{"product_id":"my-kind-of-place-travel-stories-from-a-woman-whos-been-everywhere-paperback","title":"My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Orlean\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ewriter and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Library Book\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a series of remarkable journeys in this uniquely witty, sophisticated, and far-flung travel book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this irresistible collection of adventures far and near, Orlean conducts a tour of the world via its subcultures, from the heart of the African music scene in Paris to the World Taxidermy Championships in Springfield, Illinois--and even into her own apartment, where she imagines a very famous houseguest taking advantage of her hospitality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With Orlean as guide, lucky readers partake in all manner of armchair activity. They will climb Mt. Fuji and experience a hike most intrepid Japanese have never attempted; play ball with Cuba's Little Leaguers, promising young athletes born in a country where baseball and politics are inextricably intertwined; trawl Icelandic waters with Keiko, everyone's favorite whale as he tries to make it on his own; stay awhile in Midland, Texas, hometown of George W. Bush, a place where oil time is the only time that matters; explore the halls of a New York City school so troubled it's known as \"Horror High\"; and stalk caged tigers in Jackson, New Jersey, a suburban town with one of the highest concentrations of tigers per square mile anywhere in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Vivid, humorous, unconventional, and incomparably entertaining, Susan Orlean's writings for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e have delighted readers for over a decade. \u003ci\u003eMy Kind of Place\u003c\/i\u003e is an inimitable treat by one of America's premier literary journalists.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Orlean has been called \"a national treasure\" by \"The Washington Post and \"a kind of latter-day Tocqueville\" by \"The New York Times Book Review. In addition to having written classic articles for \"The New Yorker, she was played, with some creative liberties, by Meryl Streep in her Golden Globe Award--winning performance in the film \"Adaptation.\u003cbr\u003eNow, in \"My Kind of Place, the real Susan Orlean takes readers on a series of remarkable journeys in this uniquely witty, sophisticated, and far-flung travel book. In this irresistible collection of adventures far and near, Orlean conducts a tour of the world via its subcultures, from the heart of the African music scene in Paris to the World Taxidermy Championships in Springfield, Illinois-and even into her own apartment, where she imagines a very famous houseguest taking advantage of her hospitality.\u003cbr\u003eWith Orlean as guide, lucky readers partake in all manner of armchair activity. They will climb Mt. Fuji and experience a hike most intrepid Japanese have never attempted; play ball with Cuba's Little Leaguers, promising young athletes born in a country where baseball and politics are inextricably intertwined; trawl Icelandic waters with Keiko, everyone's favorite whale as he tries to make it on his own; stay awhile in Midland, Texas, hometown of George W. Bush, a place where oil time is the only time that matters; explore the halls of a New York City school so troubled it's known as \"Horror High\"; and stalk caged tigers in Jackson, New Jersey, a suburban town with one of the highest concentrations of tigers per square mile anywhere in the world. \u003cbr\u003eVivid, humorous, unconventional, and incomparably entertaining, Susan Orlean's writingsfor \"The New Yorker have delighted readers for over a decade. \"My Kind of Place is an inimitable treat by one of America's premier literary journalists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Orlean\u003c\/b\u003e has been a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e since 1992 and has also written for \u003ci\u003eOutside, Esquire, Rolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e. She graduated from the University of Michigan and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. She now lives in Los Angeles and upstate New York with her husband and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758609826080,"sku":"9780812974874","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/77cbe47a09ac97d3e9001cf19cc53ecb_272635bc-f84d-404d-9823-c38814526c99.webp?v=1780130425","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-kind-of-place-travel-stories-from-a-woman-whos-been-everywhere-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}