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'Captivating... a collection that is filled with memorable brilliance.' --Real Travel
'A colourful suitacase of stories... will whip up your wanderlust.' --Sainsbury's Magazine
`A rare congregation of talent' --Lonely Planet Magazine
'Riveting... the stories leave you moved, long after you've stopped travelling' --Independent on Sunday
`Engaging' --Sunday Times
`This book is a small empire of joy... a diamond...' --Observer
'OxTravels should be on your summer reading list, for it includes stories of memorable meetings written by the established masters of travel writing' --Sunday Times
`An ideal holiday companion.' --Tom Robbins, FT
'Lie back with a chilled glass of wine and enjoy this page-turner' --Sunday Express
'A colourful suitacase of stories... will whip up your wanderlust.' --Sainsbury's Magazine
`A rare congregation of talent' --Lonely Planet Magazine
'Riveting... the stories leave you moved, long after you've stopped travelling' --Independent on Sunday
`Engaging' --Sunday Times
`This book is a small empire of joy... a diamond...' --Observer
'OxTravels should be on your summer reading list, for it includes stories of memorable meetings written by the established masters of travel writing' --Sunday Times
`An ideal holiday companion.' --Tom Robbins, FT
'Lie back with a chilled glass of wine and enjoy this page-turner' --Sunday Express
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OxTravels is a collection of travel writing, which will act as a focus for the Oxfam Bookfest in 2011 donated by world class travel writers. Proceeds will be given to Oxfam. Now a Radio 4 Book of the Week starting on the 30th May.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You have to go back to the 1980s and Granta's bestselling travel issue to find a book that compares to OxTravels. Introduced by Michael Palin, OxTravels features original stories from twenty-five top travel writers, including Michael Palin, Paul Theroux, Sara Wheeler, William Dalrymple, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Lloyd Jones, Rory Stewart, Jan Morris, Dervla Murphy, Rory MacLean, and others. Each of the stories takes as its theme a meeting - life-changing, affecting, amusing by turn - and together they transport readers into a brilliant, vivid atlas of encounters. This extraordinary collection is published in aid of Oxfam and all royalties from the book will support Oxfam's work.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an amazing collection of travel stories. I must confess that I don't usually read travel, so it's opened my eyes to some great writers, as well as taking me to places I hadn't expected to go. It's all in here - Africa, the Americas (North and South), Europe, Asia, and even Antarctica! The range of the stories is huge, not just geographically. From Nicholas Shakespear's moving piece on slavery to Sara Wheeler lovely story of a love affair, there's stories here that will make you laugh and others that will break your heart. An absolute joy to read from start to finish. Thoroughly recommended, whether you read on planes, trains, on the beach, or tucked up in bed.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Inspiring book of travel tales by some fantastic writers, it transported me to so many other worlds. Highly recommend to anyone who likes adventure, travel, short stories & Michael Palin of course! A great read for holidays, long plane or train journeys.
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It's for Oxfam, innit?
I'm enjoying these stories as bedtime reads. Not normally an avid reader of short pieces (other than in the papers), it's been a pleasant change. Read more
Published 5 days ago by A. Hunt
Travel broadens the mind
Wonderful. Masterpiece. Exemplory. I am running out of superlatives. This was so much better than I was expecting. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Michael Ward
Ox Travels
This is an excellent book for travellers or would be travellers or even armchair travellers. It also makes an excellent gift fo a like minded friend.
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Ox Travelled
An interesting book to dip into. My copy now reside in the guest bedroom- the stories are just long enough for a bed time read. Read more
Published 9 months ago by MXJ
a pleasure
Good bedtime/travelling reading. I was introduced to many writers I didn't know and who I will look out for now.
Published 9 months ago by viuda
Dip in and out and discover the world
This is a travel book you can gobble up in a couple of sittings or dip in and out of at your leisure. Read more
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