A Book of Travellers' Tales
Author : Eric Newby
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 15,55 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780330293907
Travelers' Tales Thailand
Author : James O'Reilly
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1932361804
Book Description
Winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book, this newly designed collection paints a unique portrait of a complex and captivating land. One contributor lives as a monk for a month, gaining an inside look at monastic life. Another discovers Bangkok’s riverine pleasures, a world away from its car-choked streets. Yet another finds refuge as the houseguest of an isolated tribesman. Through these engaging personal stories, readers witness how Thailand satisfies just about any traveler’s hunger for the exotic, the beautiful, the thrillingly different. Writers include Pico Iyer, Norman Lewis, Diane Summers, Simon Winchester, Ian Buruma, Thalia Zepatos, and Tim Ward. “The breadth and color of the collective portrait [the contributors] provide of Thailand is remarkable.” — Los Angeles Times
Travelers' Tales Alaska
Author : Bill Sherwonit
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,14 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1885211961
Book Description
Travel anthology on Alaska.
Travelers' Tales Tibet
Author : James O'Reilly
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9781885211767
Book Description
Enjoy riveting tales by world-renowned writers about one of the most fascinating regions on Earth. One author witnesses an ancient sky burial; another works as an extra on a Chinese movie set; another visits Potala Palace, the home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Illustrations.
Spain
Author : Lucy McCauley
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 11,23 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781885211781
Book Description
What's it like to be there? "Travellers' Tales" gives the best possible answer through the true stories of other travelers. Journey into Spain with some of the world's best writers, and discover a country of heightened senses, bougainvillea blossoming in crimson and orange, and air pungent with sizzling olive oil. A sensuous journey into a land of mystery and beauty.
America
Author : Fred Setterberg
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 18,98 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781885211286
Book Description
A portrait of the nation through tales of travelers who have traversed the breadth and depth of America the beautiful.
Travellers' Tales
Author : Jon Bird
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 16,44 MB
Release : 2005-07-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 1134912978
Book Description
Most of us, at various moments in our lives, either adopt a `tourist' identity of are framed within another's tourist experience. Travellers' Tales investigates the future for travelling in a world whose boundaries are shifting and dissolving. The contributors bring together popular and critical discourses of travel to explore questions of identity and politics; history and narration; collecting and representing other cultures. Travellers' tales oscillate between the thrill of novel experiences and unexpected pleasures, and the alienation and loneliness of exile in a strange land. The contributions review recent work on the discourses of tourism, travel and cultural politics; the effects of global interactions and local resistances, and the ways in which records, memorials and signs have all been used to describe the experience of encountering the `other'.
Travelers' Tales Central America
Author : Larry Habegger
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781885211743
Book Description
These stories of travel in Central America -- Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama -- are adventurous and quirky, sobering and enlightening. Readers visit a Panamanian island known for its wildlife; glimpse the wealthy Generation X repatriates of Nicaragua; and meet a charming Guatemalan revolutionary. Authors include Paul Theroux, Jennifer Harbury, Ronald Wright, Joan Didion, Randy Wayne White, and Rigoberta Menchu. Travelers' Tales Central America provides a new window into this astonishingly beautiful and complex part of the world. "For the thoughtful traveler, these books are an invaluable resource." -- Pico Iyer
Hong Kong
Author : James O'Reilly
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 23,81 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781885211033
Book Description
"We've collected useful and memorable stories to produce the kind of sampler we've always wanted to read before setting out. These stories will show you a spectrum of experiences to be had or avoided in Hong Kong"--Back cover
Travelers' Tales Brazil
Author : Annette Haddad
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 39,20 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9781932361056
Book Description
With stories ranging from delightful to funny to cautionary and inspiring, these tales about Brazil explore the many facets of the country--from the biggest freshwater fish and the rivers they live in to the world's largest jungle. Illustrations & maps.
