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by Pico Iyer


  A Vintage Original/Travel/Adventure/0-679-73822-3

  THE OTHER SIDE

  by Rubén Martínez

  Martínez’s work of cultural reportage and personal memoir provides a vision of a new Latino culture that bubbles from San Salvador to L.A. and that embraces cumbia and hip-hop, anarchists and Catholic priests.

  “The Other Side is a brilliant and breathtaking account of the new culture created by guerrillas of San Salvador and performance artists of feverish Tijuana, by young painters of graffiti in Los Angeles and rock ‘n’ roll singers of Mexico City. It is a revealing, remarkable and timely book.”

  —Ryszard Kapuściński

  Sociology/Current Affairs/0-679-74591-2

  A YEAR IN PROVENCE

  by Peter Mayle

  An “engaging, funny and richly appreciative” (The New York Times Book Review) account of an English couple’s first year living in Provence, settling in amid the enchanting gardens and equally festive bistros of their new home.

  “Stylish, witty, delightfully readable.” —The Sunday Times (London)

  Travel/0-679-73114-8

  MAIDEN VOYAGES

  THE WRITINGS OF WOMEN TRAVELERS

  Edited and with an Introduction by Mary Morris

  In this delightful and generous anthology, women such as Beryl Markham, Willa Cather, Annie Dillard, and Joan Didion share their experiences traveling throughout the world. From the Rocky Mountains to a Marrakech palace, in voices wry, lyrical, and sometimes wistful, these women show as much of themselves as they do of the strange and wonderful places they visit.

  A Vintage Original/Travel/Women’s Studies/0-679-74030-9

  IRON & SILK

  by Mark Salzman

  The critically acclaimed and bestselling adventures of a young American martial arts master in China.

  “Dazzling … exhilarating … a joy to read from beginning to end.” —People

  Travel/Adventure/0-394-75511-1

  LOW LIFE

  LURES AND SNARES OF NEW YORK

  by Luc Sante

  In this “fascinating … entertaining and sobering” (Philadelphia Inquirer) journey through New York City, from 1840 to 1919, Luc Sante discovers the dark heart, wherein dwell pimps, madams, rat-killing dogs, ear-chewing thugs, con men, and extravagantly crooked cops.

  “Low Life captures the rollicking atmosphere of city life.… Sante reclaims an essential piece of the city’s past.” —The New York Times Book Review

  History/Sociology/0-679-73876-2

  IN THE SHADOW OF THE SACRED GROVE

  by Carol Spindel

  A moving memoir of an American woman’s difficult and gradual acceptance into the daily life of a rural West African community.

  “I was unprepared for the quietly gathering power of this respectfully inquisitive study of modern life in a small West African village. It poses, and answers, questions about the lives of a proud and shy people.” —Alice Walker

  A Vintage Original/Travel/Adventure/0-679-72214-9

  YOU GOTTA HAVE WA

  WHEN TWO CULTURES COLLIDE ON THE BASEBALL DIAMOND

  by Robert Whiting

  An American journalist gives us a witty close-up view at besuboru—Japanese baseball—as well as an incisive look into the culture of present-day Japan.

  “[It] will please baseball fans and enlighten anyone interested in Japanese-American relations.” —James Fallows, Atlantic Monthly

  Sports/Current Affairs/0-679-72947-X

  RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF CRAZY

  ON TOUR WITH THE U.S. DOWNHILL SKI TEAM

  by Mike Wilson

  Mike Wilson follows the underfunded, underreported athletes of the U.S. downhill ski team through a World Cup season that culminates at the 1992 Winter Olympics in France. Juxtaposing scenes of raw courage and gonzo excess, the result is authentic enough to leave the reader windburned.

  “The best [book] ever written about ski-racing.” —Denver Post

  Sports/Travel/0-679-74987-X

  VINTAGE DEPARTURES

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  ___ Pecked to Death by Ducks by Tim Cahill

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  ___ Road Fever by Tim Cahill

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  ___ A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg by Tim Cahill

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  ___ The Heart of the World by Nik Cohn

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  ___ Coyotes by Ted Conover

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  ___ Whiteout by Ted Conover

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  ___ The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway

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  ___ In Xanadu by William Dalrymple

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  ___ Danziger’s Travels by Nick Danziger

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  ___ The Good Rain by Timothy Egan

  $10.00 0-679-73485-6

  ___ The Elder Brothers by Alan Ereira

  $12.00 0-679-74336-7

  ___ Bad Trips, edited by Keath Fraser

  $12.00 0-679-72908-9

  ___ In An Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh

  $13.00 0-679-72783-3

  ___ Samba by Alma Guillermoprieto

  $11.00 0-679-73256-X

  ___ Motoring with Mohammed by Eric Hansen

  $10.00 0-679-73855-X

  ___ Native Stranger by Eddy Harris

  $12.00 0-679-74232-8

  ___ Falling Off the Map by Pico Iyer

  $10.00 0-679-74612-9

  ___ The Lady and the Monk by Pico Iyer

  $12.00 0-679-73834-7

  ___ Video Night in Kathmandu by Pico Iyer

  $13.00 0-679-72216-5

  ___ Shooting the Boh by Tracy Johnston

  $11.00 0-679-74010-4

  ___ Riding the White Horse Home by Teresa Jordan

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  ___ Running the Amazon by Joe Kane

  $9.95 0-679-72902-X

  ___ Balkan Ghosts by Robert D. Kaplan

  $12.00 0-679-74981-0

  ___ Making Hay by Verlyn Klinkenborg

  $9.00 0-394-75599-5

  ___ In Bolivia by Eric Lawlor

  $11.00 0-394-75836-6

  ___ Looking for Osman by Eric Lawlor

  $11.00 0-679-73822-3

  ___ The Other Side by Rubén Martínez

  $10.00 0-679-74591-2

  ___ Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle

  $10.00 0-679-73604-2

  ___ A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle

  $10.00 0-679-73114-8

  ___ Out in the World by Neil Miller

  $13.00 0-679-74551-3

  ___ The Panama Hat Trail by Tom Miller

  $11.00 0-394-75774-2

  ___ Last Places by Lawrence Millman

  $10.00 0-679-73456-2

  ___ Maiden Voyages by Mary Morris

  $14.00 0-679-74030-9

  ___ In Trouble Again by Redmond O’Hanlon

  $11.00 0-679-72714-0

  ___ Into the Heart of Borneo by Redmond O’Hanlon

  $11.00 0-394-75540-5

  ___ Holidays in Hell by P. J. O’Rourke

  $12.00 0-679-72422-2

  ___ Paris Dreambook by Lawrence Osborne

  $10.00 0-679-73775-8

  ___ The Village of Waiting by George Packer

  $13.00 0-394-75754-8

  ___ The Road Through Miyama by Leila Philip

  $9.95 0-679-72501-6

  ___ Iron & Silk by Mark Salzman

  $11.00 0-394-75511-1

  ___ The Lands of Charm and Cruelty by Stan Sesser

  $12.00 0-679-74239-5

  ___ From Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth

  $11.00 0-394-75218-X

  ___ In the Shadow of the Sacred Grove by Carol
Spindel

  $13.00 0-679-72214-9

  ___ The Voyage of the Sanderling by Roger D. Stone

  $12.00 0-679-73178-4

  ___ You Gotta Have Wa by Robert Whiting

  $12.00 0-679-72947-X

  ___ Right on the Edge of Crazy by Mike Wilson

  $11.00 0-679-74987-X

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