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A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful by Gideon Lewis-Kraus Publisher Comments In medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape. Determined to avoid the kind of constraint that kept his father, a gay rabbi, closeted until midlife,... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Publisher Comments Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, Krakauer searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled 24-year-old Chris McCandless to leave civilization behind and head into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Four months later, McCandless'... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (05 Edition) by Candice Millard Staff Pick Well researched and skillfully written, this commanding account of achievement and calamity retraces Roosevelt's perilous expedition of the uncharted Amazon. A dazzling gem of history, Millard's impeccable narrative brims with imagery and tension.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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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To the Last Breath: A Memoir of Going to Extremes by Francis Slakey Publisher Comments A journey to the most extreme points on Earth and deep inside the human spirit Before Georgetown physics professor Francis Slakey set out to climb the highest mountain on every continent and surf every ocean, he had shut himself... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II (P.S.) by Mitchell Zuckoff Publisher Comments On May 13, 1945, twenty-four American servicemen and WACs boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over “Shangri-La,” a beautiful and mysterious valley deep within the jungle-covered mountains of Dutch New Guinea. Unlike the peaceful... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Voluntourist: A Six-Country Tale of Love, Loss, Fatherhood, Fate, and Singing Bon Jovi in Bethlehem by Ken Budd Publisher Comments VOL·UN·TOUR·IST n. 1. A guy who attempts to save the world in an attempt to save himself. 2. Someone who can only do it two weeks at a time. When Ken Budd was thirty-nine, his father collapsed after eighteen holes of golf. Ken and his wife... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain Publisher Comments The only thing "gonzo gastronome" and internationally bestselling author Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling. Inspired by the question, "What would be the perfect meal?," Tony sets out on a quest for his culinary holy grail, and in the... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Neither Here Nor There:: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments Like many of his generation, Bill Bryson backpacked across Europe in the early seventies -- in search of enlightenment, beer, and women. Twenty years later he decided to retrace the journey he undertook in the halcyon days of his youth. The result is... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck Staff Pick Knowing he was dying, John Steinbeck customized a camper-truck and dubbed it Rocinante after Don Quixote's horse. With his dog Charley (Steinbeck's own Sancho Panza) riding along, the melancholic writer circumnavigates the country. This travelogue... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments In this wickedly satiric romp, Paul Theroux captures the essence of Hawaii as it has never been depicted. The novel's narrator, a down-on-his-luck writer, escapes to Waikiki and soon finds himself the manager of the Hotel Honolulu, a low-rent... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon by Robert Whitaker Publisher Comments A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon The year is 1735. A decade-long expedition to South America is launched by a team of French scientists racing to measure the circumference of the earth and to reveal the mysteries of a little-known... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings (Oxford World's Classics) by Laurence Sterne Publisher Comments 'Love is nothing without feeling. And feeling is still less without love.' Celebrated in its own day as the progenitor of 'a school of sentimental writers', A Sentimental Journey (1768) has outlasted its many imitators because of the humour and... (read more) Your price: $6.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Two-Year Mountain: A Nepal Journey by Phil Deutschle Publisher Comments Combining adventure story, travel log, and personal confession, this absorbing account describes a wrenching experience that belies the idealistic expectations of many Peace Corps volunteers. Following a stint as a volunteer teacher in a Nepalese village,... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, by Donovan Hohn Publisher Comments A compulsively readable narrative of whimsy and curiosity- andquot;adventurous, inquisitive, and brightly illuminatingandquot; (Janet Maslin, The New York Times). When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments Every autumn, men and women across the country undertake a quintessential American tradition: deer hunting. The pinnacle of a hunter's quest is killing a buck with antlers that “score” in the Boone and Crockett record book. Whitetail... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik Publisher Comments Paris. The name alone conjures images of chestnut-lined boulevards, sidewalk cafés, breathtaking façades around every corner — in short, an exquisite romanticism that has captured the American imagination for as long as there have been Americans.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Up the Creek: An Amazon Adventure by John Harrison Publisher Comments The adventure story of an extremely hazardous canoe trip taken just for the hell of it up one of the more obscure tributaries of the Amazon. Harrison's tale is compelling, full of suspense, humor and wonderful descriptions of Amazon wildlife, all told in... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Marsh Lions: The Story of an African Pride by Brian Jackman Publisher Comments The Marsh Lions tells the story of a pride of lions in Kenyas world-famous Masai Mara game reserve. For five years, Brian Jackman and Jonathan Scott followed the Marsh pride and their progeny, recording the daily drama of life and death on the... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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Sweet Life in Paris (09 Edition) by David Lebovitz Publisher Comments Like so many others, David Lebovitz dreamed about living in Paris ever since he first visited the city in the 1980s. Finally, after a nearly two-decade career as a pastry chef and cookbook author, he moved to Paris to start a new life. Having crammed all... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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