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The Black Nile
I love shopping at used book sales – like the ones for libraries trying to clean off some of the shelves – because there are no shortage of good finds. Whether it is at a library sale, a warehouse liquidation, or some other random used book sale, I always seem to find good deals. And […]
In Patagonia
I had childhood fantasies about adventures in far off places. We traveled enough in the United States, and my parents internationally, that is was unavoidable – I would be a traveler, too. And as a young boy, I dreamed of my adventures in places whose names I did not yet know. It was much the […]
Crossing the Heart of Africa
I slid Julian Smith’s book onto the shelf, just to the right of Joshua Slocum’s Sailing Alone Around the World. I had finished it, Crossing the Heart of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure, and stood before my bookshelf contemplating the story. It wasn’t what I had expected and thus I wasn’t quite sure […]
The Tao of Travel
I have struggled with separating myself from Paul Theroux. As much as I can’t stand the arrogant tone in his writing, I can’t help but buy another book of his when I see it on the shelf – in this case, his newest work, The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road. And, […]
Shadow of the Silk Road
Normally I am pretty good about remembering where and why I purchased a particular book. But, that is not the case with Colin Thubron’s Shadow of the Silk Road. For all I can truthfully recall, it just materialized on my bookshelf. And for that, I am quite glad, because it might just be the perfect […]
The Kingdom by the Sea
A couple of years ago I swore off reading any book by Paul Theroux ever again. Ever. True, he could write like nobody’s business, but his arrogance drove me mad. He never literally spelled it out, but I always got the impression in his other books I’ve read that his adventures were the only way […]
Jason's Travels 