What Am I Doing Here?
by Bruce Chatwin


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Here is a journey into the interior of a celebrated novelist and traveler, charged with all of the narrative power and intellectual challenge of his fiction.... (read more)

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Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's Antarctic Quest
by Ranulph Fiennes


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The real story of Captain Robert Scott's legendary Antarctic quest is told by the man whom the Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed "the world's greatest living explorer," Sir Ranulph Fiennes.... (read more)

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Samurai William
by Giles Milton


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Paperback edition of this account of the adventures of the Englishman who opened the gateway to the mysterious kingdom of Japan in the early seventeenth century. Having sailed to the east in 1598, William Adams was taken with the barbaric splendour of... (read more)

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Window Seat: Reading the Landscape from the Air
by Gregory Dicum


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Talk about a fresh perspective! Perched 35,000 feet in the air, Window Seat decodes the sights to be seen on any flight across North America. Broken down by region, this unusual guide features 70 aerial photographs; a fold-out map of North America... (read more)

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Window Seat Europe: Reading the Landscape from the Air
by Gregory Dicum


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Flying on the wing of the North American edition's success, Window Seat: Europe decodes the sights to be seen on any flight across Europe. Broken down by region, this unusual guide features over 60 aerial photographs; a fold-out map of Europe showing... (read more)

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Abraham (P.S.)
by Bruce S. Feiler


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Both immediate and timeless, Abraham tells the powerful story of one man's search for the shared ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, andIslam. Traveling through war zones, braving violence at religious sites, andseeking out faith leaders, Bruce Feiler... (read more)

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Ledyard: In Search of the First American Explorer
by Bill Gifford


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For decades after his death in 1789, John Ledyard was celebrated as the greatest explorer America had ever produced. A veteran of Captain Cook's final voyage, he walked across nearly all of Russia and suggested to his friend Thomas Jefferson that... (read more)

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Zaatar Days, Henna Nights: Adventures, Dreams, and Destinations Across the Middle East
by Maliha Masood


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When twenty-eight-year-old Maliha Masood, a burned-out dot-commer from Seattle, bought a one-way ticket to adventure and rejuvenation, she found it in the most unlikely of places: the Middle East. With an infectious love of adventure, a zany sense of... (read more)

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The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577-1580
by Samuel Bawlf


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Drawing on newly uncovered evidence, geographer and maritime historian Bawlf masterfully reconstructs Francis Drake's historic round-the-world expedition, exploring the drama surrounding the voyage and offering intriguing insights into life at sea in the... (read more)

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Following the Bloom: Across America with the Migratory Beekeepers
by Douglas Whynott


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Twelve months on the road with America's last cowboys: the migratory beekeepers. In this absorbing work of literary journalism, Douglas Whynott introduces us to the world of migratory beekeeping, a world composed of clandestine state-border crossings... (read more)

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Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese (New York Review Books Classics)
by Patrick Leig Fermor


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Located at the heart of Europe's southernmost promontory, the Mani is one of the wildest, most isolated regions in Greece. In this fascinating book, Fermor bridges the genres of adventure story, travel writing, and memoir to unfurl "the green and gold... (read more)

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Indian Summer: A Good Man in Asia
by Will Randall


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Will Randall thought teaching in an inner-London comprehensive was a tough job. But that was nothing compared to the next assignment: saving a slum school in the Indian city of Poona. Learning as much as he is teaching, Will finds his life transformed by... (read more)

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Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion
by Bruce Feiler




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From the beginning of pre-history, human cultures have rooted sacred stories in actual landscapes, a legacy that becomes increasingly untenable as ballooning populations find it difficult to share their sacred places. Nowhere is this trend more evident... (read more)

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The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
by Jennifer Niven


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Based on the diaries of those who were rescued and those who perished, this is the chilling true story of the "Karluk's" doomed 1913 exploration of the Arctic and the heroic efforts of the ship's captain, the Ice Master, who traveled by foot through... (read more)

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Off the Map: Tales of Endurance and Exploration
by Fergus Fleming


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Forty-five gripping accounts of some of the most amazing feats in the historyof exploration are divided between three "ages of exploration," each of whichis prefaced by a lively essay introducing key aspects of the age in question.560 pp.... (read more)

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Ice Bound
by Jerri Nielsen




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Jerri Nielsen was a forty-six-year-old doctor working in Ohio when she made the decision to take a year's sabbatical at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on Antarctica, the most remote and perilous place on Earth. The "Polies," as the inhabitants are... (read more)

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Midnight in Sicily
by Peter Robb


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From the author of M and A Death in Brazil comes Midnight in Sicily. South of mainland Italy lies the island of Sicily, home to an ancient culture that — with its stark landscapes, glorious coastlines, and extraordinary treasure troves of art... (read more)

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The White Nile
by Alan Moorehead


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Relive all the thrills and adventure of Alan Moorehead's classic bestseller "The White Nile" -- the daring exploration of the Nile River in the second half of the nineteenth century, which was at that time the most mysterious and impenetrable region on... (read more)

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