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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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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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The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad Staff Pick In this remarkable portrait, Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad recounts with brutal honesty the day to day lives of one Afghani family persevering through life in a country beset by chaos. With the assent of the Khan family with whom she lives... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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 $15.00 Your price: $7.50 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 $17.00 Your price: $5.95 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: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme Staff Pick An inspiring look at the life and times of the culinary genius, Julia Child's My Life in France is a good-humored memoir of her influential and transformative early experiences in France with her then new husband, Paul. Julia's devotees, as well as those... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton Staff Pick In this delightful series of essays, Alain de Botton tells us not only how but why we should travel.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 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 Staff Pick Eric Weiner takes an entertaining romp around the world in search of geographical happiness, and I was willingly taken along for the ride. His self-professed Eeyore-centric take on the world and his grumpy wit made his discourse all the more fun. Highly... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid by J Maarten Troost Staff Pick Lost on Planet China is a must-read. The book, like its subject matter, contains multitudes. It's a travel-history-political-business-humor book. Roll Bill Bryson, Daniel Boorstin, and Thomas Friedman together and you get an idea of the scope of Troost's... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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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: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne Staff Pick Talking Heads fans will flock to this book. Bicycle enthusiasts will shove each other out of the way to get the first copy. But it's the cyclists who are also Talking Heads fans that you really have to watch out for, because they're going to be... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lonely Planet a Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Lonely Planet Journeys) by Eric Newby Staff Pick The most successful travel writer of his generation, Eric Newby's account of his climbing expedition in a remote corner of Afghanistan is impossible to read without laughing out loud.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert Staff Pick Not long after her thirtieth birthday, on the heels of an ugly divorce, Elizabeth Gilbert traveled for a year, to Italy, India, and finally Indonesia. In Italy she wanted to explore the art of pleasure (pasta, wine, handsome men speaking a beautiful... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Between the Woods and the Water (New York Review Books Classics) by Patrick Leigh Fermor Staff Pick Considered one of the true classics of travel writing, Fermor continues his journey on foot across Europe to Constantinople, which he began in A Time of Gifts .... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit Staff Pick "Rebecca Solnit's marvelous new book of essays, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, is about the spaces between stability and risk, solitude, and the occasional claustrophobia of ordinary life. She explores the mysterious without puncturing the mystery, and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land (Vintage Departures) by Patrick French Staff Pick Far from a Hollywood interpretation, French's research on Tibet is enlightening, analytical, and passionate. This historical travel memoir may be the best of its kind.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.50 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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The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage by Anthony Brandt Staff Pick Our modern conveniences were built on the backs of the brave (and sometimes foolish) souls who endured unimaginable hardship to tame a savage, unpredictable world. The Man Who Ate His Boots relates the fascinating stories of the explorers who spent 35... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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