Travelling in a Strange Land
Travelling in a Strange Land

Author: David Park

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-03-08

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1408892766

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'One of Ireland's great novelists' Roddy Doyle 'Wrings the heart' Bernard MacLaverty 'A mighty book' Frank McGuinness 'Extraordinary, raw and moving a chronicle of pain and powerlessness as could be written' Lisa McInerney AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR The world is shrouded in snow. With transport ground to a halt, Tom must venture out into a transformed and treacherous landscape to collect his son, sick and stranded in student lodgings. But on this solitary drive from Belfast to Sunderland, Tom will be drawn into another journey, one without map or guide, and is forced to chart pathways of family history haunted by memory and clouded in regret. Travelling in a Strange Land is a work of exquisite loss and transformative grace. It is a novel about fathers and sons, grief, memory, family and love; about the gulfs that lie between us and those we love, and the wrong turns that we take on our way to find them.

On the Wonders of Land and Sea
On the Wonders of Land and Sea

Author: Roberta Micallef

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780674073340

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On the Wonders of Land and Sea is a comparative study of travel writers in the eastern Islamic world from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Situating texts in their socio-historical contexts, the essays study works by male and female Muslim and Parsi/Zoroastrian travelers in the Hijaz, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and Europe.

Travelling on Land
Travelling on Land

Author: Deborah Chancellor

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781854344106

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Launch Pad Library is a colorful, carefully researched reference set designed to challenge, amaze and teach. Each title provides a thorough, visually exciting introduction to an essential topic. Together, these twelve volumes are an ideal first library, perfect for today's children. -- Full color throughout -- Eye-catching covers -- Many special features, including cross-references, "quiz corner" section, "Chatterbox" section providing interesting facts, suggestions for "do-it-yourself" experiments, a glossary and index.

Globejotting
Globejotting

Author: Dave Fox

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781592993444

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Most travel diaries fizzle. By day six of a big trip, people are struggling to recall what happened on days three, four, and five. They return home with mostly empty journals, or bland writing that fails to capture the full spirit of their journeys. Award-winning travel humorist Dave Fox comes to the rescue in this book that's both informative and irreverently funny. You'll learn to: -- Bring destinations to life with bold details. -- Splash those details quickly onto your pages so journaling doesn't gobble up your precious vacation time. -- Elude your "Inner Censor" and write with confidence. -- Weave together your "outer" and "inner" journeys, using unfamiliar places as a backdrop for self-discovery. Dave shares his favorite journaling techniques, shows how to find time to write in the middle of an exciting trip, and infuses it all with a generous dose of his off-the-wall humor. Whether your journeys are weekend road trips or excursions around the world, this book will help transform you into a travel journaling superhero!

The Whispering Land
The Whispering Land

Author: Gerald Durrell

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2016-11-29

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1504041690

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Naturalist Gerald Durrell recalls his expedition to South America to find exotic animals in this follow-up to A Zoo in My Luggage. After bringing multiple species of African animals back to the Channel Island of Jersey to populate their new zoo, British naturalist Gerald Durrell and his wife followed their passion for wildlife preservation on a journey to South America. With a team of helpers, they spent eight months on safari searching for exotic specimens. Through windswept Patagonian shores and tropical forests in the Argentine, from ocelots to penguins, fur seals to parrots to pumas, the author who inspired the public television drama The Durrells in Corfu captures the landscape and its inhabitants with his signature charm and humor. Filled with adventure, exploration, and the spirit of conservation, The Whispering Land is a memoir that animal lovers of all ages will enjoy. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.

A Voyage of Heart and Song
A Voyage of Heart and Song

Author: Liza Farrow-Gillespie

Publisher: Bookbaby

Published: 2019-01-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781543957419

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Take time in the middle of life for your dreams. That is the message of this lighthearted true story of a Dallas couple who, in mid-career, sold their house and cars, bought a boat, and sailed around the world. Author Liza Farrow-Gillespie tells of pirates, storms, sharks, cannibals, and - scariest of all - 24/7 exposure to her husband's sense of humor. She also relates the joy and personal growth that can come from a zig and a zag along the path of life. Liza Farrow-Gillespie is an attorney, musician, and writer. During the sailing circumnavigation she published articles in Ocean Navigator, Cruising World, and Blue Water Sailing. Her husband Alan Farrow-Gillespie, M.D., is a pediatric anesthesiologist and former captain in the United States Air Force.

The Land of Flying Lamas & Other Real Travel Stories from the Indian Himalaya
The Land of Flying Lamas & Other Real Travel Stories from the Indian Himalaya

Author: Gaurav Punj

Publisher: Tranquebar

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789383260522

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Beyond the hill stations, the mall roads and the 'points' is the 'other Himalaya'. A Himalaya where flowers bloom in the green rolling meadows, the streams are bubbly, no pedal boats ply in the lakes, the glaciers can be felt and the passes crossed to more magical lands (where you might find flying lamas too). It's the real Himalaya and it's the real stories from the travels of people like you and me in this Himalaya that make this book. The grand plan is that the next time you are looking for a family vacation or an adventure trek or a soul-searching solo trip, these stories from different regions of Indian Himalaya will provide you a few more options to choose from. There is also a special chapter by Rujuta Diwekar, India's top fitness professional, on why you must trek, the physiological benefits for your body and what to eat to get the best out of your Himalayan trek.