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Time's Magpie: A Walk in Prague (Crown Journeys)
by Myla Goldberg  Publisher Comments Sometimes a city can be like a bird. Just as the magpie is an inveterate collector, hoarding beautiful eclectic bits to line its nest, so Prague retains fragments from bygone regimes and centuries past to create a city of juxtaposition that is...
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Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure
by Don Sarkell Publisher Comments It was crazy. It was unthinkable. It was the adventure of a lifetime.When Don and Dana Starkell left Winnipeg in a tiny three-seater canoe, they had no idea of the dangers that lay ahead. Two years and 12,180 miles later, father and son had each paddled...
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Between the Woods & the Water
by Patrick Leig Fermor Publisher Comments Published for the first time in B format....
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Maiden Voyage
by Tania Aebi Publisher Comments Tania Aebe was an eighteen-year-old dropout and barfly. She was going nowhere until her father offered her a challenge. He would offer her either a college education or a twenty-six-foot sloop in which she had to sail around the world alone. She chose...
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The Hills of Tuscany: A New Life in an Old Land
by Ferenc Mate Synopsis In the bestselling tradition of "Under the Tuscan Sun" and "A Year in Provence, " this lush, witty memoir chronicles the charming, funny, and life-enriching experiences of Mate and his wife after they quit their jobs and bought an ancient farmhouse in...
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After the Dance : a Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti (02 Edition)
by Edwidge Danticat Publisher Comments In After the Dance, one of Haiti’s most renowned daughters returns to her homeland, taking readers on a stunning, exquisitely rendered journey beyond the hedonistic surface of Carnival and into its deep heart. Edwidge Danticat had long been scared...
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Walking My Dog Jane
by Ned Rozell Publisher Comments "She's just a dog." Ned Rozell's friend reminded him often. "I know, I know," he'd answer "but I have a deep emotional attachment to this dog. The way she groans when she plops down, the way she leans into me when I knead her ears in the morning, the...
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Travels in Alaska (98 Edition)
by John Muir Publisher Comments John Muir first saw Alaska in 1879, only twelve years after it was purchased from Russia by the United States. Four more times, in 1880, 1881, 1890, and 1899, he was drawn back to this land of rivers and glaciers, sunsets and northern lights, campfires...
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There's No Toliet Paper (05 Edition)
by Lansky Publisher Comments The perfect trip, where nothing goes wrong, is surely not the memorable trip, which is where everything goes wrong and one lives to tell the tale — and laugh about it. This collection captures the wackiest and most bizarre experiences of well-known...
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The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited
by V. S. Naipaul Publisher Comments In 1960 the government of Trinidad invited V. S. Naipaul to revisit his native country and record his impressions. In this classic of modern travel writing he has created a deft and remarkably prescient portrait of Trinidad and four adjacent Caribbean...
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Seasons in Basilicata
by David Yeadon Publisher Comments Award–winning travel writer and illustrator, David Yeadon embarks with his wife, Anne on an exploration of the "lost word" of Basilicata, in the arch of Italy's boot. What is intended as a brief sojourn turns into an intriguing residency in the...
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Cork Boat: A True Story of the Unlikeliest Boat Ever Built
by John D Pollack Publisher Comments 165,321 corks 1 boat Most people have childhood dreams; few ever pursue them. At the age of 34, John Pollack quit a prestigious speechwriting job on Capitol Hill to pursue an idea he had harbored since the age of six: to build a boat out of wine corks...
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Off the Beaten Path: A Traveler's Anthology
by Laura Stoddart Publisher Comments Laura Stoddart's exquisite and witty drawings have earned her a devoted following. With Off the Beaten Path, she offers a more sublime taste of her artistic talent and sense of humor. In this charming anthology, she pairs her delightful illustrations...
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Pasquale's Nose: Idle Days in an Italian Town
by Michael Rips Synopsis Hailed for its quirkiness and charm, this book tells the story of a New York City lawyer who runs away to a small Etruscan village with his wife and baby and discovers a community of eccentrics who make them feel right at home....
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On Mexican Time : New Life in San Miguel (00 Edition)
by Tony Cohan Publisher Comments We walk the dimly lit town, along its Moorish walls of roseate hues. In the small, thronged central plaza, we sit on an iron bench gazing up at a quirky dripcastle church, its spires embedded in full complement of stars. Drop it, something whispers. Just...
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Journey to the Orient
by Gerard De Nerval Publisher Comments Gerard de Nerval's classic tale of drugs, travel and exotic women, written after his travels to the Middle East, to Cairo, Beirut and Constantinople in 1844....
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The Long Riders Anthology, Volume 1
by Cuchullaine O'reilly Synopsis Within these covers rest the accounts of a rare breed of men and women. Here are the mounted dare-devils who rode hell-bent for leather through raging fires sweeping the plains around them. Here are the mounted mystics seeking inner enlightenment via...
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Abraham a Journey To the Heart of Three
by Bruce Feiler Publisher Comments IntroductionHome They start walking just after dawn. They stream through the streets, begin climbing the hills, and drop a few coins in the outstretched palms of the poor. They leave their houses, their lives, their neighbors, and come by themselves or...
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A House in Corfu: A Family's Sojourn in Greece
by Emma Tennant Publisher Comments This book is the story of Emma Tennant's parent's house, Rovinia, set above the bay in Corfu where legend has it Ulysses was shipwrecked and found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous. It is also the story of people like Maria, a miraculous cook and...
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The City of Florence: Historical Vistas and Personal Sightings
by R W B Lewis Publisher Comments A New York Times Notable Book In this deeply personal and learned labor of love, R.W.B. Lewis provides a new look at the glories of Florence, the smallish Tuscan city which has been a prime source for modern Western culture and which has also been his...
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