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Shadow of the Silk Road (P.S.)
by Colin Thubron  Publisher Comments To travel the Silk Road, the greatest land route on earth, is to trace the passage not only of trade and armies but also of ideas, religions, and inventions. Making his way by local bus, truck, car, donkey cart, and camel, Colin Thubron covered some...
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Learning to Breathe: One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival
by Alison Wright Publisher Comments A searing and uplifting account of one woman's spiritual journey from surviving a terrible accident to a triumphant ascent of Kilimanjaro On the second day of this century, world- renowned photojournalist Alison Wright was traveling on a windy mountain...
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Travel Literature)
by Eric Newby Publisher Comments The view was colossal. Below us on every side mountain surged away it seemed forever; we looked down on glaciers and snow-covered peaks that perhaps no one has ever seen before, except from the air.' Feeling restless in the world of London's high-fashion...
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Venice Is a Fish: A Sensual Guide
by Tiziano Scarpa Publisher Comments One of Italy's brightest literary lights reinvents travel writing with a seductive, intoxicating celebration of the magical saltwater city. "Venice is a fish," writes Tiziano Scarpa. "It's like a vast sole stretched out against the deep. How did this...
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The White Mary
by Kira Salak Publisher Comments A young woman journeys deep into the untamed jungle, wrestling with love and loss, trauma and healing, faith and redemption, in this sweeping debut from “the gutsiest woman adventurer of our day” (Book Magazine) Marika Vecera, an...
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The Lost Heart of Asia (P.S.)
by Colin Thubron Publisher Comments A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia was the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane and scene of Stalin's cruelest deportations. A remote and fascinating region in a constant state of transition...
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Love & War in the Apennines (Travel Literature)
by Eric (edt) Newby Publisher Comments Eric Newby escapes throug a hospital window to become a POW on the run in Italy in 1943. With the Nazis moving in from the north and no certain way back to England, his situation appear grim. But with the help of local farmers and villagers, who risk...
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Near Death in the Mountains: True Stories of Disaster and Survival (Vintage Departures)
by Cecil Kuhne Publisher Comments “He wrapped the rope around his body, got ready to rappel and leaned back. Standing about five feet from him, I heard a sharp scraping, Suddenly Ed was flying. I could see him fall, wordless, fifty feet free, then strike the steep ice below…...
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Long Way Down: An Epic Journey by Motorcycle from Scotland to South Africa
by Ewan Mcgregor Publisher Comments Eighteen countries. Five shock absorbers. Two bikers. One amazing adventure... After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, fellow actors and bike fanatics Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug. Inspired by their UNICEF...
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Casa Nostra: A Home in Sicily
by Caroline Seller Manzo Publisher Comments Englishwoman Caroline Seller met Marcello Manzo at a Halloween party in London in the mid-seventies. Although she spoke little Italian and he spoke practically no English, the chemistry between them was undeniable, and it wasn’t long before Caroline...
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Mine's Bigger: The Extraordinary Tale of the World's Greatest Sailboat and the Silicon Valley Tycoon Who Built It
by David A. Kaplan Publisher Comments As the dominant venture capitalist of Silicon Valley, Tom Perkins had seemingly done it all—from amassing a billion-dollar fortune to getting himself convicted of manslaughter in France. But his ultimate dream was to create the biggest, fastest...
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Race to Dakar
by Charlie Boorman Publisher Comments In January 2006, 230 people raced in trucks, cars, and motorbikes from Lisbon to Dakar in the 28th annual Dakar rally, the most challenging race in existence. After his celebrated trip round the world with Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman was keen for...
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La Bella Vita: Daily Inspiration from Italy
by Helen Ruchti Synopsis As one of the world's top travel destinations, Italy charms visitors with the beauty of its countryside and people, the richness of its cuisine and wines, and the vastness of its history and culture. Helen Ruchti, a missionary in Rome for 25 years, has...
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Walking to Extremes
by Howard Mccord Synopsis In this compact, essential book, a veteran poet and inveterate outdoorsman explores the hidden histories of place, the psychology of aloneness, and the human condition in inhospitable spaces. The author of the celebrated novella The Man Who Walked to The...
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A Small Place in Italy (Travel Literature)
by Eric Newby Publisher Comments In 1967 Eric and Wanda Newby fulfilled a long-cherished dream when they bought a run-down farmhouse in northeastern Tuscany, in the foothills of the Italian Alps. They were the first foreigners to live in the region. A Small Place in Italy describes how...
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My Mercedes Is Not for Sale: From Amsterdam to Ouagadougou...an Auto-Misadventure Across the Sahara
by Jeroen Van Bergeijk Publisher Comments “Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?” —Janis Joplin A journalist’s intrepid endeavor to sell his used car abroad results in a high-spirited and revealing look at West Africa. “Look, there’s my car,”...
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Mongolia: Travels in the Untamed Land
by Jasper Becker Publisher Comments For seventy years Mongolia was all but closed to the west - a forbidden country, shrouded in darkness. Jasper Becker had long dreamed of exploring the sweeping land that lay just beyond China’s Great Wall and when communism disintegrated, he...
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Shipwrecked!: Deadly Adventures and Disasters at Sea
by Evan Balkan
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Survival at Sea (Difficult and Dangerous)
by Simon Lewis
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