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Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom by Carl Crow Publisher Comments Originally published in 1940, this is Carl Crow's entertaining autobiography, the story of his more than 25 years of adventures and success in Shanghai during the tumultuous early decades of the 20th century. This book is a tale of East meets West set in... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $7.09 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic 
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Paris Was Ours: Thirty-two Writers Reflect on the City of Light by Penelope Rowlands Publisher Comments "Paris is a great place to fall in love, to eat, drink, and be merry. But it's also the perfect city in which to be depressed or, even better, melancholy... You don't have to be French to smoke a Gitane and notice the falling leaves drifting by your... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.16 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings in Australia in 1852-53 by Ellen Clacy Publisher Comments This fascinating travelogue details the visit of author Ellen Clacy to the massive gold mines that were erected in Australia in the nineteenth century. Twenty-year-old Clacy's visit wasn't a genteel carriage tour -- she camped under the stars and walked... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau Publisher Comments Anxious to get out of the whale's belly, I rose early, and joined some old salts, who were smoking by a dim light on a sheltered part of the deck. We were just getting into the river. They knew all about it, of course. I was proud to find that I had... (read more) List Price $4.99 Your price: $4.43 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher Comments An absorbing sketch of Stevenson's travelling experiences through the Cevennes Mountains in France is presented here. His various adventures have been wonderfully brought to life in these pages. The journey was initially meant as a diversion from stress... (read more) Your price: $1.99 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher Comments Robert Louis Stevenson wrote The Silverado Squatters as the travel memoir of his honeymoon in California's Napa Valley in 1880. He and his new wife Fanny Vandegrift were unable to pay 10 dollars a week for a local hotel room, so they spent their... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Travel Writing, Form, and Empire: The Poetics and Politics of Mobility by Julia Kuehn Publisher Comments This collection of essays is an important contribution to travel writing studies -- looking beyond the explicitly political questions of postcolonial and gender discourses, it considers the form, poetics, institutions and reception of travel writing in... (read more) List Price $133.00 Your price: $128.01 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Turtles in Our Wake by Sandra Clayton Publisher Comments Most people at some point long to escape - from the weather, the commute, the routine. Sailing off in a forty-foot boat called Voyager comes at a price, however. Indeed, for David and Sandra Clayton it meant selling their house and possessions with a... (read more) Your price: $11.69 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Sacred Travels by Lester Meera Publisher Comments All roads lead to enlightenment--but the choice of which to travel is yours. From Sedona to Lourdes to Mecca, there are certain divinely blessed places that can inspire you to renew your sense of wonder, revitalize your spirit, and restore your faith. In... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.16 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Our Jersalem by Vester,, Bertha Spafford Publisher Comments Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and... (read more) List Price $10.99 Your price: $10.58 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Travels with the Flea by Jim Perrin Publisher Comments Hunter S. Thompson meets Byron, by one of travel-writing's consummate literary originals travelling the world with his little dog, Flea.... (read more) List Price $11.81 Your price: $11.12 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Circumference of Home by Kurt Hoelting Publisher Comments After realizing the gaping hole between his convictions about environmentalism and his own carbon footprint, Zen wilderness guide Kurt Hoelting embarked on a yearlong experiment: he traded in his car and air transportation for a kayak, a bike, and his... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $22.19 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Los Angeles by A. M. Homes Publisher Comments The author of The End of Alice offers a personal, surreal portrait of the California's City of Angels, viewing and experiencing Los Angeles people, places, and culture, past and present, from the famed landmark hotel Chateau Marmont.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $19.25 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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White Blaze Fever by Bill Schuette Publisher Comments It's called White Blaze Fever and although you will not find the fever mentioned in any medical journal, have no doubt in your mind - it does exist and no one is immune. Only the most casual, most minute contact with the Appalachian Trail is needed to... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $9.58 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Algren at Sea: Notes from a Sea Diary & Who Lost an American? - The Travel Writings by Nelson Algren Publisher Comments This collection of Nelson Algren's travel writings documents his journeys through the seamier sides of great American cities and the international social and political landscapes of the mid-1960s. Notes from a Sea Diary offers one of the most remarkable... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $22.09 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Books & Islands In Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich Publisher Comments The critically acclaimed author of Love Medicine describes her evocative odyssey back to the islands of her ancestors in southern Ontario, offering a compelling portrait of Ojibwe language, culture, spirits, traditions, and art as she visits centuries... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $12.46 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao Alive Guide by Arnold Greenberg Publisher Comments A thorough revision--now with color photos throughout--of this comprehensive guide to the popular ABC islands, located just off the Venezuelan coast. Discover the quiet life of Bonaire, gamble away at Aruba's casino, hit the high-style designer clothing... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $13.30 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Best Travel Writing 2009 by James O'Reilly Publisher Comments A sixth installment in the award-winning series follows themes ranging from high adventure and spiritual growth to romance and service to humanity, in a volume that takes readers to such locales as the coast of Panama, the wilds of Patagonia, and a... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $15.93 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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A Walk For Sunshine- 3rd Edition by Jeff Alt Publisher Comments The choices put before us this year by the two major parties make George Bush look like George Washington by comparison - especially with regard to the Constitution.It is because of my strong belief in the Constitution that I am urging Americans this... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.16 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Travellers' Stories by Eliza Lee Follen Publisher Comments This is a wonderful work that revolves around journeys across Europe. Told as a charming and glistening piece of juvenile fiction, this is a beautiful tale. With trouble and turmoil faced at sea and hardships posed on land, the story engrosses the reader'... (read more) Your price: $3.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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