| Description |
xvi, 295 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Contents |
Extreme chocolate / Bill Buford -- Phnom Penh now / Ian Buruma -- Chasing ghosts / James Campbell -- The border / Peter Chilson -- Brighton Beach memoir / Simon Doonan -- African promise / J. Malcolm Garcia -- Hope and squalor at Chungking mansion / Karl Taro Greenfeld -- Dark passage / Peter Gwin -- Wheels of fortune / Peter Hessler -- Georgia in the time of Misha / Melik Kaylan -- Next stop, squalor / John Lancaster -- Mr. Tingler / Emily Maloney -- The river is a road / Bryan Mealer -- The train to Tibet / Pankaj Mishra -- The most expensive road trip in the world / Annie Nocenti -- Kabul nights / Kristin Ohlson -- Journey into night / David Sedaris -- To Russia for love / Gary Shteyngart -- Looking for mammon in the Muslim world / Seth Stevenson -- Have book, will travel / Thomas Swick -- The woman in the Kuffiya / Jeffrey Tayler -- While the king sleeps / Matthew Teague -- The golden man / Paul Theroux -- Three chopsticks / Calvin Trillin -- Where the roads diverged / Catherine Watson. |
| Subject |
Travel writing.
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Travel -- Periodicals -- Excerpts.
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Travelers' writings, American.
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Short stories, American.
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| Added Author |
Bourdain, Anthony.
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| Added Title |
Travel writing 2008 |
| ISBN |
9780618858637 hardcover |
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0618858636 hardcover |
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9780618858644 paperback |
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0618858644 paperback |
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