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|  | Courting the Diamond Sow by Wickliffe W. Walker
Description not available.Firsthand accounts and journal entries offer a dramatic chronicle of a four-man kayaking expedition that tried to become the first to navigate a remote stretch of the Tsangpo River in Tibet, a quest that ended in tragedy when one of the men, kayak racer Doug Gordon, was killed in the attempt. 35,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Wickliffe W. Walker
PUBLISHER: National Geographic Society
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Sports & Outdoors 
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 | What the Lotus Said by Eric Swanson
This Tibetan journey realistically describes the joys, hardships, and ironies of travelling in a spiritualized land that harbors Western sentiments. Swanson's own Buddhism provides a hinge for this pilgrimage. AUTHOR: Eric Swanson
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Travel
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 | Jack Ruby's Kitchen Sink by Tom Miller
Description not available.A vivid, incisive portrait of the American Southwest captures the unique quality and characteristics of the region as it covers such themes as tierra, art, violence, and food, religion, and politics and discusses topics ranging from the origins of La Bamba to the regions continuing problem of illegal immigration. Reprint. AUTHOR: Tom Miller
PUBLISHER: National Geographic Society
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Travel
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 | This Cold Heaven by Gretel Ehrlich
Ehrlich tells of her travels in Greenland: the months of unpunctuated days followed by months of endless nights, the chain of hospitality that she followed from north to south, and the ruggedness of solo travel in a cold wilderness. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: Gretel Ehrlich
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Travel
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 | Eothen by Alexander William Kinglake
In the autumn of 1834, Alexander William Kinglake and a friend, John Savile--recently back from a trip to Russia, Persia, and India--set out for Turkey and the Levant. The two young men went by way of Berlin, Prague, and Vienna to Semlin, where, having crossed the River Save and now in Ottoman territory, they proceeded to Belgrade. At Smyrna Savile was called home, and Kinglake, with his guide and interpreter, went on by himself--by ship to Cyprus and Beirut, then to the Holy Land, Cairo, and finally Damascus. As Barbara Krieger points out in her introduction, with Savile gone and Kinglake on his own in a foreign world, the trip suddenly became something different. Out of those experiences came Eothen. AUTHOR: Alexander William Kinglake
PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Travel
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 | Free Lunch by Spider Robinson
When Mike decides to run away from home, he figures that a good place to hide out would be Dreamworld, an extravagant amusement park populated by all manner of fantastic characters. When he gets there, though, he begins to suspect that the park's denizens are not in fact characters, but that they are actually from another plane of existence. AUTHOR: Spider Robinson
PUBLISHER: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Travel
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