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Title:
Better than fiction [DAISY talking book] : true travel tales from great fiction writers
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2016 (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio)
Physical Description:
1 computer optical disc (8 hr., 9 min.) : sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Abstract:
Collection of thirty-two essays by authors of fiction about their travel adventures. Includes stories from Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun; Joyce Carol Oates, author of Carthage; Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency; and more. 2012
General Note:
Digital audiobook in DAISY format.

Title from disc surface.

"4371573".
Performers:
Narrated by: Gregory Maupin.
Contents:
Going south / Kurt Andersen -- Kind of blue / Sophie Cunningham -- Huaxi Watermill / Arnold Zable -- Shooting Pompeii / DBC Pierre -- The mountain mine / Carol Birch -- The tin can / Tom Carson -- Among Saudi sands / Keija Parssinen -- Quetzal / Frances Mayes -- Off the beaten track in Malawi / Marina Lewycka -- Adrift in the Solomon Islands / Mark Dapin -- Confessions of a coconut-soup eater / Steven Amsterdam -- Sudan : the Scarface Express / Joe Yogerst -- Chasing missionaries / Suzanne Joinson -- In bear trap canyon / Peter Matthiessen -- A Tohunga with a promise to keep / Keri Hulme -- Death trip / Peter Ho Davies -- A visit to San Quentin / Joyce Carol Oates -- On my way home / Lloyd Jones -- You, me and the sea / Steven Hall -- The Fairbanks Shakespeare Camp / Stefan Merrill Block -- When things make no sense / Pico Iyer -- The way to Hav / Jan Morris -- A tango with Freud / Alexander McCall Smith -- Getting travel dirt under your fingernails / Bryce Courtenay -- A small world after all / Charles Finch -- The thieves of Rome / M.J. Hyland -- Arriving in Luxembourg / Chris Pavone -- Mumbai : before the monsoon / Stephen Kelman -- An Alpine escape / Aliya Whiteley -- Who wants a girl? / Isabel Allende -- Into unknown climes / Nikki Gemmell -- Nuestro pueblo / Tea Obreht.
Technical Details:
Plays on DAISY talking book players and software only; DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps.

Full audio with structure.
Language:
English
Audience:
Male narrator.
Holds: