| The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta by Kushanava ChoudhuryAfter graduating from Princeton, Kushanava Choudhury left his immigrant parents in New Jersey and returned to Calcutta, India, where'd he spent a portion of his youth, to work at the Statesman newspaper and explore the teeming, complex city. 'The Epic city' eloquently combines travelogue, memoir, and history. |
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| Following Fifi: My Adventures Among Wild Chimpanzees by John Crocker; foreword by Jane Goodall As a young student, John Crocker embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, spending eight months in the Gombe forest working with Jane Goodall. He followed families of wild chimpanzees from sunrise to sunset and learned the fundamental behavioural traits of these chimps as they raised their offspring. One chimpanzee captivated him. 'Following Fifi' chronicles his return to Gombe thirty-six years later with his own son as he reflects on how his experience with the chimps has come full circle. An illuminating book that will raise thought-provoking questions about the evolution of human behaviour and the importance of patience and strong family bonds. |
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Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains : A Journey Across Arunachal Pradesh--india's Forgotten Frontier by Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
| | Curled around the eastern ramparts of the Himalayas lies a wild land of unnamed peaks and unexplored forests. Arunachal Pradesh was closed to foreigners between 1950 and 1998, and even today the need for permits and restrictions makes this a little-visited region. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent ventured to the farthest valleys of this last Shangri La to chronicle the history and legends of this mysterious and barely known part of the world. From the jagged, stupa-clad peaks of Tawang in the west, to the Naga villages and snake and tiger-riddled jungles of the east, she spent time with animist tribes, shamans, former head-hunters, conservationists and Tibetan exiles. |
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| Hoping to address his post-9/11 fears, a Jewish American man armed with college Arabic skills took a job in Abu Dhabi and visited over 20 Middle-Eastern countries, including Iraq, Iran, and Egypt. . |
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| A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill BrysonAmerican travel writer Bill Bryson, who'd been living in England for years, set out to hike the Appalachian Trail with an old friend. The two out-of-shape 40-somethings thought they'd walk the entire 2,100 miles to Maine before winter -- but reality soon hit. Nature descriptions and a history of the storied trail combine with the pair's amusing experiences and their encounters with other hikers.
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| Out of Africa by Isak DinesenWhen Kenya was known as British East Africa, Dane Karen Blixen (whose pseudonym was Isak Dinesen) lived and worked on a family coffee plantation located at the foot of the Ngong Hills. Her classic memoir lyrically captures her time there from 1913-1931, describing the alluring landscape, the local people, the deaths of close friends, and the eventual failure of the farm.
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| Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerBestselling author Jon Krakauer pieces together the dramatic -- and tragic -- story of Chris McCandless, an intelligent young man who embarked on a solo journey into the wilds of Alaska with no map and virtually no supplies. |
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Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl StrayedTraces the personal crisis the author endured after the death of her mother and a painful divorce, which prompted her ambition to undertake a dangerous thousand-mile solo hike that both drove her to rock bottom and helped her to heal
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