Magowan blends his intriguing account of the turbulent history and unique architecture of the fabled cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva--Mysterious oasis paradises deep in the deserts of Soviet Central Asia. 160 full-color illustrations.

Fabled Cities of Central Asia : Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva

Travel

Magowan, Robin

Asia

Cassell

Presents a collection of photographs of all fifty states, with views of wilderness and wildlife, urban centers, and country villages

America America

Arts & Photography

Bullaty, Sonja

Lomeo, Angelo

Photography & Video

Abbeville Pr

Heaven on Earth

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

All writers risk their identities, some with each sentence. But abroad, writing about a life that can't help but seem elusive, the charlatan in oneself may feel all too exposed. Limited to the surface, to the most fortuitous of impressions, how can a foreign pair of eyes hope to pen anything that can vie with something an insider, born there, carrying that landscape in his bones, might write? For more than four decades, poet Robin Magowan has journeyed in search of ecstatic spiritual experiences. Hitchhiking and walking, by bus or boat or when necessary by horse, he has explored lands as exotic as Nepal and New Guinea, as classic as Italy or France, and as forgotten as Persia and pre-Castro Cuba. All the while he has submerged himself, whether in the mysteries of Haitian voodoo or the simples pleasures of Burgundian peasant life. Known for the beauty, wit, and expressive power of his prose, Magowan's writing vibrates with the intensity of an outsider who crawls into the skin of a country--and emerges transformed.

Improbable Journeys (Marlboro Travel)

Travel Writing

Marlboro Press

And Other Voyages

Literature & Fiction

Mho & Mho Works

Kings of the Road: A Portrait of Racers and Racing

Sports & Outdoors

Miscellaneous

Springfield Books

Kings of the Road

SPRINGFIELD BOOKS LTD

A rich medley of broad and deep practical knowledge of the natural world.

Lifelines

Poetry

Red Hen Press

A thorough stage-by-stage account of the most contested Tour ever: 1978.

Tour De France: The Historic 1978 Event : Commemorative Edition of 75th Anniversary Bicycle Race

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

VeloPress

Award-winning poet Robin Magowan, grandson of the founder of Merrill Lynch and nephew of the poet James Merrill, recounts his life story. In a memoir spanning the early days of Charles Merrill's empire to the political nightmare of the Patty Hearst kidnapping, he tells the story of how he rebelled against his station in life and ultimately found redemption in poetry. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Memoirs of a Minotaur: Adventures Among the Powerful & Gifted from Merrill Lynch to Patty Hearst

Business & Money

Story Line Press

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