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By Tessa Feller. 2021
Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, Nepal is a land of contrasts and incongruities—not in the least in the…
variety of its cultural, ethnic, and religious weave. The Nepalese attitude toward life is essentially religious. Hindu and Buddhist values predominate and help to maintain social harmony despite the divisions between rich and poor, urban and rural, highlands and lowlands. Culture Smart! Nepal sets out to explain the complexities of Nepalese life, from home to business to the marketplace. It tells you what to expect and provides insights that will help you to go beyond friendly smiles and turn your visit into an enlightening and rewarding experienceBy Geoffrey Murray. 2021
Vietnam is one of the most fascinating destinations in Southeast Asia. Having emerged from two decades of war, it is…
has undergone a period of rapid and far-reaching change, and its people have their eyes fixed firmly on the horizon. Culture Smart! Vietnam is for those who want to learn about the traditional values, sensibility, and modern way of life of the Vietnamese. It explains deep-seated attitudes and describes some of the social, economic, and cultural changes now underway. Aimed at dispelling common misconceptions, it gives practical advice on what to expect and how to behave in unfamiliar situations in order to help you discover for yourself the warmth and humor of this tough, resilient peopleBy Kathy Flower. 2021
For thousands of years, the Chinese believed that they had created a perfect social system based on Confucian values and…
tempered by the Mandate of Heaven. Dynasties came and went, but the essence of being Chinese remained essentially unchanged until the twentieth century. Since then, change has taken place in Chinese society at an unprecedented speed: the country experienced the turmoil of civil war and revolution and then emerged on to the world stage as a global superpower. This book aims to put these changes into a historical context, explain deep-seated cultural attitudes, and guide listeners through a maze of unfamiliar social situations, in order to help them discover the pragmatism, genius, warmth, and humanity of this extraordinary peopleBy Richard Estep. 2021
Twisted Psyches. Psychopathic Behavior. Murderous Impulses! They prey on the innocent with a malicious desire to inflict damage and harm.…
They hunt and stalk misfortunate victims in the dark, in broad daylight, in quiet neighborhoods, and in the local woods. Their blood thirst isn't satisfied after their first kill. Or their second. Or third. Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers takes a deep dive into the terrifyingly real serial murderers, spree killers, and true faces of evil! This chilling book looks into the horrifying stories of forty malevolent killers and hundreds of innocent victims, including the notorious and well-known killers John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and Jeffery Dahmer, but it also looks at lesser known and overlooked murderers Herbert Baumeister, America's I-70 Strangler; Japan's "Anime Killer," Tsutomu Miyazaki; Russia's "Rostov Ripper," Andrei Chikatilo; the "Giggling Granny," Nannie Doss; and many more. It journeys to sixteenth-century Scotland to meet a clan of cannibals whose existence is still debated by historians today, and to the fog-shrouded alleys of Whitechapel, London, where Jack the Ripper earned his grisly namesake. Along the way, we'll meet the Dating Game Killer, the Milwaukee Cannibal, the Acid Bath Murderer, and other monsters. What makes a seemingly ordinary person stalk, torture, and murder their fellow human beings? Are serial killers born or made? What is the difference between a serial killer and a spree killer? What were the identities of Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac Killer? Was Albert DeSalvo really the Boston Strangler? Is it possible that you could know a serial killer? These questions and many more are also answered in Serial Killers, the book that surveys the grim destruction wrought by a malevolent few. Caution is advised before entering this alarming world of twisted psyches and sociopathic monsters!"The race." She said. "India. Were you serious . . . ?" About racing a tuk-tuk one thousand kilometres through…
