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THE BEST OF TRAVEL: For the finest in this year's travel writing, check out the shortlist selected for top prize in the Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph's annual travel book competition, awarded each October. The winner of the 1998 honor: Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land by Tim Mackintosh-Smith, an eloquent tome that embraces politics, history and one man's arduous quest to absorb classical Arabic. The others that made this year's shortlist: Serpent in Paradise by Dea Birkett, recounting the author's three months living among Tahiti's Pitcairn Islanders; From the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple, retracing the trail of a 6th century monk across the Middle East; South from the Limpopo by Dervla Murphy, on her travels through South Africa during the last days of apartheid; A Fortune-Teller Told Me by Tiziano Terzani, a reporter's adventures during a year traversing Asia by land and sea (after a soothsayer warned him not to fly); and The River at the Center of the World by Simon Winchester, a riveting journey along China's mighty Yangtze.
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From Aug. 17 Travel Watch:
Review of The River at the Center of the World
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December 21, 1998
BEST OF THE SHELF
Chasing Rickshaws: This gorgeous book is not only an ode to Asia's ancient form of human-powered land travel, it's a celebration of the spirit of journeying
BEST OF THE WEB
Consider Robb Satterwhite's Tokyo Meltdown website your best friend in Tokyo
BEST DETOUR
What's the wildest way to greet 1999 in Asia? Make waves at South Korea's Haeundae Beach and enjoy the annual Polar Bear Swim
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Win a signed copy of "Chasing Rickshaws" from Lonely Planet
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