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Download or read book The Wayward Tourist written by Mark Twain and published by Melbourne University Publish. This book was released on 2007 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of his fame, Mark Twain, the great writer and humorist from Missouri, was facing financial ruin from one of his failed business ventures. Broke but much loved he embarked on a money-raising lecture tour around the equator, making a stop in Australia. The Wayward Tourist republishes Mark Twain's Australian travel writing in which he recounts impressions of Sydney ('God made the Harbor a but Satan made Sydney') and his view of Australian history ('[it reads] like the most beautiful lies'). In his introduction, Don Watson brilliantly pays homage to America's 'funny man' who brought his swagger, love of language and wicked talent for observation to our shores.
Book Synopsis The Wayward Traveler by : Robert Louis Demayo
Download or read book The Wayward Traveler written by Robert Louis Demayo and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wayward Traveler follows the adventures of Louis, a young American who, in 1985, is determined to travel the world. The story takes place in forty countries and spans ten years. Whether you're a traveller or an arm chair traveller, this book will make you feel the road.
Book Synopsis Brief Encounters by : Susannah Fullerton
Download or read book Brief Encounters written by Susannah Fullerton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, countless distinguished writers made the long and arduous voyage across the seas to Australia. They came to give lecture tours and make money, to sort out difficult children sent here to be out of the way; for health, for science, to escape demanding spouses back home, or simply to satisfy a sense of adventure. In 1890, for example, Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife Fanny arrived at Circular Quay after a dramatic sea voyage only to be refused entry at the Victoria, one of Sydney's most elegant hotels. Stevenson threw a tantrum, but was forced to go to a cheaper, less fussy establishment. Next day, the Victoria's manager, recognising the famous author from a picture in the paper, rushed to find Stevenson and beg him to return. He did not. In Brief Encounters, renowned author and speaker Susannah Fullerton examines a diverse array of writers including Charles Darwin, Rudyard Kipling, Stevenson, Anthony Trollope, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, DH Lawrence, Joseph Conrad, HG Wells, Agatha Christie and Jack London to discover what they did when they got here, what their opinion was of Australia and Australians, how the public and media reacted to them, and how their future works were shaped or influenced by this country.
Book Synopsis The Wayward Traveler by : Robert Louis DeMayo
Download or read book The Wayward Traveler written by Robert Louis DeMayo and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "follows the adventures of Louis, a young American who, in 1985, is determined to travel the world. The story takes place in forty countries and spans ten years ... Louis feels disenchantment with his former life, and a yearning to understand the foreign lands he encounters on his travels. He's broke most of the time and spends considerable effort trying to get by. Along the way he meets other travelers. He learns about love and compassion, and hate. He befriends a Thai monk and Hindu Sadhu Babas and learns about other ways of thought, and enlightenment. Along the way Louis develops a list of Rules to help him get by, and yet, there's a restlessness to his travels. He continues to wander into new countries, and through it all his Rules save him."--Publisher's website.
Download or read book Mediating Memory written by Bunty Avieson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augments the narcissistic tendencies of our neo-liberal age. Mediating Memory: Tracing the Limits of Memoir challenges and dismantles that assumption. Focusing on the history, theory and practice of memoir writing, editors Bunty Avieson, Fiona Giles and Sue Joseph provide a thorough and cutting-edge examination of memoir through the lenses of ethics, practice and innovation. By investigating memoir across cultural boundaries, in its various guises, and tracing its limits, the editors convincingly demonstrate the plurality of ways in which memoir is helping us make sense of who we are, who we were and the influences that shape us along the way.
Download or read book Wayward Women written by Jane Robinson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robinson presents some three hundred and fifty woman travellers, mostly British or American, and examines the almost one thousand books they produced. Spanning sixteen centuries, she reveals a fascinating body of literature, full of insight, wit, and courage.
Book Synopsis The British Abroad Since the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1 by : Xavier Guégan
Download or read book The British Abroad Since the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1 written by Xavier Guégan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the British travelling beyond their isles over the last three hundred years, and through a range of interdisciplinary perspectives reflects on their taste for discovery and self-discovery both through the exploration – and exploitation – of other lands and peoples.
Book Synopsis The Gipsy Journal and British Tourist. A Magazine for Pedestrians & Cyclists, Ramblers' Clubs, Holiday-makers, and Advocate for Protection of Birds & Animals from Cruelty. No. 1-24; Sept. 1893-July 1896 by : Edith Carrington
Download or read book The Gipsy Journal and British Tourist. A Magazine for Pedestrians & Cyclists, Ramblers' Clubs, Holiday-makers, and Advocate for Protection of Birds & Animals from Cruelty. No. 1-24; Sept. 1893-July 1896 written by Edith Carrington and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Let's Go Greece 9th Edition by : Meghan C. Joyce
Download or read book Let's Go Greece 9th Edition written by Meghan C. Joyce and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a comprehensive guide to economical travel in diverse regions of the world, these innovative new versions of the popular handbooks feature an all-new look, sidebars highlighting essential tips and facts, information on a wide range of itineraries, transportation options, off-the-beaten-path adventures, expanded lodging and dining options in every price range, additional nightlife options, enhanced cultural coverage, shopping tips, maps, 3-D topographical maps, regional culinary specialties, cost-cutting tips, and other essentials.
