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The best women's travel writing 2008 : true stories from around the world / edited by Lucy McCauley.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Travelers' Tales guides.
- Travelers' Tales, 1553-054X
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travelers' writings--Women authors.
- Travelers' writings.
- Women travelers--Anecdotes.
- Women travelers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Women's travel writing 2008
- Place of Publication:
- Palo Alto, Calif. : Travelers' Tales, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Women have been writing about their travels for generations, putting a uniquely feminine slant on life on the road and the people and places they encounter along the way. The third entry in Travelers' Tales acclaimed annual series, 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. Combining lively storytelling and compelling narrative with a woman's perspective, the stories ? most published here for the first time ? mak
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Editor's Preface; Introduction; La Zisa, La Cuba, and La Cubula; Dipping Fork, Flying Girl, Heart Attack; My Ex-Novio's Mother; Cave with a View; Eros in Venice; On the Dark Side; Ski Patrol; The Basket; Why Tuk-Tuks Make the Big Bucks; Roof Dogs; Lavaland; Caramel et Miel; A Simple System; Bellodgia Caron; Rejoneadora; True Stories; Silver Dust; Paradise-Lost; The Train to Florence; Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea; The Memory We Call Home; Los Muertos; Which Side Are You On?; Tradition, Schmadition; A Blessing; Keep Breathing; Tsunami; Solo on a Spare
- A Fare to RememberOut the Other Side; The Widow Dines Alone; A Life Together, Worlds Apart; Alive in Lisbon; But I Only Wanted One Photo; Crossing the River; Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-932361-78-2
- OCLC:
- 798535241
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