NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2011
"A powerful and hauntingly elegiac hybrid of travelogue and memoir."
Novelist and acclaimed travel writer Thubron (
Shadow of the Silk Road, 2007, etc.) chronicles his trek to Mt. Kailas, "the most sacred of the world's mountains."
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 19, 2010
"A dense, challenging, dazzling work that will leave readers exhausted but yearning for more."
The peripatetic author of
Great Plains (1989) and
On the Rez (2000) returns with an energetic, illuminating account of his several trips to Siberia, where his ferocious curiosity roamed the vast, enigmatic area.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 18, 2008
"Fans of Theroux will say that he hasn't lost his touch; the more critical will say that he breaks no new ground. Either way, worth looking into."
Travel writer and novelist Theroux (
The Elephanta Suite, 2007, etc.) offers an elegiac retracing of roads and railroads taken across the vastness of Eurasia.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 10, 2008
"Gill is that rare critic who actually has something relevant and profound to say about every place he visits. Highly recommended."
Vanity Fair contributing editor Gill (
The Angry Island: Hunting the English, 2007, etc.) returns with another stellar collection of dispatches from across the globe.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2008
"Champions of Yellowstone and the truly wild West already know Turner's work. This one merits a wide audience, particularly in the Department of the Interior."
NONFICTION
Released: July 3, 2007
"An impressive, rewarding and occasionally exhausting trek, most suitable for the hardcore travel reader."
Thubron (
In Siberia, 2000, etc.) takes an arduous 7,000-mile journey following the ancient silk trade route from inland China to Turkey's Mediterranean coast.
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