by Timothy Egan
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VINTAGE DEPARTURES
THE EMPEROR’S LAST STAND
by Julia Blackburn
The story of the deposed emperor Napoleon holding court amid the shabbiness and paranoia of an island prison is interwoven with a history of St. Helena itself and with a personal account of the author’s own voyage in search of Napoleon’s ghost.
“Dazzling… startlingly imaginative.”
—The New York Times Book Review
History/Travel/0–679–73937–8
AMONG THE THUGS
by Bill Buford
From a vandalous ride on the English railway to the full-blown riots in Turin and Sardinia, Bill Buford gives us a terrifying record of his passage through an alternate society: that of England’s soccer thugs. “An unflinching look into the festering soul of England … a great read.”
—David Byrne
Sociology/0–679–74535–1
PECKED TO DEATH BY DUCKS
by Tim Cahill
In this grand tour of the earth’s remote, exotic, and dismal places, Tim Cahill sleeps with a grizzly bear, witnesses demonic possession in Bali, and survives a run-in with the Throne of Doom in Guatemala.
“Tim Cahill [has] the what-the-hell adventuresomeness of a T. E. Lawrence and the humor of a P. J. O’Rourke.”
—Condé Nast Traveler
Travel/Adventure/0–679–74929–2
THE ROAD FROM COORAIN
by Jill Ker Conway
A remarkable woman’s clear-sighted memoir of growing up Australian: from a sheep station in the outback to the stifling propriety of postwar Sydney; from untutored childhood to a life in academia; and from the shelter of family to lessons of independence and tragedy.
“A small masterpiece of scene, memory.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith
Autobiography/0–679–72436–2
BURY ME STANDING
The Gypsies and Their Journey
by Isabel Fonseca
Fabled, feared, romanticized, and reviled, the Gypsies—or Roma— are among the least understood people on earth. Now a diaspora of twelve million, their culture remains largely obscure. But in Isabel Fonseca they have found an eloquent witness.
“A revelation: a hidden world—at once ignored and secretive, persecuted and unknown—is uncovered in these absorbing pages.”
—Salman Rushdie
Current Affairs/Travel/0–679–76743-X
BAD TRIPS
Edited and with an Introduction
by Keath Fraser
From Martin Amis in the air to Peter Matthiessen on a mountaintop, some of the best-known writers of our time recount sometimes harrowing and sometimes exhilarating tales of their most memorable misadventures in travel.
“The only aspect of our travels that is guaranteed to hold an audience is disaster…. Nothing is better for survival.”
—Martha Gellhorn
Travel/Adventure/0–679–72908–9
FALLING OFF THE MAP
Some Lonely Places of the World
by Pico Iyer
Pico Iyer voyages from the nostalgic elegance of Argentina to the raffish nonchalance of Australia, documents the cruising rites of Icelandic teenagers, gets interrogated by tipsy Cuban police, and attends a screening of Bhutan’s first feature film.
“[Iyer] writes the kind of lyrical, flowing prose that could make Des Moines sound beguiling.”
—Los Angeles Times Book Review
T’ravel/Adventure/0–679–74612–9
SHOOTING THE BOH
A Woman’s Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo
by Tracy Johnston
A heroic and entertaining tale about a woman’s harrowing ride down the treacherous rapids of the Boh River in central Borneo and through the uncharted realm of middle age.
“Funny, candid, riveting…. I enjoyed this book immensely.”
—Joe Kane
Travel/Adventure/0–679–74010–4
RIDING THE WHITE HORSE HOME
A Western Family Album
by Teresa Jordan
The daughter and granddaughter of Wyoming ranchers tells the stories of her forbearers—men who saw broken bones as professional credentials and women who coped with physical hardship. She acquaints us with the lore and science of ranching, and does so with breathtaking immediacy.
“A haunting and elegant memoir.”
—Terry Tempest Williams
THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
A Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy—
from Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia
by Robert Kaplan
Traveling from West Africa to Southeast Asia to report on a world of disintegrating nation-states, warring nationalities, metastasizing populations, and dwindling resources, Kaplan emerges with a gritty tour de force of political journalism.
“An impressive work. Most travel books seem trivial beside it.”
—Washington Post Book World
History/Current Afrairs/0–679–75123–8
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 Marrakech palace, in voices wry and lyrical, these women show as much of themselves as they do of the strange and wonderful places they visit.
Travel/Women’s Studies/0–679–74030–9
MY LEAD DOG WAS A LESBIAN
by Brian Patrick O’Donoghue
Brian Patrick O’Donoghue went from reporting the news to coaxing a team of high-spirited dogs across one thousand miles of Alaska’s ice fields, mountains, and canyons in the world’s most grueling race, the Iditarod.
A Vintage Departures Original
Travel/Adventure/0–679–76411–9
VINTAGE DEPARTURES
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Lasso the wind: away to the New West/Timothy Egan. —1st ed.
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