Author : Bill Sherwonit
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 34,87 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1885211961
Travel anthology on Alaska.
Author : Byron Ayanoglu
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,39 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781897190920
The Traveler's Tale begins in a small village in Turkey where the protagonist, Jefferson Cooper, finds himself (despite himself). He has no idea why he is there, nor who he is. An apparent victim of some sort of selective amnesia, with a suitcase full of money and demonstrably a shady past, he sets out on a voyage of self-discovery. He travels to Istanbul, Mumbai, and Kerala, meeting all manner of people who seem to know him so much better than he knows himself. Along the way, he falls in love with a slender, ethereal person who keeps reappearing just when he seems on the brink of total desperation. It is Miryam who leads him to a realization of who he is and to his long-sought redemption.
Author : James O'Reilly
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 46,10 MB
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1932361804
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
Author : Larry Habegger
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 34,62 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781885211743
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
Author : Donald W. George
Publisher : Travelers' Tales Guides
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 12,79 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781932361254
What is it about Japan that so beguiles foreigners? It is a small country and yet an economic powerhouse, a land of great natural beauty -- from green-cloaked mountains to glistening rice paddies -- a place of intricate arts and crafts and amazing cuisine, and home to a people whose kindness and sensitivity surprise westerners at each turn. It is no wonder that Japan simultaneously astonishes, delights, and frustrates travelers, and the diverse tales in this book reveal the nation in all its contradictions: a place of tranquil temples and high-tech toilets, exquisite ancient inns and lurid love hotels, where electric baths sit beside indoor ski slopes, and cherry blossoms fall on kindly grandmothers, cynical salarymen, wise monks, and wild lovers alike. Gathered in this collection are pieces by several notable authors, each offering anecdotes that tell of encounters to be had or avoided, each with uncommon insight to enrich the traveler's experience.
Author : Fred Setterberg
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 41,79 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781885211286
A portrait of the nation through tales of travelers who have traversed the breadth and depth of America the beautiful.
Author : Rajendra S. Khadka
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 11,87 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781885211149
Gathers stories by Peter Matthiessen, Jimmy Carter, Diane Summers, Broghtonoburn, Meg Lukens Noonan, and Jan Morris describing their adventures inepal.
Author : Lucy McCauley
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781885211781
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.
Author : Sean O'Reilly
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,77 MB
Release : 2004
Category : China
ISBN : 9781932361070
Travelers' Tales China is a must for any traveler to China, to anyone wanting to learn more about the Middle Kingdom, offering a breadth and depth of experience from both new and well-known authors, and helps make the China experience unforgettable and transforming. These pages take you through 6,000 years of history to modern-day socialist China, from the Silk Road to the high-tech center of Beijing. Explore the old as well as the new--from the tombs of dead emperors to the world's largest dam. Roam around one of China's 700 nature preserves in a country that boasts more wildlife than any other in the world. Wander the vastness of the Gobi Desert and skirt the darkness of history while exploring the assault on Nanking, and be shaken by observations of death during the upheavals of the Red Guard. Go riding with Ghengis Khan, explore the Forbidden City, and walk along sections of the Great Wall that are seldom visited. You can taste and smell the food as it is cooked in alleys and inns, reach down and touch relics older than most of Europe, and enjoy the sights and the sounds of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Author : James O'Reilly
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 20,45 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Travel
ISBN :
A new kind of travel anthology, Travelers' Tales marries the best of a guidebook with travel literature. Here veteran travel writers O'Reilly and Habegger bring together those stories which best capture the experience of India--the best bazaar of human experiences that can be visited in a lifetime.
