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This collection of rollicking travel tales is from a young writer "USA Today" has called "Jack Kerouac for the Internet Age." Potts documents his funniest and most hair-raising trips, from getting stranded in the Libyan desert without water to learning the secrets of Tantric sex in a dubious Indian ashram.

"Someday, when I am rich, I am going to invite someone from my travels to visit me in America." Brad Newsham was only 22 when he scribbled this note in his journal with "only an immature sense of the staying power of ideas." Years later, this casual prophecy came true, and Newsham documents the events that led up to it in Take Me with You. This is the sweet story of his 100-day journey through the Philippines, India, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, as he seeks just the right person to bring to America. The book covers a wide geography not just of land, but also of spirit. "Brilliant, sharp, unswerving travel writing by a man skilled at letting the scales fall from his eyes; it is a memoir of travel seen through time and resolve - in short, a wonderful book." - Herbert Gold, author of Bohemia, Daughter Mine, and Best Nightmare on Earth

Lets you discover the truth behind the glamour of cruise holidays. This book tells you where the crew lives, eats, wars, and parties.

Women have been writing about their travels for generations, putting a uniquely feminine slant on life on the road and the people and places they encounter along the way. The third entry in Travelers' Tales acclaimed annual series, The Best Women's Travel Writing 2008 presents exciting, uplifting, and unforgettable adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new people, places, and facets of themselves. Combining lively storytelling and compelling narrative with a woman's perspective, the stories - most published here for the first time - make the reader laugh, cry, wish she were there, or be glad she wasn't. Eclectic themes including solo journeys, family travel, romance, spiritual growth, strange foods, and even stranger people, inspire women to plan their next great journeys.

In "Food, " the world is revealed through the medium of cuisine. Join top writers on culinary quests of all kinds: dine with locals in Casablanca on a determined pilgrimage for an authentic meal; encounter a mysterious prankster in a garden in the South of France; and go crabbing under the stars on a romantic night in the Caribbean.

Offers advice on traveling with and without children, including the creation of meaningful memories, staying healthy on the road, mothering in other cultures, and traveling while pregnant.

Since the publication of A Woman’s World in 1995, Travelers’ Tales has been the recognized leader in women’s travel literature. This title presents stimulating, inspiring, and just plain wild adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples, and facets of themselves. The common threads connecting these stories are a woman’s perspective; fresh, lively storytelling; and compelling narrative that makes the reader laugh, weep, wish she was there, or be glad she wasn’t. Contributors include such luminaries as Frances Mayes, Barbara Kingsolver, and Diane Johnson. Kathleen Spivak’s “From the Window,” a bittersweet, beautifully written memoir of lost love in Paris, typifies the book. The points of view and perspectives are both personal and global, and the themes are as eclectic as in all of this series, including stories that encompass spiritual growth, hilarity and misadventure, high adventure, romance, solo journeys, stories of service to humanity, family travel, and encounters with exotic cuisine.

Following on the heels of the successful Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road comes another collection of hilarious travel stories by women. From America to Australia to everywhere in between, the true stories in Whose Panties are These? will have you shaking your head in disbelief and rolling in the aisles.• Escape to New York for the wax job of your life and "Blame It on Rio" with Cynthia Barnes• Fly with "Sex in the City" writer Cindy Chupack and "The Mile High and Dry Club" and be glad you weren’t there with her• Get on the "Case of the Date Post Mortem" with Colette O’Connor and find out what really happened• Go "Knocking on Heaven’s Door" with Anne Lamott and discover why sometimes it helps to "get religion"• Try to put on weight with Wendy Soref in Senegal where "Small Butts" are an embarrassment to women and a turnoff to men• Take a sidekick to Vienna with Jessica Maxwell and see how the Austrians handle the "Cowboy Waltz"...and much more

Spanning the globe and covering a wide range of religions and cultures, these stories of personal transformation and self-discovery by women include contributions from Anne Lamott, Maya Angelou, Linda Ellerbee, Kim Cernin, Natalie Goldberg, and many others. Original.

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

Antarctica's legend as a fascinating, forbidding place is confirmed and expanded in these insider articles. Covering everything from "Happy Camper School” to washing dishes to what it's like to fall in love in a place where the sun never goes down (or never comes up), these articles limn a world of colorful characters (human and otherwise) and breathtaking backdrops. The humor runs high here in work by Karen Joyce, who recounts an odd afternoon when it "rained chickens,” and Glenn Grant, who riffs on the dreaded "psych test.” Some of the contributors are award-winning travel writers: Bill Fox, for example, leads a pithy tour through the remote base McMurdo, while Lucy Bledsoe tells of looking for krill and finding dinosaur bones instead. Other contributors are newbies who vividly conjure the region's extraordinary sights, from gale-force winds and magnificent glaciers to mummified seals and charming penguins.

From cosmopolitan Istanbul to villages where people have never heard of America or England, the writers here describe a vibrant land. Markets burst with the colors of carpets, the aroma of spices, and the sound of merchants eager to make a sale. Minarets and the call to prayer pierce the blue sky while Sufi dervishes whirl in the shadows. The seas glisten, lapping against coasts dotted with the ruins of antiquity. Tradition blends with contemporary change, as Turkey struggles to find its place in the new millennium. Travelers' Tales Turkey unveils this dramatic land through stories that range from whimsical to profound. Drink raki and smoke a water pipe with Stephen Kinzer. Explore the cave churches and fairy chimneys of Cappadocia with Mary Lee Settle. Search for evidence of Noah's Ark at Mount Ararat with Bruce Feiler. Wrestle with the legend of the Goddess Artemis with Tim Ward. Discover the exquisite pleasure of the perfect Turkish dish on the roadside with Pier Roberts and be applauded by a busload of locals for your good judgment.

A series that presents the Travelers' Tales experience in a different format. It features 30 stories to bring the reader on a month-long journey of wonder.

The term "foodie" has found its way into the dictionary, defined as "a person with a particular interest in food". Aimed at the recreational cook, this guide features the listings of cooking classes around the world.

Explores the unique culture of one of Europe's most popular destinations. This work features essays and travel narratives on the Czech capital. These voices aim to add a depth to some of Prague's major landmarks, such as the 14th Century, sculpture lined Charles Bridge, while exploring personal recollections of this unique city.

A collection of travel stories about Italy--by Tim Parks, Patricia Hampl, Luigi Barzini, and others--introduces readers to a fascinating cast of sculptors, olive harvesters, art historians, and chefs from across this culturally rich country. Original.

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.

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."

Captures the bizarre experiences of well-known writers whose travels have taken a detour. Stories in this collection include Nigel Barley escorting a monkey to the movies in Cameroon, Dave Barry vainly trying to learn more Japanese than how to order a beer, Donna Marazzo bravely attempting to use a high-tech Italian toilet, and more.

The islands of the South Pacific endure as a beacon of both the unfamiliar and the familiar. This book gives readers a birds-eye view of the many island groups that make up this incomparably beautiful area and opens up possibilities for experienced and novice travellers alike.

Features travel essays, poetry and photographs, which capture the Spirit of the Canal du Midi. This anthology takes the reader through a tour of the area. In "Matters of Trust," the writer hands her bag over to a stranger and gets something else in return.

They say dogs have it made. Well, these dogs certainly do. The dogs here get to see the world, from the tracks of the Iditarod in Alaska to an across-the-USA jaunt with her master on horseback to a table at a fine Paris restaurant.

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

Now in trade paper, this adventurous book shares Cohen's rollicking and wonderfully true tale of his family's year-long odyssey through 14 countries on five continents. Photos. National