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"As a teenager, Kate Harris realized that the career she craved--to be an explorer, equal parts swashbuckler and metaphysician--had gone extinct. From what she could tell of the world from small-town Ontario, the likes of Marco Polo and Magellan had mapped the whole earth; there was nothing left to be discovered. Looking beyond this planet, she decided to become a scientist and go to Mars. In between studying at Oxford and MIT, Harris set off by bicycle...
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Bernard Ollivier pushes onward in his attempt to become the first person to walk the entire length of the Great Silk Road.
Picking up where Walking to Samarkand left off, Winds of the Steppe continues the astonishing tale of journalist Bernard Ollivier's 7,200-mile walk from Turkey to China along the Silk Road, the longest and most mythical trade route of all time.
Taking readers from the snows of the Pamir Mountains to the backstreets of Kashgar-a...
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Upon retirement at the age of sixty-two, and grieving his deceased wife, renowned journalist Bernard Ollivier felt a sense of profound emptiness: What do I do now? While some see retirement as a chance to cash in their chips and settle into a comfy armchair, Ollivier still longed for more. Searching for inspiration, he strapped on his gear, donned his hat, and headed out the front door to hike the Way of St. James, a 1400-mile journey from Paris to...
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"Kate Wills didn't expect to completely remake her life at 33. But after a divorce, she set out to do just that, alone. As a travel journalist, Kate had been jetting in and out of unfamiliar cities for over a decade, but this time-with no press crew or assistants-she felt strangely ill-prepared. So she turned to other female solo travelers for inspiration. Looking back through history, Kate discovered the astonishing women who paved her way. She set...
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In the best tradition of Paul Theroux and J. Maarten Troost, comes Derek Pugh's torrid tale of Sumbawa, and his ascent of the iconic volcano Mt. Tambora, whose 1815 eruption did indeed change the world. Pugh's account of the eruption and its aftermath is masterfully done - clearly the product of much dogged research through archives, scientific journals, as well as conversations with Indonesians lasting long into the steamy night. Himself a long-time...
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The Island of Bali-a true paradise is explored in this classic travelogue. From the artists and writers of the 1930s to the Eat, Pray, Love tours so popular today, Bali has drawn hoards of foreign visitors and transplants to its shores. What makes Bali so special, and how has it managed to preserve its identity despite a century of intense pressure from the outside world? Bali: A Paradise Created bridges the gap between scholarly works and more popular...
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When Frank Kusy is challenged by his publisher to research a book on India in just 66 days, he thinks it will be a breeze. How wrong he is. From the very start, it's a rollercoaster ride of daily dramas and madcap meetings he never dreamt could come his way. And in the background, someone close is lying in wait to sabotage his best laid plans...
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What does a medieval city in South India have in common with Washington, D.C.? How do people in Kashmir envision the freedom they long for? To whom does Delhi, city of grand monuments and hidden slums, actually belong? And what makes a city, or any place, home? In ten intricately wrought essays, renowned author Githa Hariharan takes readers on an eye-opening journey across time and place, exploring the history, landscape, and people that have shaped...
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Travel with Kipling through India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canton (now Guangzhou), Japan, and BurmaRudyard Kipling spent many years abroad and his relationship with India is explored in several of his works, both fiction and non-fiction. After leaving school, Kipling was sent to Lahore to work at a local newspaper. He would go on, a few years later, to take up a post at the Pioneer in Allahabad. Kipling said that only a few hours after arriving in...
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Es un libro tremendamente original e informativo acerca de Calcuta y Bengala Occidental donde -además de temas fundamentales como la partición de la India, Cachemira, las diferentes religiones y comunidades, el sistema de castas, la eterna polémica entre lenguas y dialectos, Bollywood, etcétera-, la historia de Nilufar toma forma como metáfora del bello e inescrutable subcontinente indio.
Finalista del Premio Grandes Viajeros 2005, este libro...
