Books

Ficciones
Ficciones
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture
Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture
The Professor and the Madman
The Professor and the Madman
Ninety-two in the Shade
Ninety-two in the Shade
Snow Country
Snow Country
The Guermantes Way
The Guermantes Way
Suttree
Suttree
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
The Best American Travel Writing 2003
The Best American Travel Writing 2003
Bird of Life, Bird of Death: A Naturalist's Journey Through a Land of Political Turmoil
Bird of Life, Bird of Death: A Naturalist's Journey Through a Land of Political Turmoil
Against the Day
Against the Day
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
Nicaraguan Sketches
Nicaraguan Sketches
Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
The Best American Science Writing 2005
The Best American Science Writing 2005
Swann's Way
Swann's Way
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
On the Natural History of Destruction
On the Natural History of Destruction

Most Commonly Used Tags:

None non-fiction psychology humor science politics philosophy society literature nature history dreams travel war soul memory death culture poetry music

Recent Writings
  • Thursday
    June 26, 2008

    Returning Again — Back on Little Corn Island This is a first — going back to somewhere I’ve already been. Generally speaking, the world seems so huge and so full of …
  • Saturday
    June 7, 2008

    In Love With a View: Vagabonds,
    Responsibilty and Living Well
    Tim Patterson, editor of MatadorTrips.com, recently published an article entitled How To Travel The World For Free (Seriously). There are some good tips …
  • Tuesday
    May 20, 2008

    Failure is My Friend Okay, let’s face it. The Photo of Day project has fallen apart. I have failed. Oh well. It was fun while it was …
  • Saturday
    April 5, 2008

    Little Island in the Sun From San Juan Del Sur we caught a cab back to Rivas (much faster driver this time), then a bus to Managua, switched …
"Those who have ever received a case of Orchidaceæ from the Tropics, know full well that the opening of it is attended with the most ...
Nice Javascript library to cross fade any series of elements in a container element. This one uses JQuery and has by far the best browser ...
Nice Javascript library to cross fade any series of elements in a container element. Generic and handy (uses scriptalicious). [Update: This one had IE7 issues, ...
  • recent flickr image
  • recent flickr image
  • recent flickr image
  • recent flickr image
  • recent flickr image
  • recent flickr image
  • recent flickr image
  • recent flickr image
  • recent flickr image
  • recent flickr image
  • recent flickr image
  • recent flickr image