Clean room, no beetles wanted: how a young Kafka hoped to write budget travel guides

Before writing his best-known works, Franz Kafka hoped to make millions with a series of on the cheap guides to European travel Years before penning Metamorphosis, considered by some to beKafka: The Early Years, published in translation (by Shelley Frisch) last month. The ahead-of-its-time idea (considering the popularity of budget travel tips today) sought to …

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US to ban citizens from travel to North Korea, tour operators say

State department cites safety concerns as it confirms news following death of US student who was sentenced to hard labor in the country The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, has authorized a ban on American travel to North Korea that could go into effect as early as late August. It follows the In May, …

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‘It’s heartbreaking’: Maltese mourn collapse of Azure Window arch

Limestone arch, landmark which featured in Clash of the Titans and Game of Thrones, crashes into sea after heavy storm As arches go, the Azure Window had celebrity status, featuring in films such as Clash of the Titans and The Count of Monte Cristo and serving as the backdrop to the Dothraki wedding scene in …

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Clean room, no beetles wanted: how a young Kafka hoped to write budget travel guides

Before writing his best-known works, Franz Kafka hoped to make millions with a series of on the cheap guides to European travel Years before penning Metamorphosis, considered by some to beKafka: The Early Years, published in translation (by Shelley Frisch) last month. The ahead-of-its-time idea (considering the popularity of budget travel tips today) sought to …

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‘It’s heartbreaking’: Maltese mourn collapse of Azure Window arch

Limestone arch, landmark which featured in Clash of the Titans and Game of Thrones, crashes into sea after heavy storm As arches go, the Azure Window had celebrity status, featuring in films such as Clash of the Titans and The Count of Monte Cristo and serving as the backdrop to the Dothraki wedding scene in …

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‘It’s heartbreaking’: Maltese mourn collapse of Azure Window arch

Limestone arch, landmark which featured in Clash of the Titans and Game of Thrones, crashes into sea after heavy storm As arches go, the Azure Window had celebrity status, featuring in films such as Clash of the Titans and The Count of Monte Cristo and serving as the backdrop to the Dothraki wedding scene in …

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Clean room, no beetles wanted: how a young Kafka hoped to write budget travel guides

Before writing his best-known works, Franz Kafka hoped to make millions with a series of on the cheap guides to European travel Years before penning Metamorphosis, considered by some to beKafka: The Early Years, published in translation (by Shelley Frisch) last month. The ahead-of-its-time idea (considering the popularity of budget travel tips today) sought to …

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Clean room, no beetles wanted: how a young Kafka hoped to write budget travel guides

Before writing his best-known works, Franz Kafka hoped to make millions with a series of on the cheap guides to European travel Years before penning Metamorphosis, considered by some to beKafka: The Early Years, published in translation (by Shelley Frisch) last month. The ahead-of-its-time idea (considering the popularity of budget travel tips today) sought to …

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UK firm buys Sardinian DNA samples for research into disease and ageing

Tiziana Life Sciences says prevalence of centenarians in Ogliastra region of Italian island is almost 50 times that of UK or US A British biotech company hopes a genetic study of a population in eastern Sardinia with an unusually high number of centenarians could help to develop new drugs and therapies. understanding of ageing and …

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