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AUTHOR |
George, Donald W. |
TITLE |
The Kindness of strangers / edited by Don George. |
IMPRINT |
Melbourne, Vic. : Oakland, Calif. : Lonely Planet, 2003. |
DESCRIPTION |
271 p. ; 20 cm. |
NOTE |
"Tales of fate & fortune on the road including original stories by Jan Morris, Tim Cahill, Simon Winchester, & Dave Eggers" -- Cover. |
CONTENT NOTE |
Preface / His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- Introduction / Don George -- The matter of kindness / Jan Morris -- Meeting Maung-Maung / Pico Iyer -- Everything come round / James D. Houston -- One night in the Sahara / Amanda Jones -- Tea and cheese in Turkey / Alice Waters -- A bowl of soup, in a basket / Beth Kephart -- Highland remedy / Fran Palumbo -- Looking for Abdelati / Tanya Shaffer -- Special delivery / Lindsy van Gelder -- Brief encounter / Carolyn Swindell -- Damascus by teatime / Don Meredith -- My Beirut hostage crisis / Rolf Potts -- We can't fix anything, even the smallest things, in Cuba / Dave Eggers -- Losing it in London / Douglas Cruickshank -- Andean high / Ginger Adams Otis -- Egg child / Sarah Levin -- Serendipity / Laura Fraser -- Arab music / Jennie Rothenberg -- The way I look / Anthony Sattin -- Finding shelter / Nicholas Crane -- On the trail of the Caspian tiger. |
SUBJECT |
Travel writing. |
SUBJECT |
Voyages and travels. |
DISCIPLINE |
English Literature. |
DISCIPLINE |
Geography. |
ISBN |
1740595904. |