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Most of us have sat across the tray from a waitress, but how many of us know what really is going on from her side? Hey, Waitress! aims to tell us. Containing lively, personal portraits of waitresses from many different walks of life, this book is the first of its kind to show the intimate, illuminating, and often shocking behind-the-scenes stories of waitresses’ daily shifts and daily lives.
Alison Owings traveled the country–from border to border and coast to … More >>

Hey, Waitress!: The USA from the Other Side of the Tray

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Their Heads are Green and their Hands are Blue is an engaging collection of eight travel essays. Except for one essay on Central America, all of these pieces are concerned with locations in the Hindu, Buddhist, or Islamic worlds. A superb and observant traveler, Paul Bowles was a born wanderer who found pleasure in the inaccessible and who cheerfully endures the concomitant hardships with a matter-of-fact humor. These essays provide us with Paul Bowles’ character… More >>

Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue: Scenes from the Non-Christian World

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Carrying frankincense and myrrh, spices from India, gold and exotic African animal skins, the Incense Route was the lifeblood of the countries through which it passed. Barbara Toy set out to travel the length of this long-forgotten route, which once rivaled the Silk Road, at a time of particular turbulence in the region and became the first western woman to have made the journey. Beginning in Bir Ali, Can’a of ancient times, she passed through war zones in Yemen,… More >>

Traveling the Incense Route: From Arabia to the Levant in the Footsteps of the Magi

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Fodor’s Bermuda 2001″Fodor’s guides cover culture authoritatively and rarely miss a sight or museum.” – National Geographic Traveler

“The king of guidebooks.” – NewsweekNo matter what your budget or whether it’s your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor’s Gold Guides get you where you want to go.Insider info that’s totally up to date. Every year our local experts give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do — from must-see sights to off-the-… More >>

Fodor’s Bermuda 2001: Completely Updated Every Year, Smart Travel Tips from A to Z, Pull-Out Color Map

Fun and festival from the other Americas

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This book is based on letters written by the author in the early 1960’s to his future wife. He was then on secondment from the British Army to the Sultan’s Armed Forces.

These vivid letters provide a unique snapshot of a relatively unknown Muscat and Oman just at a time when the discovery of oil was about the transform society. While the letters at the heart of the book, come … More >>

Letters from Oman: A Snapshot of Feudal Times as Oil Signals Change

From the Hinterland of Ecuador to the Shores of Galapagos

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Traveling Route 66: 2,250 Miles of Motoring History from Chicago to L.A.

Composite Bows from Tut’ankhamun’s Tomb

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This work offers English-language readers an introduction to one of the forgotten masterpieces of French literature, Louis-Sebastien Mercier’s 12-volume “Le Tableau de Paris” (published from 1781 to 1788), an important and original work that helped shape many kinds of French writing. The text provides a portrait of everyday life in Paris on the eve of the French revolution, describing the interactions of workers, street peddlers, prostitutes, police spies, actresses… More >>

Panorama of Paris: Selections from Le Tableau De Paris