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Westland Publications Limited Longing Belonging
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£22.79
HarperCollins Publishers Floyd Around the Med
Book SynopsisA paperback edition of Keith Floyd's bestselling book which accompanied the television series of the same name. Floyd tours around the Mediterranean countries, looking at the different cuisines, lifestyles and countries, and cooking as he goes.
£18.00
HarperCollins Travels
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£17.99
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd India in Slow Motion
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£20.61
Penguin Random House India Bhagwaan Ke Pakwaan
£17.95
Oxford University Press Indian Branch The Himalayan Journal Volume 53 1997 Vol. 53
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£17.09
Little, Brown Book Group Indulgence
Book SynopsisEverybody loves chocolate. From Willy Wonka to Ferrero Rocher, the Cadbury''s Flake girl to the man from Milk Tray, it is embedded in our culture like no other foodstuff. The ''Prozac of Candy'' produces the same chemicals in your brain as when you fall in love.Paul Richardson has had a sweet tooth ever since his grandmother fed him Lindt milk chocolate animals as a boy. Now, in this fascinating new book, he satisfies a lifelong craving by travelling the world to find out the history of this most popular of foodstuffs. It is a journey that begins in the cacao groves of Guatemala and Mexico, and takes him from the old world to the new, to mainland Europe and the chocolatiers of Paris and Zurich, to Britain and America, and the homes of Cadbury and Hershey.For chocolate lovers everywhere - and let''s face it, that''s most of us - INDULGENCE is a treat. Witty, insightful and wonderfully readable, this is the tastiest book you''ll devour all year, bar none.Trade ReviewHere is a work as satisfying as a square of Michel Cluziel's single-estate, high cacao Premier Cru d'Haceinda la Conception... * THE TIMES *Guilt does not stalk these pages. Their aim is to instruct and, by instruction, to release the endorphins of pleasure that will make the next bar even better. * GUARDIAN *This whimsical account of his pig-out pilgrimage is required reading for anyone who would rather not share their Kit-Kat * EVENING STANDARD *Insightful and funny observations make for a tasty little book. * VIVID *
£8.24
Little, Brown Book Group Tigers In Red Weather
Book SynopsisWhen Ruth Padel saw an advert for a cheap break to India, she decided to visit what she had always wanted to see: tropical jungle and a wildlife sanctuary. Her impromptu trip was the start of a remarkable two-year journey in search of that most elusive and beautiful animal: the tiger. Armed with her granny''s opera glasses and a pair of Tunisian trainers, she sets off across Asia to ask the question: can the tiger be saved from extinction in the wild? Plunging into leech-infested jungles, she tracks tigers by jeep, by elephant and on foot, from Bangladesh to Bhutan, from China to far-east Russia. The result is a unique blend of natural history, travel literature and memoir, and an intimate portrait of an animal we have loved and feared almost to destruction.Trade ReviewThere are few women writing non-fiction today with such a sophisticated understanding of language, such a nuanced approach to style, and such a brazen willingness to engage with the big issues, personal and political. This is a gripping and informative book, always intriguing and occasionally dazzling * GUARDIAN *Thrilling and surprising . . . her prose has an intense, lush quality . . . She has an adventurer's intrepid spirit and a poet's eye for detail and ear for dialogue * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *An extraordinary travel-memoir . . . this is no mere gutsy travelogue, but a poet's attempt to do what a scientist does: "saying precisely what and how you saw" . . . utterly compelling * INDEPENDENT *Ruth Padel is a wonderful writer and she has produced perhaps the best book ever written on the places where tigers live * EVENING STANDARD *
£9.74
Random House Publishing Group The Mountains of California Modern Library
Book SynopsisWhen John Muir traveled to California in 1868, he found the pristine mountain ranges that would inspire his life’s work. The Mountains of California is the culmination of the ten years Muir spent in the Sierra Nevadas, studying every crag, crook, and valley with great care and contemplation.Bill McKibben writes in his Introduction that Muir 'invents, by sheer force of his love, an entirely new vocabulary and grammar of the wild . . . a language of ecstasy and exuberance.' The Mountains of California is as vibrant and vital today as when it was written over a century ago. This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes the photographs and line drawings from the original 1898 edition.
£16.14
Goose Lane Editions Wanderlust A Social History of Travel
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Goose Lane Editions No Such Thing as a Free Ride
Book SynopsisIn this entertaining volume, you''ll find Governor General Award-winner Margaret Avison and American sci-fi novelist Piers Anthony rubbing shoulders with Blag Dahlia and Ben Bachelder. You''ll read of Jello Biafra''s encounter with shoe-eating cows, Alan Dean Foster''s ride on a whale shark, and Kage Baker''s hilarious account of actors broken down on Interstate 5. Filmmakers, politicians, stand-up comedians, poets, journalists, and carpenters all come together through the shared experience of hitching a ride. Throughout the ''60s and ''70s -- the heyday of hitchhiking -- this form of travel was a key means of transportation. Today, people continue to hitchhike all over the world. Money never changes hands, but all manner of social transactions take place. Hilarious, sad, nostalgic, sometimes scary, and always entertaining, these travelers'' tales will open your eyes and take you back -- or forward. Just when you think you''ve heard it all, turn the page. You''ll discover you haven''t!
