| The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places by William Atkins'Waking in the night to the buzzing of cicadas or the yapping of coyotes, I experience a weight of tranquility that has the quality of a quilt'...... A lyrical travelogue anchored by history and literature, which describes the British author's travels to eight deserts, where he lived in a straw hut, visited a shrine, and experienced Burning Man. Deserts include the United States' Sonoran, China's Gobi, Australia's Great Victoria, and the man-made Aralkum in Kazakhstan. |
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| On the Ganges: Encounters with Saints and Sinners on India's Mythic River by George BlackIn short trips over several years, journalist George Black followed India's iconic Ganges River from its Glacier source to its mouth at the Indian Ocean, 1,500 miles away. Deftly using history and the writings of earlier travelers (Sir Edmund Hilary, Mark Twain, the Beatles, etc.) to inform his travels, Black thoughtfully discusses the sacred river and relates his own experiences meeting a wide variety of people, including those who worship it and those who pollute it. |
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| Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border by Porter FoxA beautifully written, reflective look at the border region between the United States and Canada, which traces the area's rich history (including the role of Native Americans) and draws on three years of exploration from Maine to Washington State via car, foot, freighter, and canoe.
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| Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road by Kate HarrisIn her first book, an Oxford-trained scientist who always wanted to be an explorer combines history, science, and adventure in a poetic, thought-provoking memoir of her bicycle journey along the legendary Silk Road, accompanied by her childhood friend.
Reviewers say: 'Exemplary travel writing: inspiring, moving, heartfelt, and often breathtaking'. |
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Travels in a Dervish Cloak
by Isambard Wilkinson
What has been lacking is Travels in a Dervish Cloak, an affectionate, hashish-scented travel book, full of humour and delight, written by a young Irish foreign correspondent living on his wits, on the contacts from his grandmother s address book and with a kidney given to him by his brother.
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When Jay's husband lands a diplomatic job in Warsaw, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her predictable life in Canberra for a three-year adventure in the heart of central Europe. Jay throws herself into life as a diplomatic wife - and between glamorous cocktail parties and ambassadorial hard slog, Jay sets out to get know quirky, difficult, fascinating Poland. It's a challenge even for an intrepid traveller with a willing heart. Not to mention the marriage that increasingly doesn't look like it will survive its third Polish winter.
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Award-winning author Stephan Orth spends sixty-two days on the road in this mysterious Islamic republic to provide a revealing, behind-the-scenes look at life in one of the world's most closed societies. Through the unsurpassed hospitality of twenty-two hosts, he skips the guidebooks and tourist attractions and travels from Persian carpet to bed to cot, covering more than 8,400 kilometres to recount ‘this world's hidden doings’. He learns that Iranians have become experts in navigating around their country's strict laws. And thanks to these hospitable, English-speaking strangers, Orth gets up close and personal with locals, peering behind closed doors and blank windows to uncover the inner workings of a country where public show and private reality are strikingly opposed.
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