"Joumey to the ends of the earth, to lands so remote and exotic they bring you to the very edge of enchantment . . . and human memory. The five chapters of this book, with more than a hundred photographs and five maps, transport you to some of the planet’s least-known places. You’ll travel with writer Patrick Booz and photographer Jeffrey Aaronson to the ancient kingdom of Muli, a mountain-girt land along the China-Tibet border seldom seen by Western
eyes. Here you’ll visit temples desecrated by occupying armies and share the lives of Buddhist monks.
Then, Cynthia Ramsay and Maggie Steber unveil the legendary African city of Timbuktu, 14th-century seat of wealth and learning, and go beyond it — to the outpost villages of the Dogon people along the Bandia- gara cliffs of Mali. Thomas O’Neill and Jay Dickman venture by packhorse, snowmobile, and four-wheel drive into the volcanic heart of Iceland, a nation gnarled by fire and ice into alien landscapes that beckon “like a mysterious ruin.” Here, too, you’ll ford icy streams and explore one of the world’s largest glaciers.
At another end of the earth, Tom Melham and Jay Dickman take you into the cloud-wreathed highlands of Venezuela, a region of flat-topped mountains so isolated and otherworldly that they inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fabulous novel, The Lost World. And, finally, you’ll set sail with Christine Eckstrom and Paul Chesley along Australia’s Kimberley coast, so dangerous that only the hardiest sailors dare its uncharted waters. Little changed since its discovery by 17th-century Dutch explorers, the coast is home to a favorite fish of anglers — the great barramundi — and seagoing crocodiles called “salties.” Inland spreads a rugged, sun-scorched land punctuated by termite mounds, baobab trees, and haunting cave paintings that trace the Aboriginal Dreamtime spanning some 50,000 years of human existence.
Meet the people and share the adventures in lands fabled and fantastic as Beyond the Horizon takes you on a voyage around the world.