£14.39
Goose Lane Editions Touch Anywhere to Begin
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Touch Anywhere to Begin is a rich and satisfying collection of personal essays garnered from the journeys of a wanderer by nature. Mark Anthony Jarman is a quirky and sometimes irritable travel companion who describes himself as a rotten traveller..., but whose deep love for the places and people he meets along the way...will have you hanging on every word. And it’s not just what he writes about that will keep you riveted; it’s his first-rate writing that will hold you.” -- Wanda Baxter * Miramichi Reader *
£16.19
Goose Lane Editions Apron Strings
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Jan Wong takes us on a trip through three of the world’s greatest cuisines to learn the secrets of their foods, as well as the civilizations—past and present—that underlies what they eat. From a farm family in France coping with globalization to the stubborn traditions of central Italy and the cultural confusion of today’s China, we meet the families and people behind the dishes—and learn how to make them as well. A wonderful story about Jan’s own efforts to bond with her son, Apron Strings is what we have come to expect from Jan Wong: funny, insightful, and brutally honest." -- Ian Johnson, author of The Souls of China"For foodies like me, Jan’s book will be irresistible, but the fact is that anyone would love this book. Apron Strings is one of the most appealing, charming, loveable books I’ve read in years." -- Stevie Cameron, author of On the Take"Apron strings may be for foodies, but Jan Wong’s Apron Strings is for everyone." -- Uwera Nina Ntanganzwa * The Brunswickan *"Apron Strings is dense in food history, customs, traditions and all the contrasts in between from school systems, familial roles and even water consumption." -- Jules Torti * Alphabet Soup *
£17.99
University of Alberta Press CROATIA Travels in Undiscovered Country Wayfarer
Book SynopsisThe "extraordinary regionality" of Croatia is drawn through thoughtful portraits during a time of great transition. OR Written with sensitivity and balance, Fabijancicâs literate travel writing takes us to the heart of a fascinating land.Trade Review"While only partially representing the Croatian way of life, which these days is increasingly urbanized and computerized, these personal (but never biased) essays fully encapsulate the country's essence. Fabijancic gets extra credit for not letting the much-written-about politics interfere and ruin the narrative's delicate flow." Mirela Roncevic, Library Journal"...join Tony Fabijancic as he returns to his homeland in Croatia: Travels in Undiscovered Country, exploring the quiet hidden corners and the complex history of this beautiful place." Wanderlust"The book gives a fascinating insight into not only the countryside, as you would expect from a book about travel, but also into the people and their attitudes on a whole range of subjects." M2 Best Books"Filled with the colours and 'feels' of Croatia, inhabited by faces commonly unseen, and accompanied by insightful reflections and comments, Croatia: Travels in Undiscovered Country is an informative and engaging book, and a highly gratifying guide into Croatia's 'back-roads', diverse natural beauties, and vanishing complex cultures." Gordana P. Crnkovic (University of Washington), Slavic & East European Journal, 48.2, Summer 2004"Throughout his travels, he seeks answers to the question, 'what makes a Canadian-born son of immigrants look back across the ocean for a place to belong?' Black-and-white photos capture the traditional ways of the Croatians, as well as the beauty and grandeur of the country. In this inspiring book, Fabijancic has admirably met his objective of "emphasizing facts of a different order: the evanescent moment on the road that captured the spirit of the old world still in evidence; the hidden or forgotten crevices; the personal instead of the public; and the present still permeated by a vital past." Norman P. Goldman, Canadian Book Review Annual, 2004
£23.39
University of Alberta Press Heart of a Stranger
Book SynopsisBetween 1964 and 1975, Margaret Laurence wrote not only her Manawaka cycle, but also this collection of essays chronicling her travels and revealing how they inspired her fiction. Nora Foster Stovel's new introduction explores how Laurence's experiences in Somalia, Nigeria, Greece, Egypt, England and Scotland influenced and informed her Canadian fiction.
£21.59
Museum of New Mexico Press Immortal Summer A Victorian Womans Travels in the
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£39.09
Museum of New Mexico Press Immortal Summer A Victorian Womans Travels in the
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£23.39
Alpine Club Whympers Scrambles with a Camera A Victorian
Book SynopsisEdward Whymper is one of the most important figures in the history of mountaineering. This title lets us: visit the Zermatt valley and its peaks, passes and glaciers; experience Whymper's many attempts to climb the Matterhorn; explore the Mont Blanc region, including the ill-fated building of an observatory on the summit; and, more.
£15.20
Craven Street Books Hunt for the Buru The True Story of the Search
Book SynopsisThis first-hand account of a 1948 journey to a treacherous valley in northern India in search of a mysterious creature is both a classic travel adventure and a graphic record of an amazing expedition. The book chronicles the group''s movement into a remote valley in Assam, where the inhabitants had only recently given up headhunting, on a quest for the Buru, an elusive, monstrous reptile well documented by those native to the area. The Buru, like the Yeti, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness monster, has captured the imagination of adventurers around the world, and remains a popular subject of cryptozoology -- the study of animals yet to be discovered by science. Recalled in vivid detail are treks through hazardous swamplands filled with cobras and leeches, and campaigns through perilous jungle where thumbnail-sized ticks and wild boar are indigenous, all in the hunt for the legendary saurian.
£18.89
Larson Publications Search in Secret Egypt
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£90.39
Tony Astill Souvenirs Pittoresques des Glaciers de Chamouny
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£31.50
Dynasty Press Ltd Brighton Babylon
Book SynopsisLife in the city of Brighton can sometimes resemble that of a situation comedy...a formula that only requires three walls, one at the back and one each side with the action in the middle and the audience watching. Brighton's audience is the vast openness of the English Channel which washes its shore and watches its lives. Life in Brighton sometimTrade Review"Brighton Babylon is a sharp enjoyable page turner with Peter Jarrette pulling no punches with his rapier wit and stories of our city's uber-colourful lifestyles. No matter where in the UK you live, you'll no doubt see hilarious glimpses of yourselves and your friends in this fab roller-coaster novel. Already Brighton Babylon reads like a TV mini-series and you'll be gagging for the sequel!" Marc Abraham, Author and TV Vet "Set though it is in Britain's provincial capital of seediness and sleaze, Brighton Babylon reflects the desires and distractions, afflictions and addictions of city dwellers everywhere. Featuring tramps, trolley dollies, transients and possibly Triazepan, Peter Jarrette's is a shockingly fresh voice offering a modern social commentary poured with humour and served with a splash of poignancy. A Sex and The City for a fresh and funky century."...Julie Burchill: Writer "A knowing romp through the bawdy back alleys of Brighton. Great fun, witty and full of the complicated characters that lurk below the surface of this fine city" ...Martin Webb: Entrepreneur, Freelance Contributor Daily Telegraph, Presenter Risking It All Channel 4 TV "Peter Jarrette's new book takes you on a tour of the hidden almost seedy underbelly of Brighton, often obscured by the town's beautiful facade. Peter is great at captivating his audience with a plethora of motley city characters, and opening a window in to their unusual lives. Let's hope Peter follows in the footsteps of Brighton's array of successful authors!" ...Verity Craig: Editor Absolute Media "A veritable romp of a novel showcasing the vibrancy and general nuttiness of the City of Brighton and Hove and Peter himself. A well-written page turner, guaranteed to tickle your ribs with every chapter." ... Briggy Smale: Music Entertainment Correspondent & Author
£12.34
SolidPress Publishing 1968 and Im Hitchhiking Through Europe
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£11.99
Summit Studios Moose on the Loose
Book SynopsisTravel brings with it many extraordinary moments--from the whimsical to the hilarious to the downright absurd. By following in the footsteps of previous bestselling humour titles such as Mugged by a Moose and A Beaver is Eating My Canoe, we continue to celebrate more of those moments in Moose on the Loose. Join 26 travel and outdoor writers as they relate their wacky tales of misadventure. If there''s one truth that can be pulled from this collection of stories, it''s that while outlandish things can happen on the road less travelled, there''s no such thing as a bad story!
