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Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson Synopsis Having seen Europe with a rucksack on his back and a youthful spring in his step twenty years earlier, Bill Bryson decides to make a sentimental journey back to that familiar territory, to wander perilously through the minefields of linguistic confusion... (read more) Your price: $29.95 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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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) List Price $29.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - 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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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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Lonely Planet: Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers by Don George Synopsis A collection of original travel stories told by some of the worlds best novelists, including: Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Téa Obreht, DBC Pierre, and more.... (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 of Robert Scott (CSA Word Recording) 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) 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: $20.50 New - Audio Cassette
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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) Your price: $25.95 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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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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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: $118.00 New - Compact Disc
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The Spoken Word: Travel Writers: Travel Writers and Explorers in Their Own Words by The British Library Publisher Comments This two-disc set features some of best known literary adventurers and explorers of the twentieth century in their own words. The recordings—mostly sourced from the BBC Sound Archive and never before published—are a mixture of radio... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $18.95 Used - Compact Disc
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Sailing Alone Around the World [With eBook] by Joshua Slocum Publisher Comments Joshua Slocum is believed to be the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. After a distinguished nautical career, during which he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain, Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil. Turning this... (read more) Your price: $55.99 New - Compact Disc
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One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith Publisher Comments To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed...to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin...to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available.... (read more) Your price: $71.99 New - Compact Disc
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