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1	Cooking with Fernet Branca more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson "A playful book, full of fun and games. There is so much pleasure to be had from Hamilton-Paterson's delight in language and wicked way with unreliable narrators. . . . The book's effect is achieved almost entirely through the comic magnetism of a single character."-"The Times Literary Supplement" "A skillful, highly original writer. . . . The ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Gerontius more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson The starting point of this novel is an event in the life of Sir Edward Elgar - a cruise to the Amazon that he took in 1923. In telling the story of that journey the author explores melancholy, the waning of creative genius, post-war disillusionment and the way in which England treats its artists. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.45! \| first editions
3	The Great Deep: The Sea and Its Thresholds more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson James Hamilton-Paterson is a wandering explorer of all things watery who is equally at home accompanying a scientific survey voyage or snorkeling alone on a remote coral reef. Now, in Great Deep, he shares with readers his immense knowledge of the sea as well as his diverse adventures, provocative musings, and intriguing speculations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Three Miles Down: A Hunt for Sunken Treasure more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson A fascinating tale of the search for lost gold in the deep Atlantic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
5	Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography more books like this by Trudy W. Stack, James Hamilton-Paterson, Trudy Wilner-Stack Artwork by Roni Horn. Photographs by Tom Baril. Contributions by James Hamilton Patterson. Text by Trudy Wilner-Stack. see all copies from $2.34! new only from $6.67! \| first editions
6	Amazing Disgrace more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson "Imagine a British John Waters crossed with David Sedaris."-The New York Times Book Review Set both in Tuscany and in the trendy haunts of London, this hilarious sequel to the popular Cooking with Fernet Branca is further evidence of Hamilton-Paterson's wit and comic inventiveness. The inimitable Gerald Samper is back, with his musings on the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
7	Playing with Water: Passion and Solitude on a Philippine Island more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson An account of several seasons alone on a Philippine island. see all copies from $2.01! new only from $2.01! \| first editions \| SVS
8	That Time in Malomba more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.85! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Ghosts of Manila more books like this by James Hamilton Paterson, James Hamilton-Paterson Ghosts of Manila is a haunting novel set in one of the world's most violent cities. It opens in a wasteland near Manila Airport, where a factory produces marketable human skeletons from the bodies of derelicts - and the victims of police death squads. The violence that follows, rendered in often breathtaking prose, affects a diverse group of ... see all copies from $6.08! new only from $185.12!
10	Loving Monsters more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson 'I'm embarrassed to say this, James,' he murmured, 'but you're probably going to write my life. I know how presumptuous it sounds - and vain, and so on - but I really do think that's what you will end up doing. I've had rather an exotic life, actually, and I don't believe you'll be bored.' A chance encounter in a local store leads a writer to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.84! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Three Miles Down more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson An account of the search for two vessels sunk during World War II, with cargoes of gold on board. It tells of the relations between the British team searching for the gold and the Russian oceanographers whose boat they had charted. Included is a depiction of a 14 hour exploration of the sea bed. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.28! \| first editions
12 view cover	Three Miles Down: A Firsthand Account of Deep Sea Exploration and a Hunt for Sunken World War II Treasure more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson, Kati Steele (Editor) A brilliant account of a hunt for sunken World War II treasure off the west coast of Africa, "Three Miles Down" is also a rousing tale of greed, courage, and great beauty in the tradition of "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.79! \| first editions
13	Mummies: Death and more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson, Carol Andrews see all copies from $2.05! first editions
14	America's boy more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson A re-examination of the rule of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos in the Philippines and the conditions that gave rise to their leadership. The author argues that they were merely the latest in a long line of corrupt Filipino leaders in a country which had historically been ruled by oligarchies see all copies from $4.66! new only from $4.66! \| first editions
15 view cover	America's Boy: A Century of Colonialism in the Philippines more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson Covering the rise and fall of Ferdinand Marcos, the author offers a devastating vision of the price Filipinos paid for dictatorship and other misadventures of U.S. colonialism. see all copies from $2.66! new only from $28.79! \| first editions
16 view cover	Cooking With Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson Gerald Samper, an effete Englishman and ghostwriter for celebrities, lives on a hilltop in Tuscany. His idyll is shattered by the arrival of Marta, a vulgar woman from the Soviet Republic. The neighbours' lives disastrously intertwine as the English obsession with Tuscany is satirized. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95!
17 view cover	Griefwork more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson Leon can do anything with plants. Tending his precious cargo of tropical trees and flowers while Europe sinks into hell just after World War II, he never leaves his beautiful palm-house, because of a near-fatal lung illness. Hamilton-Paterson won the Whitbread First Novel Award for "Gerontius". see all copies from $2.50! first editions
18	Hostage! more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson Mistakenly kidnapped by a guerilla group, the son of an American oil executive discovers that as the weeks of his captivity pass he is less and less sure which side he wants to be on. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19	The House in the Waves more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson Having spent most of his life in foster homes and institutions, a fourteen-year-old withdraws into himself until a strange message on the beach takes him back to another time. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20	Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson see all copies from $7.50! first editions
21	Mummies: 2death and more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson, Carol Andrews see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	Cooking With Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson Gerald Samper, an effete Englishman, lives on a hilltop in Tuscany. He is a ghostwriter for celebrities, and a foodie, whose weird tastes include 'Mussels in Chocolate and Garlic' and 'Fernet Branca Ice Cream'. His idyll is shattered by the arrival of Marta, a vulgar woman from a former Soviet republic now run by gangsters, notably male members of ... see all copies from $2.35!
23 view cover	View from Mount Dog by James Hamilton-Paterson From England to the Philippines, from the Middle East to South America, the 12 stories in this collection portray a world that is far stranger, and far more lawless, than we would perhaps like to admit. The author won the 1989 Whitbread First Novel Award for "Gerontius". see all copies from $4.00!
24 view cover	Rancid Pansies more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson Book Three in the Gerald Samper series finds Samper recuperating in Sussex, when he learns that film rights to his book on Millie Cleatathe have been sold. This windfall is sufficient to finance a return to Italy--and his dream to write the libretto for an opera. see all copies from $7.97! new only from $7.97! \| SVS
25	Playing with water : alone on a Philippine island more books like this by James Hamilton-Paterson This is an account of the author's life on an otherwise uninhabited Philippine island called Tiwarik, where he spear-fishes for survival. He spends one-third of the year here and, in this book, he explains why he does so. see all copies from $2.32!

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