£18.89
Gritstone Publishing Back Roads Through Middle England From Dorset to
Book SynopsisThis wonderful book, with full colour photographs, celebrates the beauty of this area of England but also does very much more. Thoughtful, well-informed, sometimes provocative, Andrew Bibby goes beyond the superficial to reveal a Middle England which is considerably more complex than many might imagine.
£13.25
Penguin Putnam Inc Best State Ever A Florida Man Defends His
Book SynopsisA New York Times bestseller—a brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry gets a call from some media person wanting to know, “What the hell is wrong with Florida?” Somehow, the state's acquired an image as a subtropical festival of stupid, and as a loyal Floridian, Dave begs to differ. Join him as he goes in hunt of the legendary Skunk Ape; hobnobs with the mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs; and visits Cassadaga, the psychic capital of the world, to have his dog's aura read (apparently, she's very spiritual). Hitch a ride for the non-stop thrills of alligator-wrestling (the gators display the same fighting spirit as a Barcalounger), the hair-raising spectacle of a clothing-optional bar in Key West, and the manly manliness of the Machine GunTrade ReviewPraise for Best. State. Ever."A side-splitting read. With a guffaw on every page, a wealth of detail and a cocktail of irreverence, you might call Barry’s look at Florida a tour de farce. But you’d be wrong. “Best. State. Ever.” represents a loving and ribald look at a weird and wonderful place." — Richmond Times-Dispatch“Whether it’s the invsive wildlife or the annual snowbird migration, plenty of folks have disparaged Florida over the years. But leave it to Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and longtime resident Dave Barry to pen a proper ode.” — Garden and GunPraise for Dave Barry“Genuine genius . . . American silliness has long had a champion in Dave Barry. . . . [He] remains, and there is no other word for it, hilarious.” —The New York Times Book Review “Dave Barry’s latest book of essays is worth every penny when it comes to humor and insight. It’s wonderful to see that he hasn’t stopped writing about our foibles and his somewhat unique perspective on what makes us tick. And he’s able to do it while invoking out-loud laughter.” —Associated Press “These latest essays will cause outright, prolonged laughter.” —Kirkus Reviews “Despite years of medication, Dave Barry is still the funniest damn writer in the whole country. Let’s hope he never grows up.” —Carl Hiaasen “Dave Barry is truly the funniest man living in the three-mile ‘safe’ zone off the shores of America.” —Steve Martin
£16.99
Cambridge University Press Ben Jonsons Walk to Scotland
Book SynopsisThis is the first publication of a recently discovered account of Ben Jonson's walk to Scotland in 1618. Supported by contextual essays, this unique firsthand narrative provides researchers and graduate students with an invaluable insight into Jonson's life and work, and the social and cultural history of early modern Britain.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Jonson's 'foot voyage' and the Aldersey manuscript; My gossip Jonson his foot voyage and mine into Scotland; Contextual essays; 1. The genres of a walk; 2. Jonson's foot work; 3. Scenes of hospitality; Works cited; Index.
£62.69
Orion Publishing Group Around The World In Eighty Days
Book Synopsis''The reason why the 80-day journey retains its appeal is that it is still the minimum time needed to go round the world and notice it. To see it, smell it and touch it at the same time . . .''More than a century on from Phileas Fogg''s fictional adventure around the world, Michael Palin sets out from the Reform Club to complete the route for himself. The rules are simple, but the rest of the journey will be far from straightforward. Around the World in Eighty Days takes us on a rollicking trip across the globe in the company of one of our finest travel writers. From train to ship to hot air balloon, this is an unparalleled tribute to man''s ability to make life difficult for himself . . .
£9.89
John B Davies From Hell to Paradise: and a thousand places in
Book SynopsisJohn Davies takes you on his journeys of 60 years travelling through most of Europe and North America, and invites you to share his wonderful train journeys, the great outdoors, inspiring countries and cities, together with a look at the contemporary scene as he sees it. We've all probably been on the train from Hell at some time, but what about going to hell on a one-way ticket! Or arriving at Paradise twenty years on and finding it's not much different? That is probably why I felt I should do penance in Purgatory yet another twenty-two years later. How about a lightning 20-minute visit to Las Vegas at 8 in the morning, staying in Chattanooga and Kalamazoo, both featuring in Glen Miller's big band repertoire; and following in the footsteps fo fictional Monsignor Quixote in Spain or Inspector Montalbano in Sicily? And the really scary one; Josiane and I outside the twin towers in New York the day before 9/11! None of this would have been in my mind on my first school trip to France in 1958, which was a start a lifelong love of travel that would take me through Europe and North America.
£17.09
Nova Science Publishers Inc Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers
Book SynopsisAlmost from time immemorial a border warfare has been carried on between the Koordish tribes on the confines of Turkey and Persia. The governments of Turkey and Persia requested the assistance of England and Russia to draw up a treaty of peace, and to come to a distinct understanding as to where the line of border ran between the two empires. In hopes of remedying these misfortunes, a conference was appointed at Erzeroom to discuss the position of the boundary. Robert Curzon was appointed as the English commissioner. This book originally published in 1854 describes the Curzons travels through this region.
£72.24
Mercury House Face of the Deep
Book SynopsisIn The Face of the Deep we float on and submerge below the ocean''s liquid mirror, surfing and diving in a "continuum, concatenation, of sunrises, sunsets... one''s consciousness itself rising and falling with the swell." From villages in Samoa to haunts in Hawaii, Thomas Farber tells of encounters in bars and backwaters as he explores Oceania''s mythologies and literatures. From treasure hunters of Cocos Island to writers of the Literary Pacific, from Stevenson and Melville to the indigenous writings of Wendt Hau''ofa, Farber navigates the complexities of the Pacific and its peoples. With the play and music of his language, Farber''s shimmering reflections give us a fresh appreciation of the Pacific''s depths.
