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  • Vanishing Tales from Ancient Trails

    de James Dorsey ...
    Adventure traveler James Dorsey takes readers around the world to not only explore ancient trails, but to help immerse readers in the old traditions of lands that seem to be disappearing in the modern world. This book of short stories takes readers on a descriptive journey through parts of Asia, Africa and South America. "James Dorsey is no ordinary travel writer. In this remarkable book, ranging ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • A Tokyo Anthology

    Literature from Japan’s Modern Metropolis, 1850–1920

    de Sumie Jones, Charles Shirō Inouye, Dr. Anthony H. Chambers, Joel Cohn, Rebecca L. Copeland, Alan Cummings, James Dorsey, Peter Duus, Matthew Fraleigh0, Howard Hibbett1, Ken K. Ito2, Dr. Matthew Koenigsberg3, Dylan McGee4, Professor John Pierre Mertz5, J. Scott Miller6, Professor Aiko Okamoto-MacPhail7, M. Cody Poulton8, Laurel Rasplica Rodd9, Professor Eiji Sekine0, Stephen Snyder1, Dr. Takashi Wakui2 ...
    The city of Tokyo, renamed after the Meiji Restoration, developed an urban culture that was a dynamic integration of Edo’s highly developed traditions and Meiji renovations, some of which reflected the influence of Western culture. This wide-ranging anthology—including fictional and dramatic works, essays, newspaper articles, political manifestos, and cartoons—tells the story of how the city’s ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Literature among the Ruins, 1945–1955

    Postwar Japanese Literary Criticism

    de Atsuko Ueda, Richi Sakakibara, Hirokazu Toeda, James Dorsey, Ko Youngran, Seiji M. Lippit, Ann Sherif, Michael K. Bourdaghs1, Doug Slaymaker2 ...
    Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
    In the wake of the disaster of 1945—as Japan was forced to remake itself from “empire” to “nation” in the face of an uncertain global situation—literature and literary criticism emerged as highly contested sites. Today, this remarkable period holds rich potential for opening new dialogue between scholars in Japan and North America as we rethink the historical and contemporary significance of such ... Leer más

    $39.69 USD

  • Literary Mischief

    Sakaguchi Ango, Culture, and the War

    de James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker ...
    Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
    Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) was a writer who thrived on iconoclasm and agitation. He remains one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of twentieth-century Japan. Ango was catapulted into the public consciousness in the months immediately following Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945. The energy and iconoclasm of his writings were matched by the outrageous and outsized antics of ... Leer más

    $105.99 USD

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  • Destination Truth

    Memoirs of a Monster Hunter

    de Josh Gates ...
    Truth is stranger than legend . . . and your journey into both begins here.World adventurer and international monster hunter Josh Gates has careened through nearly 100 countries, investigating frightening myths, chilling cryptozoological legends, and terrifying paranormal phenomena. Now, he invites fans to get a behind-the-scenes look at these breathtaking expeditions.Follow Gates from the ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton

    The Gruesome True Story of a Man Who Survived Thailand's Deadliest Prisons

    de T. M. Hoy ...
    Prison is harsh enough, but as a foreigner (“farang”) in a strange land, jail time is an even more horrifying reality. Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton is a collection of short stories chronicling T. M. Hoy’s descent into the harrowing world of Southeast Asian prison life. Through his eyes, readers will experience the bizarre events of daily life in a Thai maximum security prison: feel the weight of ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Songs of the Baka and Other Discoveries

    Travels after Sixty-Five

    de Dennis James, Barbara Grossman ...
    Abandoning the comfort and security of a typical retirement, a couple travels and treks through the most isolated parts of the world.After their retirement, Dennis James and Barbara Grossman decide to travel where tour buses won’t and where the US government says don’t,” incorporating trekking into their travels as a way to see untouched areas of the world considered inhospitable by many.Armed ... Leer más

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  • The Shadow of the Sun

    de Ryszard Kapuscinski ...
    In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski hitchhikes with ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The Last Wild Men of Borneo

    A True Story of Death and Treasure

    de Carl Hoffman ...
    A 2019 EDGAR AWARDS NOMINEE (BEST FACT CRIME) • A BANFF MOUNTAIN BOOK AWARDS FINALISTTwo modern adventurers sought a treasure possessed by the legendary "Wild Men of Borneo." One found riches. The other vanished forever into an endless jungle. Had he shed civilization—or lost his mind? Global headlines suspected murder. Lured by these mysteries, New York Times bestselling author Carl Hoffman ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

    28,000 Miles in Search of the Railway Bazaar

    de Paul Theroux ...
    The acclaimed author of The Great Railway Bazaar retraces his legendary journey through Europe and Asia in this "funny, informative and lyrical" travelogue ( The Guardian, UK).Paul Theroux virtually invented the modern travel narrative by recounting his 25,000-mile journey by train through eastern Europe, central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, China, Japan, and Siberia. Three decades later, the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Around the World in 50 Years

    My Adventure to Every Country on Earth

    de Albert Podell ...
    A story of visiting—and surviving—every nation on Earth: "Part travel adventure tale and part madcap farcical comedy . . . Hunter Thompson meets Anthony Bourdain." — Chicago TribuneThis is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible. First, he set a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world, during the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Best Travel Writing 2011

    True Stories from Around the World

    Edición de James O'Reilly, Larry Habegger, Sean O'Reilly ...
    Series series Best Travel Writing
    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. ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus