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George Fetherling
At a turning point in his life, George Fetherling embarked on an adventure to sail round the world on one of the last of the tramp freighters. The four-month voyage…
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The compelling, tragic and often bizarre life stories of history’s famous and infamous assassins, now collected in one comprehensive, easy-to-use volume. The names are well-known, but how much do you…
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Captures the reality of life aboard a working cargo ship - the boredom, the seclusion, the differences of nationality and culture that isolation and cramped quarters seem to exaggerate.
A travel narrative that recounts several journeys through Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, keeping an eye peeled and an ear cocked for whatever faint traces of French rule might remain. It…
Most western critics of the junta that has ruled Burma since 1962-violently suppressing the democracy movement and crushing human rights while dominating the international opium trade-have hesitated to visit the…
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This great champion of Canadian literature was in his late thirties when he arrived from Britain - and in his mid-forties when he finally settled for good in his beloved…
The Toronto Star called him a legendary figure in Canadian writing, and indeed George Fetherling has been prolific in many genres: poetry, history, travel narrative, memoir, and cultural studies. Plans…
In 1991, when the Soviet Union was about to morph into the Russian Federation, George Fetherling found himself in Moscow. He both marched with the workers in the last-ever Communist…
