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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. Gathered in this collection are pieces by several notable authors, each offering anecdotes that tell of encounters to be had or avoided.

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From Israel to India, from California to New York, the women in this collection explore motherhood.

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From the safety of a deep leather chair, these stories of danger and survival from around the world will get your adrenaline flowing. From mountain ice to jungle rot, from bombed-out villages and urban ghettos to wild animals and depraved humans, the authors struggle with life, death and their very sanity on their travels.

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In this book, you'll discover how travel restores, revitalises, and reveals family. These are stories about exploring family history, about better understanding immediate family, about becoming a new family.

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Women's relationships with food are passionate and obsessive, embracing and comforting, complex and frustrating. This sampling of stories - by some of the writers in and out of the food and travel fields - journeys to the heart of these age-old relationships, taking readers from the kitchens of contemporary America to the far reaches of the globe.

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All the literary essays in this collection involve love in its many guises, waiting to surprise and delight the unsuspecting traveler. The true stories encompass love, lust, and romance encountered while traveling--ranging from a tender tale of how travel kept the spark in a 50-year marriage to one woman's story of becoming engaged to a Fiji Island tribesman.

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Men. You've encountered them before - the most foolhardy, annoying, courageous and dangerous creatures on the planet. Share the madness and laughs as you follow their bizarre testosterone driven adventures.

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This collection of the best in women's travel and humor writing takes readers around the world and back again--and they'll be happy to be reading rather than experiencing some of these adventures. Contributors include Wanda Sykes, Laurie Notaro, Wendy Dale, and Ayun Halliday.

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A traveler's update on America's last frontier shares stories from across this great state, from Inupiat villagers killing a Bowhead whale to flights with bush pilots around Denali, with essays by Jon Krakauer, Tim Cahill, Joe McGinnis, Ian Frazier, Pam Houston, and others. Original.

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A collection of travel writing on the subject of the United States of America.

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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.

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Platypuses, billabongs, ancient songs, deserted islands, camel treks, surfing, scuba diving, rock climbing all come to life when readers travel from outback to rainforest, from the red center to the Great Barrier Reef, as they learn about outrageous adventures, mystical encounters, and endless vistas from some of the world's finest travel writers.

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Filled with wonderfully astute, sensual, and sometimes disturbing observations of Brazil, this celebration of South America's largest country includes contributions from Joe Kane, Bill McKibben, Joe Kane, Diane Ackerman, Paul Rambali, and others. Original.

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Covering 6,000 years of Chinese history, this book explains what you can expect to find in this extraordinary and unique country. From the vastness of the Gobi Desert to the tombs of the dead emperors, China is a land rich in natural and cultural heritage.

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From revolution to embargo, from the charms of old Havana to aquamarine seas and powdery beaches, from the hypnotic rhythms of Afro-Caribbean music to resilient, proud locals, "Travelers' Tales Cuba" burns with stories of Cuba's intriguing past and vibrant present.

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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.

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Readers join Barry Lopez, David Brower, Edward Abbey, Colin Fletcher, Page Stegner, Terry Tempest Williams, and other celebrated authors as they swim in hidden grottos under luminous waterfalls, raft the white water of the Colorado River, sleep under billion-year-old cliffs, hike the Grand Canyon's ancient Native American trails, and stand alone in an immense solitude. Illustrations & maps.

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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.

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Gathers essays by major writers about the magical destination, Hawaii. This book features personal stories from veteran travel writers, first-time visitors, Kamaaina residents, and native Hawaiians. The complexities of Hawaii are beautifully conveyed in such varied essays as Rick Bass's "Paradise Rising" and Rob Walsh's "The Tropic of Spam."

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"Travelers'Tales Hong Kong is not a guidebook in the conventional sense. It doesn't list restaurants, hotels or shops. It is, rather, the passing on, from one traveler to another, whit is to be seen and learned, and at this it succeeds admirably".--Profiles magazine.

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A collection of forty-nine stories by foreign sojourners through India spans the breadth and depth of the sub-continent, from the pristine peaks of the Himalayas to the grimy streets of Calcutta, covering an Indian wedding, a visit to a famous Indian chef, and an encounter with caretakers of the dea