A journey of 6000 miles across two continents and 14 countries is nothing to swallows: they do it twice a year. But for a writer and birdwatcher, this is the expedition of a lifetime. By trains, cars, buses, motorbikes, trucks, canoes, planes, one camel and three ships, Horatio Clare follows the journey of the migrating birds.
A journey of 6000 miles across two continents and 14 countries is nothing to swallows: they do it twice a year. But for a writer and birdwatcher, this...
A useful companion for those travelling to Sicily, this work is part of a series that is a collection of writing, aiming to invest the traveller with a cultural and historical background to Sicily.
A useful companion for those travelling to Sicily, this work is part of a series that is a collection of writing, aiming to invest the traveller with ...
"Magnificent." (Robert Macfarlane). Our lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is largely hidden from us. In every lonely corner of every sea, through every night, every day, and every imaginable weather, tiny crews of seafarers work the giant ships which keep landed life afloat. These ordinary men live extraordinary lives, subject to dangers and difficulties we can only imagine, from hurricanes and pirates to years of confinement in hazardous, if not hellish, environments. Horatio Clare joins two container ships on their epic voyages across the globe and experiences unforgettable...
"Magnificent." (Robert Macfarlane). Our lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is largely hidden from us. In every lonely corner of every se...
The paperback edition of Horatio Clare's search for the western world's rarest bird, the Slender-billed Curlew, through a fractured Europe and the Middle East.
The paperback edition of Horatio Clare's search for the western world's rarest bird, the Slender-billed Curlew, through a fractured Europe and the Mid...
