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2009 Adventure Travel Lecture Series

2008 Adventure Travel Lecture Series

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Adventure Travel Lecture Series 2009:

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Kilimanjaro: A Photographic Journey to the Roof of Africa

Wednesday, September 30th 6 p.m.

At the A.R.T. Meeting Room
2 Arrow Street, Harvard Square
Reservations recommended

Read our event coverage on Boston.com

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Author Michel Moushabeck and photographer Hiltrud Schulz will talk about exploring and climbing Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro: A Photographic Journey to the Roof of Africa combines their story with hundreds of color photographs of their ascent of Africa’s highest mountain. They’ll discuss their preparation for the climb, traveling to Africa, trekking from the jungle through arctic climates on the scenic but remote Lemosho Route, views they chose to photograph, and the experience of reaching the 19,340 foot Uhuru Peak summit. A book signing and reception will follow the event at our Harvard Square store.

Towering above the Great Rift Valley, Kilimanjaro has seven summits, lies 3 degrees south of the equator (on the border of Tanzania and Kenya), and is described by Moushabeck as “a geological wonder formed, sculpted, and molded by the natural forces of volcanic fire and glacial ice.”

Michel Moushabeck is the publisher and founder of Interlink Publishing. Hiltrud Schulz is a travel photographer involved in the promotion of study and screening of East German films through the University of Massachusett’s DEFA Film Library. Their book is available in both hardcover and paperback.

The A.R.T. Meeting Room in Harvard Square is wheelchair accessible. This event is free, but reservations are recommended. To reserve tickets, please call 617-649-5700 (ext. 21), email events@gcb.com, or contact our store in Harvard Square at 617-497-6277.

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Martha’s Vineyard’s Morning Glory Farm

Morning Glory FarmWEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH, 6 PM
At the A.R.T. Meeting Room
2 Arrow Street, Harvard Square
Reservations recommended

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Martha’s Vineyard farmers Jim and Debbie Athearn will join author Tom Dunlop and photographer Alison Shaw in an evening celebrating the publication of Morning Glory Farm and the family that feeds an island. Year-round and summer fans of the farm rave about its plants, flowers, vegetables, fruit, herbs, eggs, poultry, pork and beef. Buoyed by this incredibly natural and healthy bounty, it’s nearly impossible to resist the farm stand’s tempting freshly baked goods and breads. Enthusiasm for the farm is based on an overwhelming understanding that the many varieties of lettuce and the knock-your-socks-off zucchini bread are available only through the hard work of experienced farmers who cherish their land and support their community.

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The Athearns will talk about their family’s 30-year commitment to the farm and their vision of sustainability. Tom Dunlop’s introduction to the 70-recipe cookbook chronicles the history and year-round operations of an island farm. He’ll talk about the time that he spent at the farm in order to write about the efforts which support well-known seasonal activities and a famed farm stand. Alison Shaw’s color photographs not only illustrate the cookbook’s tantalizing recipes, but also present the farm’s family and crew, fields, animals, gardens, and incomparable produce. She’ll describe the challenges and fun in photographing the farm at its busiest time. A selection of images of the book’s photographs will be shown.

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A book signing and reception follows at our store at 90 Mt. Auburn Street. For reservations, please send email to events@gcb.com, call us at 617-649-5700 (x. 21), or speak with us at the store. If you would like to purchase an autographed book, but are unable to attend the event, please email or call us to provide your shipping and payment info. We will hold the book in Harvard Square, if preferred.

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Author and film maker Tom Dunlop has written and edited a number of Vineyard-related books and publications; many readers have enjoyed his articles in the Vineyard Gazette and Martha’s Vineyard Magazine. Alison Shaw’s photographs are found in a number of Vineyard photography books, cookbooks and publications. For more information about her photography and the Alison Shaw Gallery in Oak Bluffs, visit www.alisonshaw.com.

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Jim and Debbie Athearn’s pursuit of family farming and the growth of Morning Glory Farm have had a tremendously positive impact on Martha’s Vineyard. For a sense of why islanders are so supportive and admiring of the farm, visit www.morninggloryfarm.com.

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Jeffrey Tayler: Murderers in Mausoleums

Thursday, February 5th, 6:00 PM
Murderers in Mausoleums: Riding the Back Roads of Empire Between Moscow and Beijing
Please join us at our store at 90 Mt. Auburn St. for a reception and book signing following the lecture.
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Muscovite Jeffrey Tayler returns to the GCB to speak about another amazing journey, his 7200-mile overland trip from Red Square to Tiananmen Square. Tayler left Moscow in July 2006 and travelled through southern Russia, Central Asia, and Northern China. He arrived in Beijing in early October, in time to join thousands of visitors in week-long National Day celebrations. He’ll talk about people he met, visits to cultural sites, and his modes of travel (train, bus, taxi, and truck.) He’ll discuss what he learned about people’s sense of their ethnic, national, and religious identities, as well as their views of Moscow’s and Beijing’s influences on their lives.
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Tayler writes about emerging alliances between an energy-rich Russia and a China buoyed by economic growth and foreign currency reserves, “a new Great Game between Russia and the West” re. the region’s governments and democratic movements, Eurasian workers’ migration to Moscow, and an increasing presence of Chinese development in bordering states These significant economic, political, and social changes are juxtaposed with the region’s widespread allegiance to strong and murderous former Russian and Chinese leaders. as well as very prevalent, intense loyalties to historic cultural identities and antipathies for other groups.. Hoping to gain a clearer idea of Eurasia’s future, Tayler set out to listen to people “in the villages and rust belt towns and ignored metropolises between Moscow and Beijing” as they talked about their day to day lives and aspirations.

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Jeffrey Tayler’s own words, in his introduction to Murderers in Mausoleums, describe his remarkable qualifications for this journey: “I spoke Russian and Turkish, and possessed a fair knowledge of spoken Mandarin, which I set about sharpening. I had already traversed Russia from east to west, rafted through its Arctic north and trundled across its Caucasian south; I had twice sojourned in outback China, and for a while, before moving to Moscow, had even worked in Central Asia. I hoped this experience would stand me in good stead and help me understand what I saw.”

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His prior books include Facing the Congo, Glory in a Camel’s Eye, and River of No Reprieve. He is a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and a contributor to Condé Nast Traveler, Harper’s Magazine, and National Geographic.

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