Two Wheels in the Dust: From Kathmandu to Kandy
by Anne Mustoe


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This is the finest travel writing: Anne Mustoe's phenomenal journey is full of rich experiences and enlightening incidents. Beginning in Kathmandu in Nepal and ending in the tranquil town of Kandy in Sri Lanka, her journey follows in the path of The... (read more)

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The Next Better Place
by Michael Keith


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In 1959, at the age of eleven, Michael Keith ditched his relatively stable life with his mother and sisters in Albany, New York, and surreptitiously set off hitchhiking out West with his estranged, alcoholic dad. His memoir, told without sentimentality... (read more)

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Wrong About Japan
by Peter Carey




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Here's the cure for the otaku blues! In his latest work, two-time Booker Prize winner Peter Carey recounts his anime- and manga-inspired trip to Japan with his son, Charley. Throughout the book we tag along with Carey as he navigates not only Japanese... (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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Quicksands: A Memoir
by Sybille Bedford


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- Her first new book in over 10 years. Bedford is back with what will surely (she says) be her last, and the moving culmination of a story that began in 1956 (when Legacy pubbed in the UK).<BR>- Acclaim, acclaim, and acclaim. Sybille Bedford is... (read more)

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Capri and No Longer Capri
by Raffaele La Capria


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This memoir paints an idiosyncratic picture and celebrates the island in highstyle.... (read more)

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In Search of England
by H V Morton


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Currently in its 40th printing with its original publisher in the UK, this is the book that one British newspaper has called "travel writing at its best. Bill Bryson must weep when he reads it." Whether describing ruined gothic arches at Glastonbury or... (read more)

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Maps & Dreams
by Hugh Brody


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First UK edition of this anthropology work, which looks at the lives of the Beaver Indians of North-West British Columbia.... (read more)

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The Blue Nile
by Alan Moorehead


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Chapter 1 The Blue Nile‘ Egypt is an acquired country, the gift of the river.'--Herodotus. The Blue Nile pours very quietly and uneventfully out of Lake Tana in the northern highlands of Ethiopia. There is no waterfall or cataract, no definite... (read more)

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The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland
by Pete Mccarthy


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Pete McCarthy established one cardinal rule of travel in his bestselling debut McCarthy's Bar: "Never pass a bar with your name on it." In this equally wry and insightful follow-up, Pete's characteristic good humor, curiosity, and thirst for adventure... (read more)

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Trail of Feathers: Searching for Philip True
by Robert Rivard


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In December 1998, San Antonio Express-News reporter Philip True vanished during a solo backcountry trek in western Mexico, home of the reclusive Huichol Indians and the Chapalagana, the Twisted Serpent Canyon, a 150-mile long gash that twists and plunges... (read more)

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Monkey Dancing
by Dan Glick


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After his brother died and a painful divorce left him a single dad of two, environmental reporter Glick and his kids set off on a six-month tour to see the world's most exotic and endangered habitats--for some karmic rejuvenation.... (read more)

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When Elephants Fly: One Woman's Journey from Wall Street to Zululand
by Carol Batrus


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After graduating from MIT and working in the health care field, Carol Batrus changed directions and got her MBA at Columbia and went to work for a prestigious New York investment bank. Still unsatisfied, she eventually gave it all up, cut the tether to... (read more)

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Beyond the House of the False Lama: Travels with Monks, Nomads, and Outlaws
by George Crane


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From the author of the acclaimed and delightful Bones Of The Mastercomes a whole new set of rollicking and moving adventures. From the peaceful woods of Upstate New York, to sailing through hurricanes in the Carribean, from the cafes of Paris to the... (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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Narrow Dog to Carcassonne
by Terry Darlington


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"We could bore ourselves to death, drink ourselves to death, or have a bit of an adventure..." It was absurd. It was foolhardy. And it was glorious. When they retired, Terry Darlington and his somewhat saner wife Monica—together with... (read more)

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Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted
by Annie Hawes


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In 1983, a pale Annie Hawes and her equally pale sister leave England for the sun-drenched olive groves of a small Italian town in Liguria. With fantasies of handsome tanned men and swimming in the sea urging them on, they are hired to work for ten weeks... (read more)

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Waking Up in Jamaica
by Stephen Foehr


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Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-259) and index.... (read more)

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