About this title: A story of extraordinary danger and adventure follows a very young woman who attempts, alone, a trip across Papua, New Guinea, as she follows in the footsteps of British explorer Ivan Champion.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582431659ISBN:1582431655
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. This book is in very good condition. The cover may have minor to medium wear, tear, dents, scratches. and creases. The inside pages are in great shape, may have minor to medium dog eared corners, and may contain a name inside. Shop with confidence. We guarantee the condition of every product as it's described on our listings. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint Press, N Y.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582431659ISBN:1582431655
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Stated first edition, first printing with full number line starting with 1......hardcover edition w/ dustjacket....nice clean copy WITH BRODART DUSTJACKET COVER INCLUDED....d.j. bumped with one small closed tear...remainder mark....travel, adventure. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582431659ISBN:1582431655
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. Fine in Very Good dj; stated first ed.; as-new boards and text block; pictorial dj shows only the most minimal shelfwear. Both a travel book and an adventure story, filled with images of exotic landscapes and fascinating characters. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint
Date Published: 2001-10
ISBN-13:9781582431659ISBN:1582431655
Description: New. 2001 FIRST PRINTING STATED. Hardback w/ DJ. You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear to include very light edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again! ! ! ! read more
Description: Washington, Counterpoint, (2001). Cloth spine & boards, fine in d/w, frontispiece map, pp. x, 401. ISBN 1-58243-165-5. An American teenager sets out to follow the footsteps of Ivan Champion, becoming the first woman to cross the country on foot. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582431659ISBN:1582431655
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Clean copy, shelf wear. Remainder mark on bottom. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 401 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582431659ISBN:1582431655
Description: Good in Good jacket. BINDING LOOSE BUT INTACT, DUST JACKET WORN AS IT HAS SERVED IT'S PURPOSE AND PROTECTED THE BOOK, Clean, nice condition, good reading copy. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. 1st ed Ed. Used, good. Dust jacket has small tears/bends on edges. Cover has some edge wear. Sticker on cover. Dust jacket in Acceptable condition. read more
Description: Very good. Appearance of only slight previous use. Cover and binding show a little wear. All pages are undamaged with potentially only a few, small markings. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Description: Very Good. 1582431655 hardcover in very good condition. Pages are clean, binding is tight. Cover has slight shelf wear. Appears gently read. Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
Edition: First Edition (stated)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoin, Washington D.C.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582431659ISBN:1582431655
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Edition. Author discusses her experiences and impressions from her time spent in various exotic locations in New Guinea, the people, places, and sights, the dangers, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, 401pp., remainders mark. A very nice copy. Rare. read more
"Part of me regrets giving this book only two stars because at times I really enjoyed the glimpses into the life and culture of Papua New Guinea. I learned some things about its history, geography, and tribalism, but Salak never stays put in one village or town long enough to really immerse herself in a distinct tribal culture or establish lasting relationships with people she meets. This is on purpose--she doesn't actually WANT to stay put, but rather wants to visit as many towns and regions of the country as possible before she runs out of money or her health forces a return home.
More often than not Salak only skims the surface of everywhere she goes, stopping for a meal and supplies and a night of sleep but leaving again promptly before she really engages. It's only when her travel plans are delayed that she stays anywhere long enough to have real conversations with the people, such as the Indonesian refugees in Pastor Carl's camp. That segment of the book particularly irritated me because it seemed that the challenge for Salak is to see if she can actually get to the camp alive, not whether she can help or bring attention to the refugees. It struck me as thinly veiled narcissism masquerading as altruism. I guess the reader is supposed to be impressed that she continually puts herself in dangerous situations and narrowly escapes for no clear purpose---I'm not impressed.
More generally, I struggled with this book because there is almost NO part of me that can connect with Salak's choices, her attitude about relationships, and her stubborn, reckless treatment of her own life. She says to readers many times that she cannot figure out why she's on this trip, but she also repeatedly states that she went on the trip to be changed. Changed how? She doesn't know. To me it seems obvious that she thrives on doing what others says she can't do, and callously disregards her health and life in the pursuit of those goals. She's shocked at the end of her trip when she hasn't been transformed. I want to yell at her that she isn't transformed because all she did on the trip is do what she has always done--run away from relationships, stubbornly try to prove herself to some undefined person or entity, talk the talk of looking inward and making thoughtful change and then do what she's always done and make no change. The most aggravating part, perhaps, is a cheesy epilogue that jettisons her earlier comments saying the trip hadn't changed her in the way she wanted. She claims to have been changed in the end, but having spent 400 pages watching her refuse to change her ways AT ALL, it reads very disingenuously."
"Kira Salak travels through Papua New Guinea and explores this interesting and dangerous world while also questioning her inner motives and feelings. I'm sure that I must have heard of PNG before but I couldn't have told you a thing about it including location. Reading this book brought back to mind the "native" stereotype I'd learned as a child, the cannibal with a bone in his nose. That would be PNG, complete with white missionaries, the tropical jungle and crocodiles. This place and people actually exist, and in some ways not so differently than before white men arrived. I did not expect this book to break my heart but it did. The chapter about the Blackwater refugee camp had me weeping for the people from West Guinea who had survived and were waiting for help so faithfully. Kira survives her trip although there were myriad things she could have died from over there, she works out her emotions and writes a great book about it all."
"I found this to be an excellent book in which the author, Kira Salak, retraces the journey across Papua New Guinea that explorer Ivan Champion took in 1927. This book provides amazing descriptions of Papua New Guinea. It takes you to all parts of PNG, from the cities to the inner jungles, and introduces you to the PNG native tribes and their spiritual and religious beliefs. Salak also meets with the rebel leader of a guerrilla movement fighting in Western New Guinea through a series of adventures that are reminiscent of a scene in a James Bond movie. Throughout the book, Salak discovers ways out of nearly impossible situations. What makes the book so readable and interesting is the vivid and powerful narrative that describes the journey from Salak's own perspective. This allows us to easily join Salak in this incredible trek across PNG as we read her story. The book begins with the events in the author's life that led to her taking this journey. Without this introduction, I think I would have spent the entire book wondering what would lead a person to take such a journey. I consider this introduction an essential part of the book, giving a unique insight into what leads someone to take a dangerous journey into the unknown. In this book you will find a rare glimpse into the hidden world of PNG as Salak works out her demons through this difficult journey. This makes for a book that cannot be put down. "Four Corners" is an inspiring real life journey into the unknown, and a story of survival and personal triumph. I highly recommend this book."
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