 | Extra Virgin: Amongst the Olive Groves of Liguria by Annie Hawes
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01 One of the few accounts of an English person jacking it all in to live in a foreign country where you genuinely like the very unpretentious protagonist.
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 | Ripe for the Picking by Annie Hawes
Buy used from: £0.01 Sequel to the above. I'm desperate for more news from Liguria.
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 | Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart
Buy used from: £0.01 Deeply funny. The only author of this type of book, other than Annie Hawes who I'd actually like to meet in person.
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 | A Parrot in the Pepper Tree: A Sequel to Driving over Lemons: A Sort of Sequel to "Driving Over Lemons" by Chris Stewart
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 Goes further into the entertaining life of Chris and his family in Andalucia.
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 | High Albania (Great Voyagers) by Edith Durham
Buy used from: £8.90 When I grow up, I want to be one of these indomitable middle aged British ladies, journeying where others fear to tread.
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 | The Accursed Mountains: Journeys in Albania by Robert Carver
Buy new: £8.74 / Used from: £3.00 No romanticisng here, Carver tells it the way it was. I devoured this in one sitting.
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 | Angry White Pyjamas: An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot Police by Robert Twigger
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £0.01 How to have a crisis of masculinity in a foreign land and emerge triumphant. For anyone with an interest in Japan, martial arts or acts of insanity.
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 | Barcelona (Panther) by Robert Hughes
Buy new: £8.36 / Used from: £2.98 Not exactly a travel book, but a very readable history for anyone who loves this most beautiful and relaxed of European cities.
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