The author demonstrates his taste for the absurd by embarking on a series of bizarre international adventures--from driving the precarious roads of Naples to cruising at Berlin's erotic Kit Kat Club. Original.
Author: Doug Lansky
Publisher: Travelers' Tales Guides
ISBN: 1885211635
Category: Travel
Page: 257
View: 318
The author demonstrates his taste for the absurd by embarking on a series of bizarre international adventures--from driving the precarious roads of Naples to cruising at Berlin's erotic Kit Kat Club. Original.
... 100 Places in the USA Every Woman Should Go, 50 Places in Rome, Florence,
& Venice Every Woman Should Go, ... Kin to the Wind, Kite Strings of the
Southern Cross, Last Trout in Venice, One Year Off, Rivers Ran East, Royal Road
to ...
Author: Jeff Greenwald
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781609520953
Category: Travel
Page: 224
View: 950
Jeff Greenwald's classic travelogue follows his quest for the "perfect" Buddha statue. At turns hilarious and moving, his quest features a cast of amazing characters — from a passionate palmist to a flying lama — who provide unforgettable glimpses into the daily life and culture of the former kingdom (including a wild ride on Kathmandu’s very first escalator). Greenwald doesn't shy away from Shangri-la’s darker side. Along with colorful descriptions of Hindu and Buddhist mythology, the book tells of the rampant corruption, art smuggling, assassination attempts and human right abuses that would ignite Nepal’s violent "People Power" Revolution in April 1990. A new afterword by the author recounts Nepal's tumultuous recent history — including the massacre of the royal family — in vivid detail. And a new preface introduces this 25th anniversary edition with some thoughts about how Nepal, and travel writing, have evolved since the book’s first publication. Shopping for Buddhas remains a must-read for anyone who has visited, or plans to visit, Nepal.
IN LOUISIANA: NOW'S THE TIME FOR BIG SPECKS IN VENICE Your mountain trout stream may be in trouble. ... they know what the payoff could be: the
season's first run of big speckled trout — fish that can push the scales past 9
pounds.
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FIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations.
TROUT,. SALICORNIA,. LEMON. BUTTER. For 4 Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the region
just to the north-east of Veneto, is one of ... Those Friulian fishing boats often
make it to Venice and when I find sea trout at the market, I like to cook it simply
with ...
Author: Russell Norman
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9780241299920
Category: Cooking
Page: 320
View: 251
A beautifully designed cookbook with easy, seasonal Italian recipes - the perfect gift for any foodie in your life Russell Norman returns to Venice - the city that inspired POLPO - to immerse himself in the authentic flavours of the Veneto and the culinary traditions of the city. His rustic kitchen - in the residential quarter of the city where washing hangs across the narrow streets and neighbours don't bother to lock their doors - provides the perfect backdrop for this adventure, and for the 130 lip-smacking, easy Italian family recipes showcasing the simple but exquisite flavours of Venice. The book also affords us a rare and intimate glimpse into the life of the city, its hidden architectural gems, its secret places, the embedded history, the colour and vitality of daily life, and the food merchants and growers who make Venice so surprisingly vibrant. 'Russell Norman is among the brightest stars of the British food scene' Esquire 'Offers a rare insight into the beating heart of the city' i
... The Best Travel Writing, Kite Strings of the Southern Cross, The Sword of
Heaven, Storm, Take Me With You, Last Trout in Venice, The Way of the
Wanderer, One Year Off, The Fire Never Dies, The Royal Road to Romance,
Unbeaten Tracks ...
Author: Mikkel Aaland
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781609520076
Category: Travel
Page: 280
View: 840
“Any attempt at peace must be attended by a knowledge of self,” discovers writer and photographer Mikkel Aaland, who grew up with a bomb shelter for a bedroom, in terror of nuclear war. At the height of the Cold War, Aaland finds himself drawn into a mysterious Shinto priest’s plan to save the world. Traveling from Norway to the Philippines, Iceland to South Africa, he places pieces of a sacred Shinto sword in key power spots around the world. Along the way, he comes face to face with his deepest childhood fears of war and destruction, encounters the compelling and mysterious Shinto religion, struggles with the uncertainties of love, and learns to face life with an open heart. The Sword of Heaven tells the extraordinary true story of a journey in which all boundaries are pushed—geographical, cultural, and personal—and in which the healing of the world and the healing of one man appear to be inextricably linked.
... A Dog's World,There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled,The Gift of
Travel, 365 Travel Footsteps Kite Strings of the Southern Cross,The Sword of
Heaven, Storm,Take Me With You, Last Trout in Venice,The Way of the Wanderer
, ...
