{"product_id":"a-wealthy-man-on-the-roof-of-the-world-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"A Wealthy Man on the Roof of the World and Other Stories - 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\u003eSally Sears\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSally Sears left a promising career in television news to explore the world and herself. From Moscow to Tahiti, starting on the Trans-Siberian Railway, she found adventures and unforgettable characters in Beijing, Kathmandu, Ladakh, and the islands of the Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs China began opening to tourists, she discovered ways around Communist rules. She found apricots and wool an unlikely source of a high-altitude fortune. In a South Pacific bar, she learned how vote fraud toppled a Knight of the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDecades later stories from her freewheeling trip rekindle the desire to travel and savor every new journey.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surprising life of the wealthiest man in a Tibetan kingdom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Mao and Lenin compare up close in death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Fijian cannibals measure their meals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the world recovers from the pandemic, journalist Sally Sears questioned when she could travel again, and if traveling would ever be the same. The questions led her to journals of her own global travel. In those hand-written pages, she re-discovered stories of people and places worth recalling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer exploration asks what makes us want to travel? Do we follow a path or strike out on our own? Do we engage the exotic or seek the familiar? Struck with moments of awe and bouts of homesickness, her journey details the contrasts that heighten the adventure of traveling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book sheds new light on old questions about the worth of travel. It asks if the world-wide travel shutdown can make us better travelers even if only for the moment from socially distanced arm-chairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130869584007,"sku":"9781637324851","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a691f9d579afba3f3c9b2447293252d1.webp?v=1732614497","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-wealthy-man-on-the-roof-of-the-world-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}