The Road to Oxiana
by Robert Byron


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In 1933 the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana -the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between... (read more)

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Voyages and Visions: Towards a Cultural History of Travel (Critical Views)
by Jas Elsner


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A much-needed contribution to the expanding interest in the history of travel and travel writing, "Voyages and Visions" is the first attempt to sketch a cultural history of travel from the sixteenth century to the present day. The essays address the... (read more)

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The World's Wild Places
by Colin Prior


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A stunning presentation of a decade-long journey in the world's remaining wilderness. Step-by-step exercise programs treat the body as a whole, with attention on strength, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness. Many of the exercises improve timing and... (read more)

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Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
by Ernest Shackleton


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Shackleton's own thrilling account of his first Antarctic expedition and astonishing march to reach the South Pole. With the same drama and adventure of Shackleton's later memoir, South, Heart of the Antarctic chronicles the first polar expedition he led... (read more)

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The Storks' Nest: Life and Love in the Russian Countryside
by Laura Williams


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The Storks' Nest is the true story of a young American woman who moves to a remote village in western Russia and falls in love with a nature photographer. Together they explore the wilderness of the impenetrable Bryansk Forest, coming face-to-face with... (read more)

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The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search of de Long and the Jeannette
by John Muir


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By 1880, John Muir had spent two decades wandering in the wilderness and was turning toward settled family life, but a proposed voyage on the steamer Corwin to search for a shipwrecked whaling vessel proved irresistible for this great adventurer. The... (read more)

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Traveler's Literary Companion #13: Japan: A Traveler's Literary Companion
by Thomas Rimer


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This collection guides the reader through the complexity that is Japan. Although frequently misunderstood as a homogenous nation, Japan is a land of tremendous linguistic, geographical, and cultural diversity. Hino Keizo leads the reader through Tokyo's... (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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Discovery: The Quest for the Great South Land
by Miriam Estensen


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Six centuries before the birth of Christ, people began to imagine an immense land at the bottom of the world, a land of marvels, of enormous wealth and mystery. Discovery is the story of the quest which compelled men in small ships to traverse unknown... (read more)

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The Summer of My Greek Taverna: A Memoir
by Tom Stone


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The story of a man in love with a place, a woman, and a dream. Tom Stone went to Greece one summer to write a novel -- and stayed twenty-two years. On Patmos, he fell in love with Danielle, a beautiful French painter. His novel completed and sold, he... (read more)

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The Clumsiest People in Europe: Or, Mrs. Mortimer's Bad-Tempered Guide to the Victorian World
by Todd Pruzan


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"A hoot, even if you do feel guilty for laughing.""--Entertainment Weekly" Caustic, cranky, and inadvertently hilarious, the bestselling Victorian author Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer rarely left the house--but that didn't stop her from writing several... (read more)

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The Road to Oxiana
by Robert Byron


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In 1933, the delightfully eccentric travel writer Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana, near the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. Throughout, he kept a thoroughly... (read more)

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Merde Happens
by Stephen Clarke


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From Stephen Clarke, the internationally bestselling author of A Year in the Merde and In the Merde for Love, Merde Happens is the third installation of Paul West's hilarious mis-adventures in merde. This time around Paul finds himself in financial... (read more)

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Casa Nostra: A Home in Sicily
by Caroline Sell Manzo


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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... (read more)

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Mishima's Sword
by Christopher Ross


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In 1970, the world-famous Japanese writer Yukio Mishima plunged a knife into his belly and was decapitated using his own antique sword. In the decades since, people have asked endless far-ranging questions about this spectacular suicide. Christopher Ross... (read more)

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The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo
by Paula Huntley


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In the spring of 1999, the world watched as more than 800,000 Kosovo Albanians poured over Kosovo's borders, bringing with them stories of torture, rape, and massacre. One year later, Paula Huntley's husband signed on with the American Bar Association to... (read more)

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The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry, and West Cork: A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile
by Warren Rovetch


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Part travel story and part guidebook but all charm and wit this book transports us to another culture. While interesting for all readers it offers planning and navigation tips for the Creaky Traveler who is mobile but not agile.... (read more)

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Voyages of Delusion: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
by Glyndwr Williams


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Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-453) and index.... (read more)

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