£14.39
Ariadne Press Others' Austria: Impressions of American &
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£36.89
Clear Light Publishers Precious Jewels of Tibet: A journey to the Roof
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£14.39
WW Norton & Co A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of
Book SynopsisSalem, Massachusetts, may be the strangest city on the planet. A single event in its 400 years of history—the Salem Witch Trials of 1692—transformed it into the Capital of Creepy in America. But Salem is a seasonal town—and its season happens to be Halloween. Every October, this small city of 40,000 swells to close to half a million as witches, goblins, ghouls, and ghosts (and their admirers) descend on Essex Street. For the fall of 2015, occult enthusiast and Edgar Award–winning writer J.W. Ocker moved his family of four to downtown Salem to experience firsthand a season with the witch, visiting all of its historical sites and macabre attractions. In between, he interviews its leaders and citizens, its entrepreneurs and visitors, its street performers and Wiccans, its psychics and critics, creating a picture of this unique place and the people who revel in, or merely weather, its witchiness.Trade Review"[A] lively chronicle—part travel guide, part history lesson…Ocker moves easily among the archivists, historians, and performers he interviews, and he describes the carnival atmosphere that descends upon “Witch City” with enthusiasm and vividness." -- Publisher's Weekly (starred review)"What better place to celebrate Halloween than Salem, Massachusetts? Festivities begin with a parade on October 1 and end with Halloween parties and costumed celebrations on October 31. In between, Ocker, a travel writer with an Edgar Award, and family stay the entire month, exploring Salem’s many attractions. Although the witch trials in 1692 only lasted for nine months, Salem has been branded “Witch City,” overshadowing its maritime history. Ocker samples everything: cemeteries, museums, gift shops, performances, wax museums, and more. He talks to street performers and street preachers as he tries to understand the appeals of the city. He interviews curators, haunters, costumed tour guides, a policeman, the mayor, and cemetery caretakers. Ocker devotes whole chapters to real witches, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and TV shows and movies set in Salem. His comic asides lighten the details of haunted houses, hangings, and hysteria without disrespecting the history. The result is a fresh, fun glimpse of a town that has come to grips with its sordid history and prospered. Armchair travelers will enjoy the trip." -- Booklist"An entertaining and historical guide to the varied sites of Salem, with Ocker interviewing everyone from the mayor to local archivists to men in scary costumes, covering burial sites of witch trial judges, and perhaps the most awesome Halloween street party ever described in print, with Ocker’s good humor and touch of sarcasm marking his readable style." -- Library Journal
£14.24
Paul Dry Books, Inc American Places: A Writer's Pilgrimage to Sixteen
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Paul Dry Books, Inc Mountains & a Shore: A Journey Through Southern
Book SynopsisThe Mediterranean coast of Turkey, also known as the "Turquoise Coast", is rich with natural beauty and historic remains. In the spring and summer of 1965 Michael Pereira set out to discover this region, before a government push to develop the area for tourism forever altered the landscape. Mountains and a Shore is Pereira''s account of his travels. Starting his journey in Antalya, Pereira criss-crosses the coast from Marmaris to Mersin. He travels by bus, lorry -- even donkey -- for he believes, "It is only by travelling in the same style as the people of the country that one can properly get to know that county and its people". Pereira speaks Turkish fluently and through his encounters with drivers and café owners, farmers and schoolchildren, he shows the Turkish people to be generous, proud, and resilient. As David Mason writes in his new foreword, "The Turkish word for the Mediterranean is Akdeniz, the White Sea, but the land between the Black and White Seas is polychromatic, swirlingly complex, contradictory, challenging, and often heart-stoppingly beautiful. Getting to know Turkey is not always easy, even now. Time travel with Michael Pereira is an excellent way to begin.
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Linden Publishing Co Inc An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 North
Book SynopsisA unique literary and artistic guidebook to one of the world''s most amazing drives--California State Highway 1, a narrow strip of roadway etched between cliffs and the ocean that leads travelers through the state''s beautiful natural attractions. Lavishly illustrated with original watercolors that depict the glories of the California coast, this book takes an appealingly idiosyncratic perspective as the authors record their explorations off the beaten path, their serendipitous discoveries, and their reactions to the places and people they encounter. A contemplative mixture of captivating artistry and personal essay, this travelogue offers an accessible introduction to many little-known details of scenic California.
£23.79
Linden Publishing Co Inc An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 Central
Book SynopsisIts perhaps the most famous highway in the world California State Highway 1, a narrow strip of roadway between the cliffs and the ocean on the very edge of the continent. Blessed with spectacular natural landscapes, inspiring ocean views and the echoes of California history, Highway 1 is a scenic drive like no other. The sequel to the authors acclaimed book An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 North, An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 Central takes the reader on a unique literary and artistic journey through the natural and man-made beauty of Californias central coast. Lavishly illustrated with over 100 original full-color Pat Hunter watercolors depicting gorgeous landscapes and architectural treasures, this is a thinking persons travel guide that reveals hidden treasures and unexpected delights. Written as a memoir of the authors tour along the highway, the book takes an appealingly idiosyncratic perspective, as the authors record their explorations off the beaten path, their serendipitous discoveries, and their personal reactions to the places and people they encounter. A satisfying and contemplative mixture of captivating artistry and personal essay, An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 Central reinvents the travel guide as a literary form.
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Linden Publishing Co Inc Landscapes and Landmarks of the Great Central
Book SynopsisLandscapes and Landmarks of the Great Central Valley is a gorgeously illustrated tour of Californias heartland, lovingly depicted in over 150 original watercolor paintings by acclaimed California artist Pat Hunter. From Tejon Pass in the south to Mount Shasta in the north stretches one of Californias hidden gems, the heartland of the Great Central Valley. The most productive agricultural region anywhere in the world, the Central Valley is an entirely different California most tourists never see a rural land of farms and industry, stunning natural beauty, the greatest cultural and ethnic diversity of anywhere in the United States, and historic cities populated by friendly, hard-working people. Landscapes and Landmarks of the Great Central Valley is a loving tribute to the Valley created by two native daughters, the Fresno-based team of award-winning artist Pat Hunter and noted writer Janice Stevens. Hunter and Stevens take the reader on a personal tour of their home region, showcasing the charms of the Valleys agricultural heritage, natural scenery, history and architecture. Hunters magnificent watercolors, reproduced in full color in a beautifully designed coffee table edition, depict the natural and human-made beauty of the Valleys great landmarks: the General Grant tree, the Reedley Opera House, the Fresno Water Tower, Yosemites Half Dome, the American River, Sutters Fort and more. Landscapes and Landmarks of the Great Central Valley also affectionately portrays the rural and farm life that powers the Great Central Valley with a charm and freshness reminiscent of the French countryside. A joyous journey through some of the most picturesque landscapes and small towns anywhere in the world, Landscapes and Landmarks of the Great Central Valley is an exquisite art book for all lovers of Californias heartland.
