Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox

Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox

By
Victoria Finlay
Victoria Finlay
2002 • 494 pages

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100 books

Afghanistan

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
The Sleeping Buddha
THE SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT. My Afghan Years.
Afghanistan: A Companion and Guide
Taliban
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
The Underground Girls Of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys

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768 books

4 Star

Daren
Daren
Sea of Poppies
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
The Return of the King
Slumdog Millionaire
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Across the Nightingale Floor

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63 books

Germany

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Daren
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Rise and Fall of Prussia
Corner Seat
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland

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40 books

Hong Kong

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Daren
With My Back to the East
Hong Kong
Return Ticket
All the Right Places
A Vagabond Journey Around the World
Colour of Asia
River of Smoke

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115 books

Italy

Daren
Daren
Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Islands Ahead
Ghosts of the Rialto

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51 books

Science

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Early Man and the Ocean: The Beginning of Navigation and Seaborne Civilizations
The Floating Egg
The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China
The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Sex and Violence, or Nature and Art
Coquest of the underwater World

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133 books

Turkey

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Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Life on the Golden Horn
Journey Round Turkey
Corner Seat
Riding to the Tigris
Husky Be My Guide

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343 books

India

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Daren
Days and Nights in Calcutta
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
Losing Gemma
Sea of Poppies
The Vine Of Desire
Travels Through Sacred India

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424 books

Multi Continent

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Daren
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
The Wrong Way Home
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
The Bonesetter's Daughter
On The Road To Damascus

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38 books

Lebanon

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Daren
Revolt in the Desert
Once Upon A Time In Beirut: A Journey To The Heart of the Middle East
Corner Seat
Middle East Journey
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Round the World in Seventy Days

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114 books

France

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Daren
The Terminal Man
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Let Them Call It Jazz
From Le Pigeonnier
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Sun Also Rises
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales

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139 books

Europe Western

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Death In The Afternoon
The Terminal Man
For Love and a Beetle: A Tale of Two Journeys
Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Four Kiwis and a Falcon
Silk Hats and No Breakfast
From Le Pigeonnier

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74 books

Greece

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Daren
The Lost Empire of Atlantis: An Ancient Mystery Revealed
Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Corner Seat
Greece and the Islands
Islands Ahead
Captive Kiwi

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251 books

Australia

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Crocodile Country
Discovery: The Quest for the Great South Land
Forty Yarns and a Song
Ice Bird
We Ended in Bali
The Lizard Eaters
The Five Pound Look

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111 books

Pakistan

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Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Broken Bangles
The Age of Kali
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Game
Return Ticket
First Overland

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85 books

Indonesia

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Daren
My Life with the Headhunters
Piracy, Turtles and Flying Foxes
The Surgeon's Log
We Ended in Bali
The Dugum Dani: A Papuan Culture in the Highlands of West New Guinea
The Five Pound Look
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers

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103 books

Iran

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Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Guests of Ayatollah : The First Battle in the West's War on Militant Islam
Lifting the Veil: Life in Revolutionary Iran
Unveiled: Love and Death among the Ayatollahs
The Shah's Last Ride
Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge

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66 books

Mexico

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Daren
The Five Pound Look
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
The Survival of Jan Little
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Round Trip from Poptun: A Journey in Search of the Maya
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

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51 books

Chile

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Daren
Eight Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island
Diez Cuentos de Eva Luna Con Guia de Comprension y Repaso de Gramatica
To Infinity and Beyond: What Che Guevara Started, Someone Had to Finish
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
The Tender Traveller
Voyaging the Pacific : In Search of the South

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2,746 books

Owned

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Daren
Two Under the Indian Sun
Sailing with Mohammed
Beowulf
Slowly Down the Ganges
One Lonely Night
Killer Mine
The Snake

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9 books

Textiles

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Daren
The Afghan Amulet: Travels from the Hindu Kush to Razgrad
The Harmony Silk Factory
Women of the Silk
A Carpet Ride to Khiva
The Golden Horde
Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox
The Carpet Wars: Ten Years in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq

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346 books

Uk

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Daren
Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
Love & Peace with Melody Paradise
Vurt
Falling Out of Cars
Man and Boy
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

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1,372 books

Uk Author

Daren
Daren
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
City of Djinns
In Xanadu: A Quest
The Age of Kali
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
The Baker's Boy

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1,507 books

Travel

Daren
Daren
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
Red Dust: A Path Through China
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
Travelling: An Entertainment
The Wrong Way Home
On The Road To Damascus

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476 books

Bio Memoir

Daren
Daren
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work
Legs On Everest : The Full Story Of His Most Remarkable Adventure Yet
Red Dust: A Path Through China
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
My Life
Autobiography of a geisha