{"product_id":"around-the-world-in-fifty-years-travel-tales-from-a-not-so-innocent-abroad-paperback","title":"Around the World in Fifty Years: Travel Tales from a Not So Innocent Abroad - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElayne Clift\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003eAll my life I have disagreed with David Henry Thoreau: Unlike him, I definitely think it is \"worthwhile to go around the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.\" Thus begins writer Elayne Clift's 13\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e book, \u003cem\u003eAround the World in Fifty Years: Travel Tales of a Not So Innocent Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of selected stories about her global travels, told in prose and poetry. Clift has visited almost 100 countries on every continent for work and pleasure. Her travel memoir shares personal stories, vignettes, photographs, and postscripts that range from poignant to hilarious. There are scenes from Indian railway stations to rural Romanian villages. Along the way readers meet the people who made her travel special, ranging from a professor in Jordan to a desert driver in Dubai to an elderly artist in France. One reviewer has called the book \"a treasure of armchair travel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47689844981981,"sku":"9781945091988","price":37.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/rjpqnIHVU39781945091988.webp?v=1774089067","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/around-the-world-in-fifty-years-travel-tales-from-a-not-so-innocent-abroad-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}