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My passion for wildlife
began early

I used to smuggle roadkill into the house despite my mother's preference for flowers.

 

Jane Wilson-Howarth mother, physician, author and zoologist has lived in the East for long enough to be able to say diarrhoea in nine Asian languages. She's become an authority on travel health. So far five novels (four for children) and five of her non-fiction books have been published as well as around 300 articles on travel and health plus stories published in several anthologies.
Read more.

  • A Glimpse of Eternal Snows

  • How to Shit Around the World

  • Staying Healthy When You Travel

  • Snowfed Waters

  • Himalayan Kidnap

  • Lemurs of the Lost World

  • Your Child Abroad: a travel health guide

  • Chasing the Tiger

  • Madagascar Misadventure

  • 50 Camels and She's Yours

  • Himalayan Hostages

  • Himalayan Hideout

  • Himalayan Heist

  • Under a Himalayan Sky: A Story of Love, Loss and Learning to Live
 

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    How to Shit Around the World

    From sanitizing unhealthy water to evading disaster when consuming exotic foods, avoiding dehydration, keeping good hygiene on the road, and things you need to know about immunization, there's nothing Dr. Wilson-Howarth is afraid to discuss. A practical guide for travelers with a curious appetite, How to Shit Around the World delivers on more than just a clever title.

    Forbes magazine

    Snowfed Waters

    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful - the best book I've read in a long while. Up-lifting, fun and inspirational....

    Mary Styles

    Chasing the Tiger

    A brilliant, gripping and informative book. Well worth the read.

    Deri, aged 13