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035 _a(OCoLC)1008873870
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092 _a910.9154
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aAtkins, William
_c(Editor),
_eauthor.
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245 1 4 _aThe immeasurable world :
_bjourneys in desert places /
_cWilliam Atkins.
250 _aFirst United States edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bDoubleday,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018
300 _a352 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
520 _a"In the classic literary tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Geoff Dyer, a rich and exquisitely written account of travels in six deserts on five continents that evoke the timeless allure of these remote and forbidding places. One-sixth of the earth's surface is classified as desert. Restless, unhappy in love, and intrigued by the Desert Fathers who forged Christian monasticism in the Egyptian desert, Will Atkins decided to travel in six of the world's driest, hottest places: the Empty Quarter of Oman, the Gobi Desert of North China, the Great Victoria Desert of Australia, the man-made desert of the Aral Sea in Kazkahstan, the Black Rock and Sonoran Deserts of the American Southwest, and the Sinai Desert of Egypt. Each of his travel narratives effortlessly weaves aspects of natural history, historical background, and present-day reportage into a compelling tapestry that reveals the human appeal of these often inhuman landscapes"--
_cProvided by publisher.
505 0 _aThe desert library : the Empty Quarter, Oman -- Field of thunder : the Great Victoria Desert, Australia -- Troublemakers : the Gobi Desert and the Taklamakan Desert, China -- Bastard sturgeon : the Aralkum, Kazakhstan -- Between great fires : the Sonoran Desert, USA -- Matter out of place : the Black Rock Desert, USA -- The inner mountain : the Eastern Desert, Egypt.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 331-341) and index.
600 1 0 _aAtkins, William
_c(Editor)
_xTravel.
_9366097
650 0 _aDeserts.
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650 0 _aDeserts
_xDiscovery and exploration.
_9366098
650 0 _aVoyages around the world.
_99389
655 7 _aAutobiographies.
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