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Allegorizings

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(91 reviews)

New York Times Book Review ? Editors' Choice Jan Morris delivers her final volume, brimming with reminiscences, meditations on daily life, and mini-essays on everything from maturity to whistling to Princess Diana. Not so... See More

$13.96 $14.72 Save 5% Price verified 17 hours ago
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Thinking Again: A Diary

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(130 reviews)

Jan Morris, one of "Britain's greatest living writers" (Times, UK), returns with this whimsical yet deeply affecting volume on life as a redoubtable nonagenarian. The irrepressible Jan Morris -- author of such classics as... See More

$18.69 $20.98 Save 11% Price verified one day ago
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In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary

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(319 reviews)

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Selection Riffing on cats and Brexit, the Royals and the annoyances of aging, the nonagenarian Jan Morris delights with her wickedly hilarious first-ever diary... See More

$14.72 $14.90 Price verified 5 hours ago

Destinations: Essays from Rolling Stone

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(24 reviews)

In these essays which originally appeared in Rolling Stone, Jan Morris captures the essence of places as diverse as Washington just after Watergate, Delhi under Mrs. Gandhi, Panama on the eve of the U.S. treaty debate, and... See More

$16.54 $16.61 Price verified 6 hours ago
Travel

Trieste And The Meaning Of Nowhere

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(557 reviews)

A book for lovers of all things Italian -- an homage to the city of Trieste. This history-drenched city on the Adriatic has always tantalized Jan Morris with its moodiness and changeability. After visiting Trieste for... See More

$9.99 Price verified 5 hours ago
Travel

Contact!: A Book of Encounters

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(8 reviews)

A delightful and hilarious companion for anyone taking a trip and an indispensable work for any fan of Jan Morris. With her travel chronicles unparalleled in twentieth-century literature, Jan Morris's legendary books on... See More

$22.75 Price verified 2 days ago
Science Fiction & Fantasy

Hav (New York Review Books Classics)

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(53 reviews)

"Journey through a mystical country where everything is possible and easily arranged" in this 2-part travelogue set in a fictional Mediterranean city of dreams (Los Angeles Times). "A touching lover letter... to life... See More

$10.99 Price verified one day ago

Conundrum (New York Review Books Classics)

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(965 reviews)

One of the first-ever books on gender transition, this poignant memoir by a trans woman is "the best first-hand account ever written by a traveler across the boundaries of sex" (Newsweek). "A profoundly poetic story."... See More

$9.99 Price verified 5 hours ago
Literary Criticism

The Gifts of Reading

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(737 reviews)

With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje... See More

$3.99 Price verified 4 hours ago

Hong Kong (Vintage Departures)

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(55 reviews)

In its last days under British rule, the Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the world's most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and... See More

$12.99 Price verified 5 hours ago
Travel

The World: Life and Travel 1950-2000

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(59 reviews)

"The travel book of the season." -- Craig Seligman, New York Times Book Review The first book to distill Jan Morris's entire body of work into one volume, The World is a magnum opus by the most-celebrated travel writer in... See More

$14.55 $20.49 Save 29% Price verified 5 hours ago
History

The Venetian Empire: A Sea Voyage

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(84 reviews)

For six centuries the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean - an empire of coasts, islands and isolated fortresses by which, as Wordsworth wrote... See More

$9.99 Price verified 2 days ago
History

Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere

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(535 reviews)

One hundred years ago, Trieste was the chief seaport of the entire Austro-Hungarian empire, but today many people have no idea where it is. This fascinating Italian city on the Adriatic, bordering the former Yugoslavia, has... See More

$15.99 Price verified 9 hours ago
Politics & Social Sciences

Oxford

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(110 reviews)

Few cities,' Jan Morris observes, 'have been much more loved, loathed, and celebrated.' This book has become a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, and people of one of Britain's most... See More

$9.99 Price verified 5 hours ago
Biographies & Memoirs

The Best Traveled Man on Earth

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(19 reviews)

Six centuries ago, the Islamic world was the pinnacle of civilization. What was it really like? The answer is in the twelfth-century diaries of Ibn Battuta, a Moroccan traveler who spent thirty years journeying some 73,000... See More

$1.99 Price verified 16 minutes ago
History

A Writer's House in Wales (Directions)

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(68 reviews)

Through an exploration of her country home in Wales, acclaimed travel writer Jan Morris discovers the heart of her fascinating country and what it means to be Welsh. Trefan Morys, Morris's home between the sea and mountains... See More

$9.99 Price verified 40 minutes ago
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