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  • Islands in the Sun
    Glynn Baugher
    This is a light and personable account of a short tour of four main Greek islands--Corfu, Santorini, Naxos, and Paros--with brief excursions to three others. The focus is on sightseeing, getting a sense of the basic history of the islands, and especially on the delights to be found in getting to know some Greek people and their wonderful food. The book is lavishly illustrated...
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    31,63 €

  • Vignettes of England, Scotland, and Wales
    Glynn Baugher
    Views of England, Scotland, and Wales garnered in a focused six-week tour in 1992. The book concentrates on literary Britain, especially on the Romantics, including Shelley, and on Samuel Johnson; on the two great universities of Cambridge and Oxford; on illustrious British gardens; on food and B and Bs; on British eccentricities. ...
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    32,70 €

  • Some Glories of Greece
    Glynn Baugher
    This is a light and personable account of a quick tour of parts of Greece in 2019. The tour focused on ancient Grecian sites-archaeological wonders and the museums connected with those sites, from the Acropolis to t he original Olympics, from the Agora to Mycenae-and on some of the most appealing places of modern Greece-the beauties of Nafplion and three of the Saronic Islands....
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    31,79 €

  • Words, Words, Words
    Glynn Baugher
    Witty and stylish essays on the oddities and beauties of the English language; on the greatness of Samuel Johnson; on the comedy of P. G. Wodehouse; on the delights of retirement; on writers savaging other writers; on euphemistic cursing; on strange word origins; on mathematical language; on the majesty of the Irish Literary Renaissance and the power of the Southern American Re...
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    11,34 €

  • A Semester in Ireland
    Glynn Baugher
    This book presents a light-hearted view of Ireland and the Irish people that the author encountered, especially of college life. The beautiful landscapes of Ireland, the lovely gardens, and behavioral eccentricities are featured. Lavishly illustrated with the author’s own photographs. ...
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    31,95 €

  • A Tour of Britain
    Glynn Baugher
    This book presents a chatty view of literary and gardening Britain--England, Scotland, and Wales--in the 1980s. British strengths and eccentricities highlight the comic idiosyncrasies of that time, of that place. Lavishly illustrated with the author’s own photographs. ...
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    31,95 €

  • A Trip to Italy
    Glynn Baugher
    A personal and stylish journal of a trip to Italy in 2015, lushly illustrated with one hundred color photographs. The journal pays close attention to food, comic details of behavior, and the idiosyncrasies of Italy. ...
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    33,34 €

  • Once Below a Time
    Glynn Baugher
    The bygone eras of our past gave rise to a generation with stories worth holding on to, taking place in a world that has since vanished from America, for better or for worse. Yet triumph and delight grow from unexpected sources.Once Below a Time is author Glynn Baugher’s account of growing up poor in rural Virginia in the middle of the twentieth century, and it is a memoir of a...
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    11,01 €