Traces the author's decision to quit her job and travel the world for a year after suffering a midlife crisis and divorce, a journey that took her to three places in her quest to explore her own nature and learn the art of spiritual balance.

Elizabeth is in her thirties, settled in a large house with a husband who wants to start a family, but she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and rebound fling late, Elizabeth emerges battered yet determined to find what she's been missing. -- Back cover.

Introduces Indonesia, describing its geography and climate, industries, history, resources and wildlife, culture, politics, and sports.

From Sumatra to East Timor and beyond, An Empire of the East is a fascinating look at a rapidly changing island nation In An Empire of the East, renowned travel essayist Norman Lewis takes readers to Indonesia, where some thirteen thousand islands in the South Pacific are each colored with their own unique cultures and histories. With more than three hundred ethnic groups speaking two hundred fifty languages, the warmth and generosity of the island...

Titled after Tobias Schneebaum's 1969 cult classic memoir about his experiences in the Amazon, this is the stranger-than-fiction story of Schneebaum's return to the jungle, 45 years after his original visit.