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In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century
by Geert Mak  Synopsis From the First World War to the waning days of the Cold War, a poignant exploration on what it means to be European at the end of the twentieth-century. Geert Mak crisscrosses Europe from Verdun to Berlin, Saint Petersburg to Srebrenica in search of...
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Italian a Self Teaching Guide 2ND Edition
by Edoardo A Lebano Publisher Comments This is an updated, revised edition of a popular and widely used Wiley Self-Teaching Guide....
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Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past
by Giles Tremlett Publisher Comments “Part modern social history, part travelogue, Ghosts of Spain is held together by elegant first-person prose…an invaluable book…[that] has become something of a bible for those of us extranjeros who have chosen to live in Spain. A...
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Around the World in 80 Dinners: The Ultimate Culinary Adventure
by Cheryl Jamison Publisher Comments Join Cheryl and Bill Jamison, James Beard Award winners of The Big Book of Outdoor Cooking and Entertaining, on a gastronomic tour around the world After years of writing award-winning cookbooks, renowned culinary experts Cheryl and Bill Jamison were...
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The Rough Guide to Oregon & Washington (Rough Guide to the Pacific Northwest: Oregon & Washington)
by J. D. Dickey Publisher Comments Complete with practical information on getting to and around the two states, this handbook features informed descriptions and accurate listings of the best bars and accommodations. It also takes a detailed look at history, flora, and fauna of Oregon and...
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Contemporary Latin American Literature (NTC's Spanish Readers)
by Gladys Varona Lacey Publisher Comments "Contemporary Latin American Literature" reflects the wealth of great writers of Latin America over the last hundred years, including Jorge Luis Borges, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Noble Prize winners Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, and Gabriel...
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The Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate
by Michael Wallis Publisher Comments The bestselling author of "Route 66" and a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer celebrate Americas first transcontinental highway, one that connects the bright lights of Broadway with the foggy shores of San Francisco. 300 color photos....
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Merde Happens
by Stephen Clarke Publisher Comments From Stephen Clarke, the internationally bestselling author of A Year in the Merde and In the Merde for Love, Merde Happens is the third installation of Paul West's hilarious mis-adventures in merde. This time around Paul finds himself in financial...
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To Timbuktu: A Journey Down the Niger
by Mark Jenkins Publisher Comments For nearly eight years as the monthly columnist for Outside magazine, and in his award-winning books, Mark Jenkins has held fans spellbound with his riveting accounts of expeditions to remote parts of the globe. In To Timbuktu...
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The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story
by Julia Reed Publisher Comments Julia Reed went to New Orleans in 1991 to cover the reelection of former (and currently incarcerated) governor Edwin Edwards. Seduced by the city's sauntering pace, its rich flavors and exotic atmosphere, she was never entirely able to leave again. After...
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The Art of Rough Travel: From the Peculiar to the Practical Advice from a 19th Century Explorer
by Francis Galton Publisher Comments "Carrion is not noxious to starving men." This is one of the countless potentially useful bits of information contained within Sir Francis Galton's fascinating but unwieldy (366 pages) The Art of Travel. First published in 1855, the book became a bible...
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Che Guevara and the Mountain of Silver: By Bicycle and Train Through South America
by Anne Mustoe Publisher Comments In her latest travelogue, intrepid ex-headmistress Anne Mustoe dusts off the bicycle clips once more and embarks on a remarkable journey through South America. Following by bicycle in the tracks of che Guevara, Mustoe retraces the route the iconic...
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We've Always Had Paris... and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France
by Patricia Wells Publisher Comments Patricia Wells, long recognized as the leading American authority on French food, and her husband, Walter, live the life in France that many of us have often fantasized about. After more than a quarter century, they are as close to being accepted as...
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Shadow of the Silk Road (P.S.)
by Colin Thubron Publisher Comments To travel the Silk Road, the greatest land route on earth, is to trace the passage not only of trade and armies but also of ideas, religions, and inventions. Making his way by local bus, truck, car, donkey cart, and camel, Colin Thubron covered some...
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In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
by Tahir Shah Publisher Comments Tahir Shah’s The Caliph’s House, describing his first year in Casablanca, was hailed by critics and compared to such travel classics as A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun. Now Shah takes us deeper into the heart of this exotic and...
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That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story
by Marlena De Blasi Publisher Comments At villa Donnafugata, long ago is never very far away, writes bestselling author Marlena de Blasi of the magnificent if somewhat ruined castle in the mountains of Sicily that she finds, accidentally, one summer while traveling with her husband, Fernando....
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Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien: A Yanqui's Missteps in Argentina
by Brian Winter Publisher Comments In a book that is part travelogue, part history, a young American reporter moves to Argentina and struggles to learn the tango. He discovers that the tango, with its tales of jealousy, melodrama, and lost glory, may hold the secret to the country that is...
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Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run
by Alton Brown Publisher Comments He’s on the road again. This time, Alton Brown and his motorcycle-mounted crew are off on a thousand-mile, south-to-north journey that follows America’s first “superhighway”—the Mississippi. Starting at the great river’...
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Lonely Planet Washington Oregon and the Pacific Northwest (Regional Guide)
by et al. Sandra Bao Synopsis Expanded outdoor activities section and more sustainable travel options....
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Panther Soup: Travels Through Europe in War and Peace
by John Gimlette Publisher Comments In 2004, John Gimlette set off across Europe, following in the footsteps of one of the greatest armies ever assembled: the United States forces of 1944–45. His guide (emotionally if not geographically) was Putnam Flint, an eighty-six-year-...
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