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  • Discovering Old Japan

    par Thomas Swick ...
    Two Americans walk Japans Kiso Road, the mountainous section of one of the ancient highways that once connected Kyoto and Tokyo. Going from traditional inn to traditional inn, they follow the road through rain and cold, attend a fiery religious ceremony, eat a lot of rice and fish, and discover at a pilgrims pace the beauty and graciousness of rural Japan. ... En savoir plus

    $2.73 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Joys of Travel

    And Stories That Illuminate Them

    par Thomas Swick ...
    The Joys of Travel: And Stories that Illuminate Them is a collection of Thomas Swick’s personal essays on what he has identified as the seven joys of travel”: anticipation, movement, break from routine, novelty, discovery, emotional connection and heightened appreciation of home.The Joys of Travel awakens readers to pleasures that, as travelers, they may be taking for granted. It also shows non ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Falling into Place

    A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer

    par Thomas Swick ...
    From Booklist's Starred Review: "[Swick] keenly and empathically observes the world, bringing both a relatably human approach and learned appreciation for the art of travel and of life."Working as a feature writer in 1976, Thomas Swick falls in love with a visiting Polish student named Hania and soon moves with her to Warsaw. The next decade sees Thomas living in Poland, Greece, and Philadelphia. ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

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  • A Travel Junkie's Diary

    Searching for Mare's Milk and Other Far-Flung Pursuits

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    Dina Bennett’s on the road again—and she can’t stop! Having completed the 7,800-mile Peking to Paris Classic Car Challenge while braving carsickness and patching rocky marital relations, she’s once more in over her head, enduring 100,000 miles of road trips through the world’s out-of-the-way places.Drawn to strange foods and intriguing views into the kaleidoscope of local life, and with a knack ... En savoir plus

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  • Dirty Tricks

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    The victory of Richard Nixon in the US presidential election of 1968 swung on an “October Surprise”— a treasonous plot engineered by key figures in the Republican Party to keep the South Vietnamese government away from peace talks in Paris, costing thousands of American lives.There is growing evidence that the CIA was deeply involved in illegal domestic operations targeting Daniel Ellsberg, and in ... En savoir plus

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