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Walking the Amazon: 860 Days. One Step at a Time. by Ed Stafford Publisher Comments As seen on Discovery Channel and for readers of Cheryl Strayed's Wild, Bill Bryson, Jon Krakauer, and David Grann, a riveting, adventurous account of one mans history-making journey along the entire length of the Amazon and through the most bio... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure Publisher Comments Wendy McClure is on a quest to find the world of beloved Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder — a fantastic realm of fiction, history, and places she’s never been to, yet somehow knows by heart. She traces the pioneer... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson Staff Pick Sometimes laugh-out-loud, sometimes poignant, Bill Bryson takes a trip to the villages of his beloved Britain.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre by Richard Grant Publisher Comments Twenty miles south of the Arizona-Mexico border, the rugged, beautiful Sierra Madre mountains begin their dramatic ascent. Almost 900 miles long, the range climbs to nearly 11,000 feet and boasts several canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon. The rules of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments “A book to be plundered and raided.” — New York Times Book Review “A portal into a world of timeless travel literature curated by one of the greatest travel writers of our day.” — USA Today Paul Theroux celebrates... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Voluntourist: A Six-Country Tale of Love, Loss, Fatherhood, Fate, and Singing Bon Jovi in Bethlehem by Ken Budd Publisher Comments VOL·UN·TOUR·ISTn. 1. A guy who attempts to save the world in an attempt to save himself. 2. Someone who can only do it two weeks at a time. When Ken Budd was thirty-nine, his father collapsed after eighteen holes of golf.... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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To a Mountain in Tibet (P.S.) by Colin Thubron Publisher Comments “Colin Thubron is the intrepid, resourceful and immensely talented writer who has made a career out of going to out of the way places and then writing brilliantly about them.”—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World ... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Best American Travel Writing (Best American Travel Writing) by William T Vollmann Publisher Comments The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volumes series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Way of the World by Nicolas Bouvier Publisher Comments '\'\\\'\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'The NYRB Classics series is designedly and determinedly exploratory and eclectic, a mix of fiction and non-fiction from different eras and times and of various sorts. The series includes nineteenth century novels and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands (New York Review Books Classics) by Patrick Leigh Fermor Publisher Comments In the late 1940s Patrick Leigh Fermor, now widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s greatest travel writers, set out to explore the then relatively little-visited islands of the Caribbean. Rather than a comprehensive political or... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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South with the Sun: Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery by Lynne Cox Publisher Comments “This book is as autobiographical as it is biographical . . . a book that juxtaposes two adventurers, one with her own challenges still unfolding and the other with his position fixed in history . . . a book worthy of the centenary celebration of... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 Feet by Heather Poole Publisher Comments Flying the not-so-friendly skies... In her more than fifteen years as an airline flight attendant, Heather Poole has seen it all. She's witnessed all manner of bad behavior at 35,000 feet and knows what it takes for a traveler to become the most hated... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Travels with Myself and Another by Martha Gellhorn Publisher Comments "Martha Gellhorn was so fearless in a male way, and yet utterly capable of making men melt," writes New Yorker literary editor Bill Buford. As a journalist, Gellhorn covered every military conflict from the Spanish Civil War to Vietnam and Nicaragua. She... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara Publisher Comments The book of the popular movie STARRING GAEL GARCIA BERNAL NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The young Che Guevara’s lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New York Times bestseller. This new, expanded... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen by Stephen Bown Publisher Comments The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries—the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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To the Field of Stars: A Pilgrim's Journey to Santiago De Compostela by Kevin A. Codd Publisher Comments "Pilgrimage" is a strange notion to our modern, practical minds. How many of us have walked to a distant holy place in order to draw nearer to God? Yet the pilgrimage experience is growing these days in various parts of the world.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Travels by Michael Crichton Publisher Comments From swimming with sharks off Tahiti to midnight meetings with elephants in Africa to an introduction to the paranormal in the American desert, see how bestselling author Michael Crichton views our world. A record of Michael Crichton s astonishing... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Travellers Tree by Patrick Leigh Fermor Publisher Comments Includes Fermor's experience of the Caribbean as a mix of indigenous, African, and European cultures, as well as the juxtaposition of American advertisements with ancient cannibal practices.... (read more) Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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My Early Travels and Adventures in America and Asia: Volume 1 (Duckworth Discoverers) by Henry M Stanley Publisher Comments Sir Henry Stanley is best known for his expeditions and explorations in Africa. However as a journalist he spent much time in other continents before his famous search for Livingstone. In this gripping volume, he writes poignantly about his journeys to... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Hardcover
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From Cape Wrath To Finisterre by Bjorn Larsson Publisher Comments Travelogue of a sailing trip around the Celtic fringe coastline of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern France and Spain. *Also appeared in June Buyer's Notes*... (read more) Your price: $5.98 Sale - Hardcover
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