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Displaced from his home more than twenty years ago as Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia descended into war, Serbian author David Albahari found safety in Canada, where this novel was written. In Globetrotter, Albahari deals with the bewilderments of exile and lost identity, themes he has investigated in earlier works. But in this unsettling experimental book he also enters new arenas, where sexual identity and the nature of blame and guilt attract his scrutiny. Narrated in a single uninterrupted paragraph, the novel takes place in the late 1990s at the Banff Art Centre in the Canadian Rockies. Three men—a painter from Saskatchewan and the narrator of the tale, a writer from Serbia, and a man whose traveling Croatian grandfather long ago jotted his name in a local museum’s guest book—become acquainted, then attached, then fatally entangled. On a climactic mountain hike that seethes with jealousy, desire, shame, and guilt, each man must engage in a final struggle. Albahari seizes his reader’s attention and never yields it in this remarkable, gripping tale.
"I didn't care about what would happen. He might win the match, but he could never beat me. I was living my dream, traveling the world with complete freedom. Nothing could put me down. The play button was pressed again. My opponent took my back and I tapped to a bow and arrow choke. I laughed and shook his hand, as I stood back up. I was out of the competition. Everything was perfect. Life couldn't be better." After a training partner commits suicide, Christian Graugart feels obliged to do something with his life. Starting his own gym, dedicating almost all his time to the art of BJJ, alters everything, including the way he sees himself. The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Globetrotter is not only a story about traveling and training in martial arts. It's about all the things that can happen to you if you choose to truly stay alive until you actually die.
Globetrotter's Pocket Doc is the book allowing accurate communication of important medical facts when illness strikes the international traveler. Approximately 50 medical illnesses and over 400 medications are listed with their generic names and translations. The current version is Spanish. Also availbale in French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Russian will be available in 2005
This comprehensive, essential medical translation tool for all international travelers is available in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. Written by a Board Certified physician trained at Yale University.
Globetrotter's Pocket Doc Series is the only text designed to guide an ill traveler through the necessary communications to obtain healthcare while abroad. The text provides accurate medical histories with their translations for over 69 medical problems that may afflict an international traveler. Over 400 prescription and non prescription medications, with generic names and translations, are included. Globetrotter's Pocket Doc is the only text of its kind available in the USA. Published in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and Russian.
In the mid-19th century, as new routes opened up, a new generation of travelers embarked on excursions to India, China and Japan. Globetrotters--leisure tourists with a keen interest in experiencing authentic culture--flocked to the East, casting aside preconceptions and gravitating towards what they hoped to be the unchanged landscapes and traditions of Eastern cultures. The relics of their travels--the food they consumed and the souvenirs they brought back--allowed globetrotters to distinguish themselves from common tourists. They proudly returned with accounts that presented a global East, challenging public assumptions about the cultures they had visited and charting a journey of self-transformation. Voted one of the Best Travel Books 2019 by National Geographic Magazine.
Designed for travelers with or without health problems, this text provides accurate translations of medical histories for a variety of commonly encountered illnesses that may afflict a patient while traveling abroad. (Foreign Travel)
GT Packs comprise of a handy travel guide and a full sized travel map in a durable plastic wallet. Ideal for the first-time visitor.
The perfect book for both aspiring and armchair world travellers to see the globe.
Globetrotter Travel Packs offer exceptional value for money by combining Guide and Map in a pocket-sized plastic wallet. -- Fresh new series look -- All the information you need on a destination in one handy pack -- Exceptional value for money