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Fried eggs with chopsticks
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.Empire of the soul: some journeys in India
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.Enemy in the promised land: an Egyptian woman's journey into Israel
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.Desert places: A Woman's Odyssey With The Wanderers Of The Indian Desert
By Robyn Davidson. 1996
An Australian woman recounts her travel experiences with a nomadic population in the desert of western India. She endures hardship…
and discomfort to record a disappearing way of life. Despite being a foreigner, a woman, and ignorant of the local language, she forges enduring friendships. 1996.Caves in the desert: travels in China
By George Woodcock. 1988
In 1987, the author toured through northern China visiting traditional Buddhist centres rarely visited by the non-Chinese. As he recounts…
his journey, Woodcock also details Chinese geography, history, art, religion and society. 1988.Chinese brushstrokes: stories of China
By Sandra Lynn Hutchison. 1996
Nine months before the Tiananmen Uprising, Sandra Hutchison travelled to Anhui Province in China to teach English literature. In "Chinese…
brushstrokes," she tells of her journeys within China, her encounters with its people, and the Democracy Movement of 1989. 1996.China, the people (Lands, peoples, and cultures series.)
By Bobbie Kalman. 1989
A description of life in modern China, and of how conditions have changed there. Grades 3-6. Taped with: China, the…
land by Bobbie Kalman. Covers the events and people that have shaped China's history. Grades 3-6. Taped with China, the culture by Bobbie Kalman. Records the achievements of China's 4,000 year old civilization. Includes the history of various festivities, recipes and activities. Grades 3-6. (The lands, peoples and cultures series)Confessions of a baseball purist: what's right, and wrong, with baseball, as seen from the best seat in the house
By Mark Hyman, Jon Miller. 1998
Longtime Baltimore Orioles announcer and later ESPN broadcaster reminisces about his three decades in baseball. Discusses famous players including Cal…
Ripken and Reggie Jackson, the development of interleague play, the unions, the new breed of players, and the owners. 1998.China homecoming
By Jean Fritz. 1985
The author lived in China until she was 13 years old. In this book, she tells of her return to…
Hankou, her home town, four decades later. Companion volume to "Homesick : my own story" (DC06014). For junior and senior high readers. c1985.Burmese lessons: a love story
By Karen Connelly. 2009
Myanmar, 1996. Canadian poet, memoirist, and novelist Connelly describes a country in the throes of a military dictatorship, as she…
travels to Burma for PEN Canada. Trying to gather information on political prisoners, Connelly gets caught up in violent street demonstrations and even interviews opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Then she meets and falls for Maung, a Burmese revolutionary leader, who shares his not uncommon story of becoming politicized after the unrest of 1988. Explicit descriptions of sex and violence, explicit strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2009.Behind the wall: a journey through China
By Colin Thubron. 1987
Baseball, you are the manager: You Are The Manager (You Are The Coach Ser.)
By Nathan Aaseng. 1983
Invites the reader to make decisions about do-or-die situations in ten World Series games. Describes what actually happened and how…
it affected the outcome of the game. Grade 5-8 and older readers. 1983.Baseball days: from the sandlots to "the show"
By Bill Littlefield. 1993
A self-confessed baseball traditionalist, Littlefield tours the whole of the baseball world, from Little League games to the major leagues.…
With chapters on hitting and pitching, and tryout camps and old-timers, Littlefield is searching for the soul of baseball, where it is played as a pure game. 1993.Baseball life advice
By Stacey May Fowles. 2017
Fowles gives us a candid perspective on subjects ranging from bat flips to bandwagoners, from the romance of spring training…
to the politics of cheating, from the importance of having a favourite player to the near-religious splendour of a no-hitter. She confronts the stereotypes that female fans lack real knowledge about the game and are only at the ballpark for the eye candy, and calls out the "boys will be boys" attitudes and its implications both on and off the field. She also offers exhilarating snapshots of the Blue Jays' 2015 season, and reflects on the relevance of specific players not only to the average fan, but to the game's history as a whole. Fowles explores how we can use the lens of baseball to examine who we are--for better or worse--and reminds us that our love for the game shouldn't stop us from demanding it be better to its players and its fans. Bestseller. 2017.Baseball anecdotes
By Daniel Okrent, Steve Wulf. 1989
This collection portrays 150 years of great triumphs, heart-breaking losses and amusing blunders in the history of baseball, including the…
Chicago "Black" Sox Scandal of 1919 and the miraculous comeback of the Mets in the 1986 World Series. 1989.Arabian sands
By Wilfred Thesiger. 1984
Thesiger, the son of a British diplomat, was born in a mud hut in Addis Ababa in 1910. This is…
the account of his travels from 1945 to 1950 during which he lived among the Bedouins and traversed the "Empty Quarter", a vast, arid desert. 1984.Among flowers: a walk in the Himalaya (National Geographic directions)
By Jamaica Kincaid. 2007
Novelist Jamaica Kincaid chronicles her three-week trek through Nepal, the spectacular and exotic Himalayan land where she and her companions…
seek to gather seeds for planting at home. She summons up a realm dominated by magnificent mountains and teeming with colourful life, spinning a tale that includes everything from edging by a herd of ungainly yaks on a perilous path to confronting unpredictable Maoist guerrillas who could erupt into violence at any time. 2007.An unexpected light: travels in Afghanistan
By Jason Elliot. 1999
An exploration of Afghanistan - its physical beauty, hospitality, religious variations, and long history. Elliot recounts events from his first…
visit at nineteen in 1986 travelling with anti-Soviet mujahedin and another journey ten years later when the Taliban forces were building power. 2001, c1999.A war against truth: an intimate account of the invasion of Iraq
By Paul William Roberts. 2004
Journalist Roberts, who was in Baghdad when the U.S. first attacked, but escaped to Jordan and returned to Iraq two…
weeks later, details the ancient and recent history of the region, and provides on-the-ground reporting of the war. Strong language and descriptions of violence. 2004.Alexander's path: a travel memoir
By Freya Stark. 1988
This journey takes the reader by bus, jeep, horseback, and on foot through country not frequently travelled in the author's…
search to find out what Alexander the Great actually did on his march through Lycia and Pamphylia. 1988.