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Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman
by Steinbach, Alice
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375504419
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504419
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2004 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mauve boards, copper titles on spine, xiii, 282, [6] pp, illustrated with pencil sketches. DJ in Brodart archival cover. The author of Without Reservations travels around the world taking classes in things that interest her (cooking in Paris, dancing in Kyoto, training border collies in Scotland among others) and writes about the classes and the places. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.
Synopsis
Eight years ago, Alice Steinbach, a Pulitzer Prize--winning columnist for the Baltimore Sun, decided to take a break from her life. She took a leave from job, friends, and family for a European journey of self-discovery, and her first book, Without Reservations, was the exquisite result.But once Steinbach had opened the door to a new way of living, she found herself unwilling to return to the old routine. She quit her job and left home again, only this time her objective was to ?nd a way that would allow her, personally and professionally, to combine three of her greatest passions: learning, traveling, and writing.This funny and tender book is the result of her decision to roam around the world as an informal student, taking lessons and courses in such things as French cooking in Paris, Border collie training in Scotland, traditional Japanese arts in Kyoto, architecture and art in Havana. With warmth and wit, Steinbach guides us through the pleasures and perils of discovering how to be a student again. Along the way, she also learns the true value of this second chance at educating herself: the opportunity to connect with and learn from the people she meets on her journey.From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TRES00006
- Title
- Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman
- Author
- Steinbach, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375504419
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504419
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Travel Essays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
- X weight
- 32 oz
- Size
- 24 X 16 cm
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