Synopses & Reviews
Simon Winchester in Romania
Isabel Allende in the Amazon
Pico Iyer in Bali
Bill Barich in Italy
Sallie Tisdale in Japan
Carlos Fuentes in Zurich
Po Bronson in the Caribbean
and thirty-four more scintillating and sizzling tales of serendipity and wanderlust.
Review
"This collection of 42 travel essays includes some unpublished material and some award-winning tales that are described as "the best of Salon.com," an Internet-based company with 11 original content sites. George, former travel editor at the San Francisco Examiner, the author of over 500 articles, and a columnist at Salon.com, has collected the works of diverse authors, including well-known writers such as Peter Mayle and Isabel Allende and David Kohn, coordinating producer at CBSNews.com. The varied topics range from Susan Hack's amusing search for Tampax in Yemen to Tanya Shaffer's touching search for a friend in Casablanca. At best, this collection provides a valuable insight into other cultures and perspectives described through the travelers' own preconceptions. For example, Sallie Tisdale's "On Japanese Trains" beautifully describes Japanese culture from the viewpoint of American travelers taking the trains, depicting how the travelers imagine they appear to those around them. Recommended for larger public libraries where travel essays are popular."
Alison Hopkins, Library Journal
Synopsis
The forty pearls here take us all around the world, to a mouthwatering Memphis barbecue contest, a furious bartering session in Istanbul for a kilim rug, a glimpse into an African elephant's nocturnal escapades, and a dizzying evening of drinking absinthe in Barcelona.
Synopsis
Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance includes these forty-one scintillating and sizzling tales of serendipity:
"On the Amazon" by Isabel Allende
"Once Upon a Time in Italy" by Bill Barich
"Naxos Nights" by Laurie Gough
"Passionate and Penniless in Paris" by Maxine Rose Schur
"Sleeping with Elephants" by Don Meredith
"Romance in Romania" by Simon Winchester
"Looking for Abdelati" by Tanya Shaffer
"Special Delivery" by Lindsy van Gelder
"England's Decadent Delights" by Douglas Cruickshank
"I Lost It at Club Med" by Po Bronson
"Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow" by Taras Grescoe
"Where the Hula Goddess Lives" by James D. Houston
"In a French Cave" by Beth Kephart
"How to Buy a Turkish Rug" by Laura Billings
"The Dangers of Provence" by Peter Mayle
"Hog Heaven: At the Memphis World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest" by David Kohn
"Philosophy Au Lait" by David Downie
"Your Money's No Good Here" by Tim Cahill
"Embraced in Spain" by Barry Yeoman
"Italian Affair" by Laura Fraser
"Tampax Nightmares" by Susan Hack
"On Japanese Trains" by Sallie Tisdale
"Oscar Night in Angkor Wat" by Jeff Greenwald
"The Last Tourist in Mozambique" by Mary Roach
"Inside Colombia" by Dawn MacKeen
"Fade into Blue" by Amanda Jones
"Navigating Nairobi" by Alicia Rebensdorf
"Out of Africa" by Wendy Belcher
"The Man Who Loved Books in Turkey" by Lisa Michaels
"The Meaning of Gdańsk" by Jan Morris
"How Zurich Invented the Modern World" by Carlos Fuentes
"Storming The Beach" by Rolf Potts
"Conquering Half Dome" by Don George
"Looking for Mr. Watson" by Bill Belleville
"Bewitched on Bali" by Pico Iyer
"Lost in the Sahara" by Jeffrey Tayler
"Fear, Drugs, and Soccer in Asia" by Karl Taro Greenfield
"My Junior Year Abroad" by Edith Pearlman
"Expatriate, with Olives" by Lucy McCauley
"The Aussie Way of Wanderlust" by Tony Wheeler
"When We're Going to Be There" by Chris Colin
About the Author
Don George writes Salon.com's weekly travel column, "Wanderlust," and was the founder and editor of its award-winning travel site. Prior to joining Salon, he was travel editor at the San Francisco Examiner. He lives with his wife and two children in the San Francisco Bay Area.