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Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Heroine [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
by Morris, Holly
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- ISBN 13
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New York: Villard Books, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated by author on title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Previous owner's gift inscription on title page. As new. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 283 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. By the author of 'Go Your Own Way' and '100 Places Every Woman Should Go'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Synopsis
After years of working behind a desk, Holly Morris had finally had enough. So she quit her job and set out to prove that adventure is not just a vacation style but a philosophy of living and to find like-minded, risk-taking women around the globe. With modest backing, a small television crew, her spirited producer-mother, Jeannie, and a whole lot of chutzpah, Morris tracked down artists, activists, and politicos--women of action who are changing the rules and sometimes the world around them.In these pages, Morris brings to life the remarkable people and places she's encountered on the road while filming her PBS series Adventure Divas and other programs. We meet Assata Shakur, a former Black Panther and social activist and now a fugitive living in exile in Cuba; Kiran Bedi, New Delhi's chief of police, who revolutionized India's infamously brutal Tijar Jail with her humanitarian ethic; New Zealand pop star Hinewehi Mohi, a Maori who reinvigorates her native culture for a new generation; and Mokarrameh Ghanbari, a septuagenarian painter and rice farmer who lives in the tiny village of Darikandeh on the Caspian plains of Iran, where her creative talents run counter to the government's strict stance on art. Along the way, Morris herself becomes a certified Adventure Diva, as she hunts for wild boar with Penan tribesmen in the jungles of Borneo, climbs the Matterhorn short-roped to a salty fourth-generation Swiss guide, and memorably becomes the first woman ever to enter the traditional camel race of the Saharan oasis town of Timia.Intelligent, phenomenally funny, and chock-full of rich and telling details of place, Adventure Divas is a pro-woman chronicle for the twenty-first century. In a pilgrimage fueled by curiosity, ideology, and full-on estrogen power, Holly Morris has paved the way for all of us to discover our own diva within and set out on our own adventures.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Title
- Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Heroine [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Morris, Holly
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0375508279
- ISBN 13
- 9780375508271
- Publisher
- Villard Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 304
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I am a long-time book collector who goes to book signings, book sales, and book stores. I keep my books in a smoke-free environment and treat them with respect. I only sell books because I run out of storage space. If you ever have any questions or concerns about anything please feel free to e-mail me. I guarantee all purchases and want all buyers to feel confident in ordering online. Where possible, books are shipped in protective mylar sleeves, in bubble wrap, in cardboard boxes.
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