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Julian Walker

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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
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Julian Walker Don't fight it.
I walk away and do something different for a while to come back refreshed and sometimes with a different perspective.
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Don't fight it.
I walk away and do something different for a while to come back refreshed and sometimes with a different perspective.
Luckily (or unluckily) I have a full time job outside writing, so my time away from a project can be very different, which helps.(less)
Julian Walker The sense of oneness, completion and achievement when a book is done.
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150 Travel Tips: Celebratin...

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The Cape Crusaders

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter
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An entertaining and enjoyable look at the rise (and fall) of the magazine industry in the US, this memoire is peppered with humorous anecdotes, masses of famous names and some great life hacks.

Being unaware of the author before I was given this as a
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Outback by Michael          Davies
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A cracking adventure story - very much in the style of Desmond Bagley - with an intriguing and perplexing mystery at its core.

Great stuff - a highly enjoyable page turner.
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Outback by Michael          Davies
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A cracking adventure story - very much in the style of Desmond Bagley - with an intriguing and perplexing mystery at its core.

Great stuff - a highly enjoyable page turner.
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Neptune's Fortune by Julian Sancton
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Absolutely riveting.

Even if you are in the minority of people who have never dreamt of finding treasure, this is a must read, about determination, history, dedication, politics and romance (that of recovering centuries old shipwrecks and artifacts).

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Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad by Daniel Finkelstein
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Fascinating, poignant and instantly engaging, this is a moving tribute to both the author’s family and wilful determination.

Equally heartbreaking and uplifting, I was surprised to look up and find I wasn’t actually in the story.

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The Greatest Force by Marcus Gibson
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Supremely well researched, this is a highly detailed and immensely satisfying read. One that is in equal measure both fascinating and humbling.

It is easy for people to make judgements after an event, and this has been done by many with regard to Bomb
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The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry
The Peacock and the Sparrow
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Immediately engrossing and entertaining thriller, with plenty of plot twists to keep you guessing up to the end.

A cracking read.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
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Simply put, this is a hugely engaging and thought-provoking explanation of how people and cultures emerged around the world.

Matching the development of art, writing, weapons, language, technology and agriculture with societal change - from nomadic to
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Spitfires by Becky Aikman
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A fascinating insight into social mores and how these amazingly brave few did so much for so many.

Unsung heroes’ stories well researched and told in this hugely readable and engaging history.

A diverse slice of WWII history and well worth the read.
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Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt
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Not my normal kind of read, but absolutely engrossing.

Well written, with good dialogue and excellent descriptions, the style of gradually revealing characters and story twists make this a strangely hypnotic story and well worth the read.

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Albert Einstein
“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

Vincent van Gogh
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
Vincent Van Gogh

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