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Carnet de Voyage
by Craig Thompson  
Powells.com Staff Pick Craig Thompson made a huge splash with last year's brilliant Blankets, and he's already back with another gorgeous, albeit smaller, work. Carnet de Voyage is a sketchbook and travel diary depicting Thompson's journeys through Europe and Morocco in May...
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Happy Ant-heap (UK Edition)
by Norman Lewis Synopsis In the pieces collected here, Lewis recalls some of the journeys he has taken in the course of his long life. He investigates many things, from snake fetishism in Southern Italy to shamanism and trial by red-hot iron in Liberia....
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The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
by Isabel Eberhardt Synopsis Born the illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic Russian emigree, Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) was a cross-dresser and sensualist, an experienced drug-taker and a transgressor of boundaries: a woman who reinvented herself as a man, wandering the...
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Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
by Andrew Pham
Publisher Comments A Vietnamese Bicycle Days by a stunning new voice in American letters. Andrew X. Pham dreamed of becoming a writer. Born in Vietnam and raised in California, he held technical jobs at United Airlines-and always carried a letter of resignation in his...
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To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa
by Pat Shipman Publisher Comments In 1859, at age fourteen, Florence Szász stood before a room full of men and waited to be auctioned to the highest bidder. But slavery and submission were not to be her destiny: Sam Baker, a wealthy English gentleman and eminent adventurer, was...
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Journey To Western Islands of Scotland... (02 Edition)
by Johnson Publisher Comments (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed) In 1773, the great Samuel Johnson–then 63–and his young friend and future biographer, James Boswell, traveled together around the coast of Scotland, each writing his own account of the 83-day journey...
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Incidents of Travel in Central Amer Volume 2
by John Stephens Publisher Comments Volume 2 of two-volume work. Almost single-handed discovery of Maya culture; exploration of ruined cities, monuments, temples; customs of Indians. Total in set: 115 drawings....
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Sea Room: An Island Life in the Hebrides
by Adam Nicolson Publisher Comments In 1937, Adam Nicolson's father answered a newspaper ad—"Uninhabited islands for sale. Outer Hebrides, 600 acres. . . . Puffins and seals. Apply."—and thus found the Shiants. With a name meaning "holy or enchanted islands," the Shiants for...
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The Travel Detective: How to Get the Best Service and the Best Deal from Airlines, Hotels, Cruise Ships, and Car Rental Agencies
by Peter Greenberg Publisher Comments Renowned travel authority and NBC Today show travel editor Peter Greenberg shares his insider secrets. Americans now travel more than ever before. Yet as our traveling has increased, the service we receive from airlines, hotels, and other agencies has...
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Travelers' Tales Prague and the Czech Republic: True Stories
by David (edt) Farley Publisher Comments Featuring essays by Paulina Poriskova, Myla Goldberg, Helen Epstein, Jan Morris, and Francine Prose, Travelers' Tales Prague and the Czech Republic collects over 30 stories from the country that inspired compositions from Mozart and novels from Kafka...
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Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey
by Anastasia M Ashman Publisher Comments As the Western world struggles to comprehend the paradoxes of modern Turkey, a country both European and Asian, forward-looking yet rooted in ancient empire, Tales from the Expat Harem reveals its most personal nuances. This anthology provides a window...
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A Left-Hand Turn Around the World: Chasing the Mystery and Meaning of All Things Southpaw
by David Wolman Publisher Comments Are Southpaws really more creative, or is that just a myth? Is there a gene for left-handedness? David Wolman--a lefty, and proud of it--sets out to answer these and other questions on a journey through the world of the left-hander. Traveling from the...
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Slouching Towards Birmingham: Shotgun Golf, Hog Hunting, Ass-Hauling Alligators, Rara in Haiti, Zapatistas, and Anahuac New Year's in Mexico City
by Michael Swindle Publisher Comments In the vivid and outlandish tradition of Hunter S. Thompson, journalist Michael Swindle shares his most bizarre, laugh-out-loud accounts of his travels: cockfights in Cajun country and wild boar hunts in the Everglades; "hog dog" rodeo in northern...
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A Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage Along the Yukon River
by Dan Oneill Publisher Comments In his square-sterned canoe, Alaskan author Dan O’Neill set off from Dawson, Yukon Territory, onetime site of the Klondike gold rush, to trace the majestic Yukon River. His journey downriver to Circle City, Alaska, is an expedition into the history...
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Watermark
by Joseph Brodsky Publisher Comments In this brief, intense, gem-like book, equal parts extended autobiographical essay and prose poem, Brodsky turns his eye to the seductive and enigmatic city of Venice. A mosaic of 48 short chapters—each recalling a specific episode from one of his...
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The Fellowship of Ghosts: Travels in the Land of Midnight Sun
by Paul Watkins Publisher Comments From the author of The Ice Soldier, comes a real-life adventure among the fjords and icy mountains of Norway. Certain geographies speak to people. We are awed by mountains, challenged by the ocean, haunted by the bleakness of deserts. The effect...
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Holy Cow : Indian Adventure (04 Edition)
by Sarah Macdonald
Publisher Comments In her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty. So when an airport beggar read her palm and told her she would return to India?and for love — she screamed...
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All the Clean Ones Are Married: And Other Everyday Calamities in Moscow
by Lori Cidylo Synopsis In 1991, Lori Cidylo shocked her parents when she left her reporter's job on an upstate New York newspaper to live and work in the rapidly dissolving Soviet Union. For six years she lived on a shoe-string budget in Moscow, in tiny, run-down apartments...
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The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry, and West Cork: A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile
by Warren Rovetch Synopsis Part travel story and part guidebook, but all charm and wit, this book transports us to another culture. While interesting for all readers, it offers planning and navigation tips for the Creaky Traveler who is mobile but not agile....
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Travels in Alaska
by John Muir Publisher Comments In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. Half-poet and half-geologist...
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