Travel : Essays & Travelogues

In the Old South, satellite dishes outnumber banjo players a thousand to one. But traditions haven't died - they've gone into hiding. Some of the pastimes are ancient, others ultramodern; some are illegal, others merely obscure. American culture isn't as predictable as it seems. The weeds growing between its cracks are its most vital signs of life. A fluid combination of adventure, history, and humor, Noodling for Flatheads is evocative, intelligent, and wonderfully weird - a splendid antidote to the sameness of today's popular culture. more...

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As a young child in Naples, Italy, Sergio Esposito sat at his kitchen table observing the daily ritual of his large, loud family bonding over fresh local dishes and simple country wines. While devouring the rich bufala mozzarella, still sopping with milk and salt, and the platters of fresh prosciutto, sliced so thin he could see through it, he absorbed the profound relationship of food, wine, and family in Italian culture. more...

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Mark Twain's humorous and informative recollections of his travels in Nevada, California, and Hawai'i. As a young man, Samuel Clemens left his home in Missouri for what he assumed would be a stay of three months or so in the Territory of Nevada. He would not, in fact, return for seven years, after travelling the American West, and voyaging by sailing ship to Hawai'i and back again, laying the foundation for his astounding literary career as the immortal Mark Twain. more...

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Uncovering the past through the lens of sacred travel, this travel book includes both academic and popular religious perspectives, and is filled with photographs of both famous and lesser-known locales from every corner of the world. Each site-specific explanation of the significance of Goddess today and in centuries past deftly combines current trends, academic theories, and historical insights. more...

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Free excerpts are available for this ebook: Download Free Excerpt for Adobe Reader Download Free Excerpt for Microsoft Reader Download Free Excerpt for Palm Reader Shapes on the Wind is the autobiography of David Lewis, one of the world's old sea salts, sailors and adventurers. An uncompromising participator in the varieties and vagaries of active life, he has ventured onto sea, land and ice in every corner of the globe, investigating and testing the elements and himself for emotional and aesthetic potential. This account builds up a comprehensive portrait of a most unusual person in our present culture, a person dedicated to experiencing life outside the usual value systems of money, material possessions and conventional morality. more...

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