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Hearing Birds Fly: A Year in a Mongolian VillageHearing Birds Fly: A Year in a Mongolian Village by Louisa Waugh
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Life in a remote Mongolian village near the border with Kazakhstan.
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in GreenlandThis Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland by Gretel Ehrlich
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Life with another marginal, little-known culture - the Inuit of Greenland.
Dinner of HerbsDinner of Herbs by Carla Grissman
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A year in a peasant village in Anatolia in the 1970s: a moving and unpretentious book, not well enough known. The author now works at the museum in Kabul.
TracksTracks by Robyn Davidson
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A desert journey in Australia by camel.
Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and ApuliaHoney from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia by Patience Gray
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Food, culture and everyday life in the Mediterranean.
The Afghan Amulet: Travels from the Hindu Kush to RazgradThe Afghan Amulet: Travels from the Hindu Kush to Razgrad by Sheila Paine
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An intrepid and witty traveller in central Asia (including Afghanistan under the Taliban).
A Place ApartA Place Apart by Dervla Murphy
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Dervla Murphy, another extraordinarily intrepid traveller, tackles somewhere closer to home: Northern Ireland. Written in the early 80s, but still interesting.