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By the seat of my pants : humorous tales of travel and misadventure / edited by Don George.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Footscray, Victoria ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 236 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781786571915
  • 1786571919
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 910.4 23
LOC classification:
  • G465 .B9 2016
Other classification:
  • TRV010000 | REF000000
Contents:
The sights of Prague / Danny Wallace -- Blackout in Ushuaia / Michelle Richmond -- The snows of Carrara / David Downie -- The boat from Battambang / Christopher R. Cox -- On safari, only the animals sleep through the night / Kelly Watton -- Something approaching enlightenment / Rolf Potts -- A special kind of fool / Bill Fink -- Ignoring the Admiral / Jan Morris -- Dutch toilet / Doug Lansky -- Walk of fame / Jeff Vize -- The culinary chaos principle / Don George -- Faeces foot / Tim Cahill -- Real cowboys wear polka dots / Judy Tierney -- You ain't seen nuthin' yet / Sean Condon -- No food, no rest, no ... / Pico Iyer -- An idyll in Ibiza / Karl Taro Greenfeld -- Snake karma / Linda Watanabe McFerrin -- Snaking through Italy / Wickham Boyle -- The Afghan tourist office / Alexander Ludwick -- Left luggage / Jeff Greenwald -- Let the buyer beware / Edwin Tucker -- An award-winning performance / Deborah Steg -- Carpet-rolling / Brooke Neill -- A matter of trust / Michelle Witton -- Naked in Oaxaca / Laura Resau -- The garden kitchen / Holly Erickson -- Coming to America / Amanda Jones -- Journey to the centre of the Earth / Alana Semuels -- The most perfect hotel in the world / Simon Winchester -- The Prince and I / Kathie Kertesz -- Wangara's cross / Joshua Clark.
Summary: "This collection presents 31 globe-girdling tales that run the gamut from close-encounter safaris to loss-of-face follies, hair-raising rides to culture-leaping brides, eccentric expats to mind-boggling repasts, wrong roads taken to agreements mistaken"--Back cover.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK Harrison Memorial Library NONFICTION Adult Nonfiction 910.4 BY* (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31624003716040
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The sights of Prague / Danny Wallace -- Blackout in Ushuaia / Michelle Richmond -- The snows of Carrara / David Downie -- The boat from Battambang / Christopher R. Cox -- On safari, only the animals sleep through the night / Kelly Watton -- Something approaching enlightenment / Rolf Potts -- A special kind of fool / Bill Fink -- Ignoring the Admiral / Jan Morris -- Dutch toilet / Doug Lansky -- Walk of fame / Jeff Vize -- The culinary chaos principle / Don George -- Faeces foot / Tim Cahill -- Real cowboys wear polka dots / Judy Tierney -- You ain't seen nuthin' yet / Sean Condon -- No food, no rest, no ... / Pico Iyer -- An idyll in Ibiza / Karl Taro Greenfeld -- Snake karma / Linda Watanabe McFerrin -- Snaking through Italy / Wickham Boyle -- The Afghan tourist office / Alexander Ludwick -- Left luggage / Jeff Greenwald -- Let the buyer beware / Edwin Tucker -- An award-winning performance / Deborah Steg -- Carpet-rolling / Brooke Neill -- A matter of trust / Michelle Witton -- Naked in Oaxaca / Laura Resau -- The garden kitchen / Holly Erickson -- Coming to America / Amanda Jones -- Journey to the centre of the Earth / Alana Semuels -- The most perfect hotel in the world / Simon Winchester -- The Prince and I / Kathie Kertesz -- Wangara's cross / Joshua Clark.

"This collection presents 31 globe-girdling tales that run the gamut from close-encounter safaris to loss-of-face follies, hair-raising rides to culture-leaping brides, eccentric expats to mind-boggling repasts, wrong roads taken to agreements mistaken"--Back cover.

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