£26.34
Disruption Books The Couscous Chronicles: Stories of Food, Love,
Book SynopsisFollow Azzedine Downes as he drifts between cultures, places, and time to build a life of service and adventure, first as a young educator in Morocco and later as a father making a home for his family in the United States. As the son of an Irish father and a Muslim mother, blue-eyed Azzedine feels the power— and the burden— of being a cultural shape-shifter. His presence alone evokes curiosity and arguments, sometimes risking great danger to himself and his family. He makes his way as a teacher, an organizer, and later a leader in the U.S. Peace Corps. In this wry traveler’ s memoir, his tales elicit at turn laughter, compassion, and heartache as Azzedine confronts the human compulsion to make sense of those around us, even when we’ re wrong.“ I never found life to be linear and so returning to a point in time never surprised me,” Azzedine writes. “ What surprised me was the reaction of those that struggled to tether me to one place.” Featuring a foreword by Jane Goodall, who shares his vision for hope and resilience in a troubled world, The Couscous Chronicles unravels the tapestry of a vibrant journey where one is never a stranger, but also never at home.Table of ContentsFEZ, MOROCCO: THE MEDINA The Labyrinth Language, Cleanliness, and the Yellow Babouche Bread and Other Smells of Life Feet Smell and So Do Yellow Babouche Sniffing Glue and Lessons Learned Nassarani An Endless String of Apologies Donkeys, Virility, and Birth Control The Buddhist Monk and Talking in My Sleep Couscous, the Foundation of All Life Baraka and the Sheep Shopping, Bargaining, and Accents Aziz, Merchant of Carpets and Bagger of Tourists The Simple-Minded Mathematician FEZ, MOROCCO: LA VILLE NOUVELLELa Ville Nouvelle and My Love Affair with French The Grey-Haired CIA Agent and the Spurned Lover Breaking the Rules and the Donnybrook at the Cinema Teenage Frenzy and the Cardboard Keyboard Arabic Lessons Undoing the Spell via a Good Tip The Curse of Fatouma Peep Show at the Café Alone in My Food Poisoning Pain The Intoxicating Dessert The Rif Mountains and The Hirsute Body The Hamman and the Circumcised Foreigner Salade Niç oise and My Wayward Wife CASABLANCA, MARRAKECH, ZAGORA, AND SALEA Casablanca Unlike the Movie Human Teeth on a Blanket Just Tell Me Where It Is Where There is No Doctor Adapting to Male Chauvinism— My Own Marrakech Express and the Draft The Real Morocco No Room at the Inn How To Break the Cigarette Habit Immediately The Donkey and the Bottle of Cologne Marriage, Spies, and the Muslim Brotherhood CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSSETS The Somewhat Worthless Diploma Where There Is Still No Doctor Street Urchin Arabic and a Wise Mentor The Butcher of Harvard Marry Me, Blue Eyes FEZ, KENITRA, AND SUPPOSEDLY IMILCHIL Said the Mendacious The Girl from Tangiers What Happens in the Men’ s Locker Room Stays… The Endless Photo Album Viewing The Marriage Festival at Imilchil MAURITANIA Sand and Tea for Two More Couscous and Marrying Fatima Teatime and Slavery Lingering Thoughts of Death and Slavery Political Faux Pas The Breakdancing Consultant The Camel Bar Sweet Sixteen and Alone Father of the English Language in Mauritania To Eat or Not to Eat a Camel Michael Jackson in Mauritania Unintended Consequences and Vapid Conversations The Club in NYC RETURN TO MOROCCO AND ITS MOUNTAINS Now is Not What You Think It Is Blue Eyes, Mick, and Keith Trance Dancing and Demonic Possession Dancing For Grandma at the White House BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND WASHINGTON, DC Marriage, the Dowry and Zulu Dawn The Sad Story on the Train Coming to America The Blunder and the Book The Letter The Conversion A Letter Arrived There Was Couscous at the Wedding Consummation Anticipation Nadia’ s First Cooked Meal in America Household Effects and Clueless Men The Unknown Birthday Return to the Household Effects There Must Be a Conspiracy to Uncover Standing Naked on the Phone YEMEN: THE ANCIENT CITY OF SANA’ A Is Time Travel Real? Tell Me Your Real Name Who Is Actually in Charge? Discovering Abdullah and Qat The Undocumented Maid The Glaring Truth Delving into the Dowry The Mystery of the White Cloth The House and the Letter The Sheik It’ s Wednesday, Permit Required Was I a Drug Addict? Guns and Marital Honesty Traffic is a Nightmare The Crying Struggling to Be Polite Death and the Taxi Ramadan MOROCCO FOR THE “ REAL” WEDDING Crying, Chipped Teeth, Boiling Kettles, and Pregnancy Kim and Moroccan Jews When Irish Eyes are Smiling . . . and Drinking Everyone Is Born a Muslim Yoko’ s Revenge Life Within the Palace Walls
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Triumph Books (IL) Walking with Greatness
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Rocky Mountain Books Inner Ranges: An Anthology of Mountain Thoughts
Book SynopsisInner Ranges brings together an enlightening and entertaining selection of mountain writing by one of Canada's most respected adventure journalists and thinkers.This collection of original and previously published pieces includes provocative editorial and opinion work about the state of adventure, personal tales from a life of exploration and risk-taking, some touches of humour, and award-winning profiles of some of Canada's mountaineering greats. Stories include conversations with and profiles of alpine personalities such as Barry Blanchard, Sonnie Trotter, Lena Rowat, Raphael Slawinski, David Jones and many more.Bringing these essays together for the first time has given Geoff the unique opportunity to reflect back on the stories behind the stories, the consequences of their publication, and the sometimes complex processes of writing about adventure and adventurous lives.
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Rocky Mountain Books Our Trip Around the World
Book SynopsisA spirited 1950s travelogue that takes the reader around the world during a time when two independent young women travelling alone was considered almost revolutionary.Renate Belczyk was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1932. When she was three years old her family moved to Berlin, where they settled into a small apartment building on the outskirts of the city. It was in this building that she met another adventurous girl, Sigrid, with whom she would travel around the world as young women after the Second World War.Having spent most of their childhood and teenage years climbing trees, swimming, cycling, hiking, and adventuring around Germany the two young women attended a talk by the German writer Heinrich Böll. During his presentation the renowned author suggested to the crowd that they all travel to different countries and make friends with the locals whenever they could, as this would help prevent another war. Renate and Sigrid took this advice to heart, and from that point their adventures together took flight.Starting in 1955 and travelling for three years to England, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, Japan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Egypt, Turkey, Macedonia, and Greece, their adventures together culminated with their joint return to Germany in 1958. In 1959 Renate returned to the Canadian Rockies to work in the backcountry, and in 1960 she married mountaineer Felix Belczyk and settled in Castlegar, BC, where they raised three children.Our Trip Around the World is an endearing snapshot of the postwar era when adventure travel mountaineering, hiking, hitchhiking, and cycling was enticing those with adventurous spirits to experience the world like never before.
