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	Blinding Light, A Novel • Paul Theroux • LITERATURE • In this sly novel, the prolific Theroux sends his protagonist Slade Steadman, a travel writer, off to the Ecuadorian Amazon with his ex-girlfriend in search of inspiration and the wonders of Datura, a hallucinogen. (EDR21, $14.95)
	Dark Star Safari, Overland from Cairo to Cape Town • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Theroux sets his sights on Africa in his latest travelogue, a rough journey the length of the continent. (AFR131, $15.95)
	The Great Railway Bazaar, By Train through Asia • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Theroux's vintage 1970s journeys across Asia by Train, displaying all his talent for portraiture, ego and the dismissive aside. It's great fun. He takes every two-bit train he can find from London across Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, India, Japan and China, returning home via the Trans-Siberian Express. (ASA40, $14.95)
	The Happy Isles of Oceania, Paddling the Pacific • Paul Theroux • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE • Here's Theroux at his wickedly funny and open-minded best. The peripatetic author flies off to Australia and New Zealand with a kayak and ends up exploring much of Melanesia and Polynesia, including Tonga, Fiji and the Marquesas. (PAC03, $15.95)
	Hotel Honolulu • Paul Theroux • LITERATURE • Set in Theroux's part-time home of Hawaii, this hilarious sendup of ex-pats and their ilk features a full cast of eccentrics who reside in and visit a fleabag hotel on the coast of Oahu. (HWI72, $14.00)
	Kingdom by the Sea • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Theroux details his coastal journey around the British Isles in 1982 in this insightful book, which displays his occasional ill temper alongside his celebrated ability to combine social history with a good old-fashioned traveler's tale. (GBR09, $14.95)
	Kowloon Tong, A Novel of Hong Kong • Paul Theroux • LITERATURE • With its strong sense of place and contemporary setting in Hong Kong at a time of transition, this fast-paced novel is an illuminating and imaginative look at the city. (HKG12, $13.95)
	The Mosquito Coast • Paul Theroux • LITERATURE • A taught psychological tale of a man who abandons civilization for the wilds of Honduras. (CAM34, $14.95)
	The Old Patagonian Express • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Combining history, anecdote and acutely observed detail on people and place, Theroux begins his journey on a Boston subway car and works his way south via rail, plane and truck to the Patagonian railroad in this enthralling narrative. (PAT08, $15.95)
	Pillars of Hercules • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Known for his wry wit, Theroux seems to have had an exceptionally good time on his tour of the Mediterranean. He sets off from Gibraltar and circles along the coastline on foot, horseback, train and boat, ending at the other pillar on the African side. (MED20, $17.00)
	Riding the Iron Rooster, By Train Through China • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Theroux's wry account of utterly exhausting, exasperating travels, mostly by rail, throughout China for an entire year. He gets himself to every corner of the huge country, including memorable passages on his experiences in Mongolia, Xinjiang, Manchuria and Tibet (where his journey ended). (CHN133, $15.95)

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