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The Unveiling of Timbuctoo: The Astounding Adventures of Caillie
by Galbraith Welch Publisher Comments This is the remarkable story of Rene Caillie, a young Frenchman, who in 1828 became the first European to reach the unknown, sacred city of Timbuctoo and escape alive. His is one of the most extraordinary adventures ever undertaken. But his journey was...
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Rowing to Alaska: And Other True Stories
by Wayne Mclennan Publisher Comments In "Rowing to Alaska," Wayne McLennan tells the story of his utterly extraordinary life through a series of adventures. Desperate to avoid following his father and grandfather into the mines, he left his home town in Australia to become a professional...
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Chasing the Mountain of Light: Across India on the Trail of the Koh-I-Noor Diamond
by Kevin Rushby Publisher Comments The Koh-i-Noor diamond, the Mountain of Light, the world's largest diamond was found in India, traveled from Golconda to the Mughal palaces in the north. Fought over, cursed and occasionally lost, it finally reached the sikhs in the Punjab, only to be...
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Sultry Climates: Travel & Sex
by Ian Littlewood Publisher Comments Here, said the reviewer for Salon.com, is a book that is "lively and accessible and erudite...the perfect companion for anyone who wouldn't be caught dead with an airport paperback-though I wouldn't want to wager which one provides more juice...
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The Making of Toro: Bullfights, Broken Hearts, and One Author's Quest for the Acclaim He Deserves
by Mark Sundeen Publisher Comments Mark Sundeen receives a call from a big city publisher with an offer to write a book about bullfighting in Spain. Sundeen agrees, assuming that this is his best and last chance to follow the trajectory of his literary heroes, despite the fact that he has...
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Gumboots, Lesson Plans and Hot Rugby Nights: New Beginnings in New Zealand
by J A Flynn Publisher Comments This tale recounts the development of a "strategic plan" that propels the author into the next stage of her working life - teaching ESL. By implementing the plan, she finds a job via the Internet and accepts a position in Auckland, New Zealand to teach...
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Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage, and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet
by Elliott Hester Publisher Comments Make sure your seatbacks and tray tables are in their full upright and locked position for these shocking, bizarre, hilarious, and outrageous stories of airplane travel. You're belted into a middle seat with burly businessmen on either side. It's...
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Au Paris
by Rachel Spencer Publisher Comments Part travel memoir, part coming-of-age tale, "Au Paris" is a story of self-discovery, independence, and following one's heart at all costs....
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Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals: Adventures in Love and Danger
by Wendy Dale Publisher Comments From salsa dancing in a rum-induced haze and struggling to exercise in Colombia (“the guerillas were using the track again today”), to crossing international borders unconventionally and dodging bombs in Lebanon (“the good news was that...
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What the hell am I doing here? :travels with an occasional war correspondent
by Paul Moorcraft Publisher Comments Self-described "renegade academic turned journalist" Paul Morrcraft recounts his chaotic adventures as he bumbles through the world's war zones and trouble spots. A behind-the-scenes look at humorous travel in serious places....
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Travels Green Integer Books Edition
by Hans Chris Andersen Publisher Comments Between 1831 and 1867, Hans Christian Andersen made 29 trips throughout Europe and North Africa. Translator Anastazia Little has gathered many of his travel writings which show Andersen accumulating ideas for later stories, displaying neurotic concerns...
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Running the Amazon (Vintage Departures)
by Joe Kane Publisher Comments The voyage began in the lunar terrain of the Peruvian Andes, where coca leaf is the only remedy against altitude sickness. It continued down rapids so fierce they could swallow a raft in a split second. It ended six months and 4,200 miles later, where...
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Been There, Done That!: Travels from Your Armchair
by Ewan Carpenter Publisher Comments Enjoy the facts, the figures, the myths, and the legends of some of the world's greatest sporting and cultural events. Whether it's impressing new friends or boning up on great global spectacles, we'll make you feel as though you've stood on sporting's...
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The Wild Goose Chronicles
by Trent Harris Synopsis It was 1992 and everybody was against me so I got up really early and placed a call to the U.S. embassy in Bamako, the capital of Mali.... I told Scott ( was going to Timbuktu. He asked me if he could have my TV set if I didn't come back. I said yes...
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Desert Sojourn: A Woman's Forty Days and Nights Alone
by Debi Holmes-binney Publisher Comments At age 31, after leaving a stifling, decade-long marriage, Binney set off alone into the harsh Utah desert where she spent an extended sojourn in a place by turns physically terrifying, psychologically invigorating, and gloriously beautiful....
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Long Ago in France: The Years in Dijon
by M F K Fisher Publisher Comments From one of the most gifted writers of our time, a nostalgic account of France, replete with fascinating characters and memorable meals. In this very personal reminiscence, readers glimpse beautiful Dijon against the backdrop of between-the-wars Europe...
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The Flying Island
by Romana Petri Publisher Comments "The Flying Island is an account of an Italian woman's solitary stay on the Azores. The islanders are poised between their open generosity and simplicity, their traditions bordering on the magic and the supernatural; and the brute realism of the new...
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Throwim Way Leg: Tree-Kangaroos, Possums, and Penis Gourds
by Tim Flannery Publisher Comments Tim Flannery is a scientist of international standing, a world expert on the fauna of New Guinea with twenty new species and seven books to his credit. In Throwim Way Leg, he takes us into the field and on an unforgettable journey into the heart of this...
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101 Countries: Discovering the World Through Fast Travel
by P J Parmar Publisher Comments With an inability to sit still, a knack for handling uncomfortable travel, and a mission to see most of the world with as little time and money as possible, the author embarks on a whirlwind tour of five continents. His style of travel often incurs...
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Travellers' Tales from Heaven and Hell
by Travellerseye Publisher Comments An eclectic collection of over a hundred anecdotal travel stories made up of poems, short anecdotes and longer pieces up to a thousand words. Some are amusing, some informative, others are dramatic, the emotions experienced range from heavenly to hellish....
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