Liberia, 1935: "The great majority of all mosquitoes caught in Monrovia are of a species known to carry yellow fever." The U.S. Army map of the country's interior filled in the blanks with the word "Cannibals." "Have you thought of the leeches?" someone asked Greene. He went anyway, into the forest, on foot, village to village. Be glad. The book is just plain great.

WITH A FOREWORD BY TIM BUTCHER AND AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUX In 1935 Graham Greene set off to discover Liberia, a remote and unfamiliar West African republic founded for released slaves. Crossing the red-clay terrain from Sierra Leone to the coast at Grand Bassa with a chain of porters, he came to know one of the few areas of Africa untouched by Western colonisation...(展开全部)

Kevin Brown is the owner of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps (http://www.geographicus.com), a generalist dealer in rare maps from all periods and at all value points. Kevin attended Bennington College, in Vermont, where he majored in “Pilgrimage.” Bennington fosters a “learn by doing” approach to academics, and Kevin has translated this philosophy to the map trade. He approaches ...(展开全部)

Travel the world without leaving your living room. Much more than an ordinary atlas, this book of maps is a visual feast for readers of all ages, with lavishly drawn illustrations from the incomparable Mizielinskis. It features not only borders, cities, rivers, and peaks, but also places of historical and cultural interest, eminent personalities, iconic animals and plants, cu...(展开全部)

艾伦·贝克尔（Aaron Becker） 曾经历许多难忘的旅程，在日本乡村居住过，也在东非生活过，还曾去往瑞典、塔西提岛等地徒步旅行，寻找灵感。最近，还从旧金山湾去往马萨诸塞州的阿姆斯特市，进行了一次探险旅行。 在成为绘本作家之前，贝克尔是一名电影动画设计师、影视绘景师，参与制作的电影有《极地特快》《怪兽屋》等。《不可思议的旅程》是他的第一本绘本，展现出丰富的想象力和深厚的动画制作功底，一经出版便荣登《纽约时报》畅销书榜，并荣获《纽约时报》年度最佳绘本，以及美国凯迪克大奖。目前和妻子、女儿、一只懒猫生活在阿姆斯特市。他最喜欢的事情便是想象，在想象的国度，他可以画一扇秘密的大门和一盏盏充满魔力的彩灯。

Here they are--some of the funniest tales and ruminations ever put into print, by one of the great comic minds of our time. From THE WHORE OF MENSA, to GOD (A Play), to NO KADDISH FOR WEINSTEIN, old and new Woody Allen fans will laugh themselves hysterical over these sparkling gems.