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Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown by Michael Cunningham Publisher Comments Cunningham's short book is a haunting, beautiful piece of work. . . . A magnificent work of art. --The Washington PostEasily read on a plane-and-ferry journey from here to the sandy, tide-washed tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Land's End is that most... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena de Blasi Publisher Comments When Fernando spots her in a Venice caf and knows immediately that she is the One, Marlena de Blasi is caught off guard. A divorced American woman traveling through Italy, she thought she was satisfied with her life. Yet within a few months, she quits... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $12.42 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Grounded: A down to Earth Journey around the World by Seth Stevenson Publisher Comments A Slate magazine travel columnist recounts his journeys across the world without ever getting on an airplane, and describes his new respect for time and the vastness of the earth after traveling by foot, bike, rickshaw and freight ship. Original.... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham Publisher Comments Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award A Seattle Post-Intelligencer Best Book of the Year Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odysseya solo bicycle voyage... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language by Katherine Russell Rich Publisher Comments The author of The Red Devil: To Hell with Cancer--and Back recounts a writing assignment in India for which she studied the Hindi language in Rajasthan, where she witnessed radical changes that were occurring throughout the country and investigated how... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $13.83 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Four Homeless Millionaires by Rik Leaf Publisher Comments In the throes of a global recession, Rik and Zara Leaf sold their house and spent a year traveling around the world with their son Zion and daughter Riel, investing their life savings in the adventure of a lifetime.The journey started with the belief... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Google eBooks - 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 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World by Anthony Doerr Publisher Comments The author describes the year he spent in Rome after winning the Rome Prize, including his adventures around the city, life in a foreign but welcoming country, and parenthood as it applies to his newborn twins.... (read more) Your price: $10.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert Publisher Comments Traces the author's decision to quit her job and travel the world for a year after suffering a midlife crisis and divorce, an endeavor that took her to three places in her quest to explore her own nature, experience fulfillment, and learn the art of... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Kosher Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion by Michael Levy Publisher Comments An irreverent tale of an American Jew serving in the Peace Corps in rural China, which reveals the absurdities, joys, and pathos of a traditional society in flux In September of 2005, the Peace Corps sent Michael Levy to teach English in the heart of... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave by Simon Goldhill Publisher Comments The Victorian era was the high point of literary tourism. Writers such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Sir Walter Scott became celebrities, and readers trekked far and wide for a glimpse of the places where their heroes wrote and thought, walked... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $16.65 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Americana: Dispatches from the New Frontier by Hampton Sides Publisher Comments The best-selling author of Ghost Soldiers shares some of his insightful essays and articles, originally written for Outside, The New Yorker, and DoubleTake, among other publications, that look at some of America's unforgettable people, distinctive places,... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Travelers' Tales Thailand: True Stories by James O'Reilly Publisher Comments A literary tour through the exotic and enchanting land of Thailand is filled with riveting personal stories from such contributors as Pico Iyer, Diane Summers, Thalia Zepatos, and Tim Ward, detailing a vast array of experiences, from discovering Bangkok... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $16.82 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah's Beard: Through the Inside-Out Worlds of Iran and Afghanistan by Nicholas Jubber Publisher Comments Iran and Afghanistan. Two modern countries so overtaken by Islamic fundamentalism that many citizens spend their entire lives hiding what they do, enjoy, and value. To better understand the cultural issues and paradoxes facing Iranians and Afghans today,... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Lady in the Palazzo: An Umbrian Love Story by Marlena deBlasi Publisher Comments Marlena di Blasi seduced readers to fall in love with Venice, then Tuscany, with her popular and critically acclaimed books A Thousand Days in Venice and A Thousand Days in Tuscany. Now she takes readers on a journey into the heart of Orvieto, an ancient... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $13.27 Google eBooks - Electronic
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On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia by Steve Coll Publisher Comments Available for the first time in paperback, Steve Coll’s trek across a socially and politically damaged South Asia Bestselling author Steve Coll is one of the preeminent journalists of the twenty-first century. His last two books, the Pulitzer Prize... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Travel Absurdities by Penelope A. Riley Publisher Comments Travel absurdities, a gathering of stories that have been etched in my memories for years. These incidents were not necessarily funny when they occured but can't help but laugh as I look back in fondness. Vacations, holidays, family reunions, summer... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Gringos in Paradise: An American Couple Builds Their Retirement Dream House in a Seaside Village in Mexico by Barry Golson Publisher Comments A lighthearted account of the award-winning journalist author's year-long effort to build his dream home in Mexico describes how he and his wife moved to a fishing village on the Pacific coast, forged relationships with locals and fellow ex-pats, and... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Seasons on Harris: A Year in Scotland's Outer Hebrides by David Yeadon Publisher Comments The Outer Hebrides of Scotland epitomize the evocative beauty and remoteness of island life. The most dramatic of all the Hebrides is Harris, a tiny island formed from the oldest rocks on earth, a breathtaking landscape of soaring mountains, wild... (read more) Your price: $10.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments The best-selling author revisits the past as he journeys through Eastern Europe, Central Asia, India, China, Japan, and Siberia on a train ride of adventure, political observations, and cultural curiosities that reveals dramatic changes since the author... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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