Author: James O'Reilly
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781932361803
Category: Travel
Page: 488
View: 523
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
—Doug Lansky, author of Last Trout in Venice and Signspotting —Jen Leo, editor
of Sand in My Bra and The Thong Also Rises “These hilarious misadventures at
sea will shock and delight any buffet-ready cruise traveler.” “Spray crashing ...
Author: Brian David Bruns
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781932361704
Category: Humor
Page: 384
View: 102
In Cruise Confidential, Brian David Bruns spills the dirt — or in this case, the dirty water — on those romantic, fun-filled vacations at sea. His hilarious chronicle of the year he spent working for Carnival Cruise Lines takes readers down into the areas where the crew works and lives, leaving readers gasping with laughter as they’re assaulted nonstop with events that range from the absurd to the utterly bizarre. Stewards fighting over food. Cutlery allowances and other nonsensical rules. What the crew calls those onboard (no, it’s not “passengers”). And of course, the sex. An abundance of ready, willing, and able bodies eager for action on a vessel replete with nooks and crannies leads to love in some mighty strange, and seemingly impossible, places. Breezy, entertaining, and informative, Cruise Confidential is essential reading for those planning a cruise or for anyone who just needs a good laugh.
... A Sense of Place, The Best Travel Writing, Kite Me Southern Cross, The Sword
of Heaven, Storm, Take Stringsof the Wanderer, One Year Off, With You, Last Trout in Venice, The Way of the The Fire Never Dies, The Royal Road to
Romance, ...
Author: James O'Reilly
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781609520090
Category: Travel
Page: 352
View: 643
The Best Travel Writing 2011 is the eighth volume in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing — from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers. The points of view and perspectives are global, and themes encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, hilarity and misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisine. Sweat, suffer, and fall in love in Guyana, meet a traveler who conducts his own detente in Russian baths, and encounter the light of a stranger in Burma. Further tales include methods on comprehending the nuances of bargaining in Senegal and an archaeologist who digs up her own past in Greece.
... The Best Travel Writing, Kite Strings of the Southern Cross, The Sword of
Heaven, Storm, Take Me With You, Last Trout in Venice, The Way of the
Wanderer, One Year Off, The Fire Never Dies, The Royal Road to Romance,
Unbeaten Tracks ...
Author: James O'Reilly
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781932361896
Category: Travel
Page: 352
View: 541
The Best Travel Writing 2010 is the seventh volume in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing — from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers. The points of view and perspectives are global, and themes encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, hilarity and misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisine. In The Best Travel Writing 2010 readers will explore the mysteries of superstition in Cameroon, discover the meaning of life with an Irish carpenter on a long flight, take adopted children to Korea on a Homeland Tour, delve deep into a sacred Japanese pilgrimage, travel solo in Panama's forbidding Darien jungle, comprehend the nuances of bargaining in Senegal...and much more.
... The Best Travel Writing, Kite Strings of the Southern Cross, The Sword of
Heaven, Storm, Take Me With You, Last Trout in Venice, The Way of the
Wanderer, One Year Off, The Fire Never Dies, The Royal Road to Romance,
Unbeaten Tracks ...
Author: James O'Reilly
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781932361988
Category: Travel
Page: 376
View: 767
The points of view and perspectives in The Best Travel Writing 2009 are global, and the themes encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, hilarity, misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisine. Reading these stories is like sitting in a cafe filled with fellow travelers swapping tales about past adventures and ideas on where to head next. This edition takes the reader on a harrowing raft ride off the coast of Panama, on a whirlwind tour from Florence to Santorini, into the wilds of Patagonia, and to a colorful village in Ghana.
... More Sand in My Bra Travel Literature A Sense of Place,The Best Travel
Writing, Kite Strings of the Southern Cross,The Sword of Heaven, Storm,Take Me
With You, Last Trout in Venice,The Way of the Wanderer, One Year Off,The Fire
Never ...
Author: Gary Buslik
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781932361728
Category: Humor
Page: 256
View: 507
"If you look at a map, you will see that the island chain known as the Caribbean, or, to confuse you, the West Indies, lies between Florida and South America and resembles a string of gems or possibly drool." And so begins author Gary Buslik's tale of tropical adventure. Each chapter of this often hilarious and sometimes poignant travelogue recounts another island-hopping, culture-clashing crisis that pits the homesick author against falling coconuts, hospitals that remove wrong organs, insects as big and dangerous as stealth bombers, ticket agents that put him on hold for hours, mysteriously calculated currency exchanges, over-proofed rum, livestock, singing Rastafarians, garbage-bin sex, peanut-crazed children, Idi Amin, flesh-eating monkeys, dentists, cricket, steel drum bands, and the French. Fortunately, even when making fun of his West Indian hosts, the curmudgeonly author's essential good nature and devotion to his wife twinkle through, and in the end his stubborn geocentricity gives way to a heartfelt appreciation of his island hosts.
