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Julian Walker

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.julianwalker.info

Twitter

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Genre

Travel, Humor and Comedy

Member Since

October 2013

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Following a peripatetic childhood ambling amiably between three boarding schools and seven different family homes, Julian got the travel bug early and has maintained an enthusiasm for it despite masking an adventurous life with a more conventional desk career in public relations.

When not office bound he has managed to travel off the beaten track through jungles, remote seas, swamps, mountains and veld. He has been arrested, mugged, shot at, charged by wild animals, got himself spectacularly lost in the desert (so is not always the luckiest travel companion) and developed a taste for dry martini cocktails.

More by accident than design he has accumulated a wealth of experiences engaging with nomadic tribes, smugglers and wild animals of all i ...more

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Average rating: 4.19 · 26 ratings · 4 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	150 Travel Tips: Celebrating a century-and-a-half of CWT 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cape Crusaders it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Cringe - A Collection of Reasonably Clean but Silly Schoolboy Jokes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Julian Walker finished reading Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless by Laurah Norton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Julian Walker rated a book really liked it Battle of the Arctic: The Maritime Epic of World War II by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Not sure why this is listed and not published until 6 January, as I bought it on Kindle and have successfully read and thoroughly enjoyed it. Fully bringing to the fore the bravery, heroics and horrors of the war in the Arctic, you can almost taste th ...more
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Julian Walker rated a book liked it Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Fascinating and eye-opening, this extraordinary tale is part travelogue part historical reference, setting a well described journey (with all of its drama) against a social backdrop where the two protagonists were not really expected to succeed (pure ...more
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Julian Walker rated a book really liked it 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Rereading this some forty years after first doing so (mainly by torchlight under my bed covers) it has lost none of that chill factor. A classic tale of horror that gets into your bones and makes you look over your shoulder and reach for a light swit ...more
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Julian Walker rated a book really liked it For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History by Sarah Rose (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A fascinating and thoroughly immersive tale of how one man explored China to steal seeds on behalf of the East India Company to enable cheaper tea to be grown in India. Great history and adventurous travel brought to life most excellently with great ...more
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Julian Walker rated a book really liked it The Wright Brothers by David McCullough	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Absolutely fascinating and absorbing - great insight into the private lives of these very public icons. History writ large with drama, politics and competitive tension built in - this is a great piece of history, engagingly written. A very satisfying r ...more
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Julian Walker rated a book liked it The Vivero Letter by Desmond Bagley	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Another classic from the master thriller writer. One of my favourite tales of his with ancient treasure, adventure and intrigue all interwoven in a taught tale. A fab read - great stuff.
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Julian Walker rated a book liked it The Tightrope Men by Desmond Bagley	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Classic Bagley - re-read after many many years and it has lost none of its pace, charm or suspense. A cracking read.
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Julian Walker rated a book liked it The Charity Shop Detective Agency (The Charity Shop Detective Agency #1) by Peter Boland (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A fun and easy read which fits comfortably into the cosy crime genre. Entertaining and enjoyable.
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Julian Walker rated a book really liked it The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who changed the Cold War and saved MI5 by Richard Kerbaj	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A great insight into the Cold War which vividly brings to life the attitudes, fashion, and style of the times which provided a backdrop to an extraordinary true life spy story. Highly readable and absorbing, I enjoyed this immensely.
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
― Albert Einstein

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