The kindness of strangers
By: edited by Don George.
Contributors: George, Donald W..
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Melbourne, Vic; Oakland, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Voyages and travel.; Kindness.; Travelers' writings.
Notes: "Tales of fate & fortune on the road including original stories by Jan Morris, Tim Cahill, Simon Winchester, & Dave Eggers" -- Cover.
Table of contents: title: Preface / His Holiness the Dalai Lama; title: Introduction / Don George; title: The matter of kindness / Jan Morris; title: Meeting Maung-Maung / Pico Iyer; title: Everything come round / James D. Houston; title: One night in the Sahara / Amanda Jones; title: Tea and cheese in Turkey / Alice Waters; title: A bowl of soup, in a basket / Beth Kephart; title: Highland remedy / Fran Palumbo; title: Looking for Abdelati / Tanya Shaffer; title: Special delivery / Lindsy van Gelder; title: Brief encounter / Carolyn Swindell; title: Damascus by teatime / Don Meredith; title: My Beirut hostage crisis / Rolf Potts; title: We can't fix anything, even the smallest things, in Cuba / Dave Eggers; title: Losing it in London / Douglas Cruickshank; title: Andean high / Ginger Adams Otis; title: Egg child / Sarah Levin; title: Serendipity / Laura Fraser; title: Arab music / Jennie Rothenberg; title: The way I look / Anthony Sattin; title: Finding shelter / Nicholas Crane; title: On the trail of the Caspian tiger / Tim Cahill; title: The road to Kampala / Stanley Stewart; title: At a crossroads / Laurie McAndish King; title: Adnan's secret / Maxine Rose Schur; title: Might be your lucky day / Jeff Greenwald; title: Ascension in the moonlight / Simon Winchester.