Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest48 reviews Mark J. Plotkin Penguin (Non-Classics), 1994 A family favorite + Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice + Fascinating, Enligtening Read!! This is one of only three books that everyone in my family loves. It's a real gem.             Shopping for Buddhas15 reviews Jeff Greenwald Lonely Planet, 1996 Very moved by this book. I loved it. + An Insightful Quest -- Towards a Buddha Image I first learned of Jeff Greenwald from the book "A Sense of Place" which is a collection of interviews with authors best known for their travel/adventure writing. Having been intrigued by the concept behind this book, I immediately checked Amazon to see how well it was received. I was quite ...             Cave Passages: Roaming the Underground Wilderness7 reviews Michael Ray Taylor Vintage, 1997 Continued praise for Cave Passages + Another world! + Enter the fascinating world of caving. + Taylor caves so you don't have to + A much needed jolt to cave literature             The Village of Waiting10 reviews George Packer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001 Togo: still crazy after all these years + One of the best PC books ever written + Profound in its Simplicity + Incredible             Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World118 reviews Rita Golden Gelman Three Rivers Press, 2002 Really enjoyed this Book + A great curl up and read book + Rita's an Amazing woman! Especially for those who are thinking of travelling alone or following a dream, this author encourages us with her adventures. I enjoyed his story and her guts to begin something new at an age when it's easy to get stuck!             Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa98 reviews Mark Mathabane Free Press, 1998 outstanding triumph + An enlightening look into the life of a young man in Apartheid South Africa + Kaffir Boy: A Powerful Voice + A Must read             Iron and Silk97 reviews Mark Salzman Vintage, 1987 Funny book on cultural differences + A Fantastic, illuminating read + Fun With Culture + Huoshenxian- an Immortal in Human Form + Qong Fu: skill that transcends mere surface beauty!             A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East33 reviews Tiziano Terzani Three Rivers Press, 2002 Growing spiritual in materialistic asia + Captivating + Captivating + Superb + Wonderful book             Sorcerer's Apprentice27 reviews Tahir Shah Arcade Publishing, 2002 Mostly about street magic as it is done in India + TURN ME OVER AND READ-- shah firoz + Great Exotic Travel Read + Perfection + Surreal indeed!             Into the Heart of Borneo22 reviews Redmond O'Hanlon Vintage, 1987 All Around Great Reading + Would I or would I not travel with these two? + Humorous Travelogue into Jungle of Borneo + Off to see the lizard.             Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo19 reviews Tracy Johnston Vintage, 1992 Great book! + A can't-put-it-down kind of book It's been a few years since I read this book but I loved it. Middle-aged adventure with a great sense of humor.             To the Elephant Graveyard16 reviews Tarquin Hall Grove Press, 2001 A Great Book to About Assam and About Elephant Hunting + What a Strangely Pleasant Book,in a Grizzly Way + Real life travel/adventure story reads like a novel It is a great travel book that, as one review says, 'wonderfully hits on all cylinders'; and I, being from the sate of Assam, can vouch for that. Mr Hall ventured into Assam, the remote North-East corner of India, and accompanied Mr Chaudhury, the Assamese Elephant Hunter in his wild journey across ...             Seven Summits38 reviews Dick Bass, Frank Wells, ... Grand Central Publishing, 1988 A Great Read + Excelent Adventure!! + Inspiring and Entertaining Adventure Book + A different outlook on Mountain Climbing!!             In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road64 reviews Allan Weisbecker Tarcher, 2002 Makes me dream about the beach life + I don't even surf + A Head-On Collision Between Endless Summer And Electric Koolaid Acid Test + Excellent thought provoking and fun read + in search of captain zero             The Innocent Anthropologist : Notes from a Mud Hut15 reviews Nigel Barley Waveland Pr Inc, 2000 So you want to do anthropology? + If you ever suffered through an anthropology course ... + Brief but Satisfying + One of my favorites! + An irreverent account of fieldwork             The Farm on the River of Emeralds1 review Moritz Thomsen Vintage, 1989 Even better than Living Poor Moritz Thomsen's first book, Living Poor, was an account of his experience living in the coastal village of Rioverde, Ecuador during his Peace Corps service. This is an excellent read, on par with Rohinton Mistry's novel, A Fine Balance, in that it is a powerful depiction of poverty. In the Farm ...             Running the Amazon29 reviews Joe Kane Vintage, 1990 AWESOME BOOK! I'D RATE IT MORE THAN A 5 IF I COULD! + Modern day adventure + The real story + Good good good + A Classic in adventure writing             An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan53 reviews Jason Elliot Picador, 2001 An Incredibly Engaging Book + Read this if interested in Afghanistan or off-beaten path + In the Top Ten Books I Have Ever Read on the Middle East + Afghanistan Unfolds in Your Mind Drowning Out CNN Forever             ALL THE RIGHT PLACES Brad Newsham Vintage, 1990 "I am in exactly the right place, thinking, doing and feeling exactly the right things." This was the affirmation that Brad Newsham repeated daily as he cycled alone across the Japanese Alps to Mount Fuji in 1984, free to wander wherever he chose. But back home in San Francisco, life hadn't been so rosy: his wife of ten years had met someone else and wanted a divorce. He tried everything to ...             Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World118 reviews Rita Golden Gelman Three Rivers Press, 2002 Really enjoyed this Book + A great curl up and read book + Rita's an Amazing woman! Especially for those who are thinking of travelling alone or following a dream, this author encourages us with her adventures. I enjoyed his story and her guts to begin something new at an age when it's easy to get stuck!