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| Editors: James O'Reilly,
Larry Habegger, Sean O'Reilly |
This annual series, begun in 2004, is dedicated to
the best travel writing and highlights profound, transformative,
and often humorous travel stories by both well-known
and emerging writers. The books, a mix of the
previously published and new stories, have a wide cultural
reach, with writers from around the world - some seasoned
pros, some passionate novices - covering a vast range
of experiences and locales. Themes are equally varied;
they include spiritual growth, hilarious misadventures,
exotic romance, family travel, stories of service to
humanity, women's solo journeys, and much more. The
common thread connecting these tales is fresh, lively
storytelling that will make readers laugh, cry, wish
they were there, or be glad they weren't. Illustrations
and maps are included.
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2004
This collection of 28 true stories cover the globe
from Ecuador to Burma, Alaska to Zaire/Congo. The
stories here span the globe, from battling snakes in
Costa Rica to probing personal reactions to India's caste
system, navigating the "oldest tourist trap in the
world" in Egypt, and learning to cook octopus in
Mexico. |
2005
These 27 true stories cover the globe, from recreating
the “Rumble in the Jungle” in a makeshift
boxing ring in Malawi to discovering the secret to life
and chicken in a humble Parisian restaurant to encountering
the ghost of Odysseus and your own past in the Aegean. |
2006
These 33 true stories cover the globe from sailing with
pirates in the Java Sea to surviving a sandstorm in
the Sahara and wrestling with sex addiction in Thailand. |
| In The Best Travelers’ Tales
2004 readers will: |
In The Best Travel Writing
2005 readers will: |
In The Best Travel Writing
2006 readers will: |
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Journey to Kailash, Tibet’s
holy mountain, with Jeff Greenwald |
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Face their deepest fear in Timbuktu
with Deborah Fryer |
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Encounter a million years of memory
in the Galapagos with Bill Belleville |
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Contemplate kissing in Buenos Aires
with Larry R. Moffitt |
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Disappear into the night sky with Bill
Sherwonit in Alaska |
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Hitchhike to Lhasa on a harrowing journey
with Pamela Logan in Tibet |
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Explore the remote Yukon River with
Laurie Gough in Canada |
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Eat duck embryos in Laos with Kathryn
Kefauver |
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Discover the meaning of "Fiji
Time" with Joel Simon in Fiji |
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Take a quintessential Chinese bike
ride with Stephanie Elizondo Griest in Beijing |
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Watch a life hang in the balance in
Guatemala with Larry R. Moffitt |
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Encounter links between the present
and past, between the oldest road in the world in
Tanzania and a café in San Francisco, with
Phil Cousineau |
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Walk the Kerry Way in Ireland and be
healed with Tim O’Reilly |
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Learn the lessons of history and fatherhood
with Patrick Fitzhugh in Italy |
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Participate in the annual pig slaughter,
the matanza, in Spain with Art Lester |
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Savor real home cooking with an adopted
family and Augusto Andres in Mexico |
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Take a pilgrimage to Mecca with Murad
Kalam |
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Find love, chaos, and fabulous food
with a dramatic Kurd in Turkey with Trici Venola |
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Experience the enchantments of Italy
and its people with Gayle Keck |
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Encounter the depths of human cruelty
in Cambodia with Jane Marshall |
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Discover the place they could be looking
for with Thomas Swick in Bangkok |
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Wander Hemingway’s moody Paris
in the rain with Richard Goodman |
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Probe the Dalai Lama’s Tibet
in Dharamsala, India with Pico Iyer |
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Find a soul mate in a curandera, a
traditional healer, in Mexico with Laura Resau |
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