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Sleeping upon a mountain: A poetic and exceptional account of the explorations and essence of the Himalayas
Mukul Mangalik reviews ‘Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan Journeys in Search of the Sacred and the Sublime’ by Stephen Alter.
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Saving Gorillas In A War Zone
Congo’s gorilla doctors hike deep into forests swarming with rebels and genocidaires, risking their lives to treat the endangered mountain apes.
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American Hippopotamus
A bracing and eccentric epic of espionage and hippos. By Jon Mooallem.
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‘I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium’
My 20-year struggle with bipolar disorder.
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Sky High
Among the Pyros at One of the Biggest Fireworks Competitions in the World
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Stowaways and Crimes Aboard a Scofflaw Ship
Few places on earth are as free from legal oversight as the high seas. One ship has been among the most persistent offenders. By Ian Urbina.
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Hanoi’s Capitalist Revolution
Free markets, private businesses, malls, and a middle class -- not what Ho Chi Minh had in mind. By Michael J. Totten.
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Graf Zeppelin 1929 Around Globe Trip
(Full Documentary)
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Yemen’s Hidden War
A journey into one of the most remote and dangerous countries in the world. By Matthieu Aikins.
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The Arc of the Sun
A gorgeous meditation on the longing for home, set at the South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race. By David Samuels.
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Hiroshima
How six survivors experienced the atomic bomb and its aftermath. By John Hersey. (August 31, 1946)
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Riding the Sandworm
Finally, there it was. When we climbed to the top of the wagon, tired but excited, unsteady as our feet sunk in the heap of iron that filled it to the brim, my friend Ammar and I congratulated each other, our faces lit by the faint glow of each other’s headlamp. It was almost midnight… By Michael Huniewicz.
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Built for Eternity
When humanity plans on a geologic time scale. By Elmo Keep.
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Wakhan, An Other Afghanistan
Journeying through a remote region of northeastern Afghanistan, untouched by the war and preserved from the Taliban regime, this story pays tribute to the ancient culture of this land, which has never disappeared but which has simply been forgotten. By Varial Cédric Houin.
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A Jewish Journalist’s Exclusive Look Inside Iran
Larry Cohler-Esses traveled to Iran on the first journalism visa granted to a Jewish publication since 1979. What he found is a country on the brink of change — but the final outcome remains uncertain.
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Myanmar and the game nobody wins
A trip to Myanmar finds the sport that explains nothing and everything about the country at once. By Spencer Hall.
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My Grandfather’s Imposter
The Explorer’s Club headquarters fill a five-story Jacobean townhouse on East 70th Street in Manhattan. The inside looks lifted from the opening scenes of an Indiana Jones movie: Wood panels, stuffed leopards snarling, mounted expedition flags, and photographs of triumphant explorers line the walls... By James McGirk.
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The village where men are banned
Only women are allowed to live in Umoja. Julie Bindel visits the Kenyan village that began as a refuge for survivors of sexual violence – and discovers its inhabitants are thriving in the single-sex community. By Julie Bindel.
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Chasing Bayla
Biologist Michael Moore had waited all day — really, all his life — for the whale to surface, the suffering giant he thought he could save, that science had to save. It had come down to this... By Sarah Schweitzer.
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Pablo Escobar: An Unlikely Pop-Culture Icon
Colombia’s most infamous drug lord has become a tourist attraction. Jesse Katz takes us on a trip to Pablo-land.
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