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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.Drôles d'histoires de hockey
By Helaine Becker, Dominique Chichera-Mangione. 2010
Quelles sont les origines du hockey et de son équipement? Où fut créée la première ligue canadienne? Qui se cache…
derrière la Coupe Stanley? Qu'est-ce que le tour du chapeau? Qui est Tim Horton? Une histoire fouillée du hockey, de ses origines jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Les statistiques y côtoient des anecdotes loufoques ou embarrassantes, mais toujours véridiques en filigrane desquelles renaissent de leurs cendres les moments mémorables et les vedettes ayant marqué l'évolution du sport national canadien. Des questionnaires pour tester ses connaissances et des vignettes humoristiques émaillent le tout. Années 3-6 et plus. 2010. Titre uniforme: The hilarious history of hockey.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.Don Cherry's hockey stories and stuff
By Don Cherry, Al Strachan. 2008
Former hockey player and coach Don Cherry's comments on Hockey Night in Canada's "Coach's Corner" routinely make headlines as they…
entertain, educate, and often upset some fans throughout North America. Now he presents his favourite stories from his career in hockey. And you can imagine the stories he has to tell. c2008.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)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
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.Against all odds: the untold story of Canada's unlikely hockey heroes
By P. J Naworynsk. 2017
The announcement was shocking - Canada would not be sending a team to the 1948 Winter Olympics in Switzerland. Outraged,…
a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron leader, Sandy Watson, quickly assembled a team of air force hockey players who were "amateur enough" to complete under the Olympic guidelines. This is the inspiring untold story of a group of determined men, fresh from the battlefields of WWII, who surprised a nation and the world. 2017.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.Across China
By Peter Jenkins. 1986
A time for tea: travels through China and India in search of tea
By Jason Goodwin. 1990
As a child, Goodwin was introduced to the ceremony and romance of tea by his two grandmothers. He recounts his…
travels to Chinese and Indian tea plantations, ports and auction rooms, and discusses the history of tea. 1990.A snake in the shrine: journeys with Nobby through middle Japan
By David Geraghty. 2001
The author taught English and travelled in Japan in the late 1990s. This book is an entertaining account of his…
experiences. It offers cultural insights and intelligent discussion of issues in contemporary Japanese life. 2001.