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"In Search of Adventure satisfies your appetite for virtual wanderlust." -- Trips
"Body and Soul are Individually Served" -- Publishers Weekly
"Exuberant and irrepressible, here's a mad gambol over the wide world with a gang of vociferous globetrotters. From the steppes of Mongolia to the Tanzanian bush, it's a tangle of crazy tales and hair-raising escapes and escapades that will take you from the outback to the way out. Full of surprises and surprising stories, this collection of travel tales doesn't just push the envelope; it shreds it. Irreverent, lively and unexpectedit's just the thing to remind readers that adventure is, more than anything, a state of mind." (San Francisco Examiner 3/99) -- San Francisco Examiner 3/99
"Lovers of storytelling and anyone looking for summer vacation inspiration shouldn't miss this (book.)" -- San Francisco Bay Guardian 4/99
"On the wilder side, In Search of Adventure is an anthology of over 100 tales ranging from the loopy to the erotic to the ridiculous to the sublime. Enjoyable stuff all around, but not for traditionalists." -- Big World 3/99
"Roughing It The rough-and-ready contributors to In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology, compiled by Bruce Northam and Brad Olsen (CCC Publishing, $17.95) would probably eat their luggage before they'd pack a velvet tea gown or shooting tweeds. If they have luggage at all -- this is the crowd that travels with a toothbrush, a pair of jeans and a passport. They're an eclectic crew of adventurers and hippies; the most far out of them has to be Mur (no other name given), "one of the original intercontinental overland hippies" who renounced his American citizenship "to become an Earth man." Other contributors, including Simon Winchester (The Professor and the Madman) and Tim Cahill (Jaguars Ripped My Flesh), will be more familiar to mainstream readers." (Washington Post 6/99) that travels with a toothbrush, a pair of jeans and a passp\ that travels with a toothbrush, a pair of jeans and a passp\ -- Washington Post 6/99
"The anthology is a fresh, irreverent look at international travel, and delves into areas often glossed over, including experiences with crime, sex, and religious fraud." -- San Francisco Chronicle 3/99
"You don't have to read a traditional guidebook to gain an understanding of a destination. This compilation of 100 eclectic essays takes readers into the hearts and minds of the authors and the destinations in which their adventures take place. Whether clients are headed to Bhutan or their favorite chair, they will be entertained, enlightened and sometimes shocked by these honest slices of life on the road." -- Travel Weekly 5/99
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These short travel essays from around the globe get to the heart of what the words travel and adventure really mean. These nonfiction travel pieces present disparate viewpoints on the diverse world in which we live and leave no emotion untouched.
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"In Search of Adventure satisfies your appetite for virtual wanderlust." -- Trips
"Body and Soul are Individually Served" -- Publishers Weekly
"Exuberant and irrepressible, here's a mad gambol over the wide world with a gang of vociferous globetrotters. From the steppes of Mongolia to the Tanzanian bush, it's a tangle of crazy tales and hair-raising escapes and escapades that will take you from the outback to the way out. Full of surprises and surprising stories, this collection of travel tales doesn't just push the envelope; it shreds it. Irreverent, lively and unexpectedit's just the thing to remind readers that adventure is, more than anything, a state of mind." (San Francisco Examiner 3/99) -- San Francisco Examiner 3/99
"Lovers of storytelling and anyone looking for summer vacation inspiration shouldn't miss this (book.)" -- San Francisco Bay Guardian 4/99
"On the wilder side, In Search of Adventure is an anthology of over 100 tales ranging from the loopy to the erotic to the ridiculous to the sublime. Enjoyable stuff all around, but not for traditionalists." -- Big World 3/99
"Roughing It The rough-and-ready contributors to In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology, compiled by Bruce Northam and Brad Olsen (CCC Publishing, $17.95) would probably eat their luggage before they'd pack a velvet tea gown or shooting tweeds. If they have luggage at all -- this is the crowd that travels with a toothbrush, a pair of jeans and a passport. They're an eclectic crew of adventurers and hippies; the most far out of them has to be Mur (no other name given), "one of the original intercontinental overland hippies" who renounced his American citizenship "to become an Earth man." Other contributors, including Simon Winchester (The Professor and the Madman) and Tim Cahill (Jaguars Ripped My Flesh), will be more familiar to mainstream readers." (Washington Post 6/99) that travels with a toothbrush, a pair of jeans and a passp\ that travels with a toothbrush, a pair of jeans and a passp\ -- Washington Post 6/99
"The anthology is a fresh, irreverent look at international travel, and delves into areas often glossed over, including experiences with crime, sex, and religious fraud." -- San Francisco Chronicle 3/99
"You don't have to read a traditional guidebook to gain an understanding of a destination. This compilation of 100 eclectic essays takes readers into the hearts and minds of the authors and the destinations in which their adventures take place. Whether clients are headed to Bhutan or their favorite chair, they will be entertained, enlightened and sometimes shocked by these honest slices of life on the road." -- Travel Weekly 5/99
Product Description
These short travel essays from around the globe get to the heart of what the words travel and adventure really mean. These nonfiction travel pieces present disparate viewpoints on the diverse world in which we live and leave no emotion untouched.
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THERE WERE A DOZEN OF US, riding the immense central Asian grassland on sturdy Mongolian horses. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Marie Jean, New York, Ocean Dome, United States, San Francisco, South Africa, Ulan Baator, Coober Pedy, Genghis Khan, New Guinea, Amelia Earhart, Hello Peace, Gallant Gallant, Goober Pedy, Goofus Goofus, Neptune Island, Bush Negro, Great Pyramid, Kiana Village, Latin America, Mexico City, Middle East, New Mexico, Pierre Coulon, Tel Aviv New!
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THERE WERE A DOZEN OF US, riding the immense central Asian grassland on sturdy Mongolian horses. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Marie Jean, New York, Ocean Dome, United States, San Francisco, South Africa, Ulan Baator, Coober Pedy, Genghis Khan, New Guinea, Amelia Earhart, Hello Peace, Gallant Gallant, Goober Pedy, Goofus Goofus, Neptune Island, Bush Negro, Great Pyramid, Kiana Village, Latin America, Mexico City, Middle East, New Mexico, Pierre Coulon, Tel Aviv New!
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- Marco Polo (World's Great Explorer) by Zachary Kent on page 27
- The Range of Light by Philip Hyde on page 309
- New Years (Holiday Books) by Nancy Reese on page 209
- Rainforest (Topic Books) by Fiona MacDonald on page 88
- Living Poor by Moritz Thomsen on page 339
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- Globetrotter Dogma: 100 Canons for Escaping the Rat Race and Exploring the World by Bruce Northam in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Sacred Places Around the World: 108 Destinations (Sacred Places: 108 Destinations series) by Brad Olsen in Back Matter
- Sacred Places North America: 108 Destinations (Sacred Places: 108 Destinations series) by Brad Olsen in Back Matter
- Romance on the Road by Jeannette Belliveau in Back Matter
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