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The best women's travel writing 2008 : true stories from around the world / edited by Lucy McCauley.

Contributor(s): Series: Travelers' Tales guidesPublication details: Palo Alto, Calif. : Travelers' Tales, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxiii, 312 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781932361551
  • 1932361553
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • G 465 .B47 2008
Contents:
Editor's preface / Lucy McCauley -- Introduction / Linda Ellerbee -- La Zisa, La Cuba, and La Cubula (Sicily) / Natalie Galli -- Dipping fork, flying girl, heart attack (France) / Christine Sarkis -- My ex-novio's mother (Mexico) / Laura Resau -- Cave with a view (India) / Kate Wheeler -- Eros in Venice (Italy) / Jennifer Carol Cook -- On the dark side (Chile) / Kari Bodnarchuk -- Ski patrol (USA) / Anne Lamott -- The basket (Nepal) / Katherine Gustafson -- Why tuk-tuks make the big bucks (Thailand) / Kristin Barendsen -- Roof dogs (Mexico) / Andrea Oseas -- Lavaland (Hawaii) / Martha McPhee -- Caramel et miel (France) / Gayle Keck -- A simple system (South Korea) / C. Lill Ahrens -- Bellodgia Caron (USA / France) / Millicent Susens -- Rejoneadora (Spain) / Diana Cohen -- True stories (USA) / Kathleen Spivack -- Silver dust (Niger) / Alexis Wolff -- Paradise -- Lost (Afghanistan) / Momena Sayed -- The train to Florence (Spain / France / Italy) / Sharon Balentine -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea (Madagascar) / Mei-Ling McNamara -- The memory we call home (USA) / Jean Trounstine -- Los muertos (Mexico) / Barbara Robertson -- Which side are you on? (El Salvador) / H. Susan Freireich -- Tradition, schmadition (Papua New Guinea) / Abbie Kozolchyk -- A blessing (India) / Carol J. Arnold -- Keep breathing (Turkey / Bulgaria) / Mary Day Long -- Tsunami (Thailand) / Kira Coonley -- Solo on a spare (USA) / Carrie Visintainer -- A fare to remember (Italy) / Jen Sotham -- Out the other side (Israel) / Terri Trespicio -- The widow dines alone (USA / France) / Susan Butterworth -- A life together, worlds apart (Japan / USA) / Tracy Slater -- Alive in Lisbon (Portugal) / Marianne Rogoff -- But I only wanted one photo (Vanuatu) / Sonny Whitelaw -- Crossing the river (Canada) / Marianne Paul.
Summary: "The Best Women's Travel Writing 2008" presents exciting, uplifting, and unforgettable adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new people, places, and facets of themselves.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection G 465 .B47 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5190116

Includes bibliographical references.

Editor's preface / Lucy McCauley -- Introduction / Linda Ellerbee -- La Zisa, La Cuba, and La Cubula (Sicily) / Natalie Galli -- Dipping fork, flying girl, heart attack (France) / Christine Sarkis -- My ex-novio's mother (Mexico) / Laura Resau -- Cave with a view (India) / Kate Wheeler -- Eros in Venice (Italy) / Jennifer Carol Cook -- On the dark side (Chile) / Kari Bodnarchuk -- Ski patrol (USA) / Anne Lamott -- The basket (Nepal) / Katherine Gustafson -- Why tuk-tuks make the big bucks (Thailand) / Kristin Barendsen -- Roof dogs (Mexico) / Andrea Oseas -- Lavaland (Hawaii) / Martha McPhee -- Caramel et miel (France) / Gayle Keck -- A simple system (South Korea) / C. Lill Ahrens -- Bellodgia Caron (USA / France) / Millicent Susens -- Rejoneadora (Spain) / Diana Cohen -- True stories (USA) / Kathleen Spivack -- Silver dust (Niger) / Alexis Wolff -- Paradise -- Lost (Afghanistan) / Momena Sayed -- The train to Florence (Spain / France / Italy) / Sharon Balentine -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea (Madagascar) / Mei-Ling McNamara -- The memory we call home (USA) / Jean Trounstine -- Los muertos (Mexico) / Barbara Robertson -- Which side are you on? (El Salvador) / H. Susan Freireich -- Tradition, schmadition (Papua New Guinea) / Abbie Kozolchyk -- A blessing (India) / Carol J. Arnold -- Keep breathing (Turkey / Bulgaria) / Mary Day Long -- Tsunami (Thailand) / Kira Coonley -- Solo on a spare (USA) / Carrie Visintainer -- A fare to remember (Italy) / Jen Sotham -- Out the other side (Israel) / Terri Trespicio -- The widow dines alone (USA / France) / Susan Butterworth -- A life together, worlds apart (Japan / USA) / Tracy Slater -- Alive in Lisbon (Portugal) / Marianne Rogoff -- But I only wanted one photo (Vanuatu) / Sonny Whitelaw -- Crossing the river (Canada) / Marianne Paul.

"The Best Women's Travel Writing 2008" presents exciting, uplifting, and unforgettable adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new people, places, and facets of themselves.

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