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Rocky Mountain Books Gone Viking: A Travel Saga
Book SynopsisBill Arnott guides readers on an epic literary odyssey following history's most feared and misunderstood voyageurs: the Vikings!To go Viking is to embark on an epic journey. For more than eight years, Bill Arnott journeyed throughout the northern hemisphere, discovering sites Scandinavian explorers raided, traded, and settled finding Viking history in a wider swath of the planet than most anthropologists and historians ever imagined.With a small pack and weatherproof journal, Bill explores and writes with a journalist's eye, songwriter's prose, poet's perspective, and a comedian's take on everything else. Prepare yourself for an armchair adventure like no other!From Europe to Asia, the Mediterranean to the British Isles, through Scandinavia to Iceland, Greenland, and the New World, with further excursions around Thor Heyerdahl's Pacific, Roald Amundsen's Arctic, and Olaf Crowbone's stormy North Atlantic, Bill takes readers on a mythic personal adventure in real time a present-day Viking quest.
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Rocky Mountain Books A Story of Karma: Finding Love and Truth in the
Book Synopsis"An intriguing tale that entwines exploration and education."Kirkus ReviewsA deeply personal travel memoir that combines alpine adventure, family connections, and spiritual encounters in two very different worlds: a Himalayan village and Vancouver, Canada.In 2012, Michael Schauch and his wife, Chantal, undertook an expedition deep in the Himalaya of northern Nepal, into a remote valley that had been closed off to outsiders for decades. They led a team of artists (a photographer, a musician, and a painter), with the objective of capturing a moment in time through their unique lenses. As a mountaineering fanatic, Michael had a second (and less conspicuous) goal to climb an unknown mountain he had only identified through a photograph. What unfolded in the mountains forced him to question his values and his own identity, and eventually resulted in meeting a little girl, which was the most profound encounter of his life. Little did either know that from that moment they would completely change the trajectory of each other's life.A Story of Karma recounts this journey, and the years that follow as Karma (the little girl), and Michael and Chantal grow their lives together amidst the confusing dichotomies and backdrop of Karma's 17th-century Himalayan village; the impoverished and polluted Kathmandu; and the modern world of Vancouver, Canada.
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University of Alberta Press Magnetic North: Sea Voyage to Svalbard
Book Synopsis“Windburned, eyes closed, this: beneath the keening of bergs, a deeper thresh of glaciers calving, creaking with sun. Sound of earth, her bones, wide russet bowl of hips splaying open. From these sere flanks, her desiccating body, what a sea change is born.” From the endangered Canadian boreal forest to the environmentally threatened Svalbard archipelago off the coast of Norway, Jenna Butler takes us on a sea voyage that connects continents and traces the impacts of climate change on northern lands. With a conservationist, female gaze, she questions explorer narratives and the mythic draw of the polar North. As a woman who cannot have children, she writes out the internal friction of travelling in Svalbard during the fertile height of the Arctic summer. Blending travelogue and poetic meditation on place, Jenna Butler draws readers to the beauty and power of threatened landscapes, asking why some stories in recorded history are privileged while others speak only from beneath the surface.Trade Review# 7 on Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, August 16, 2018"Magnetic North is a beautiful little book, full of moments of intense vision, but it’s also another ecological warning, couched in a poet’s deep understanding of what she has seen & recorded in our now changing north. Wholly engaging both emotionally & intellectually, it’s one of those books that truly adds to our understanding of the world we live in & continue to wound." [Full review at https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/jenna-butlers-visionary-voyage-into-the-arctic/] -- Douglas Barbour * Eclectic Ruckus *"The remote island of Spitsbergen, on Norway’s northern Svalbard archipelago, provides the setting for Butler’s evocative ruminations on the harsh beauty at the edge of the world.... Butler’s book is not a standard travel narrative; rather, she wields poetic prose to describe a place that most humans will never visit. The result is highly recommended for lovers of poetry and nature writing." * Publishers Weekly, starred review *# 3 on Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, December 01, 2018# 1 on Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, January 13, 2019 * Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers *"[Jenna Butler is an] acute observer and a precise and cogent writer... [Hers] is a journey motivated by curiosity about the north, and a longing for sights to be seen before they disappear forever. Her descriptions of settlements scattered between mainland Norway and the Arctic Circle are evocative: her prose is poetic, and her poems (interspersed in the text) are visual and concrete." [Full review at http://canlit.ca/article/voyages-of-desire/] -- Hilary Turner * Canadian Literature *“…an alternate view of the grandeur of Arctic nature, the paradox of Russian mining settlements in an area under Norwegian sovereignty, the critically endangered nature of the islands, how people respond to the extreme environment and living conditions in the Arctic, and a deep personal reflection on traveling to this part of the globe…” Ingo Heidbrink, The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord, Vol. XXVIII, No. 4 [Full review at https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol28/tnm_28_br_385-438.pdf] -- Ingo Heidbrink"Magnetic North is a delight, perfect for amateur botanists, naturalists or simply admirers of Butler's astonishing gifts as a poet." -- Shirley RoburnThis is a beautiful series of portraits of place and time and captures ecological shifts, women who work in the places they're anchored and her own body’s experience of being on boat, dinghy and icy land. -- Yvonne Blomer, 49th Shelf, March 28, 2022Table of Contentsxi The Journey 1 Lines Toward Ice 7 Pyramiden 13 Ornithomancy 19 Night 23 Bone 29 The Men at the Edge of the World 35 She Becomes the Ocean 41 Arctic by Air 47 Afloat 53 Barentsburg 59 Cusp 65 Postcard from Svalbard 71 At the Face 77 Threads 83 Leaving Days 89 Song to the Boreal
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University of Alberta Press On Foot to Canterbury: A Son’s Pilgrimage
