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With the help of a Maratha nobleman, Mark Shand buys an elephant
named Tara and rides her over six hundred miles across India to the
Sonepur Mela, the world's oldest elephant market. From Bhim, a
drink-racked mahout, Shand learned to ride and care for her. From
his friend Aditya Patankar he learned Indian ways. And with Tara,
his new companion, he fell in love. "Travels on my Elephant" is the
story of their epic journey across India, from packed highways to
dusty back roads where communities were unchanged for millennia. It
is also a memorable, touching account of Tara's transformation from
scrawny beggar elephant to star attraction, and of the romance that
developed between her and her owner Mark Shand. For what began as
an adventurous whim has developed, decades later, into a life of
campaigning to provide vital migratory corridors for these
magnificent creatures whose habitat is under constant assault from
man.
For every woman searching for her voice, Anna Kloots shares her story
of starting over by trusting the magic that was always within...
Despite what appeared to be a glamorous existence full of globetrotting
adventures, behind the scenes, Anna felt invisible in her own life.
Consumed by a marriage that left no space for her own desires and
creativity, she chose to reframe the failure of her marriage as an
opportunity to begin again.
It was Anna's innate sense of adventure and love for the unknown that
led her to move abroad; travel around the world, visiting 80 countries;
start her own business; and marry a magician—all before her
mid-twenties. From the outside, her jet-setting lifestyle alongside her
husband looked perfect. But though she appeared to have all the freedom
in the world, in reality she was trapped in a slow-motion disappearing
act.
When her marriage collapsed, she decided to use her unhappy ending as a
chance for a new beginning—a reappearance into her own life and sense
of exploration and discovery, letting each destination challenge,
change, and shape her.
Following Anna's extensive travels from the bustling streets of Jaipur
to the canals of Venice to the desert of Dubai, My Own Magic is a
powerful memoir—a true, coming-of-age story about a woman rediscovering
the magic that she always had.
Anna's memoir is proof that travel can transform you, inspire you, and
even save you. Perfect for fans of Eat Pray Love.
In this unique book, part eulogy, part history, part travelogue,
Charlie English goes in search of the best snow on the planet.
Along the way he explains the extraordinary hold this commonplace
phenomenon has over us, and reveals the ongoing drama of our
relationship with it. Combining on-the-slopes experience with
off-piste research, Charlie English's journey begins with the
magical moment when his two-year-old son sees snow for the first
time, before setting off in the footsteps of the Romantic poets
over the Alps, following the sled-tracks of the Inuit across
Greenland, and meeting up with a flurry of fellow enthusiasts, from
snow-making scientists in Japan and global warming experts in
California to plough drivers in Alaska.This is a book for anyone
who reaches for their mittens at the sight of the first flake.
An absorbing, original, and ambitious work of reportage from the
acclaimed New Yorker correspondent
During the past decade, Peter Hessler has persistently
illuminated worlds both foreign and familiar--ranging from China,
where he served as The New Yorker's correspondent from 2000 to
2007, to southwestern Colorado, where he lived for four years.
Strange Stones is an engaging, thought-provoking collection of
Hessler's best pieces, showcasing his range as a storyteller and
his gift for writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider.
From a taste test between two rat restaurants in South China to a
profile of Yao Ming to the moving story of a small-town pharmacist,
these pieces are bound by subtle but meaningful ideas: the strength
of local traditions, the surprising overlap between cultures, and
the powerful lessons drawn from individuals who straddle different
worlds.
Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of
adventure, Strange Stones is a dazzling display of the powerful
storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that
are the trademarks of Peter Hessler's work.
'This voyage into culinary myth-making is essential reading... I
couldn't love it more!' Nigella Lawson 'Enchanting, fascinating and
humorous' Claudia Roden 'Reads like an engrossing unputdownable
novel about the perpetual soup of humanity. And it made me think so
much!' Olia Hercules ________ In National Dish, award-winning food
writer Anya von Bremzen sets out to investigate the eternal cliché
that "we are what we eat". Her journey takes her from Paris to
Tokyo, from Seville, Oaxaca and Naples to Istanbul. She probes the
decline of France's pot-au-feu in the age of globalisation, the
stratospheric rise of ramen, the legend of pizza, the postcolonial
paradoxes of Mexico's mole, the community essence of tapas, and the
complex legacy of multiculturalism in a meze feast. Finally she
returns to her home in Queens, New York, for a bowl of Ukrainian
borscht -a dish which has never felt more loaded, or more precious.
As each nation's social and political identity is explored, so too
is its palate. Rich in research, colourful? characters and lively
wit, National Dish peels back the layers of myth and
misunderstanding around world cuisines, reassessing the pivotal
role of food in our cultural heritage and identity. Featuring an
epilogue on Ukrainian borscht, recently granted World Heritage
status by UNESCO ________ FURTHER PRAISE FOR NATIONAL DISH 'Anya is
your perfect guide to the profound subjects of nationalism, food
and identity. And she's often funny as hell' René Redzepi, chef
and co-owner of NOMA 'Will seduce the gastronomic curiosity of any
world traveller' Lawrence Osborne, author of The Forgiven and On
Java Road 'A legend of food writing... a must-read of all those who
believe in building longer tables where food is what brings us all
together' José Andrés 'Revealing and richly detailed... Fans of
food and travel writing will want to sink their teeth into this'
Publishers Weekly 'In this piquant platter of a book, von Bremzen
tackles questions of culture, history, and the meaning of a good
meal... Her vivid narrative is packed with intriguing characters'
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Cry of the Kalahari
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The incredible memoir by international bestselling author of Where
The Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens and her then partner Mark Owens',
charting their time researching wildlife in the Kalahari Desert.
