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With their embrace of multiculturalism, respect for nature's rhythms, and need for free movement, wandering peoples brought a glorious cultural flourishing to Eurasia, enabling the Renaissance and changing the human story. This sweeping narrative reconnects us with our deepest mythology, our unrecorded antiquity and our natural world. \u003ci\u003eNomads\u003c\/i\u003e is the untold history of civilisation, told through its outsiders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43128696897714,"sku":"9781473677890","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781473677890_43f0c745-053d-4388-9cf1-8ddb90772178.jpg?v=1786020804"},{"product_id":"9781780600611","title":"The Pharaoh's Shadow","description":"In a ruined temple along the Nile, Anthony Sattin sees a woman praying to the gods of ancient Egypt to bless her with a child. 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The discovery that every place is the centre of the world to somebody and has its own riches and wonders. The authors of these 30 real-life tales find passion, surprise and illumination in the middle of Borneo or Beijing, in a Mayan mountain village, along a timeworn trail in Tuscany, on an isolated South Pacific island, or under a desert moon in Mali.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese richly varied stories all celebrate and illuminate one simple truth: if we embark on each adventure with an open heart and an open mind, travel will take us places we never planned to go, and enrich and enlighten us in ways we never otherwise would have known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing stories by:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Sattin, Danny Wallace, Jason Elliot, Pam Houston, Ralph Potts, Pico Iyer, Tim Cahill, Simon Winchester\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout Lonely Planet:\u003c\/b\u003e Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. 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