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Book Description
No mountaineer, Newby set out with a friend to explore the formidable peaks of the Nuristan Mountains in northeast Afghanistan. His witty, unorthodox report is packed with incidents both ghastly and ecstatic as he takes us where few Western feet have trod.
Newby belongs to that enduring set of EContinue
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blogcritics published on Mon, 28 May 2012
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, By Eric Newby
Genial godfather of modern British travel writing, Eric Newby taught a generation of adventurers how to blend the light touch with the long view. Harper has re-issued a batch of his best, from the great memoir Love and War in the Appennines to the re ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Paperback 256 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0330266233
- ISBN-13: 9780330266239
- Publisher: Pan / Picador
- Pub date: Jan 01, 1974
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover and Audio Cassette
- In other languages: other languages
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So you don't like your current day job as a businessman in the fashion industry. What do you do? You call up a friend and ask him to join you on a mountain-climbing trip to Afghanistan! Does that sound crazy? For Eric Newby, not so much! I also did n ... (read full critics)