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The kindness of strangers  Cover Image Book Book

The kindness of strangers / edited by Don George.

George, Donald W. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781740595902
  • ISBN: 1740595904
  • Physical Description: 271 p. ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: Melbourne, Vic. : cLonely Planet, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Tales of fate & fortune on the road including original stories by Jan Morris, Tim Cahill, Simon Winchester, & Dave Eggers" -- Cover.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface / His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- Introduction / Don George -- The matter of kindness / Jan Morris -- Meeting Maung-Maung / Pico Iyer -- Everything come round / James D. Houston -- One night in the Sahara / Amanda Jones -- Tea and cheese in Turkey / Alice Waters -- A bowl of soup, in a basket / Beth Kephart -- Highland remedy / Fran Palumbo -- Looking for Abdelati / Tanya Shaffer -- Special delivery / Lindsy van Gelder -- Brief encounter / Carolyn Swindell -- Damascus by teatime / Don Meredith -- My Beirut hostage crisis / Rolf Potts -- We can't fix anything, even the smallest things, in Cuba / Dave Eggers -- Losing it in London / Douglas Cruickshank -- Andean high / Ginger Adams Otis -- Egg child / Sarah Levin -- Serendipity / Laura Fraser -- Arab music / Jennie Rothenberg -- The way I look / Anthony Sattin -- Finding shelter / Nicholas Crane -- On the trail of the Caspian tiger / Tim Cahill -- The road to Kampala / Stanley Stewart -- At a crossroads / Laurie McAndish King -- Adnan's secret / Maxine Rose Schur -- Might be your lucky day / Jeff Greenwald -- Ascension in the moonlight / Simon Winchester.
Subject: Voyages and travels.
Kindness.
Travelers' writings.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hudson's Hope Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Hudson's Hope Public Library ANF 910.4 KIN (Text) BHH024424 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -


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