title: The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road
author:  Paul Theroux 
description: Used cancelled library book in gently used good condition.  All the usual library marks and stamps. May include some cover, corner & edge wear.
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  CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover Page
  
  
  
  
  
  Title Page
  
  
  
  
  
  Dedication
  
  
  
  
  
  Epigraph
  
  
  
  
  
  Maps
  
  
  
  
  
  Introduction: The Mother Road
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. The Promised Land
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. Dislocation
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. Things Flow
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. The Unfinished Revolution
  
  
  
  
  
  5\. “A Single Spark Can Light a Prairie Fire”
  
  
  
  
  
  6\. Silicon Valley
  
  
  
  
  
  7\. “Women Hold Up Half the Sky”
  
  
  
  
  
  8\. “Put the People First”
  
  
  
  
  
  9\. Power
  
  
  
  
  
  10\. The Hermit of Hua Shan
  
  
  
  
  
  11\. Elvis Lives
  
  
  
  
  
  Photo Insert
  
  
  
  
  
  12\. The Last Great Empire
  
  
  
  
  
  13\. Monks and Nomads
  
  
  
  
  
  14\. No Longer Relying on Heaven
  
  
  
  
  
  15\. “We Want to Live!”
  
  
  
  
  
  16\. Respect
  
  
  
  
  
  17\. The End of the Wall
  
  
  
  
  
  18\. The Caves of a Thousand Buddhas
  
  
  
  
  
  19\. Endurance
  
  
  
  
  
  20\. The Great Wall of the Mind
  
  
  
  
  
  21\. “China Is a Colonial Power”
  
  
  
  
  
  22\. From Sea to Shining Sea
  
  
  
  
  
  23\. A Road Is Made
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Acknowledgments
  
  
  
  
  
  Select Bibliography
  
  
  
  
  
  About the Author
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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