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Louise Doughty, Matthew Paris and Benedict Allen on paperbacks by Peter Mattiessen, Thornton Wilder and Anna Reid. From January 2001.

Louise Doughty and her guests, journalist Matthew Paris and adventurer Benedict Allen, share their favourite travel-themed books by Peter Mattiessen, Thornton Wilder and Anna Reid. From 2001.

'The Snow Leopard' by Peter Mattiessen
Publisher: Vintage

'The Bridge of San Luis Rey' by Thornton Wilder.
Publisher: Penguin Classics

'Borderland: A Journey Through the History of The Ukraine' by Anna Reid
Publisher: Pheonix.

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