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A travel essay of a recent visit to India, which reveals, with humor and insight, the tensions and contradictions facing the emerging world power. In particular, the book explores the roles of women and children in India today and includes discussions with experts on this topic, providing insight into this important and often neglected issue.
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About Face takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride as it reveals the trials, tribulations and highlights of well-meaning but naive expats. They flip-flop from being thrilled with their new life in Thailand in the late 1970s to terror as they find themselves trapped by people in situations that spin out of kilter.
Thought-provoking concepts lie beneath the froth of adventures as 'face'/pride/honour and luck manipulate the family's life and demonstrate...
13) The Last Tourist
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Was that the end of global budget travel?
Relive edgy tales and deep reflections, with vicarious journeys to exotic locales around the world. Digging deep through midlife dreams, time to bust out and see the world. Traveling light, keeping warm, threading past crowds, to temporary tribe, spirit paths, home.
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Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre
Le Vietnam n'est pas une guerre. C'est un pays, un peuple, une histoire, une culture façonnés par l'empreinte d'une relation unique avec l'immense Chine voisine. Une terre d'eau, de montagnes et de jungle o l'insubmersible ctoie l'éphèmère, o l'on s'asseoit le long des rues, sur de petits tabourets devenus, au fil de l'histoire, les attributs d'une volonté farouche.
C'est...
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Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre
L'aube se lève sur les collines de Pagan hérissées de temples. Le brouillard du lac Inle se dissipe. À Rangoon, la pagode Schwedagon brille de tous ses feux d'or, tandis que les robes rouges des bonzes ressemblent à des braises prêtes à s'enflammer. La Birmanie est un enchantement pour le voyageur. Les effroyables décennies de dictature militaire, et le combat infatigable...
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Un jeune couple de photographes raconte leur expédition dans les montagnes du Pamir, sur les traces des caravanes de chameaux circulant sur des rivières gelées...
Au cours d'une longue traversée de l'Asie continentale, un jeune couple de voyageurs photographes français recueille en Afghanistan une information qui enflamme leur imagination: l'existence au Pamir de caravanes de chameaux empruntant en hiver les rivières gelées comme voies de...
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Découvrez Bangalore à travers les yeux de ses habitants
Portraits de Bangalore est un livre dans lequel ceux qui vivent dans la ville vous en donnent les clés. Mieux qu'un guide de tourisme, mieux qu'un récit d'expatriés, nous allons dresser ici une dizaine de portraits, à la première personne, dans lesquels vous découvrirez l'histoire de ceux qui ont décidé de venir vivre dans cette étonnante cité.
Chaque voyage, chaque départ, a sa...
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Découvrez Delhi à travers les yeux de ses habitants
Portraits de Delhi vous embarque dans un voyage sensoriel à travers la capitale indienne, au travers de 13 portraits de Delhiites d'origine ou d'adoption, tombés amoureux de la cité au premier voyage ou ayant dû y trouver leur place. Ils vous racontent leur histoire avec elle et vous livrent leurs secrets pour mieux l'apprivoiser. Enchanté depuis son enfance par Old Delhi, la ville ancienne,...
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Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre.
D'abord l'étourdissement des steppes. Ces paysages infinis. Cette liberté unique, chérie par les cavaliers nomades. La Mongolie est un rêve qui vous porte aux confins de notre monde. Sa seule évocation vous transporte dans le froid glacial des hivers les plus rigoureux de la planète. Mais ce pays n'est pas que cela : l'instauration de la démocratie et son entrée dans l'économie...
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Iain Campbell has been fascinated by mountains for as long as he can remember. In his new book, he tells the story of a journey following the course of the Indus River from its mouth in the mudflats of Karachi through the Karakorum, Kashmir and the Himalayas to its source in Ladakh on the Indian side of the Tibetan plateau, where it springs from the 'Lion's Mouth' on Mount Kailash. His narrative paints an insightful, honest and heartfelt portrait...
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