"Tales of fate & fortune on the road including original stories by Jan Morris, Tim Cahill, Simon Winchester, & Dave Eggers" -- Cover.

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.