India with a woman I'd just met? No, I wasn't serious. "There's a fifty percent chance we'll die. And the flight's in two days. But if you want to, okay . . . " It was not a reasonable offer. But then she wasn't a reasonable woman. She was certainly unreasonably attractive. I tried not to let that sway me, which was like a hammock deciding a tornado wouldn't sway it. And driving terrified me; I hadn't done it in a decade. But if I could drive in India, I could drive anywhere. If I drive a tuk-tuk, I could drive anything. And if I said yes, I'd get to spend ten days with her. Would that be enough time to find out who she was, what she wanted, and then convince her to abandon that and want me instead? There was only one way to find outBy Annie Dillard. 2021
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author In recognition of her long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection including her…
most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the author herself “Annie Dillard's books are like comets, like celestial events that remind us that the reality we inhabit is itself a celestial event.”—Marilynne Robinson, Washington Post Book World “Annie Dillard is, was, and will always be the very best at describing the landscapes in which we find ourselves.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune “Annie Dillard is a writer of unusual range, generosity, and ambition. . . . Her prose is bracingly intelligent, lovely, and human. ”—Margot Livesey, Boston Globe “A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded her way through a page or sentence, Dillard can only be enjoyed by a wide-awake reader,” warns Geoff Dyer in his introduction to this stellar collection. Carefully culled from her past work, The Abundance is quintessential Annie Dillard, delivered in her fierce and undeniably singular voice, filled with fascinating detail and metaphysical fact. The pieces within will exhilarate both admiring fans and a new generation of readers, having been “re-framed and re-hung,” with fresh editing and reordering by the author, to situate these now seminal works within her larger canon. The Abundance reminds us that Dillard's brand of “novelized nonfiction” pioneered the form long before it came to be widely appreciated. Intense, vivid, and fearless, her work endows the true and seemingly ordinary aspects of life—a commuter chases snowball-throwing children through neighborhood streets, a teenager memorizes Rimbaud's poetry—with beauty and irony, inviting readers onto sweeping landscapes, to join her in exploring the complexities of time and death, with a sense of humor: on one page, an eagle falls from the sky with a weasel attached to its throat; on another, a man walks into a bar. Reminding us of the indelible contributions of this formative figure in contemporary nonfiction, The Abundance exquisitely showcases Annie Dillard's enigmatic, enduring genius, as Dillard herself wishes it to be markedBy Egill Bjarnason. 2021
"[A] joyously peculiar book." — The New York Times The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle…
of the Atlantic has shaped the world for centuries. The history of Iceland began 1,200 years ago, when a frustrated Viking captain and his useless navigator ran aground in the middle of the North Atlantic. Suddenly, the island was no longer just a layover for the Arctic tern. Instead, it became a nation whose diplomats and musicians, sailors and soldiers, volcanoes and flowers, quietly altered the globe forever. How Iceland Changed the World takes readers on a tour of history, showing them how Iceland played a pivotal role in events as diverse as the French Revolution, the Moon Landing, and the foundation of Israel. Again and again, one humble nation has found itself at the frontline of historic events, shaping the world as we know it , How Iceland Changed the World paints a lively picture of just how it all happenedBy Placide Vigneau. 2021
"Je n'ai jamais oublié l'horreur qui s'empara de nous lorsque nous reconnûmes que c'étaient des corps humains qui étaient mutilés…
de la sorte. Nos cheveux devinrent à pic sur nos têtes, et semblaient soulever nos casques... " Voilà ce que contait le père Giasson, vieux pêcheur Madelinot, à Placide Vigneau, célèbre mémorialiste de la Côte-Nord. Ce récit terrible, c'est celui du naufrage du voilier Granicus, et surtout de ses suites, qui virent l'île d'Anticosti être le théâtre d'un terrifiant épisode d'anthropophagieBy Mark Fortier, Serge Bouchard. 2021
De novembre 1975 à octobre 1976, Serge Bouchard a voyagé avec des camionneurs dans le Nord-Ouest québécois. Son but :…
étudier et observer leur travail pour en faire le sujet de sa thèse de doctorat. Serge Bouchard et Mark Fortier ont transformé la matière de cette recherche ethnographique unique en un portrait vivant et pénétrant du monde des routiers. Ce livre nous entraîne bien au-delà des routes du Nord à l’époque des grands chantiers de la Baie-James. Il nous parle des mystères de la vie, de la liberté et de la création.By Bill Bryson, Jason Wilson. 2016
