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THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS - Tales of Fate and Fortune on the Road
by George, Don (editor) (Dalai Lama; Jan Morris; Pico Iyer; James D. Houston; Amanda Jones; Alice Waters; Beth Kephart; Fran Palumbo; Tanya Shaffer; Lindsy van Gelder; Carolyn Swindell; Don Meredith; Rolf Potts; Dave Eggers; Douglas Cruickshank; Tim Cahilll)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1786571900
- ISBN 13
- 9781786571908
- Seller
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Oakland, California: Lonely Planet, 2016. Book. Illus. by Hayley Warnham;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 220 pp. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover by Hayley Warnham. This story collection contains: Preface by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama; Introduction by Don George; The Matter of Kindness by Jan Morris; Meeting Maung-Maung by Pico Iyer; Everything Come Round by James D. Houston; One Night in the Sahara by Amanda Jones; Tea and Cheese in Turkey by Alice Waters; A Bowl of Soup in a Basket by Beth Kephart; Highland Remedy by Fran Palumbo; Looking for Abdelati by Tanya Shaffer; Special Delivery by Lindsy van Gelder; Brief Encounter by Carolyn Swindell; Damascus by Teatime by Don Meredith; My Beirut Hostage Crisis by Rolf Potts; We Can't Fix Anything, Even the Smallest Things, in Cuba by Dave Eggers; Losing It in London by Douglas Cruickshank; Andean High by Ginger Adams Otis; Egg Child by Sarah Levin; Serendipity by Laura Fraser; Arab Music by Jennie Rothenberg; The Way I Look by Anthony Sattin; Finding Shelter by Nicholas Crane; On the Trail of the Caspian Tiger by Tim Cahill; The Road to Kampala by Stanley Stewart; At a Crossroads by Laurie McAndish King; Adnan's Secret by Maxine Rose Schur; Might Be Your Lucky Day by Jeff Greenwald; and Ascension in the Moonlight by Simon Winchester..
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 228415
- Title
- THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS - Tales of Fate and Fortune on the Road
- Author
- George, Don (editor) (Dalai Lama; Jan Morris; Pico Iyer; James D. Houston; Amanda Jones; Alice Waters; Beth Kephart; Fran Palumbo; Tanya Shaffer; Lindsy van Gelder; Carolyn Swindell; Don Meredith; Rolf Potts; Dave Eggers; Douglas Cruickshank; Tim Cahilll)
- Illustrator
- Hayley Warnham;
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Printing - First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 1786571900
- ISBN 13
- 9781786571908
- Publisher
- Lonely Planet
- Place of Publication
- Oakland, California
- Date Published
- 2016
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- christian; hindu; muslim; jews; mongolia; manhattan; zen monastery; tanzania; mexico; mayan; vietnam; tuskers beer; paris; athens; greece;desert; borneo; beijing; tuscany; south pacific;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure; Action Adventure;
Terms of Sale
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Credit card orders may be made through Biblio.com or through PayPal . Personal cheques or International (outside Canada) money orders made payable to W. Fraser Sandercombe. Within Canada, e-mail money transfers work out just fine. All prices are in U.S. dollars. Regardless of the book's weight, we rarely ask for extra on the shipping. Books are usually mailed within two business days of receiving payment. If you decide, for any reason, you don't want the book after all, you may contact us within one week and we'll arrange a return. Drop-ships are welcomed but no refunds can be given on a book sent to a third party.
About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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