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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Vintage Departures) by David Grann Staff Pick Grann's riveting book, The Lost City of Z, delves into the intrepid life and mysterious disappearance of legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett. Armchair travelers will be whisked away to the Amazon on a wild ride with a surprising finish.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Le Road Trip: A Traveler's Journal of Love and France by Vivian Swift Publisher Comments Road trip: those are still the two most inspiring words to vagabonds and couch potatoes alike; after all, the great American spirit was forged by road trippers from the Pilgrims to Lewis and Clark to the Dharma Bums. Le Road Trip combines the appeal of... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Gelato Sisterhood on the Amalfi Shore by Chantal Kelly Publisher Comments When ten women set foot in the Campania region of Southern Italy, they become instantly mesmerized by the region. Is it the tranquil aqua blue waters of the Mediterranean . . . the spectacular vistas that offer views of a horizon that stretches on... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of travel literature. Here Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. Asia's... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Unconquered Signed Edition by Scott Wallace Publisher Comments "A riveting and brilliant book blessed with the pacing of a novel but carrying the great weight of world events. This is journalism at its very, very best." Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm Many of us are just awakening to... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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A Time of Gifts (New York Review Books Classics) by Patrick Leigh Fermor Publisher Comments At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey — to walk to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments "Possibly his best travel book...an observant and frequently hilarious account of a trip that took him to 51 Pacific Islands." TIME Renowned travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux has been many places in his life and tried almost everything. But this... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Time to Keep Silence by Patrick Leig Fermor Publisher Comments While still a teenager, Patrick Leigh Fermor made his way across Europe, as recounted in his classic memoirs, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water. During World War II, he fought with local partisans against the Nazi occupiers of Crete... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Letters to Zerky: A Father's Legacy to a Lost Son . . . and a Road Trip Around the World by Bill Raney Publisher Comments In 1967, Bill and JoAnne tried to drive a Volkswagen bus around the world with their baby son, Zerky, and dog, Tarzan. From San Francisco they flew to Germany, where they purchased the camper van and headed east across southern Europe, into Asia, as far... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus: The Powells.com Interview
I started and finished A Sense of Direction in one evening; I couldn't really stop thinking about it, so I couldn't put it down. I found it...
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