This is the collection of the best travel writing of the year, much of it never published before, from big names in travel literature and emerging new writers. "The Best Travel Writing 2009" is the sixth volume in the annual "Travelers' Tales" series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing - from Nobel Prize winners to ...
The Road Within" is a book of transformation, of lessons learned, maps drawn and burned, and spiritual blessings bestowed by travel. This book takes readers on a worldwide quest to discover the Garden of Paradise in the human heart, feel the power of the jungle in Venezuela, and get swept up in a transcendent dance of dervishes in Cairo.
This memorable anthology reveals the soul of one of the oldest cultures in Europe by visiting Ireland's iridescent green hills, rural pubs, Dublin streets, hidden islands, and mossy Celtic ruins. Illustrations. maps.
For over one hundred years, Country Life has been publishing definitive articles on the country houses of Great Britain and Ireland illustrated with specially commissioned photography by some of the century's pre-eminent architectural photographers, a practice which endowed the magazine with a unique photographic archive. Taken predominantly on ...
A literary tour of Greece shares true accounts of such topics as the Oracle at Delphi's modern secrets and the ancient charms of a contemporary Athens neighborhood, in a collection that includes contributions by such writers as Paul Theroux, Patricia Storace, and Henry Miller. Original.
In this newly designed edition, acclaimed writers who have fallen in love with France--with the food, the land, the irrepressible French people--provide a mesmerizing literary tour of this special place. maps. Illustrations.
A study of the destructive, testosterone-driven impulses that plague every man and how to redirect that sexual energy to discover your more spiritually enlightened, mentally evolved self. The author presents ideas of sexual management through the process of cyber kinetics.
Niall has been away from his Ulster home town of Derry for several years. Now, returning in the early 1990s, he finds himself alienated from everything, including his brother, his girlfriend, and the Irish cause--of which Derry is a center.
Like the legends of the Pirates who roamed the Seven Seas, "21st Century Pirate" is loaded with treachery and greed and disasters at sea. Step aboard for a wild ride from Key West and South Florida to Jamaica and the islands of the Caribbean. Sail the Atlantic from South America to the posh suburbs of New York's Long Island and across the ocean to ...
Noel Boyle, newly arrived in Dublin, is a man threatened by his past, petrified by his future and a man who aches for space and change. Instead he runs into Fada, an unreliable street performer, crazed by his own poetry and liberty. It turns into a dangerous collision for both of them.
Men, you''ve encountered them before - the most foolhardy, annoying, courageous and dangerous creatures on the planet. Journey around the planet in this text and watch the male species.'
This book showcases a diverse array of spirit-renewing journeys from pilgrims of many kinds from places as far away as Tibet's Mount Kailish and as near as sacred New Mexico soil. A soulful blend of more than 20 stories, "Pilgrimage" is ideal for all with an affinity for travel, a practice of mindful living, and a thirst for the unknown.
Fifth in their series on travelling, this collection of hilarious tales from the road, or the side of the road, chronicles missed planes, dreadful faux pas, and misadventures of every kind experienced by people who are bold enough to travel and brave enough to share their stories of failure.
The land of gods and goddesses, myth and history, the cradle of western civilization, the birthplace of drama and democracy--no country resonates with history like Greece. These 36 stories plumb that rich past and the equally rich present in a dazzling literary journey for travelers and armchair travelers alike.
People travel for countless reasons, but no matter the route, duration, or destination, our journeys often share a common result: they transform us. The traveller is a pilgrim, wittingly or unwittingly, and never comes home the same. Travel can be the bearer of extraordinary gifts which break through the crust of old experience and reawaken us to ...
This title is the second in our series of annual collections of the best travel writing. Many of these stories are original while some have appeared in other Travellers' Tales titles or elsewhere. But the common thread connecting them is fresh, lively storytelling and compelling narrative to make the reader laugh, weep, wish he were there, or be ...
The stories in this debut collection present a harsh and unsentimental view of the mudane, underscored by moments of beauty, humour and pathos. The characters inhabit a world that can seem dangerously indifferent to human feeling, but alive to the thrills of living on the edge.
The award-winning Travelers'' Tales books are based on the simple premise that the experience of other tr avellers is our best map to a strange land. This volume pres ents a selection of stories from the series. '
From the Pacific surf to Nob Hill to Chinatown, the legendary City by the Bay comes to life in this diverse collection of essays celebrating America's favorite playground. Praise the Lord at Glide Memorial Church, skate through the wonders of Golden Gate Park, discover culinary delights in the Mission, and relive the days of the gold rush.
Only about 220 years old, San Francisco is spoken of with the same wonder as Paris, Venice and Rome. This unique book written for travelers as well as lovers of literature, compliments the traditional guidebook.
The stories in this collection span the globe, from battling snakes in Costa Rica to probing personal reactions to India's caste system, navigating the 'oldest tourist trap in the world' in Egypt, and learning to cook octopus in Mexico.
Few in the Western world can resist the lure of pristine beaches, endless coral reefs, and blazing tropical suns. As the world shrinks and troubles of various sorts have struck some of the more distant destinations, the islands of the South Pacific endure as a beacon of both the unfamiliar and the familiar. Not only is the South Pacific safe to ...
With its vast vistas, splendid sunsets, and rich history, the American Southwest has always inspired superb writing. "Travelers' Tales Southwest" features a choice selection of some of the best by Tony Hillerman, David Roberts, Barbara Kingsolver, Alex Schoumatoff, Terry Tempest Williams, Edward Abbey, and others. Maps.
Crossing all geographical and spiritual boundaries, writers such as Sogyal Rinpoche, Edward Abbey, Pico Iyer, Mary Morris, and Barbara Kingsolver tell touching, and often surprising, stories of their brushes with death.
The loyal guardian of civilization, France gives life and meaning to what we call culture, history, and worthwhile experience. This fascinating addition to the popular Travelers' Tales series offers readers an anecdotal window into France--as the French know it--exploring the real reason one should go to France: to experience life as it should be.
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