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Subside
Bookshelf
travel tales and soul trips, some recommended reading tips - enjoy the
journeys.
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| From
Heaven Lake Vikram Seth Vikram Seth travelled through
Sinkiang and Tibet to Nepal: from Heaven Lake to the Himalayas. By breaking away
from the reliable routes of organized travel, he transformed his journey into
an unusual and intriguing exploration of one of the world's least known areas
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about "From Heaven Lake"
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| Somebody's
Heart is Burning Tanya Shaffer A lovely travel book -
the biographical story of a women who went to Africa to volunteer, and to avoid
her boyfriend back home - her
vivid travel memoir captures scenes of Kenya, Mali and, most notably, Ghana.
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about "Somebody's Heart is Burning"
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| On
the Road Jack Kerouac A book like a highway, long and
winding, high and low, inspiring and tiring, making you wish to go. Kerouac at
his best, "real soul talk, for life is holy and every moment is precious."
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about "On the Road"
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Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams "I know I seem
dreamy, but inside -- well, I'm boiling! Whenever I pick up a shoe, I shudder
a little thinking how short life is and what I am doing! Whatever that means,
I know it doesn't mean shoes -- except as something to wear on a traveler's feet!"
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about "The Glass Menagerie"
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| For
Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Bell
Tolls is a novel loosely based on Ernest Hemingway's own experiences in the Spanish
Civil War in the 1930's. "They are never my attacks," he said. "I
make them. But they are not mine." More
about "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
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| The
Snow Leopard Peter Matthiessen An account of Matthiessen's
250 mile journey, on foot, from Kathmandu, Nepal, to the Crystal Mountain, in
Tibet, in search of the Himalayan blue sheep, the rare snow leopard, and distances
of the spirit. More
about "The Snow Leopard"
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| A
Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson Bill Bryson and the Appalachian
trail: "Not long after I moved with my family to a small town in New Hampshire
I happened upon a path that vanished into a wood on the edge of town..."
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about "A Walk in the Woods"
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| Monkey
Dancing Daniel Glick A Father, Two Kids, and a journey
to the ends of the earth, from Australia to Bali, from Zurich to Kathmandu. "...I
wanted my kids to swim in mountain lakes and sleep under streaking stars..."
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about "Monkey Dancing"
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| Europe
101: History and Art for the Traveler Rick Steve A short
course on European history and art, designed to enhance travelers' appreciation
of the sights and cultures of the Continent More
about "Europe 101"
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| Peter
Pan J.M. Barrie A classic read, a child's book, but only
on the first look, as Peter Pan is rather a book about how to fly and how to try
and how to die. "All children, except one, grow up..." More
about "Peter Pan"
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| Ulysses
James Joyce Ulysses has been labelled dirty, blasphemous and unreadable.
In a 1933 court decision,
it was declared an emetic book. Yet it became the greatest novel of the 20th century
- the one that no ones actually read...
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about "Ulysses"
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