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  • The White Rock

    An Exploration of the Inca Heartland

    by Hugh Thomson ...
    An explorer searches the Peruvian Andes for a lost ruin in "a gem of a book [that] transcends the travel writing genre" with fascinating Inca history ( Los Angeles Times).A New York Times Notable BookWith the backdrop of the ever-intriguing Andes mountains, Hugh Thomson explores the intoxicating history of the Inca people and their heartland. The author, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tequila Oil

    Getting Lost In Mexico

    by Hugh Thomson ...
    'Try this tequila oil, Hugito. Just as the alcohol hits your stomach, the chilli will as well and blow it back into your brain. It will take your head off.' Explorer Hugh Thomson takes on Mexico.It's 1979, Hugh Thomson is eighteen, far from home, with time to kill - and on his way to Mexico. When a stranger tells him there's money to be made by driving a car over the US border to sell on the black ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The White Rock

    An Exploration of the Inca Heartland

    by Hugh Thomson ...
    One man goes in search of the lost cities of the Amazon in the Inca heartland.The lost cities of South America have always exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination. The ruins of the Incas and other pre-Colombian civilisations are scattered over thousands of miles of still largely uncharted territory, particularly in the Eastern Andes, where the mountains fall away towards the Amazon ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • One Man and a Mule

    Across England with a Pack Mule

    by Hugh Thomson ...
    In the Middle Ages, mules were used to transport goods across Britain. Strong, sturdy and able to carry a good 160lbs of weight, they made ideal walking companions – as long as you didn’t ask them to do anything they didn’t want to do!So when Hugh Thomson decides he wants to revive this ancient tradition, but with a mule who is only willing to carry sandwiches, water and a map, his father can’t ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Pride And Prejudice

    by Jane Austen ...
    This version includes a detailed introductory annotation on how the book and the plot were created. To say nothing of the supreme excellence of the dialogue, there is scarcely a page but has its little gem of exact and polished phrasing; scarcely a chapter which is not neatly opened or artistically ended ; while the whole book abounds in sentences over which the writer, it is plain, must have ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Nanda Devi

    A Journey to the Last Sanctuary

    by Hugh Thomson ...
    The story of an amazing journey to one of the remotest, most mysterious places on earthUntil 1934 the Nanda Devi Sanctuary had never been visited by human beings. Surrounded by 20,000 foot peaks which effectively seal off the mountain at their centre it is virtually impenetrable. But in 1934 Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman solved the problem in the first of their great Himalayan expeditions by ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Cochineal Red

    Travels Through Ancient Peru

    by Hugh Thomson ...
    Imagine that all the great discoveries of Ancient Egypt had happened in the last few years...and you will have some conception of the great excitement over recent finds in PeruPeru wears its ancient cultures wrapped around in layers, like one of the mummified bodies so well preserved by the nitrates of its deserts. After his acclaimed book on the Incas, The White Rock, Hugh Thomson unwraps those ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Green Road Into The Trees

    by Hugh Thomson ...
    In the past, Hugh Thomson has written acclaimed books about Peru, Mexico and the Indian Himalaya. Now he returns to the most exotic and foreign country of them all - his own.Walking right across England, along ancient trackways and green grass roads, Hugh explores the way the country was and the way it is today: the legends, literature and natural world that define us, and the undercurrent of ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Emma (Illustrated)

    by Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson ...
    Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The story takes place in the fictional village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey and involves the relationships among individuals in those locations consisting of "3 or 4 families in a country village".The novel was first published in December 1815 while ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mansfield Park - Illustrated

    Unabridged - original text of the first edition (1814) - with 40 illustrations by Hugh Thomson

    by Hugh Thomson ...
    At the age of 10, Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, as her own parents do not have enough money to support their many children. Once at Mansfield Park, Fanny meets her cousins Tom, Maria, Edmund, and Julia, as well as Fanny's other maternal aunt, Mrs. Norris. Fanny does not feel welcome, as she is mistreated by all but her elder cousin Edmund ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Collected Works of Frances Burney (Illustrated Edition)

    Complete Novels, A Play, Diary, Letters & Biography of the Author

    by Frances Burney ...
    In 'The Collected Works of Frances Burney (Illustrated Edition)', readers are treated to a comprehensive collection of the works of Frances Burney, a prominent female novelist of the 18th century. Known for her incisive wit and keen observation of society, Burney's works offer a unique perspective on women's roles and societal norms of her time. Her literary style is marked by a vivid portrayal of ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • FANNY BURNEY Ultimate Collection: Complete Novels, A Play, Essays, Diary, Letters & Biography (Illustrated) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Women, Aristocrats, and Satire in Georgian England

    by Frances Burney, Corin Mordenby ...
    This illustrated "Ultimate Collection" gathers the breadth of Frances Burney's achievement: the major novels, dramatic writing, essays, diaries, letters, and biographical material that reveal one of the defining voices of late eighteenth-century literature. From the social brilliance and comic acuity of Evelina to the moral complexity of Cecilia, Camilla, and The Wanderer, Burney's fiction helped ... Read more

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