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Outposts CD: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments Simon Winchester, struck by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, set out across the globe to visit the far-flung islands that are all that remains of what once made Britain great. He traveled 100,000 miles back and forth,... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc 
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Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell Staff Pick Leave it to Sarah Vowell to roam across America in search of the motivations and culture of political murder. Obsessive, edifying, and, of course, witty, Assassination Vacation is unlike any other historical tourism or travel writing book you'll ever... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Innocents Abroad: The New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain Publisher Comments ''Who could read the programme for the excursion without longing to make one of the party?'' So Mark Twain acclaims his voyage from New York City to Europe and the Holy Land in June 1867. His adventures produced ''The Innocents Abroad'', a book so funny... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Compact Disc
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From Here to There: A Father and Son Roadtrip Adventure from Melbourne to London by Jon Faine Synopsis In April 2008, Jon Faine and his son Jack closed the door on their Melbourne home and leaving jobs, studies, family and friends, took six months and went overland to London in their trusty 4-wheel-drive. This intelligent and funny recount of the... (read more) Your price: $90.25 New - Compact Disc
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My River Chronicles: Rediscovering America on the Hudson by Jessica Dulong Publisher Comments In 2001, journalist Jessica DuLong ditched her dot-com desk job for the diesel engines of a rusty antique fireboat, the John J. Harvey, and the storied waters of the Hudson. My River Chronicles: Rediscovering America on the Hudson tells the story of this... (read more) Your price: $69.99 New - Compact Disc
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To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron Publisher Comments This is the account of a journey to the holiest mountain on earth, the solitary peak of Kailas in Tibet, sacred to one-fifth of humankind. To both Buddhists and Hindus it is the mystic heart of the world and an ancient site of pilgrimage. It has never... (read more) Your price: $71.99 New - Compact Disc
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments One of the world's wittiest travel writers -- the bestselling author of Mother Tongue and Notes From a Small Island -- takes on the daunting, gorgeous Appalachian Trail. "A Walk in the Woods" is a fantastically funny account of Bill Bryson's months... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost Publisher Comments At age 26, Maarten Troost packed up his flip-flops to move to a remote South Pacific island. He should have known better. This is the laugh-out-loud true story of a harrowing and hilarious two-year stay in the worst place on Earth. Unabridged. 7 CDs.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $18.75 New - Compact Disc
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China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford Publisher Comments NPRs Beijing correspondent Rob Gifford recounts his travels along Route 312, the Chinese Mother road, the longest route in the worlds most populous nation. Based on his successful NPR radio series, China Road will draw on Giffords twenty years of... (read more) Your price: $32.95 New - Compact Disc
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Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals by Robert Scott Publisher Comments A fascinating, intimate look at a legendary expedition Robert Scott's final journey to the South Pole has been called one of history's greatest tales of adventure, and in his journals this extraordinary mission is recorded in vivid detail; readers... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $25.95 New - Compact Disc 
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Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There, and I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments Notes from a Small Island After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to move his wife and kids back to his homeland of the United States. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Compact Disc
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Down Under by Bill Bryson Synopsis After tales from the USA and Britain, Bill Bryson turns his roving eye to Australia, the only island that is also a continent and the only continent that is also a country. He tries to find out why Aussies are so cool, digging up a past that reveals... (read more) Your price: $21.00 New - Audio Cassette
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Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier Publisher Comments A Dazzling Russian travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains In Travels in Siberia, Ian Frazier trains his eye for unforgettable detail on Siberia, that vast expanse of Asiatic Russia. He explores many aspects of this storied, often grim... (read more) Your price: $59.99 New - Compact Disc
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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Publisher Comments Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834 and published in 1840.While at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles that affected his vision. Thinking... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
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Climbing Everest: The Writings of George Mallory by George Mallory Publisher Comments The extraordinary diaries of the celebrated mountaineer These are George Mallory's collected writings on his mountaineering, and his motivations. Famously impelled to climb Mount Everest simply because it was there, Mallory made three attempts to be... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $25.95 New - Compact Disc
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Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Com by J. Maarten Troost Synopsis The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Compact Disc
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My River Chronicles: Rediscovering America on the Hudson by Jessica Dulong Publisher Comments In 2001, journalist Jessica DuLong ditched her dot-com desk job for the diesel engines of a rusty antique fireboat, the John J. Harvey, and the storied waters of the Hudson. My River Chronicles: Rediscovering America on the Hudson tells the story of this... (read more) Your price: $34.99 New - Compact Disc
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Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments "Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain--which is to say, all of it. Every last bit of it, good and bad--old churches, country lanes, people saying 'Mustn't grumble' and 'I'm terribly sorry... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving Publisher Comments One of the most entertaining travelogues ever written, Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra is a heady mix of fact, myth, and depictions of secret chambers, desperate battles, imprisoned princesses, palace ghosts, and fragrant gardens, described in... (read more) Your price: $85.99 New - Compact Disc
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In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale by Amitav Ghosh Synopsis In 1980, Ghosh journeyed to a remote corner of Egypt looking for clues to the life of a 12th-century Indian slave whose story he had stumbled upon in letters written to the slave's master. Ghosh's work is a brilliant hybrid of history, cultural... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
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