Book SynopsisSetting off on foot from Winchester, Ken Haigh hikes across southern England, retracing one of the traditional routes that medieval pilgrims followed to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Walking in honour of his father, a staunch Anglican who passed away before they could begin their trip together, Haigh wonders: Is there a place in the modern secular world for pilgrimage? On his journey, he sorts through his own spiritual aimlessness while crossing paths with writers like Anthony Trollope, John Keats, Jane Austen, Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens, and, of course, Geoffrey Chaucer. Part travelogue, part memoir, and part literary history, On Foot to Canterbury is engaging and delightful. “My father didn’t need this walk, not the way I do. For him it would have been a fun way to spend some time with his son. He had, I begin to realize, a talent for living in the moment… Perhaps a pilgrimage would help me find happiness. Perhaps I could walk my way into a better frame of mind, and somehow along the road to Canterbury I would find a new purpose for my life. It was worth a shot.” Audio edition from PRH available from Audible, Kobo, Google, and Apple Books.Trade Review"On Foot to Canterbury is a beautifully written and eloquent story that skillfully weaves historical anecdotes into a journey through rural England, leaving the reader with practical, sage advice on how to deal with loss and depression, but most of all, on how to live. Haigh’s eye to detail is a delight to read, as are his frequent musings on landscape and history. This subtle, moving story stays with you long after the book is finished." -- Jury members, 2021 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction“We discover [Haigh’s] life long battle with depression, growing middle age angst, his tenuous relationship with his father and his drifting away from the Anglican Church of his youth…. A worthwhile read…[and] a brave book…” -- Robert Burcher"It bristles with historical asides and stories of encounters along the way, and is full of warmth and wit." -- Sebastian Milbank, The Tablet, November 10, 2021"Those who have walked the Pilgrims' Way from Winchester will find this book an enjoyable account." -- Leigh Hatts, Walking The Pilgrims' Way, November 6, 2021"The narrative is immediately engaging; it’s both entertaining and thought-provoking... Haigh’s journey took him beyond his physical destination, to a Pilgrims’ Way of the mind and soul. On Foot to Canterbury did the same thing for me." -- A.M. Potter, North Noir, November 10, 2021“Haigh takes readers on an elegant historical tour of England as he walks for two weeks from Winchester to Canterbury. With the patient eye of a historian, he explores churches and describes the landscape…. Having misplaced his own faith, Haigh explores his relationship with God, coming to appreciate British author Julian Barnes’ statement, 'I don’t believe in God, but I miss him.’” Nicola Ross, December 6, 2021 [Full post at https://nicolaross.ca/everyone-should-go-on-a-pilgrimage]“Walking Pilgrim’s Way takes you through a literary landscape in England where you keep being reminded of books you’ve read and enjoyed,” said Haigh. “Part of the pilgrimage for me was visiting these places that meant so much to me as a reader.” Erika Engel, September 29, 2021 [Full interview at https://www.collingwoodtoday.ca/local-news/former-collingwood-library-ceos-book-details-the-progress-of-his-pilgrimage-4470123]"On Foot to Canterbury is deeply felt and spiritual, funny and mournful. It deserves a wide readership. These long pandemic months lend themselves well to armchair travel and Haigh is a welcome companion. As he writes, 'After all, walking a pilgrimage is really just walking in the footsteps of those who have gone before, and there is some comfort in knowing that.' It may even inspire a pilgrimage of your own." Bryn Evans, Alberta Views Magazine, April 2022…On Foot to Canterbury…describes a circular journey, with a narrator who is a restless wanderer and aspires to ‘walk my way into a better frame of mind’.… As Haigh notes, travelling plays an enormous role in his life, and the linear pilgrimage from Winchester to Canterbury—a road rich with historical and literary significance—is inspired by a tentative plan made with his father. Initially, he is reluctant to carry out this plan after his father’s death, but ‘itchy feet’ and a constant awareness ‘of the existential clock ticking’ lead him to revise it into his own journey through a process of relentless self-doubt and grieving…. The linear path to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury—with multiple allusions to Bunyan, Chaucer, Raleigh, Walton, and Keats—becomes Haigh’s journey, and it ends with his hope that ‘it inspires you to take journeys of your own’.” Dorothy F. Lane, Canadian Literature, September 28, 2022 [Full review: https://canlit.ca/article/vicious-and-virtuous-circles]Table of ContentsPrelude xi 1 | Winchester 1 2 | Winchester to New Alresford 23 3 | New Alresford to Alton 41 4 | Alton to Farnham 57 5 | Farnham to Newlands Corner 67 6 | Newlands Corner to Dorking 89 7 | Dorking to Reigate 107 8 | Reigate to Godstone 119 9 | Godstone to Otford 131 10 | Otford to Addington 145 11 | Addington to Rochester 163 12 | Rochester to Thurnham 183 13 | Thurnham to Lenham 199 14 | Lenham to Wye 213 15 | Wye to Canterbury 227 16 | Canterbury 245 Acknowledgements 253 Notes 255 Suggested Reading 263
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University of Alberta Press How to Clean a Fish: And Other Adventures in
Book SynopsisHow to Clean a Fish describes an extended family stay in Portugal, full of food, adventure, and the search for home. Offered the opportunity to live in Costa da Caparica for an extended period, Esmeralda Cabral jumped at the chance to return to the country of her birth. Together with her Canadian-born husband, children, and Portuguese Water Dog, Maggie, Cabral makes new and nostalgic discoveries—a labyrinth of cobblestone alleys and beautiful painted tiles, a delicious bica and pastel de nata, a classic fado concert, the gentle ribbing of local fishmongers, a damaging high tide—translating words and emotions for her family along the way. Packed with local cuisine and customs, tales of language barriers and bureaucracy, and threaded with that irresistible need to connect with the culture of our birth, How to Clean a Fish is for readers curious about life in Portugal and for anyone who has moved from one place to another and is seeking their own version of home.Trade Review"These pages are as delicious as the Portuguese food the author so enthusiastically writes about. Any English speaker interested in Portugal will gladly savor Esmeralda Cabral's genuine narratives as a tasty introduction to Portuguese culture's joys, appeals, intricacies, and mysteries. She is well-versed with food, fado, the language, and even soccer, but she has to negotiate how to feel somewhat at home in the complex web of subtle Portuguese ways.” Onésimo Teotónio Almeida, Brown University"With the keen eye of a traveller, Esmeralda Cabral serves up close depictions of daily life in Costa da Caparica, including market days, pastéis de nata, and Portuguese hospitality. Told with warmth and layered with Cabral’s nuanced reflections on home, belonging, and family, How to Clean a Fish is an enticing memoir that will connect with readers." Meaghan Hackinen, author of South Away: The Pacific Coast on Two Wheels“Our easy-going and approachable narrator gives us a charming and entertaining book that is part travelogue, part memoir. Readers will