The World Up Close: 15 Personal Stories of Bicycling Growth & Discovery

With THE WORLD UP CLOSE bicyclist Kameel Nasr has created a fascinating and personal introduction to the worlds people sharing diverse episodes from his 40000 mile bicycle journey through 70 countries. Nasr offers his readers a vicarious view across the handlebars as he tackles the Appalachians the Anders the Himalayas...crosses Sinai in the summer...shares the ever-present fears of Central Americans...explores Moroccos Hashish Trail. Nasrs book will certainly be taken by fellow cyclists as an inviting challenge to take to the road as he has but you dont have to be a bicycle buff to proclaim this book your reading adventure of the year. Nasr has made this much more a book of people than of places. In high festival or the despair of abject poverty here are the worlds people--very close up yet presented with breathtaking perspective.