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Off the Beaten Page is a topical mix of the latest in sport, adventure travel, travel picture books, travelogues and guides. We feature what's new on the shelf, a top ten bestseller list of Exclusive Books' outdoors titles and highlights to get you into your armchair or off your couch. |
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Get 20% off the two titles below when you buy them online. The price listed on the website is the discounted price. This offer is valid until 30 June 2008. (Terms) |
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More women than ever before are jumping on their saddles to enjoy one of the fastest growing sports in the country – and to improve cardiovascular fitness, control their weight and liven up their social lives. At the same time, cycling remains very much a ‘man’s sport’, an intimidating world that can be difficult for women to navigate. Now Selene Yeager covers all the basics, for women of all ages and fitness levels. Usually R133, Online price NOW R106.40   |
>From his quiet beginnings in rural Scotland to his multi-millionaire lifestyle in Monte Carlo, where he owns one of the most luxurious hotels in the principality, David Coulthard’s life story is an extraordinary one. He got his breakthrough into Formula One in the tragic circumstances of Ayrton Senna’s death in 1994, and quickly established himself as one of the best drivers on the circuit. Usually R179, Online price NOW R143.20 |
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The Great Rift Valley of Africa, formed by violent geological events of the past, is so prominent a cleft down the eastern side of the continent that it can even be seen from the moon. In a pictorial journey across the length and breadth of the East African section of the Great Rift Valley, award-winning wildlife photographers Anup and Manoj Shah explore the diversity of habitats created by this great fissure in the Earth.
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When Robyn Scott was six years old her parents abruptly exchanged the tranquil pastures of New Zealand for a converted cowshed in the wild Botswana, where their three small children grew up collecting snakes, canoeing with crocodiles and breaking in horses in the veld. Linda Scott haphazardly and single-handedly home-schooled Robyn, Damien and Lulu, while Keith ran a flying doctor practice and adapted to the unique demands of rural clinics. |
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This Month's Top Seller One woman's three-pronged approach to regaining balance in her life. |
Notable Mover A Scotsman's strange journey to find some of the more out-of-the-way cricketing spots. |
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We’ve always dreamed of perfect places: Eden, heaven and Oz – places over the rainbow, beyond death and loss. Now, through computer technology, we can inhabit those worlds together. Each week, between 35 and 50 million people worldwide abandon reality for virtual worlds. The Pentagon has begun to develop virtual worlds to help in real-world battles. In Korea, virtual violence has even begun to spread into the real world.
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Recently installed in Cairo as a freelance journalist and expat barfly, Hugh Miles soon meets and falls in love with Roda, a beautiful Egyptian doctor, who introduces him to Egypt’s favourite pastime, the card game tarneeb, to her all-female card circle, and to a previously unseen side of life in the Middle East’s greatest city. While the women cut and shuffle, Miles listens to their stories and learns about what it means to be a young Muslim woman. |
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Matthew Fort first visited the island of Sicily at the age of twenty-six. He and his brother arrived in 1973 expecting sun, sea and good food, but they were totally unprepared for the lifelong effect of this most extraordinary island. Thirty years later, older and a bit wiser – but no less greedy – Matthew finally returns. Travelling round the island on his scooter, Monica, Matthew rediscovers its beauty and the intensity of its flavours.
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Each chapter takes off with stories of women who travelled with girlfriends to celebrate, grow, challenge themselves, or simply enjoy every moment to its fullest. They ran marathons to support favourite causes, cycled through Ireland and volunteered in Montana. The informative chapters suggest once-in-a-lifetime exotic escapes, trips to the world’s best cities, cultural hot spots, and more. |
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That's all folks! As always, please feel free to send your comments at the usual address. See you in July ... The Exclusive Books.Com Team |
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