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Island Dreams: Mapping an Obsession
Gavin Francis
An exploration of isolation and connectedness based on thirty years of travel, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being and Empire Antarctica
256 pages, Colour illustrations and maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 1, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9781786898180 |
| Publishers | Canongate Books |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 222 × 28 mm · 636 g |
| Language | English |
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