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...camp, Ul'an exacts a pledge from Berger that will alter Kaja's life completely. This consigns her, at age 9, to a new life amid the ruins of postwar Cologne and a tribe of incomprehensible strangers. "I felt like a creature cut off from everything," she says, "a marmot dropped by a white hawk in the middle of the desert." Her struggle over the next years to put down roots is told with painful simplicity. Torn from the comforts of the yurt, Kaja endures "the feeling of suffocation and the fear that the roof is falling...
After a day of trailblazing, you should doze in style. Marmot's light, chili-red Atom sleeping bag ($229; marmot.com) easily stuffed in any backpack, gives your feet extra room at the bottom...
...found a way out of this to address the growing concern from the public, the police and doctors." Many Britons would rather tackle problem drinking than gamble on longer hours. "Making alcohol cheaper and more readily available are not steps I would take to combat binge drinking," says Michael Marmot, a professor of epidemiology and public health at University College London. The government's alcohol policy probably won't cost Labour the next election, widely expected in May, but it has forced a rethink on policing and may cost votes. "If Tony Blair thinks the yobs are going...
...single file atop sheer shale ridges. Upon breaching a pass, we stopped for lunch, while the support trucks and mobile kitchen took the low road. As we rode, the pure air was scented with wild mint and garlic brushed by the horses' hooves. The grunt of a yak, a marmot whistle or a bird's wing-beat carried undisturbed across the valley...
...their snarling mastiff. Let the horsemen deal with formal greetings. They'll produce a snuff bottle from the upper folds of their gowns, which double as carryalls, and hand it over for a snort while exchanging a long handshake. Bring appetite enough for thick, yak-milk yogurt, cheese and marmot meat hot from a dung-fired stove. Try fermented cow's or mare's milk. After a bowl or two, you'll be ready to invade Europe yourself...