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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing From Powells.com Days before the outbreak of World War One renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail to attempt the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. More than eighty miles from their destination, however, their... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle Publisher Comments A boxed set containing the first two bestselling volumes of Peter Mayles hilarious and heartwarming adventures living in the Provence region of France. A Year in Provence In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich Publisher Comments A stunning collection of personal observations that uses images of the American West to probe larger concerns in lyrical, evocative prose that is a true celebration of the region.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner Publisher Comments Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of un-unhappiness. The book uses a... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Wanderlust : a History of Walking (00 Edition) by Rebecca Solnit Publisher Comments Drawing together many histories-of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores-Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking. Arguing that the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Basho About the Author Basho, the Japanese poet and diarist, was born in Iga-ueno near Kyoto in 1644. He spent his youth as companion to the son of the local lord, and with him he studied the writing of seventeen-syllable verse. In 1667 he moved to Edo (now Tokyo) where he... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid Publisher Comments A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua--by the author of Annie John "If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane, you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport. Vere Cornwall (V. C... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost Staff Pick When Troost followed his wife to a small island nation he expected Bali Hai. Instead he found an isolated, polluted, boiling hot hellhole. His wonderful tale is both hilarious and thrilling. This original adventure offers enjoyment and also allows... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins Publisher Comments Chapter OneTalkin' by a Wood Stove Stop right there, son. You ain't goin' nowhere in this blizzard. Now sit down! The huge man blocked the narrow door of the snow-covered country store. I had just thawed out from the heat of the wood stove... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $3.48 Used - Trade Paper
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Italian Journey (62 Edition) by Johann W. Goethe About the Author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt-on-Main in 1749. He studied at Leipzig, where he showed interest in the occult, and at Strassburg, where Herder introduced him to Shakespeare’s works and to folk poetry. He produced some essays and... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Pine Barrens by John Mcphee Publisher Comments Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson Staff Pick Sometimes laugh-out-loud, sometimes poignant, Bill Bryson takes a trip to the villages of his beloved Britain.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena De Blasi Publisher Comments When Marlena de Blasi traveled to Italy, she expected to fall in love with the country, not to be swept away by a Venetian man. Filled with the foods and flavors of Italy, "A Thousand Days in Venice" is an enchanting story.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments Following an urge to rediscover his youth, Bill Bryson left his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that would take him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a notebook. With a razor wit and a kind heart, Bryson serves up a colorful tale of... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Best American Travel Writing 2000 (Best American Travel Writing) by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments This collection of travel articles includes contributions written by writers such as Bill Buford and Ryszard Kapuscinski, and range across myriads from New York's Central Park to to the Saharan Mauritania.... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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Terra Incognita : Travels in Antarctica (96 Edition) by Sara Wheeler Publisher Comments It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of our greatest scientists and explorers, lingering in the spirit long after their... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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In Patagonia (88 Edition) by Bruce Chatwin Staff Pick A masterpiece of travel, history and adventure, this award-winning book captures the spirit of the land, history, wildlife, and people of Patagonia.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz Staff Pick Blue Latitudes is an enjoyable and often hilarious journey into the amazing life and adventures of Captain James Cook and his crew. There is no better way to learn nautical history than to bring an Aussie, and a bottle of grog, along.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Travels Marco Polo (Penguin Classics) by Marco Polo Publisher Comments Classic translation of Marco Polo's famous travels. Includes index and maps.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Valleys of Assassins and Other Persian Travels ((Rev)01 Edition) by Freya Stark Publisher Comments Hailed as a classic upon its first publication in 1934, The Valleys of the Assassins firmly established Freya Stark as one of her generation's most intrepid explorers. The book chronicles her travels into Luristan, the mountainous terrain nestled between... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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