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Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse
Brigid Keenan
John Murray, 2007
A must read for any trailiing spouse
+ Funny & hilarious
As a young diplomat, I laughed from beginning to end. This book is an honest account of the many mixed feelings that spouses ( and their partners) feel when abroad.
Maybe not always politically correct, but absolutely honest. Having a sense of humour and being able to laugh at oneself is the ...
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Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
J. Maarten Troost
Broadway, 2006
Very funny and I can personally verify his experiences
+ A great, fun book!
+ One of my top 5 Favorite Books of All Time!
+ If You Liked "Sex," You'll Also Like "Getting Stoned"
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The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe
Dervla Murphy
Overlook TP, 1996
A different view
+ fine book
+ A loner's important journey into Africa
+ Well worth reading
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
Bill Bryson
Broadway, 2000
The travel essay master
+ One of his best
+ It's great to laugh at yourself if you are living in America
+ Laugh out loud funny
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Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure
Sarah Macdonald
Broadway, 2004
Escaping First Impressions
+ Travels in the Future
Sarah Macdonald, author of Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure, starts out her book describing how she hated living in India and would much prefer to return to her native Australia. But then, after discovering India below the surface, the authorfalls in love with the country.
The value of Holy Cow, ...
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Bitter Lemons of Cyprus
Lawrence Durrell
Faber & Faber Ltd, 2001
Memories of times lost
+ utter loveliness.
An evocative memoir of the author's stay [1953-6] in what's now Northern Cyprus. Much of the landscape was still as he described it when we visited Belle Pais, Famagusta, Kyrenia, and Nicosia, the Tree of Idleness and other sites on our hiking trip to Cyprus in 2001. His adventures in buying and ...
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In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson
Broadway, 2001
A crocodile attack to my funny bone!
+ Hilarious
+ A good read before going
A visit to with an old friend with map in hand and adventure ahead is what I was to discover upon re-reading Sunburned Country. I first read Bryson's book about his trip to Australia when it was first published and recently recommended it to friends who are traveling with us down under later in the ...
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Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals: Adventures in Love and Danger
Wendy Dale
Three Rivers Press, 2003
SUPURBLY FASINATING
+ Arm chair adventurers Beware!
+ Next stop: South America
+ Amusing and Intelligent
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Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia
Tony Horwitz
Plume, 1992
You'll embarrass yourself reading this.
+ Culture Meets Culture
+ When it comes down to it, we're all the same
+ Read It And Find Out What The Arab Phrase "Cus ummak!" Means
+ Accent on the misadventures and the irony...
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Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne Garrels
Anne Garrels
Picador, 2004
True Journalisam
+ A controversial memoir from a diligent journalist
+ The only way this book could be enhanced...
+ Amazing chance to learn the story behind that voice on the radio
+ Another view!
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.)
Peter Hessler
Harper Perennial, 2006
The Adventure of an American in China
+ China, both Complex and Fascinating
+ River Town
+ A fast and engaging read
+ Easy, Interesting Read
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
Bill Bryson
Broadway, 2000
The travel essay master
+ One of his best
+ It's great to laugh at yourself if you are living in America
+ Laugh out loud funny
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Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
J. Maarten Troost
Broadway, 2006
Very funny and I can personally verify his experiences
+ A great, fun book!
+ One of my top 5 Favorite Books of All Time!
+ If You Liked "Sex," You'll Also Like "Getting Stoned"
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Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals: Adventures in Love and Danger
Wendy Dale
Three Rivers Press, 2003
SUPURBLY FASINATING
+ Arm chair adventurers Beware!
+ Next stop: South America
+ Amusing and Intelligent
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Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse
Brigid Keenan
John Murray, 2007
A must read for any trailiing spouse
+ Funny & hilarious
As a young diplomat, I laughed from beginning to end. This book is an honest account of the many mixed feelings that spouses ( and their partners) feel when abroad.
Maybe not always politically correct, but absolutely honest. Having a sense of humour and being able to laugh at oneself is the ...
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