{"product_id":"9780812974874","title":"My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere","description":"\u003cp\u003eSusan Orlean has been called “a national treasure” by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and “a kind of latter-day Tocqueville” by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to having written classic articles for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, she was played, with some creative liberties, by Meryl Streep in her Golden Globe Award—winning performance in the film \u003ci\u003eAdaptation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eNow, in \u003ci\u003eMy Kind of Place\u003c\/i\u003e, the real Susan Orlean takes readers on a series of remarkable journeys in this uniquely witty, sophisticated, and far-flung travel book. In this irresistible collection of adventures far and near, Orlean conducts a tour of the world via its subcultures, from the heart of the African music scene in Paris to the World Taxidermy Championships in Springfield, Illinois–and even into her own apartment, where she imagines a very famous houseguest taking advantage of her hospitality.\u003cbr\u003eWith Orlean as guide, lucky readers partake in all manner of armchair activity. They will climb Mt. Fuji and experience a hike most intrepid Japanese have never attempted; play ball with Cuba’s Little Leaguers, promising young athletes born in a country where baseball and politics are inextricably intertwined; trawl Icelandic waters with Keiko, everyone’s favorite whale as he tries to make it on his own; stay awhile in Midland, Texas, hometown of George W. Bush, a place where oil time is the only time that matters; explore the halls of a New York City school so troubled it’s known as “Horror High”; and stalk caged tigers in Jackson, New Jersey, a suburban town with one of the highest concentrations of tigers per square mile anywhere in the world. \u003cbr\u003eVivid, humorous, unconventional, and incomparably entertaining, Susan Orlean’s writings for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e have delighted readers for over a decade. \u003ci\u003eMy Kind of Place\u003c\/i\u003e is an inimitable treat by one of America’s premier literary journalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020649611504,"sku":"9780812974874","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812974874_p0.jpg?v=1763745261","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812974874","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}