In 2003, Albert Podell realized that he'd been to 110 countries in the world. What if, he wondered, he could go to them all? He would set foot in not just the well-known tourist destinations in Europe or the vacation spots in Latin America, but the little-known, far-off lands that most people don't know exist. In Around the World in 50 Years, Podell recounts the misunderstandings, detours, accidents, breakdowns, robberies, and even wars that he needed to overcome to visit every corner of Earth. He describes his encounters with voodoo rituals, fruit-bat pie, the Ghost Fleet of Truk Lagoon, Cuban counterintelligence agents, the New Guinea wigmen, camel caravans, the Lord's Resistance Army, and much, much more. With a wry, exuberant style, Podell's observations on the unusual and exotic places that lay beyond the usual tourist trails make this book a standout on the travel writing shelf"--
Albert Podell, the only American to visit every country in the world, reveals the tactics and techniques that enabled him to explore and survive in the most dangerous places on earth. In The Survival Guide for the Adventurous International Traveler, Podell shows how to prepare for rugged trips: how to lay out a reasonable itinerary and route, select equipment and supplies, and pack for a combination of maximum self-sufficiency and maximum mobility. He explains all the steps needed to get in physical condition for these long and arduous journeys, how to safeguard your health from all manner of medical threats, how to outwit the bandits and bad guys you are likely to encounter, and, in those rare moments of relaxation, how to get the best deal on souvenirs.
Albert Chamberlin was hitchhiking home while in college when a man told him about his life’s problems and frustrations. The man’s mother died in childbirth and his father and brothers blamed him. He was not considered family. He did hard, dirty tasks, with no thanks, and left home as soon as he finished high school. His difficult life continued for many years. But the man had finally achieved his long-term objectives, and he had to tell someone about it. The author was there to listen ... and learn. After leaving home at age sixteen, the man became a seaman on a tramp steamer, fought and was wounded in France during World War I, and then returned to the United States and became a carpenter. He built a house and then married. His wife was arrested for prostitution. He divorced her and gave her the house, which he considered contaminated. After all that, however, he had arrived at a new place—one in which all his dreams had come true. It came to the author: His life was the exact opposite of this tale. By combining the two narratives, the story of the anonymous one emerged.
Four thought-provoking masterworks for the theater by the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Stranger and The Plague. Also includes The Misunderstanding, State of Siege, and The Just Assassins.
More than fifty years after Algerian independence, Albert Camus’ Algerian Chronicles appears here in English for the first time. Published in France in 1958, the same year the Algerian War brought about the collapse of the Fourth French Republic, it is one of Camus’ most political works—an exploration of his commitments to Algeria. Dismissed or disdained at publication, today Algerian Chronicles, with its prescient analysis of the dead end of terrorism, enjoys a new life in Arthur Goldhammer’s elegant translation. “Believe me when I tell you that Algeria is where I hurt at this moment,” Camus, who was the most visible symbol of France’s troubled relationship with Algeria, writes, “as others feel pain in their lungs.” Gathered here are Camus’ strongest statements on Algeria from the 1930s through the 1950s, revised and supplemented by the author for publication in book form. In her introduction, Alice Kaplan illuminates the dilemma faced by Camus: he was committed to the defense of those who suffered colonial injustices, yet was unable to support Algerian national sovereignty apart from France. An appendix of lesser-known texts that did not appear in the French edition complements the picture of a moralist who posed questions about violence and counter-violence, national identity, terrorism, and justice that continue to illuminate our contemporary world.
Albert Podell, the only American to visit every country in the world, reveals the tactics and techniques that enabled him to explore and survive in the most dangerous places on earth. In The Survival Guide for the Adventurous International Traveler, Podell shows how to prepare for rugged trips: how to lay out a reasonable itinerary and route, select equipment and supplies, and pack for a combination of maximum self-sufficiency and maximum mobility. He explains all the steps needed to get in physical condition for these long and arduous journeys, how to safeguard your health from all manner of medical threats, how to outwit the bandits and bad guys you are likely to encounter, and, in those rare moments of relaxation, how to get the best deal on souvenirs.
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