Book Synopsis A tourist's view of Ireland, by Johnnie Gray by : Harry Speight
Download or read book A tourist's view of Ireland, by Johnnie Gray written by Harry Speight and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Land of Scott or The tourists guide to the vale of the Tweed also rivers of the border land by :
Download or read book Land of Scott or The tourists guide to the vale of the Tweed also rivers of the border land written by and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ice House written by Laura Lee Smith and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A thought-provoking multinational tale . . . [that] will challenge your crime solving skills and teach you lots about the Scottish Highlands.” —The St. Augustine Record From a writer who’s been praised for her “intelligence, heart, wit” (Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls), The Ice House follows the beleaguered MacKinnons as they weather the possible loss of the family business, a serious medical diagnosis, and the slings and arrows of familial discord. Johnny MacKinnon might be on the verge of losing it all. The ice factory he married into, which he’s run for decades, is facing devastating OSHA fines following a mysterious accident and may have to close. The only hope for Johnny’s livelihood is that someone in the community saw something, but no one seems to be coming forward. He hasn’t spoken to his son Corran back in Scotland since Corran’s heroin addiction finally drove Johnny to the breaking point. And now, after a collapse on the factory floor, it appears Johnny may have a brain tumor. Johnny’s been ordered to take it easy, but in some ways, he thinks, what’s left to lose? This may be his last chance to bridge the gap with Corran—and to have any sort of relationship with the baby granddaughter he’s never met. “Smith weaves their stories expertly, moving from Jacksonville to Scotland and back, from another disaster to a laugh-out-loud moment. Her tenderness toward her characters and subtle understanding of class differences in American society are reminiscent of such novelists as Richard Russo and Jennifer Egan, but this heartbreaking, heartwarming novel is an original.”—Tampa Bay Times “A beautiful character-driven novel.”—Indie Picks Magazine
Book Synopsis Bibles and Baedekers by : Michael Grimshaw
Download or read book Bibles and Baedekers written by Michael Grimshaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary tourism and travel have become a form of religion, a new opiate of the masses. However, could Church and theology be religious forms of tourism and travel? 'Bibles and Baedekers' offers a theology of tourism and exile for a modern and postmodern world. It examines the ways in which location, identity and movement have made use of religious texts and metaphor and questions the relative absence of secular texts and ideas in theology. The theology of the tourist and traveller is one of new experiences, the acquisition of identity through movement. 'Bibles and Baedekers' uniquely applies this to the postmodern Christian, embodying the fulfilment of Bonhoeffer's 'religionless Christianity', dislocated from both a secular and 'religious' world.
Download or read book County & Municipal Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Menzies' Tourist's Pocket Guide for Scotland by : John MENZIES (AND CO.)
Download or read book Menzies' Tourist's Pocket Guide for Scotland written by John MENZIES (AND CO.) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Menzies' tourist's pocket guide for Scotland. With ... maps and plans, and ... engravings by : John Menzies and Company (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Download or read book Menzies' tourist's pocket guide for Scotland. With ... maps and plans, and ... engravings written by John Menzies and Company (Edinburgh, Scotland) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mark Twain, the World, and Me by : Susan K. Harris
Download or read book Mark Twain, the World, and Me written by Susan K. Harris and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Winner of the Elizabeth Agee Prize in American literary studies Susan K. Harris retraced the journey of the literary icon as he made his way around the British Empire on his infamous 1895-1896 lecture tour. Part biography, part literary criticism, and part travel memoir, Harris' study offers a unique take on one of America's most widely studied writers while attempting to situate Mark Twain's social commentary within a contemporary worldview. As Harris makes her way through Australia, India, and South Africa-seeing for herself the people and places Twain experienced-she also undertakes a journey of self-exploration and what her relationship with Mark Twain means. After his disastrous investment in the Paige Compositor typesetting machine, Mark Twain found himself bankrupt. Determined to repay his debts, he undertook a thirteen-month lecture tour around the British Empire-visiting Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, India, Mauritius, and South Africa. After the tour, Twain published Following the Equator, a travelogue in which he recorded his observations and social commentary on the places he visited. Although Twain was generally known to criticize racism, bigotry, and imperialism, his financial situation meant he was willing to write to his audience's expectations in order to sell more books. This lead to the imbuement of Following the Equator with the racial and cultural biases of the era. Following the Equator went on to be a success, virtually propelling him out of debt, but now contemporary scholars and readers are left to make sense of Twain's often inconsistent observations, to figure out how to situate Twain's legacy in a new era. 'Mark Twain, the World, and Me' aims to do just that. More than 100 years after Twain's journey, Susan K. Harris follows him through Australia, India, and South America, tracing the themes and issues present in Following the Equator, addressing them head on, and using them as an occasion for comparing his era to our own. Her account covers a variety of topics, such as the conundrum that Hinduism presented to Protestant Americans of the 19th century, the clash of civilizations between Australian Aborigines and white settlers, the environmental devastation brought on by settler eradication policies, and more"--
