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Gavin Young (1929-2001) was a journalist, writer, and briefly a member of MI6. As a journalist, he was most associated with the Observer, being in the words of Mark Frankland's obituary 'a star foreign correspondent'. When disenchantment with journalism set in he turned to the writing of books. The two most famous ones are Slow Boats to China and its sequel Slow Boats Home. He himself had a particular affection for two later books In Search of Conrad (winner of the Thomas Cook Book Award) and A Wavering Grace. These and Beyond Lion Rock, From Sea to Shining Sea, Return to the Marshes and Worlds Apart are all being reissued in Faber Finds.

Feb 19, 2019

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Reflections on the Present State of British India (Classic Reprint)

Dec 31, 2015

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Dec 31, 2015

Cover of India

Dec 31, 2015

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Dec 31, 2015

Cover of Places

Apr 27, 2013

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A Brief Memoir of the Late William John Young

Jan 4, 2013

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A Further Inquiry Into the Expediency of Applying the Principles of Colonial Policy to the Government of India

Feb 7, 2012

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An Inquiry Into the Expediency of Applying the Principles of Colonial Policy to the Government of India [Electronic Resource]; And of Effecting an Essential Change in Its Landed Tenures, And, Consequently, in the Character of Its Inhabitants

Feb 1, 2012

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A Further Inquiry Into the Expediency of Applying the Principles of Colonial Policy to the Government of India; And of Effecting an Essential Change in Its Landed Tenures, and in the Character of Its Inhabitants

Jul 24, 2010

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A Brief Memoir of William John Young; By His Father (G. Young). Introduced by a Brief Outline of a Sermon by J.A. Wallinger

Mar 16, 2010

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An Inquiry Into the Expediency of Applying the Principles of Colonial Policy to the Government of India [Electronic Resource]

Mar 12, 2010

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Observations on the Opinions of Several Writers on Various Historical, Political, and Metaphysical Questions

Apr 24, 2006

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Travelling Hopefully

Apr 1, 2001

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Una Lenta Travesia - de Grecia a China Por Mar

Jul 1, 1999

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Malaysia: Heart of Southeast Asia

Nov 5, 1998

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Eye on the World

Apr 24, 1997

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A Wavering Grace

Mar 28, 1996

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Something of Samoa (Penguin 60s S.)

Feb 16, 1995

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From Sea to Shining Sea

Oct 31, 1991

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In Search of Conrad

Nov 5, 1990

Cover of Indonesia

Oct 31, 1988

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Art of the South African Townships

Oct 20, 1988

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Beyond Lion Rock

Mar 19, 1987

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