Book Shop
This is the Greatest Escapes bookshop, where you can buy a selection of books writen by Victoria Brooks.
Famous Faces, Famous Places and Famous Foods US$:
22.95 By Victoria Brooks |
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In Famous Faces, Famous
Places & Famous Food, traveler/author Victoria Brooks
roams the planet in search of celebrated artists,
illuminating the fascination of their lives with the
exotic ink of their chosen lands and adding recipes
and photos to complete an intoxicating creative journey. |
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Red Dream: an exotic novel US$:
15 By Victoria Brooks |
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Part historical novel,
part romance. Part fact, part fiction. An Asian Gone
with the Wind dropped against a seething and exotic
background of love and sex, intrigue and war. A melodrama
set against the bloody palette of Vietnam's history. |
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Literary Trips: Following the Footsteps of Fame US$:
19.95 376 pages |
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Sip Martinis with Noël Coward and Ian Fleming on a Jamaican beach. Fish for marlin with Ernest Hemingway in Cuba. Ride a streetcar through New Orleans’s French Quarter with Tennessee Williams. Surf Australia’s king-size waves with Bruce Chatwin. Hang on tight on a camel with Lawrence of Arabia in Jordan. Climb a Swiss Alp with Mary Shelley, Frankenstein’s mother. Search for magic and mystery in Ireland with W. B. Yeats. Whether you’re an armchair traveler or a seasoned globetrotter, this unique tour through the lives of some of the world’s most noteworthy writers will enchant you and provide practical information and tips with a literary spin on many of the most exotic and must-see destinations on the planet. Want to try before you buy? Looking for quick information on one destination only? Then our single chapter option might be for you. Purchase an individual Literary Trips chapter in Adobe Acrobat format for only $2.95 (US funds) and you can download it immediately into your computer for on-screen viewing or printing out to take with you on your travels. Browse the chapters here. |
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Literary Trips: Following the Footsteps of Fame Volume 2 US$:
19.95 400 pages |
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Uncover the mysteries of Franz Kafka’s Prague. Tarry on the docks of John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. Scurry with the street urchins of Charles Dickens’s London. Heckle a thespian at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Swing a scythe with the field hands of Leo Tolstoy’s Russia. Get away from it all at Walden Pond with Henry David Thoreau. Dream of the future with Arthur C. Clarke. Walk Saigon's tamarind-studded French colonial streets with Graham Greene. The original volume in the Literary Trips series attracted widespread media attention and glowing reviews. Come join us again for a second exotic feast of literary adventure that transports both the reader (vicariously) and the traveler (as a practical guide) around the world. The second volume in the Literary Trips series again raises the bar for the very best in travel writing. Want to try before you buy? Looking for quick information on one destination only? Then our single chapter option might be for you. Purchase an individual Literary Trips chapter in Adobe Acrobat format for only $2.95 (US funds) and you can download it immediately into your computer for on-screen viewing or printing out to take with you on your travels. Browse the chapters here. |
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Literary Trips Value Pack includes Literary Trips: Following the Footsteps of Fame and Literary Trips Volume 2: Following the Footsteps of Fame US$:
29.92
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Want to try before you buy? Looking for quick information on one destination only? Then our single chapter option might be for you. Purchase an individual Literary Trips chapter in Adobe Acrobat format for only $2.95 (US funds) and you can download it immediately into your computer for on-screen viewing or printing out to take with you on your travels. Browse the chapters here Volume 1 Volume 2 |
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