The Roof-Rack Chronicles: An Honest Guide to Outdoor Recreation, Excessive Gear Consumption, and Playing with Matches
by Ron C. Judd


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The Dave Barry of the hiking scene, Ron C. Judd gleefully punctures the rainfly and raises blisters as he lays down the rules of engagement in God's Country. A punchy collection of lists, true stories, jokes, and actual useful information, this witty... (read more)

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A House in Corfu: A Family's Sojourn in Greece
by Emma Tennant


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This book is the story of Emma Tennant's parent's house, Rovinia, set above the bay in Corfu where legend has it Ulysses was shipwrecked and found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous. It is also the story of people like Maria, a miraculous cook and... (read more)

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Made in Italy: A Shopper's Guide to the Best of Italian Tradition
by Laura Morelli


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A sincere tribute to the world renowned phenomenon of" Made in Italy on the occasion of two memorable dates: the fiftieth anniversary of the first Italian fashion show (Florence, 1951) and the fortieth anniversary of the International Furniture Show... (read more)

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Amazons, Savages, and Machiavels: Travel and Colonial Writing in English, 1550-1630: An Anthology
by Andrew Hadfield


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Amazons, Savages, and Machiavels is an accessible and unique anthology of travel and colonial writing in the English Renaissance, selected to represent the world-picture of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century readers in England. It includes not just the... (read more)

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The No-Nonsense Guide to Tourism (No-Nonsense Guides)
by Pamela Nowicka


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This guide demystifies the often invisible impacts of global tourism, one of the biggest industries in the world, from labor conditions to development by stealth, to the role of elites and the cultural impacts on both the visitor and the visited. It... (read more)

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The Last Voyage of Captain Cook: Including the Siberian Journals and Selected Letters of John Ledyard
by John Ledyard


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The Last Voyage Of Captain Cook Meet John Ledyard, perhaps the greatest little-known explorer in American history. Ledyard (1751-1789) sailed with Capt. James Cook, formed a fur trading company with John Paul Jones, and dreamed, with Thomas Jerfferson... (read more)

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The Ships of Christopher Columbus (Anatomy of the Ship)
by Xavier Pastor


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This popular ship-design series is praised for its superb drawings and full descriptions of each ship's design, construction, operational history, and much more.... (read more)

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Running with Reindeer: Encounters in Russian Lapland
by Roger Took


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Russian Lapland, a region of amazing contrasts. Here lies the last true wilderness of Europe, a rich and pristine ecosystem teeming with bird and animal life. But here too lie the dark, satanic mills of the former Soviet Union and the rotting remnants of... (read more)

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Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile: On the Road in Cuba
by Richard Schweid


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Schweid blends the history of cars, trucks, and buses in Cuba with stories from his own experience there. The rich narrative, accompanied by 52 b&w historic photos and an 8-page color insert of photos by Cuban photographer Adalberto Roque, presents a... (read more)

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Wild: An Elemental Journey
by Jay Griffiths


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A poetic evaluation of the connection between human society and the natural world is a part-travelogue, symbolic tour of the earth's elements that explores "wildness" as an essential character of life. By the award-winning author of A Sideways Look at... (read more)

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On Foot to the End of the World (Armchair Traveller)
by Rene Freund


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Travel one of Europe's oldest pilgrim roads - once thought to lead to the end of the world!... (read more)

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In Search of Robinson Crusoe
by Tim Severin


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Insightful travel writing, riveting narrative history, and clever scholarly discoveries make this a remarkably rich and varied book. Tim Severin has once again demonstrated a superb ability to bring together literature and adventure in an engrossing... (read more)

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True Brits: A Tour of Great Britain in All Its Bog-Snorkelling, Shin-Kicking, and Cheese-Rolling Glory
by J R Daeschner


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"Best described as Bill Bryson meets Tony Hawks" ("The Observer") "True Brits" is the hilarious account of the antics and utterly strange traditions of 21st-century Britain.... (read more)

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Cloud Forest (Penguin Nature Classics)
by Peter Matthiessen


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Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed 10,000 miles of the South American wilderness, from the Amazon rain forests to Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, down to Tierra del Fuego and back. He followed the trails of old explorers, encountered river bandits, wild... (read more)

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Escape to Mexico: An Anthology of Great Writers
by Sara Nickles


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Bargain Books are non-returnable. Love. Freedom. Adventure. Tequila. The charms of Mexico are as diverse as the writers drawn to its sunny climate and exotic landscape. "Escape to Mexico" collects the work of twenty great authors who have found... (read more)

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Savage Shore: Life and Death with Nicaragua's Last Shark Hunters
by Edward Marriott


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Nicaragua's Atlantic coast is home to the most dangerous of fish, the bull shark, a lethal predator with a fearsome appetite and the only shark that swims in inland waters. Braving Nicaragua's hurricane-torn wilderness of mangrove swamps, Edward Marriott... (read more)

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Elizabeth Sinkler Coxe's Tales from the Grand Tour, 1890-1910
by Anne Sinkl Leclercq


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Anne Sinkler Whaley LeClercq is travelogue of captivating adventures through the exotic lands as experienced by an intrepid Charleston aristocrat. This collection combines journal entries and correspondence with artwork and photos to recount Lizzie Coxe... (read more)

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Resolution Captain Cooks Second Voyage
by Peter Aughton


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This is the story of Captain Cook's second voyage of exploration in the far southern waters of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. It charts the adventures of James Cook and his crew aboard the Resolution as they landed on exotic islands and coasts... (read more)

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