Author of The Road to Little Dribbling (DB 83624) presents twenty-four previously published essays exploring the world around us. In…
"The Foreign Spell," Pico Iyer contrasts his experiences growing up Indian with a British accent in America with his trips to Bali. 2016By Marcello Di Cintio. 2021
In conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the…
borderland of the North American taxi. “The taxi,” writes Marcello Di Cintio, “is a border.” Occupying the space between public and private, a cab brings together people who might otherwise never have met—yet most of us sit in the back and stare at our phones. Nowhere else do people occupy such intimate quarters and share so little. In a series of interviews with drivers, their backgrounds ranging from the Iraqi National Guard, to the Westboro Baptist Church, to an arranged marriage that left one woman stranded in a foreign country with nothing but a suitcase, Driven seeks out those missed conversations, revealing the unknown stories that surround us. Travelling across borders of all kinds, from battlefields and occupied lands to midnight fares and Tim Hortons parking lots, Di Cintio chronicles the many journeys each driver made merely for the privilege to turn on their rooflight. Yet these lives aren’t defined by tragedy or frustration but by ingenuity and generosity, hope and indomitable hard work. From night school and sixteen-hour shifts to schemes for athletic careers and the secret Shakespeare of Dylan’s lyrics, Di Cintio’s subjects share the passions and triumphs that drive them. Like the people encountered in its pages, Driven is an unexpected delight, and that most wondrous of all things: a book that will change the way you see the world around you. A paean to the power of personality and perseverance, it’s a compassionate and joyful tribute to the men and women who take us where we want to go.By Kirsteen MacLeod. 2021
By Jason Wilson, Andrew McCarthy. 2015
Twenty-four previously published essays exploring the joys and tribulations of travel. In "Hail Dayton," Rachael Maddux recounts a visit to…
Dayton, Tennessee, site of the infamous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, and the enduring legacy of the event. Includes essays by Gary Shteyngart and Paul Theroux. 2015By Paul Theroux, Jason Wilson. 2014
Author of Deep South (DB 83478) presents twenty-four previously published essays exploring the joys and travails of travel. Includes selections…
from Elif Batuman, Andrew McCarthy, David Sedaris, and Colson Whitehead. In "Fifty Shades of Greyhound," Harrison Scott Key recounts his second ride with the bus company. 2014By Cheryl Strayed, Jason Wilson. 2018
Twenty-four previously published essays selected by the author of Wild (DB 74646). In "The Digital Republic," Nathan Heller recounts his…
trip to Estonia, where he investigated an attempt to link all government services across one platform. 2018By Graham Greene. 2006
Author of Our Man in Havana (DB 26596) recounts the 1935 trip he took through the interior of Liberia. Discusses…
his preparations for the trip, challenges his group faced, and his impressions of the people he met and environment he encountered. Includes an introduction by Paul Theroux. 1936By Suzannah Lessard. 2019
Examination of the changing meaning of place and ways to imagine possibilities during a time of transition. Topics covered include…
the impacts of climate change, digital communications, and global enclosure. Details range from the granular to the universal, such as in the chapter on flight. 2019By Helen Russell. 2019
A British journalist gathers advice for being happy from around the world. Ranges from "kalsarikännit" from Finland, a word translated…
as drinking at home in your underwear, to the Irish term "craic," which is good conversation and general fun, and the Syrian concept of "tarab," or musically induced ecstasy. 2018By Alexandra Fuller, Jason Wilson. 2019
Twenty-four previously published essays exploring the topic of travel. In "I Walked from Selma to Montgomery," Rahawa Haile recounts her…
recreation of the various civil rights marches in the wake of President Trump's inauguration and reflects on what it means for her to be a black outdoorswoman in America. 2019By Sarah Turnbull. 2003
Journalist describes traveling to Europe from Australia at the age of twenty-seven to experience a year abroad as a freelance…
journalist. Discusses meeting her future husband in Bucharest, moving in with him in Paris, and learning about French culture. Reflects on feelings of isolation and adventure. 2002