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By Paul Theroux. 2008
With this vibrant and illuminating travelogue that shows just how much the world has changed in the 30 years since…
he wrote "The great railway bazaar," Theroux returns to the rails of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, India, China, Japan, and Siberia for an exceptionally detailed and entertaining update that will entice fans and newcomers alike. 2008.By Mara Faulkner. 2009
A Benedictine nun reminisces about her father’s gradual loss of sight from retinitis pigmentosa and the effects his condition had…
on her Irish American family. She interweaves her recollections of growing up in North Dakota with meditations on the metaphorical meaning of blindness in our culture. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c2009.By Patrick Henry Hughes, Patrick John Hughes, Bryant A Stamford. 2008
Patrick Henry Hughes was born with a rare genetic disorder that left him without eyes and physically disabled, but he…
was also blessed with exceptional musical talent, able to play the piano at the age of two. Now, at age nineteen, he is a nationally known pianist, singer, and trumpeter who has performed at the Kennedy Center. But he's best known for playing in the University of Louisville marching band, while his devoted father pushes him in formation in his wheelchair. With determined optimism and courage, Hughes has made "I am potential" his mantra and defied the impossible at every turn. 2008.By Phyllis Campbell. 1996
Totally blind since birth, the author tells of growing up on a small Virginia farm and going away to a…
residential school with her older sister (who is also blind) and becoming a church organist. She describes in loving detail the animals and other friends she meets along the way. c1996.By Diana Darke. 1987
Describes Armenian, Georgian, Hittite, Urartian, Nestorian, Byzantine, Persian and Seljuk sites, as well as explaining the character of modern Turks…
and their customs. Gives practical advice on driving and the limited number of hotels and restaurants in the area. c1987.By Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer. 2005
A biography of Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915), the most prolific of all American hymn writers. Having lost her sight in…
infancy through a doctor's negligence, Fanny went on to compose more than 9,000 hymns, as well as various other songs, cantatas, and lyrical productions. c2005.By Lois Nicholson. 1996
Biography of Helen Keller, who became blind and deaf at nineteen months as a result of illness. Covers her birth…
in 1880 through her death in 1968. Describes her education under her private teacher Anne Sullivan, her formal schooling, and her career. Includes an introduction by Jerry Lewis. Junior and Senior High. c1996.By Larry Frolick. 2004
Larry Frolick treks across Central Asia in search of an answer to the big question: who - or what -…
gives birth to history? From Kiev and Uzbekistan through to Siberia and Mongolia, he finds Chinese secret agents, the last three Romanov princesses, cranky archeologists and lusty exorcists, as he broods over the region's lost civilizations. 2004.By Catherine Bergman. 2002
Bergman records her observations of life in Japan through interviews with intellectual leaders, rebels, politicians, artists, and adolescents. She covers…
a wide range of subjects, from the lives of the geishas to the national soccer league, the Shinto religion, the politics of arranged marriages, the collective memory of the Second World War, and more. Translation of: "L'empire désorienté." 2002.By Sarah MacDonald. 2003
Australian Sarah MacDonald didn't like India her first time there, so when her boyfriend Jonathan, a reporter for ABC, is…
sent there for work, she reluctantly follows. At first, life in India is as bad as she remembered it - overcrowded, smoggy, and disturbing - but she slowly begins to make friends and to understand the culture, including attending lavish weddings and taking a trip to war-torn Kashmir. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2003.By Will Ferguson. 2005
With the same fervour they have for outlandish game shows and tiny gadgets, the Japanese go nuts each spring when…
the cherry blossoms sweep from island to island towards the country's northerly tip. Ferguson, after way too much sake, announced he would be the first person to follow the blossom's progress end to end. To make it a challenge worth doing, he'd hitchhike, resulting in a journey full of misadventures and revelations. 2005.By Margaret Davidson. 1969
This is a biography about the life of Helen Keller and how, with the commitment and lifelong friendship of Anne…
Sullivan, she learned to talk, read, and eventually graduate from college with honours. Grades P-2. 1969.By Michael Palin. 2004
In his most challenging journey, Michael Palin tackles the Himalayas, the greatest mountain range on earth, a virtually unbroken wall…
of rock stretching 1800 miles from the borders of Afghanistan to southwest China. In a journey rarely, if ever, attempted before, in 6 months of hard travelling Palin takes on the full length of the Himalaya including the Khyber Pass, the hidden valleys of the Hindu Kush, ancient cities like Peshawar and Lahore, the mighty peaks of K2, Annapurna and Everest, the bleak and barren plateau of Tibet, the gorges of the Yangtze, the tribal lands of the Indo-Burmese border and the vast Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh. This book, compiled from his diaries, records the pleasure and pain of an extraordinary journey. 2004.By Louisa Waugh. 2003
This book is about the year the author spent living and working in a remote village called Tsengel, which lies…
in the extreme west of Mongolia. She describes how she slowly learns to fend for herself in a world where life is dominated by the seasons. From the long hard winter, through a drought-stricken spring, into a lush summer spent in the mountains beyond Tsengel with a family of nomads, and the return to the village for the 'short golden season', Mongolia's autumn. Includes strong language. 2003.By William Dalrymple. 1998
In the spring of 587 AD, two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an…
arc across the entire Byzantine world. More than a thousand years later, the author set off to retrace their footsteps. 1998.By Polly Evans. 2005
When she learnt that the Chinese had built enough new roads to circle the equator 16 times, Polly Evans decided…
to go and witness for herself the way this vast nation was hurtling into the technological age. But on arriving in China she found the building work wasn't quite finished. And as she travelled, she attempted to solve the ultimate gastronomic conundrum: just how does one eat a soft-fried egg with chopsticks? 2005.By Paul William Roberts. 1994
Roberts tells of his journeys through India, which have spanned twenty years. He takes us to the crumbling palaces of…
maharajas, to ashrams, temples, and caves of holy men, and on tortuous journeys to remote villages. Along the way, he reveals the richness of India through its history, religions, and landscape. 1994.By Eleanor Clark. 1977
By Sheila Hocken. 1980
Now that the author has regained her sight, Emma is no longer a working dog. But she soon learns to…
enjoy her new life and is still very special to her owner. Sequel to "Emma and I" (DC01555). 1980. (Emma ; 2)By Sana Hassan. 1987
The daughter of Egypt's former ambassador to the United States provides a bold view of Israel through Arab eyes. Based…
on her three-years-long stay in that country, Hasan describes forays into the halls of the Knesset, the back alleys of the Tel Aviv underworld, the radical Kibbutzim, and the right-wing settlements. 1987.