find themselves cheering Esmeralda—and her family—on.” Scott Edward Anderson, author of Falling Up and Azorean Suite“Esmeralda enthusiastically embraces the opportunity to live with her family in a beautiful fishing village near Lisbon. Sharing genuine conversation with folks she meets, exploring her love of fish, and constantly translating and interpreting for her husband and children, Esmeralda’s journey is rooted in an awareness of history and culture, and in the dilemma of belonging.” Maria Manuela Vaz Marujo, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto"At times heartbreaking with loss and longing for loved ones, at other times hilarious with mishaps along the way, How to Clean a Fish is a great read." Emanuel Melo, June 5, 2023 (Full post at https://thetorzorean.com/2023/06/05/how-to-clean-a-fish-and-other-adventures-in-portugal/)"This book offers a leisurely investigation into how to be relaxed and enjoy an extended stay in Portugal.... Cabral has the knack of inviting us along on her jaunts. We are right by her shoulder as she learns, explains, remembers." Ron Robinson, Winnipeg Free Press, July 8, 2023 [Full review at https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2023/07/08/portuguese-travel-memoir-full-of-flavour]"How To Clean a Fish is an engaging and beautifully written account of an extended visit to Costa da Caparica, a municipality across the Tagus estuary from Lisbon, on Portugal’s west coast, during which the author navigates the pleasures and difficulties of living temporarily in the country of her birth. The narrative moves skilfully back and forth in time, its layers of far past, recent past, present, and possible future building momentum, summoning the evocative quality of saudade as Esmeralda Cabral remembers her family’s complicated history in Portugal and weaves the lives of her husband and children into that history. Even the family dog, Maggie, a Portuguese water dog, has a place in this history as she adjusts to the rhythms of a sojourn in an unfamiliar place. Areas of Excellence: The writing is very crisp, the details telling and precise, and the sense of place so admirably delineated that the reader is walking to the beach, recognizing the neighbourhood dogs, carrying warm bread home from the bakery, eating fresh pastel de nata with a tiny cup of coffee, riding the ferry from Costa da Caparica to Lisbon for an afternoon of shopping or a night of dinner and fado, realizing, as the book is closed, that something unexpected has happened. We’ve accompanied Cabral, the best of guides on a trip to Portugal, complete with meals of Carne de Porco à Alentejana and glasses of summery vinho verde; and we never even left home. Cabral is a warm narrator, generous in her observations, self-deprecating. I was lucky to spend some weeks in Portugal a few years ago and as I read this book, I recalled, with my own sweet moments of saudade, hearing fado in a tiny bar in Alfama, buying strawberries, runny cheese, and ham from the black pigs of the Alentejo to make a simple supper, and waking in a room in a little flat above a cobbled plaza where a few chickens pecked and a woman hung her sheets on lines strung between buildings over a narrow lane. Sometimes the best books make you remember or yearn; How to Clean a Fish did both. How To Clean a Fish is a very attractive book, demonstrating the skill of a professional designer in its cover and page design, its organization of front and back matter, and judicious choice of fonts for titles and text. It’s a book that draws the reader in, with its inviting cover, reminiscent of Portuguese tiles and mosaics, and provides a simple map to give us a sense of where Costa da Caparica is in relation to Lisbon, mainland Portugal, and the author’s birthplace on the Azores. Brief chapters set within larger sections named for the seasons of the extended visit help to orient us to the shifts in weather and so on. Production Value: The cover is bright and cheerful with a folk art feel to it. Extremely pleasant to the eye." Jury Comments, SCWES Book Awards for BC Authors"It’s a great read. Informative. Interesting. Insightful." Nicola Ross, Blog post, July 11, 2023"...there’s fado and saudade, the sad songs and the Portuguese nostalgia, the yearning for home and not knowing where that is, the sacredness of the fish you cook and eat, the tension of being the hyphen in Portuguese-Canadian." Sheldon Goldfarb, British Columbia Review of Books, August 1, 2023"On closing the book, I felt privileged to spend this time with Cabral and her family.... In How to Clean A Fish, Cabral gives us a travelogue, a taste of adventure, and a good dose of self-discovery, along with the occasional bit of chaos. She shows us that sometimes it’s best to lean into the opportunity of the unexpected, because that’s often where our best life is lived, and where we can find ourselves." Trish Talks Books, July 17, 2023 [Full post at https://www.trishtalksbooks.com/2023/07/review-how-to-clean-fish-by-esmeralda.html]“How to Clean a Fish is [...] a narrative about returning to one’s birth country and culture, and ultimately, about exploring one’s identity and grappling with a sense of belonging.” Jennifer Verma, ukings.ca, June 12, 2023 [Full article at https://ukings.ca/news/author-esmeralda-cabral-persisted-buoyed-by-her-mfa-mentors-belief/ ]“...a ‘family’ travel book…” Millicent Borges Accardi, Portuguese American Journal, May 23, 2023 [Full interview at https://portuguese-american-journal.com/author-esmeralda-cabral-on-how-to-call-two-countries-home-interview/]“Canadian-born husband, children and Portuguese water dog, Maggie…connect with the culture, seeking to make their own version of home.” CBC, May 8, 2023 [Full review at https://www.cbc.ca/books/70-works-of-canadian-nonfiction-to-check-out-in-spring-2023-1.6703900]"This charming book...reads like a series of handwritten postcards, which are always more poignant than self-indulgent Instagram posts." Literary Review of Canada, October 2023“…many new Canadians feel a disconnect between who they are, where they once lived and life in this new land. This back-and-forth between place, identity and the feeling of saudade—a Portuguese term encapsulating sentiments of longing and nostalgia—forms the heart of Esmeralda Cabral’s memoir How to Clean a Fish.” Elizabeth Chorney-Booth, Alberta Views, December 2023#3 on Calgary Non-fiction Bestsellers list for November 23, 2023Table of ContentsA Word about Saudade Map INVERNO (WINTER) A Harrowing Ride How Did We Get Here? Passport Woes and Flight Plans Around Town The First Big Storm Portuguese Hospitality A Rainy Day in Lisbon Planning to Run Winter Market Days Ashes to Ashes Belonging A Phone Call from Canada PRIMAVERA (SPRING) The Lisbon Mini-Marathon Tracking The Passport Lost in Alfama Fado Concert 25th of April Reflections on Duality Our Guests Matt’s Arrival A Weekend in Aldeia Haircut World Cup Friendly Border Services 1 Spring Market Days VERÃO (SUMMER) A Dog’s Life Border Services 2 Summer Market Days An Inheritance of Loss Fado Bar Sardine Season Adeus Costa da Caparica A Vacation in the North Good-bye Lisbon Back in Vancouver Recipes Further Reading Acknowledgements
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