| Hold the Enlightenment Contributor(s): Cahill, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375713298 ISBN-13: 9780375713293 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: In his latest collection of death-defying exploits and far-flung travels, "Outside Magazine editor Tim Cahill visits the side of an active volcano in Ecuador, the Saharan salt mines and the largest toxic waste dump in the Western Hemisphere. He also ventures to find a Caspian tiger in Turkey and giant centipedes in the Congo. Cahill is one of the last great intrepid journalists, and his thirty wildly entertaining essays display sparkling wit and unstinting curiosity. When not on the move, he debunks hoary notions of the kindness of dolphins and ruminates on religion, death and the perplexing phenomenon of yoga. Charming, incisive and absolutely fearless, Cahill is the perfect travel companion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Special Interest - Adventure |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Vintage Departures |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.22" W x 8.02" (0.53 lbs) 322 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his latest collection of death-defying exploits and far-flung travels, Outside Magazine editor Tim Cahill visits the side of an active volcano in Ecuador, the Saharan salt mines and the largest toxic waste dump in the Western Hemisphere. He also ventures to find a Caspian tiger in Turkey and giant centipedes in the Congo. Cahill is one of the last great intrepid journalists, and his thirty wildly entertaining essays display sparkling wit and unstinting curiosity. When not on the move, he debunks hoary notions of the kindness of dolphins and ruminates on religion, death and the perplexing phenomenon of yoga. Charming, incisive and absolutely fearless, Cahill is the perfect travel companion. |