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My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 320 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 203x132x18 mm, kaal: 271 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 11-Oct-2005
  • Kirjastus: Random House Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0812974875
  • ISBN-13: 9780812974874
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 320 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 203x132x18 mm, kaal: 271 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 11-Oct-2005
  • Kirjastus: Random House Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0812974875
  • ISBN-13: 9780812974874
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Märksõnad:
The best-selling author of The Orchid Thief presents a selection of her intriguing travel essays, recounting her adventures in a variety of exotic locales and global subcultures, from the African music scene in Paris to the World Taxidermy Championships in Springfield, Illinois. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
Introduction xi
PART ONE: HERE
Lifelike [ Springfield, IL]
3(10)
A Place Called Midland [ Midland, TX]
13(10)
Beautiful Girls [ Prattville, AL]
23(16)
Party Line [ Dimondale, MI]
39(4)
Madame President [ New York City, NY]
43(12)
All Mixed Up [ Queens, NY]
55(34)
The Lady and the Tigers [ Jackson, NJ]
89(14)
Super-Duper [ Miami, FL]
103(6)
The Outsiders [ Boston, MA]
109(14)
PART TWO: THERE
The Homesick Restaurant [ Miami, FL, and Havana, Cuba]
123(12)
Rough Diamonds [ Havana, Cuba]
135(10)
Carbonaro and Primavera [ Cienfuegos, Cuba]
145(4)
The Congo Sound [ Paris, France]
149(10)
Like Waters and Chocolate Pancakes [ Heviz, Hungary]
159(4)
Shooting Party [ Biggar, Scotland]
163(4)
Fertile Ground [ Bhutan]
167(14)
Do We Transcend Before or After We Purchase the Commemorative Eel Cakes? [ Mount Fuji, Japan]
181(14)
Game Plan [ Sydney, Australia]
195(8)
The Place to Disappear [ Bangkok, Thailand]
203(12)
PART THREE: EVERYWHERE
Homewrecker
215(2)
The World
217(4)
Skymalling
221(8)
We Just Up and Left
229(12)
Art for Everybody
241(12)
Intensive Care
253(2)
Royalty
255(4)
Uplifting
259(2)
My Life: A Series of Performance Art Pieces
261(4)
Shiftless Little Loafers
265(4)
Pool Buddy
269(4)
Out of the Woods
273(4)
Where's Willy?
277(16)
Shadow Memory
293(2)
Afterword 295(4)
Author's Note 299(2)
Acknowledgments 301