... Are These and Other Misadventures Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know
Why, Footsteps Kite Strings of the Southern Cross, The Sword of Heaven, Storm,
Take Me With You, Last Trout in Venice, The Way of the Wanderer, One Year Off,
...
Author: Michael Shapiro
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781932361810
Category: Travel
Page: 312
View: 137
In A Sense of Place, journalist/travel writer Michael Shapiro goes on a pilgrimage to visit the world's great travel writers on their home turf to get their views on their careers, the writer's craft, and most importantly, why they chose to live where they do and what that place means to them. The book chronicles a young writer’s conversations with his heroes, writers he's read for years who inspired him both to pack his bags to travel and to pick up a pen and write. Michael skillfully coaxes a collective portrait through his interviews, allowing the authors to speak intimately about the writer's life, and how place influences their work and perceptions. In each chapter Michael sets the scene by describing the writer's surroundings, placing the reader squarely in the locale, whether it be Simon Winchester's Massachusetts, Redmond O'Hanlon's London, or Frances Mayes's Tuscany. He then lets the writer speak about life and the world, and through quiet probing draws out fascinating commentary from these remarkable people. For Michael it’s a dream come true, to meet his mentors; for readers, it's an engaging window onto the twin landscapes of great travel writers and the world in which they live.
... The Best Travel Writing, Kite Strings of the Southern Cross, The Sword of
Heaven, Storm, Take Me With You, Last Trout in Venice, The Way of the
Wanderer, One Year Off, The Fire Never Dies, The Royal Road to Romance,
Unbeaten Tracks ...
Author: Allen Noren
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781609520045
Category: Travel
Page: 340
View: 199
Begun as a grand adventure, Storm tells the story of a trip that quickly became a tumultuous test of endurance. When the Baltic States of the former Soviet Union opened up, Allen and his girlfriend Suzanne were drawn to the prospect of traveling together once again. Setting out on a motorcycle, the two seasoned travelers rode through Germany, Denmark, and Sweden to the Arctic Circle, then on to Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. Though they’d been together for seven years, and thought they knew what to expect from an extended road trip, they couldn’t foresee the unrelenting natural elements, shifts in once-shared dreams, or fissures in their relationship that lay ahead. Often darkly humorous, Storm reveals a couple’s love and the fragility of human connections as it recounts the journey that became a test of both riders’ physical and emotional endurance.
Travel Literature A Sense of Place, The Best Travel Writing, Cruise Confidential,
A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean, Kite Strings of the Southern Cross, The
Sword of Heaven, Storm, Take Me With You, Last Trout in Venice, The Way of the
...
Author: Rolf Potts
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781932361711
Category: Travel
Page: 344
View: 778
Marco Polo Didn’t Go There is a collection of rollicking travel tales from a young writer USA Today has called “Jack Kerouac for the Internet Age.” For the past ten years, Rolf Potts has taken his keen postmodern travel sensibility into the far fringes of five continents for such prestigious publications as National Geographic Traveler, Salon.com, and The New York Times Magazine. This book documents his boldest, funniest, and most revealing journeys—from getting stranded without water in the Libyan desert, to crashing the set of a Leonardo DiCaprio movie in Thailand, to learning the secrets of Tantric sex in a dubious Indian ashram. Marco Polo Didn’t Go There is more than just an entertaining journey into fascinating corners of the world. The book is a unique window into travel writing, with each chapter containing a “commentary track”—endnotes that reveal the ragged edges behind the experience and creation of each tale. Offbeat and insightful, this book is an engrossing read for students of travel writing as well as armchair wanderers.
Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why Not So Funny When It Happened
There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled The Fire Never Dies Last Trout in Venice the also rises further misadventures from funny Women on the.
