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    An Arabian Journey: One Man's Quest Through the Heart of the Middle East

    By Levison Wood

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  • In the vein of Wood's previous books Walking the Nile, Walking the Himalayas, and Walking the Americas, Arabia is a both a thrilling travelogue and a rich portrait of the people and cultures that Wood encounters along his journey.
  • Arabiais likely to garner special international interest and coverage given its engagement with several geopolitical issues in the Middle East, such as the Syrian civil war, the terror of ISIS, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  • Arabia includes a full color, 16-page insert of photos taken throughout the expedition.
  • Hudson Booksellers has selected Levison Wood as a guest of honor at their annual Hudson Show in Las Vegas this December. Previous guests of honor have included John Oliver and Trevor Noah. Following the Hudson Show, Hudson will specially promote Levison's books, including Arabia, throughout all of 2019.
  • All of Wood's walking expeditions have been accompanied by a Channel 4 TV series, and Arabia is no exception: his documentary An Arabian Journey will premiere Fall 2019. The series for Walking the Nile and Walking the Himalayas have been sold throughout the world.
  • A Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller, Levison Wood's last book, Walking the Americas, was published in the UK alongside the release of Wood’s eponymous Channel 4 TV series, which reached over 2 million viewers per episode. It was also longlisted for the Banff Mountain Book award for adventure travel.
  • In the US, Grove's 2017 publication of Walking the Americans garnered excellent reviews and was a New York Times Summer Reading pick in the Travel category, selected by Liesl Schillinger.
  • Levison Wood’s 2016 book, Walking the Himalayas, won the Edward Stanford Adventure Travel Book of the Year Award. Wood’s Eastern Horizons has been shortlisted for the Adventure Travel Book of the Year award in the UK.
  • A former British paratrooper who served in Afghanistan, Wood is an accomplished writer, photographer, and explorer. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Wood was named one of “The 50 Most Adventurous Men” by Men’s Journal and a “Top 40 Traveller” by Condé Nast Traveler (UK).
    • LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtlantic Monthly Press
    Release dateFeb 5, 2019
    ISBN9780802147332
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    Levison Wood

    Levison Wood served as an officer in the Parachute Regiment in Afghanistan before becoming an explorer, author and documentary maker. He is famous for undertaking the first expedition to walk the entire length of the Nile River on foot, as well as walking the length of the Himalayas and circumnavigating the Arabian peninsula from Iraq to Lebanon. He has written nine best-selling books and produced several critically acclaimed documentaries. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club.

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      Don't get me wrong I think Levison Wood is a courageous, very interesting, highly engaging storyteller. I enjoy his work deeply and where it takes me in the world in the comfort of my chair. Lev does good work in digging behind the scenes and unpacking the attitudes and beliefs of the people he meets. I admire his ability to remain calm and cool in difficult situations and I respect his viewpoints in many areas that are usually hard to articulate. I just have to say I become depressed and disappointed when he uses cliche and well worn figures of speech in some situations. Maybe it's just me being nit picky. I just feel that Lev needs to develop his own voice and his own style and that will take time. Once he does this he will become an original and compelling voice in adventure travel writing.