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Title:

The Condé Nast traveler book of unforgettable journeys, volume II : great writers on great places / edited and with an introduction by Klara Glowczewska.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xi, 434 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Travel--Literary collections.

Other Authors:

Glowczewska, Klara.

Other Titles:

Conde Nast Traveler.

Notes:

The liberation of Sydney / by Robert Hughes (Australia) -- Peeling away the masks of Vienna / by Stephen Schiff (Austria) -- An island of old Europe / by Luc Sante (Belgium) -- A miracle in the Caribbean / by Martha Gellhorn (Belize) -- Heaven and earth / by James Truman (Bhutan) -- Force of nature / by Wade Davis (Canada) -- Some like it not hot / by Calvin Trillin (Ecuador) -- The peak of my desire / by Russell Banks (Ecuador) -- Oxford: the class of 1250 / by Henry Shukman (England) -- Corroding in the keys / by Jonathan Raban (Florida) -- Isn't it romantic / by Christina Nehring (France) -- The greatest show on earth / by Guy Martin (Germany) -- Love and Haiti and the whole damned thing / by Amy Wilentz (Haiti) -- The Taj, the tiger, and the treepie / by E. L. Doctorow (India) -- Maximum India / by Pico Iyer (India) -- Love by the river Liffey / by Edna O'Brien (Ireland) -- City of God, city of men / by Pico Iyer (Israel) -- The filthy, fecund secret of Emilia-Romagna / by Patrick Symmes (Italy) -- The Gods are watching / by Joan Juliet Buck (Italy) -- My Monet moment / by Andr ̌Aciman (Italy) -- A streetcar named Sazerac / by Julia Reed (Louisiana) -- A New Yorker in Old Amsterdam / by Jay McInerney (The Netherlands) -- Romancing the river / by Patrick Symmes (New York) -- Alexander's lost world / by William Dalrymple (Pakistan) -- The city of will / by Robert Hughes (Russia) -- L'Afrique, mon amour / by Amy Wilentz (Senegal) -- ŁOl!̌ the home of legend / by Norman Lewis (Spain) -- Spain at the extreme / by Gully Wells (Spain) -- Dreams of the Orient / by Dan Hofstadter (Turkey) -- Heart of wildness / by Rian Malan (Uganda).

Summary:

This second collection of travel writing from the award-winning magazine includes essays on the world's most amazing places to visit penned by travel luminaries Robert Hughes, Russell Banks, E. L. Doctorow, and Pico Iyer.

ISBN:

0143121472
9780143121473 (pbk.)

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)