artists include Mark Hess, Alicia Austin, Winslow Pinney Pels, James C Christensen, Yvonne Gilbert, Wyne Anderson, Lucy Maxym, Kinuko Y Craft and Jozef Sumichrast. Older depictions of fairies and elves are common, including work by John Atkinson Grimshaw, Edmund Dulac, John Anster Fitzgerald, Daniel Maclise, Moritz von Schwind, Joseph Noel Patton and of course John Waterhouse.

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.Behind the Wall: A Journey Through China

by: Colin Thubron

1989-08
This book is a record of a long journey the author took through China in the mid-1980s. Before embarking, Thubron took an intensive course in Mandarin back in his native England. This enabled him to converse with the people he met he met on his trip without having to resort to translators or guesswork. Thubron met people from all walks of life--professors, students, doctors, bureaucrats, and peasants. His trip took him from one side of the country to the other.

Thubron enjoys language, and seems to go out of his way to find specific descriptive terms for all he sees. Sometimes he goes a little too far out of his way, like when he describes some Beijing apartment blocks as "tundra-like", leaving the reader wondering what in the world he had in mind, or whether this was just a random ... Read More:
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