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A Tramp Across the Continent
by Charles F. Lummis  Publisher Comments When young Charles Lummis heard about a job in the small town of Los Angeles more than a century ago, he walked all the way to it—across the plains, up Pike's Peak, down Devil's Gorge, through the Grand Canyon, over the desert. It was, by...
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More Sand in My Bra: Funny Women Write from the Road, Again! (Travelers' Tales Guides)
by Julia (edt) Weiler Publisher Comments Following on the heels of the best-selling Sand in My Bra, this sequel is a collection of hilarious women's travel stories. From Australia to Zambia and everywhere in between, these true stories are full of bust-a-gut laughter. Nothing helps a travel...
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The Zoo Quest Expeditions: Travels in Guyana, Indonesia, and Paraguay
by David Attenborough Synopsis The author's account of journeys to Guyana, Indonesia and Paraguay in search of rare and bizarre creatures for the benefit of TV viewers....
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Wild: An Elemental Journey
by Jay Griffiths Publisher Comments A poetic evaluation of the connection between human society and the natural world is a part-travelogue, symbolic tour of the earth's elements that explores "wildness" as an essential character of life. By the award-winning author of A Sideways Look at...
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Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (UK Edition)
by Lawrence Durrell Synopsis One of a three-part series of Lawrence Durrell's writings. In this volume he explores the island of Cyprus, evoking the sun-drenched landscapes, dazzling light and vivid blue skies of the Aegean....
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Snakes with Wings and Gold-Digging Ants
by Herodotus Synopsis Inspired by Penguins innovative Great Ideas series, our new Great Journeys series presents the most incredible tours, voyages, treks, expeditions, and travels ever writtenfrom Isabella Birds exaltation in the dangers of grizzlies, rattlesnakes, and...
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Facing the Congo : a Modern-day Journey Into the Heart of Darkness (00 Edition)
by Jeffrey Tayler 
Publisher Comments On an unforgettable journey of discovery, Facing the Congo transports readers into the lush jungles and crocodile-infested waters of sub-Saharan Africa. Climbing the river on a barge teeming with merchants, deckhands, prostitutes, mothers, spiritual...
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Way of the World (UK Edition)
by Nicolas Bouvier Publisher Comments Reborn from the ashes of a Pakistan rubbish heap, this volume tells of a friendship between a writer and an artist, forged on an impecunious, life-enhancing journey from Serbia to Afghanistan in the 1950s....
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An Italian Journey
by Jean Giono Synopsis First published in France in 1954, Jean Giono's tale describes his journey to the land whence his father's people came. A most reluctant traveler, Giono nonetheless discovers a strange beauty not only in such traditional sights as the palazzos and canals...
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Russian Journal (99 Edition)
by John Steinbeck Synopsis Steinbeck and Capa's account of their journey through Cold War Russia is a classic piece of reportage and travel writing Just after the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Pulitzer Prize -- winning author John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer...
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Venturing in Ireland: Quests for the Modern Celtic Soul (Travelers' Tales Guides)
by Barbara J. (edt) Euser Publisher Comments Venturing in Ireland showcases an irresistible collection of true stories that transport the reader to an Emerald Isle of dynamic, youthful jubilation, folk music-filled pubs, and coexisting modern and traditional cultures in a land where ancient stone...
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I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination
by Francis Spufford Publisher Comments Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly majestic work of scholarship, thought and literary imagination . . ." The title, a last quote from one explorer to...
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Can't You Get Along with Anyone?: A Writer's Memoir and a Tale of a Lost Surfer's Paradise
by Allan C. Weisbecker Publisher Comments When Allan Weisbecker penned the last sentence of In Search of Captain Zero, most readers assumed the full scope of the tale had been told. But apparently, life had other plans. In his latest offering, Can't You Get Along With Anyone? A Writer's Memoir...
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Race to the South Pole (Great Adventures)
by Roald Amudsen Synopsis Part historical essay, part scientific article, and part enthralling diary-Roald Amundsen's (1872-1928) book presents intriguing documentation about how his expedition reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911, just one month ahead of his rival, Robert...
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The Afghan Amulet: Travels from the Hindu Kush
by Sheila Paine Publisher Comments Intrigued by an exquisite and mysterious amulet on an antique dress from Kohistan, ‘land of mountains’ in Pakistan, Sheila Paine began an epic quest that took her from the peaks of the Himalaya to the shores of Greece. In this, the first part...
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Baghdad Without a Map
by Tony Horwitz Publisher Comments This wild and comic tale of Middle East misadventure is "a very funny and frequently insightful look at the world's most combustible region. Fearlessness is a valuable quality in a travel writer, and Mr. Horwitz...seems as intrepid as they come". (The...
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Mccarthy's Bar : Journey of Discovery in Ireland (03 Edition)
by Pete Mccarthy Publisher Comments The #1 Irish Bestseller Despite the many exotic places Pete McCarthy has visited, he finds that nowhere else can match the particular magic of Ireland, his mother’s homeland. In McCarthy's Bar, his journey begins in Cork and continues along the...
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Blue highways :a journey into America
by William L Heat Moon Publisher Comments A book that describes Heat-Moon's 13,000 mile journey exploring the backroads of the United States....
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Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year
by Carlo Levi Publisher Comments It was to Lucania, a desolate land in southern Italy, that Carlo Levi—a doctor, painter, philosopher, and man of letters—was confined as a political prisoner because of his opposition to Italy’s Fascist government at the start of the...
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Visions of Mughal India: An Anthology of European Travel Writing
by Michael H. Fisher Publisher Comments The Mughal Empire, which conquered and ruled virtually all of today's India, Pakistan and Bangladesh over several centuries, created one of the richest and most colourful of all historical eras. Peoples of different cultures – including Muslims...
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