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|author=Chris McIvor
|title=The World is Elsewhere
|rating=5
|genre=Autobiography
|summary=As a Country Director, Chris McIvor has worked for a number of years at Save the Children. 'The World is Elsewhere' covers his time there and, his journeys across a number of countries. It is a beautiful mix of autobiography and travel. It also captures his philosophical thoughts on international aid. He reflects on both the good and the bad with a very easy, conversational writing style that makes the book truly captivating. I read from cover to cover in a single sitting, unusual for a reviewer. Such was the draw as he laid himself bare.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910124346</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Mark Vanhoenacker
|summary= I have lots of walking books. All of them have been bought with a half-baked intention of actually doing the walks described within them… which of course, I've only partially succeeded in. I do have some books which I have fully ticked-off, but most of them, especially most of the later ones have (at best) been inspiration enough to get the boots on, but rarely more than once or twice. So many unfinished plans.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184604443X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Pronko
|title=Beauty and Chaos: Slices and Morsels of Tokyo Life
|rating=4
|genre=Travel
|summary=Adapting a Buddhist metaphor, Michael Pronko declares that 'writing about [Tokyo] is like catching fish with a hollow gourd.' In other words, it is an elusive and contradictory place that resists easy conclusions. Anyone who has seen the Bill Murray film ''Lost in Translation'' will retain the sense of a glittering, bewildering place that Westerners wander through in a daze. A long-term resident but still a perpetual outsider, Pronko is perfectly placed to notice the many odd and wonderful aspects of Tokyo life.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B00PDH4KVA</amazonuk>
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