Author: Jennifer L. Leo
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781932361827
Category: Travel
Page: 232
View: 988
Too many travel guides are dry lists of attractions or portentous histories of a place. This isn't the case with The Thong Also Rises. Hot on the (high) heels of Sand in My Bra and Whose Panties Are These? comes this collection of the best in women’s travel and humor writing. These Ms-adventures take readers around the world and back again — and they’ll be happy to be reading rather than experiencing some of these adventures. Subjects include learning how to go to the bathroom with a pig in Thailand, trying to explain that sex toy to customs while Mother is watching, attending naked wedding ceremonies on Valentine’s Day in Jamaica, conquering that consuming fear of wooden puppets with a visit to Prague, boarding a crusty old Soviet Bomber in Laos, and more. Contributors include such notable writers and comedians as Jill Connor Browne, Wanda Sykes, Laurie Notaro, Wendy Dale, and Ayun Halliday.
... The Best Travel Writing, Kite Strings of the Southern Cross, The Sword of
Heaven, Storm, Take Me With You, Last Trout in Venice, The Way of the
Wanderer, One Year Off, The Fire Never Dies, The Royal Road to Romance,
Unbeaten Tracks ...
Author: James O'Reilly
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781932361698
Category: Travel
Page: 328
View: 354
Since 1993, readers have looked to Travelers' Tales for award-winning stories about the world, adventure, spirituality, and the transformative experiences that accompany life on the road. The Best Travel Writing 2008 is the fifth volume in the series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing — much of it never before published — from Nobel Prize winners to up-and-coming new writers. The stories provide a perspective and depth of understanding that can only come from people who have actually been there, and encompass everything from high adventure to misadventure, spiritual growth to romance, service to humanity to encounters with exotic cuisines. Reading the book is like sitting in a café filled with fellow travelers, swapping tales about destinations near and far — readers emerge changed, eager for more, and ready to plan their next trips.
TROUT WITH SPINACH & TOASTED ALMONDS The fallout from the global
financial crisis is particularly obvious in Greece, more so in the north than the
south. In Ioannina two cookery students, Kostas Gerodimos and Marina Siarava,
had lost ...
Author: Rick Stein
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781448142729
Category: Cooking
Page: 320
View: 996
From the mythical heart of Greece to the fruits of the Black Sea coast; from Croatian and Albanian flavours to the spices and aromas of Turkey and beyond – the cuisine of the Eastern Mediterranean is a vibrant melting pot brimming with character. Accompanying the major BBC Two series, Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul includes over 100 spectacular recipes discovered by Rick during his travels in the region. The ultimate mezze spread of baba ghanoush, pide bread and keftedes. Mouthwatering garlic shrimps with soft polenta. Heavenly Dalmatian fresh fig tart. Packed with stunning photography of the food and locations, and filled with Rick's passion for fresh produce and authentic cooking, this is a stunning collection of inspiring recipes to evoke the magic of the Eastern Mediterranean at home.
... FL, (813) 785-7774 Mike DuClon, Tarpon Springs,FL (813) 937-9737 Eric
Ersch, Satellite Beach, FL, (407) 779-9054 Shawn Foster, Cocoa Beach, FL, (407
) 784-2610 Ad Gilbert, Venice, FL, (813) 484-8430 Pete Greenan, Boca Grande,
FL, ...
Author: Frank Sargeant
Publisher: Derrydale Press
ISBN: 9781461730064
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 160
View: 766
Jammed with tips from the nation's leading trout guides and light tackle anglers, The Trout Book is must reading for all who pursue the spotted weakfish, or seatrout, throughout the coastal waters of the Gulf and Atlantic. Every aspect of locating and catching trout is covered, and many secrets of trout behavior are revealed here for the first time. For both the old salt and rank amateur, The Trout Book is sure to provide entertaining reading and lunker-sized catches.
(But the ideal approach to Italy would be by helicopter, on a moonlit summer
night, landing in Venice's St. Mark's Square—or, for that matter, in the middle of
the Grand Canal. The colorful curses of the gondoliers will immediately create a ...
Author: Joseph Wechsberg
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 9780897336512
Category: Cooking
Page: 288
View: 461
There were, and still are, great restaurants all over Europe, but the greater part of Blue Trout and Black Truffles is devoted to the eatingplaces and vineyards of France. It is a vicarious experience to read about the culinary wonders of the notable establishments of another era that have become the last epicurean haven in this materialistic, mechanized world of fastfood chains and frozenfood dinners. Mr. Wechsberg reaches back to the twilight days of the Habsburg monarchy, when those splendid monuments to the haute cuisine in central Europe, Meissl and Schadn of Vienna and Gundel's of Budapest, were in their prime.
Of the numerous editions of the "Jugurthine War" and the "Conspiracy of Catiline,
" the first is that of Venice (fol., 1470), ... Species called salmon and species
called trout are found in each of these subdivisions, but the last two contain
chiefly ...
