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A Fork in the Road: Great Food Tales from Around the Globe by Lonely Planet
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
Tales of food, pleasure & discovery on the road. Join us at the table for this 34-course banquet of original stories from food-obsessed writers and chefs sharing their life-changing food experiences. The dubious joy of a twinkie, the hunger-sauced rhapsody of fish heads, the grand celebration of an ...Show more
A House Somewhere - tales of life abroad by Isabel Allende
Category: No Category | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
We've all dreamt of escaping to a House Somewhere. In this collection some of the finest names in contemporary travel writing reveal the perils and pleasures of exchanging the familiar for the foreign.
A Moveable Feast 2e by Lonely Planet Food Staff; Anthony Bourdain; Matthew Fort; Stefan Gates; Don George; Mark Kurlansky; David Lebovitz; Matt Preston; Andrew Zimmern
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature Ser.
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* Life-changing food adventures around the world. From bat on the island of Fais to chicken on a Russian train to barbecue in the American heartland, from mutton in Mongolia to couscous in Morocco to tacos in Tijuana - on the road, food nourishe ...Show more
A Small Place in Italy by Eric Newby
Category: No Category | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
In 1967 Eric and Wanda Newby fulfilled a long-cherished dream when they bought a run-down farmhouse in northeastern Tuscany, in the foothills of the Italian Alps. They were the first foreigners to live in the region. "A Small Place in Italy" describes how the house was restored with the help of their ne ...Show more
An Innocent Abroad : Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers by Lonely Planet Publications Staff; John Berendt; Dave Eggers; Richard Ford; Pico Iyer; Alexander McCall Smith; Jane Smiley
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature Ser.
More than 20 well-known writers and celebrities share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives. Contributors include Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, Pico Iyer, John Berendt, Alexander McCall Smith and Jane Smiley. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has ...Show more
Better Than Fiction 2: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers by Lonely Planet
Category: Fiction | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
Lonely Planet's Better Than Fiction 2, the follow-up to 2012's Better Than Fiction, is a second serving of true travel stories told by some of the world's best fiction writers including Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley, Alexander McCall Smith, Karen Joy Fowler and New Zealand authors Lloyd Jones and Fiona Kidma ...Show more
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers by Lonely Planet: various
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* A collection of original travel stories told by some of the world's best novelists, including Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Tea Obreht and DBC Pierre. Exhilaratingly varied in place, plot, and vo ...Show more
Better than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction by Alexander McCall Smith
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
"...a brilliant collection of travel stories...threaded with great warmth, as readers are invited to travel in the company of these famous authors and experience their passions and revelations." BOOKSELLER + PUBLISHER We asked some of the world's most acclaimed fiction authors, including Isabel Allende, ...Show more
By the Seat of my Pants 3e by Don George (ed)
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Humorous tales of travel and misadventure. Lonely Planet knows that some of life's funniest experiences happen on the road. Whether they take the form of unexpected detours, unintended adventures, unidentifiable dinners or unforgettable encounter ...Show more
Enduring Cuba by Zoe Bran
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
Intrigued by the many disparate views of Cuba, Zoe Bran visits this country of contradictions. Interweaving history and current events, personal and wider viewpoints, she paints a vivid and compelling picture of contemporary Cuba.
Flightless: Incredible Journeys without Leaving the Ground by Lonely Planet
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
Is Getting There Really Half the Fun?The 26 real-life stories in this extraordinary collection explore the complexities, delights and insights of surface travel, from walking to pedal boating, from camels to cargo ships and anything from two to four wheels - or no wheels at all. Ever wondered just how f ...Show more
Fork In The Road by LONELY PLANET
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature Ser.
Join us at the table for this 34-course banquet of original stories from food-obsessed writers and chefs sharing their life-changing food experiences. The dubious joy of a Twinkie, the hunger-sauced rhapsody of fish heads, the grand celebration of an Indian wedding feast; the things we eat and the peopl ...Show more