Reissued and in full colour, for the first time since its original
publication. In the early 1970s, carrying little more than a change
of clothes and a pair of binoculars, Mark and Delia Owens caught a
plane to Africa, bought a third-hand Land Rover, and drove deep
into the Kalahari Desert. There they lived for seven years, in an
unexplored area with no roads, no people, and no source of water
for thousands of square miles. In this vast wilderness the Owenses
began their zoology research, working alongside lions, brown
hyenas, jackals, giraffes, and the many other creatures they came
to know. Cry of the Kalahari is a gripping account of how two young
Americans survived the dangers of living in one of the last
pristine areas on Earth. Reissued for the first time since its
original publication in 1984, this beautiful new edition contains
never-seen-before, colour photographs of Mark and Delia on their
adventure of a lifetime. 'A remarkable story beautifully told . . .
Among such classics as Goodall's In the Shadow of Man and Fossey's
Gorillas in the Mist' Chicago Tribune 'For anyone interested in
animals or in real life adventure, this book is a must' Jane
Goodall 'Extraordinary . . . How the couple overcome the hazards of
the desert and came to appreciate its living richness makes
fascinating reading . . . Read their remarkable book to be
delighted, moved, and awed' People Magazine
The Great North Road is Britain's Route 66 - we've just forgotten
how to sing its praises In 1921, Britain's most illustrious
highway, the Great North Road, ceased to exist - on paper at least.
Stretching from London to Edinburgh, the old road was largely
replaced by the A1 as the era of the motor car took hold. A hundred
years later, journalist and cyclist Steve Silk embraces the
anniversary as the perfect excuse to set off on an adventure across
11 days and 400 miles. Travelling by bike at a stately 14 miles per
hour, he heads north, searching out milestones and memories,
coaching inns and coffee shops. Seen from a saddle rather than a
car seat, the towns and the countryside of England and Scotland
reveal traces of Britain's remarkable past and glimpses of its
future. Instead of the familiar service stations and tourist
hotspots, Steve tracks down the forgotten treasures of this ancient
highway between the two capitals. The Great North Road is a journey
as satisfying for the armchair traveller as the long-distance
cyclist. Enriched with history, humour and insight, it's a tribute
to Britain and the endless appeal of the open road.
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This volume is not a guide of where to stay and what to do, rather
it is a collection of writing that aims to invest the traveller
with a cultural and historical background to Croatia, which will
give life and meaning into the sights, sounds and tastes that the
traveller will experience.
A mouth-wateringly evocative memoir of a new life in Tuscany.
Ferenc Mate and his painter wife Candace arrived from New York in
the late 1980s, knowing almost no Italian and with only four weeks
to find themselves a new home. After many (hilariously told)
mishaps, they finally conclude the deal for their perfect house -
an ancient farmhouse in the Tuscan hills - by drawing on the hood
of a rusty tractor. Mate brings the real Tuscany to life: the
neighbours, the countryside, country-life, the family farm down the
road who virtually adopt them and teach them the Tuscan traditions
of grape-picking, wine-making, mushroom hunting, woodcutting, the
holidays and, of course, the almost never-ending, mouth-watering
feasts. The Hills of Tuscany is a classic piece of rural escapism
for urban dreamers. Witty and enticingly written, it offers a
tempting invitation to readers to lose themselves in its lushness.
Steeped in the mesmerizing Italian landscape, full of unforgettable
characters, this book is an affirmation of traditions, friendship
and the countryside - a celebration of life itself.
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Heartfelt and heartening ... a
full-throated paean to the fundamental importance of nature in all
its glory, fury and impermanence." -Wall Street Journal The
incredible follow-up to the international bestseller The Salt Path,
a story of finding your way back home. Nature holds the answers for
Raynor and her husband Moth. After walking 630 homeless miles along
The Salt Path, living on the windswept and wild English coastline;
the cliffs, the sky and the chalky earth now feel like their home.
Moth has a terminal diagnosis, but together on the wild coastal
path, with their feet firmly rooted outdoors, they discover that
anything is possible. Now, life beyond The Salt Path awaits and
they come back to four walls, but the sense of home is illusive and
returning to normality is proving difficult - until an incredible
gesture by someone who reads their story changes everything. A
chance to breathe life back into a beautiful farmhouse nestled deep
in the Cornish hills; rewilding the land and returning nature to
its hedgerows becomes their saving grace and their new path to
follow. The Wild Silence is a story of hope triumphing over
despair, of lifelong love prevailing over everything. It is a
luminous account of the human spirit's connection to nature, and
how vital it is for us all.
'A soaring gift of a book' Owen Sheers 'Remarkable' Mark
Vanhoenacker, author of Skyfaring 'Stunning . . . a love letter to
nature' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love The day
she flew in a glider for the first time, Rebecca Loncraine fell in
love. Months of gruelling treatment for breast cancer meant she had
lost touch with the world around her, but in that engineless plane,
soaring 3,000 feet over the landscape of her childhood, with only
the rising thermals to take her higher and the birds to lead the
way, she felt ready to face life again. And so Rebecca flew,
travelling from her home in the Black Mountains of Wales to New
Zealand's Southern Alps and the Nepalese Himalayas as she chased
her new-found passion: her need to soar with the birds, to push
herself to the boundary of her own fear. Taking in the history of
unpowered flight, and with extraordinary descriptions of flying in
some of the world's most dangerous and dramatic locations, Skybound
is a nature memoir with a unique perspective; it is about the land
we know and the sky we know so little of, it is about memory and
self-discovery. Rebecca became ill again just as she was finishing
Skybound, and she died in September 2016. Though her death is
tragic, it does not change what Skybound is: a book full of hope.
Deeply moving, thrilling and euphoric, Skybound is for anyone who
has ever looked up and longed to take flight. Shortlisted for the
Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award 2018.
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