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245 1 4 _aThe best travel writing 2006
_b: true stories from around the world
_c/ edited by James O'Reilly, Larry Habegger, and Sean O'Reilly ;[introduction by Herbert Gold]
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aPalo Alto, Calif.
_b: Travelers' Tales
_c, c2006.
300 _axviii, 350 p.
_b: ill.
_c; 21 cm.
440 0 _aTravelers' Tales guides
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aMusic of the storm / Judy Copeland (Indonesia) -- To Lhasa / Pamela Logan (Tibet) -- Sex, God, and rock 'n' roll / Bob Guccione Jr. (Vatican City) -- Japanese tattoo / Dustin W. Leavitt (Tokyo) -- Sahara unveiled / Dar Robertson (Algeria, Morocco) -- Blinded by science / Melinda Misuraca (Thailand) -- Full moon over Bohemia / Christopher Cook (Czech Republic) -- The discreet charm of the Zurich bourgeoisie / Alain De Botton (Switzerland) -- The first Kiva / Richard Bangs (Arizona) -- The place you could be looking for / Thomas Swick (Thailand) -- Clutching my soul in paradise / Joel Carillet (Papua New Guinea) -- Bees born of tears / Laura Resau (Mexico) -- Road roulette / Rolf Potts (Lithuania, Poland, Hungary) -- Dying With Custer / Tony Perrottet (Montana) -- A million years of memory / Bill Belleville (Galapagos) -- A time to kill / Art Lester (Spain) -- Riding with the king / Peter Heller (Mexico) -- The book / Patrick Symmes (South America) -- Cutouts / Constance Hale (Italy) -- Fiji time / Joel Simon (Fiji) -- Mirage / Paola Corso (Italy) -- The Messiah / Paul Harper (Ghana) -- The Isle of the Mushroom King / Dean Cycon (Indonesia) -- A fine kettle of fish / Trici Venola (Turkey) -- The ring / Rozalia-Maria Tellenbach (Switzerland) -- In the North Woods / Tom Haines (Maine) -- Reading between the arches / Bill Fink (Asia) -- Raven / Marianne Rogoff (Mexico) -- West meets East / Pankaj Mishra (Venice) -- Lady with an ax / Tim Ward (Crete) -- In Jerusalem / Jeff Greenwald (Israel) -- Mestizo / Robbie Barnett (Tibet) -- The oldest road in the world / Phil Cousineau (San Francisco and Tanzania).
520 _aFor readers planning to spend time in a foreign locale, wanting to reminisce about a favorite trip, or just plain interested in the world, The Best Travel Writing 2006 provides over 25 of the best travel pieces from emerging and established authors. Covering every corner of the globe, these stories include the tale of a lone woman sailing with a ship of pirates, the kaleidoscopic world of a sex-addled visitor to Thailand, an amazing coat that seems to have been everywhere, and the bizarre world atop Mount Kilimanjaro. The latest installment in a consistently entertaining series highlighting the adventuresome side of travel, The Best Travel Writing 2006 showcases gripping stories from around the world.
650 4 _aVoyages and travels
650 4 _aTravelers' writing
650 4 _aTravel writing
700 1 _aO'Reilly, James
_d(1953-)
700 1 _aHabegger, Larry
700 1 _aO'Reilly, Sean
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