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<!-- Hailstone -->*[[image:Hailstone_Berlin.jpg|authorleft|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1445672901?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN= Colin Thubron1445672901]]|title=== Mirror [[Berlin in the Cold War: 1959 to Damascus1966 by Allan Hailstone]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating= 4.5}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:History|History]], [[:Category:Travel|genre= Travel]]|summary= Damascus today is a monument to her past, ''Berlin in the Cold War: 1959-1966'' contains almost 200 photographs taken by author / photographer Allan Hailstone in his visits to all the people and civilisations that helped shape hercity during this period. In this enthusiastic piece The images provide an insight into the changing nature of travel writing, Collin Thubron tells the tale of divide between East and West Berlin and a glimpse into life in the city that has seen empires rise and fall, conquerors come and go and has lasted for over two thousand yearsduring the Cold War. It's rich [[Berlin in impressive history and this book is rich in impressive detail.the Cold War: 1959 to 1966 by Allan Hailstone|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099532298</amazonukbr>}}
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|author= Stuart Maconie
|summary= Books are personal. There are three things that signal good books to me: how I feel while reading them and in the enforced spaces between reading them, the degree to which I bore everyone around me for ages afterwards by quoting them and talking about them, and whether I remember how, when and where I first read them. That last criterion can only be judged later, but on the first two ''In Search of Sundance…'' definitely qualifies.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524666173</amazonuk>
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|author=Colin Taylor
|title=The Life of a Scilly Sergeant
|rating=4.5
|genre=Travel
|summary=Meet the Isles of Scilly. (I know they should be called that – the author provides a handy guide to the etiquette of their name, their nature and location, etc.) For our more distant readers, they're several chunks of granite rock out in the Atlantic, where Cornwall is pointing, with just 2,200 permanent residents. They're big on tourism, and big on growing flowers in the tropical climate the Gulf Stream bequeaths them – although the weather is bad enough to turn any car to a rust bucket within years. They're so wee, and so idyllic-seeming, especially at night, you can be mistaken for thinking there would be no need for a police presence. But there is – at least two working at any one time. And one of them in recent years has been Colin Taylor, who has done his official duty – alongside maintaining a well-known online existence, which has brought to life all the whimsical comedy of his work.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178475515X</amazonuk>
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