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22 produkter
Under the Holy Lake
A Memoir of Eastern Bhutan
Av Ken Haigh
Häftad, 2008
523 kr
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A child's face, a forgotten scent, or a distinctive flavour engages memory and inspires longing. Ken Haigh brings us tantalizingly close to his own vision of longing for a place, a people, a time, as he revisits those all-too-fleeting years as a young school teacher in the remote Himalayan village …
How to Clean a Fish
And Other Adventures in Portugal
Häftad, 2023
435 kr
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How 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 …
Man in Blue Pyjamas
A Prison Memoir
Häftad, 2011
472 kr
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The style of my book must be in small pieces, as my life has been in pieces. (Jalal Barzanji) From 1986 to 1988 poet and journalist Jalal Barzanji endured imprisonment and torture under Saddam Hussein's regime because of his literary and journalistic achievements-writing that openly explores themes …
Trouble with Lions
A Glasgow Vet in Africa
Av Jerry Haigh
Häftad, 2008
429 kr
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The trouble with lions is that while you are conducting a pregnancy test, you need to be equally, if not more, aware of what you can learn from the lion's other end. That is one lesson that Jerry Haigh brings home in this fascinating collection of stories about working with wild animals in Africa. …
Measure of Paris
Häftad, 2010
379 kr
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Paris remains one of the most fascinating cities in the world. It provides a measure of excellence in many areas of culture, and it is itself constantly being measured, both by its lovers and by its critics. This book presents a series of studies on the images of Paris presented by writers (mostly …
Prodigal Daughter
A Journey to Byzantium
Häftad, 2010
582 kr
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A deep-seated questioning of her inherited religion resurfaces when Myrna Kostash chances upon the icon of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica. A historical, cultural and spiritual odyssey that begins in Edmonton, ranges around the Balkans, and plunges into a renewed vision of Byzantium in search of the …
Winter in Fireland
A Patagonian Sailing Adventure
Häftad, 2011
602 kr
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After tough assignments as a Canadian diplomat abroad, Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny unwind by sailing Bosun Bird, a 27foot sailboat, from Cape Town, South Africa, across the South Atlantic and into the stormy winter waters around Tierra del Fuego, South America. Coghlan recounts earlier …
Canterbury Pilgrimage / An Italian Pilgrimage
Av Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
379 kr
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A peasant in peaked hat and blue shirt, with trousers rolled up high above his bare knees, crossed the road and silently examined the tricycle. “You have a good horse,” he then said; “it eats nothing.” —from An Italian PilgrimageThe 1880s was an exhilarating time for cycling pioneers like Elizabeth …
Canadian Girl in South Africa
A Teacher’s Experiences in the South African War, 1899–1902
Av E. Maud Graham, Michael Dawson m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
416 kr
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As the South African War reached its grueling end in 1902, colonial interests at the highest levels of the British Empire hand-picked teachers from across the Commonwealth to teach the thousands of Boer children living in concentration camps. Highly educated, hard working, and often opinionated, E. …
Dragon Run
Two Canadians, Ten Bhutanese, One Stray Dog
Häftad, 2017
307 kr
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Tony Robinson-Smith, his wife Nadya, and ten Bhutanese college students set out to run 578 kilometres (360 miles) across the Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas. Joined by a stray dog, they slogged over five mountain passes, bathed in ice-clogged streams, ate over log fires, and stopped at every …
Tiny Lights for Travellers
Häftad, 2019
460 kr
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Why couldn’t I occupy the world as those model-looking women did, with their flowing hair, pulling their tiny bright suitcases as if to say, I just arrived from elsewhere, and I already belong here, and this sidewalk belongs to me?When her marriage suddenly ends, and a diary documenting her beloved …
What You Take with You
Wildfire, Family and the Road Home
Häftad, 2019
317 kr
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Four years after Therese Greenwood and her husband moved to Fort McMurray, Alberta, their new community was shattered by one of the worst wildfires in Canadian history. As the flames approached, they had only minutes to pack, narrowly escaping a fire that would rage for weeks, burn more than 85,000 …
On Foot to Canterbury
A Son’s Pilgrimage
Av Ken Haigh
Häftad, 2021
437 kr
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Setting 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 …
Blue Portugal and Other Essays
Häftad, 2022
411 kr
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Using the richness of braided essays, Theresa Kishkan thinks deeply about the natural world, mourns and celebrates the aging body, gently contests recorded history, and considers art and visual phenomena. Gathering personal genealogies, medical histories, and early land surveys together with …
Of Canoes and Crocodiles
Paddling the Sepik in Papua New Guinea
Häftad, 2024
298 kr
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Of Canoes and Crocodiles is a story of adventure in the remote and threatened landscapes of Papua New Guinea. In 2018, Tony Robinson-Smith and his wife Nadya Ladouceur bought dugout canoes and paddled down the Sepik, the country’s longest river. Traveling with local guides and staying in their …
Half-Light
Westbound on a Hot Planet
Av Amy Kaler
Häftad, 2024
422 kr
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Braiding together personal, collective, and historical explorations of what it means to “go west,” Amy Kaler offers deep reflections on the meaning of life, middle age, and climate catastrophe. She explores “ruins” of the human history of the North American settler west—faded hamlets, bunkers, …
Stories Left in Stone
Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain
Av Troy Nahumko
Häftad, 2024
483 kr
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Stories Left in Stone explores the lives, histories, and artistic legacies of Cáceres and Extremadura. Author Troy Nahumko has lived in the old town of Cáceres, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for over a decade. His journey starts at the Cave of Maltravieso, where prehistoric art stirs a profound …
Waking Glacier
A High Arctic Lyric
Häftad, 2026
245 kr
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A timely work of literary travel, The Waking Glacier embarks on an Arctic sea voyage as a dawning, existential immersion in the larger-than-human world. Bringing episodic memory and ecopoetic inquiry to polar exploration, Dianne Chisholm rediscovers her queer, formative engagement with the ice. …
Greeting Sunrises
Finding Renewal on Korea's Coastal and Urban Trails
Häftad, 2027
303 kr
Kommande
Greeting Sunrises is a reflective travel narrative chronicling Michael J.D. Roberts’ transformative 1,000 km journey along South Korea’s coastal trekking paths. Driven to escape academic burnout and rekindle spiritual vitality, Roberts decides to undertake a long walk, choosing the country where he …
