Tim Cahill Bücher

Explores the consumption of spiders, crickets, grubs, scorpions, and dragonflies in thirteen different countries, including Australia, Japan, China, Venezuela, and the United States.

From geysers to grizzlies, bison to bald eagles, this guide introduces experts and novices alike to the wild and woolly wonders of both Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, plus nearby attractions. Family-friendly travel tips are included, as well as outdoor activities.

Exploring diverse cultures and landscapes, the author journeys through Mongolia's steppes, engages with descendants of Genghis Khan, and learns the "Mongolian death trot." He ventures to the North Pole for a daring swim and spends time with a head-hunting tribe in Irian Jaya New Guinea. Through humorous anecdotes and unique culinary experiences, such as sautéed sago beetle, he shares insights into family values among the Dani people and other intriguing aspects of these remote societies.

"In 'HOLD THE ENLIGHTENMENT', one of America's favourite and funniest adventure writer returns with his most entertaining collection of essays yet as he travels the globe and faces down challenges that are animal, topographical - and human. 'HOLD THE ENLIGHTENMENT' takes Cahill to sites as far-flung as Saharan salt mines, the Congolese jungle, and Hanford, Washington, home of the largest toxic waste dump in the Western Hemisphere. With trademark wit and insight, Cahill describes stalking the legendary Caspian tiger in the mountains bordering Iraq, slogging through a pitch-black Australian Eucalyptus forest to find the nocturnal platypus, diving with great white sharks in South Africa, staving off enlightenment at a yoga retreat in Negril, Jamaica, and much, much more. In these essays, vivid and masterly storytelling combine with outrageously sly humour and jolts of real emotion to show one of the most popular journalists of our time at the peak of his game"

Tim Cahill reports on the road trip to end all road trips: a journey that took him from Tierra del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in a record-breaking twenty three and a half days.

In his latest tour of the earth's remote, exotic, and dismal places, the author of Road Fever and A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg sleeps with a grizzly bear, witnesses demonic possession in Bali, and survives a run-in with something called the Throne of Doom in Guatemala. Vivid and outrageously funny.