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Croatia: Travels in an Undiscovered Country
by Tony Fabijancic  Synopsis From an early age, Tony Fabijancic (contemporary literature, Memorial U., Newfoundland) made multiple trips to the Croatian countryside where his father grew up. In this travel narrative, the author draws upon these experiences as well as more recent...
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My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
by Isabel Allende 
Synopsis Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country, a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and indomitable spirit, and the politics, religion, myth, and magic of her homeland that she carries with her even today....
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A Woman's Path: Best Women's Spiritual Travel Writing
by Kim Chernin
Synopsis Anne Lamott, Linda Ellerbee, Jan Morris, Sue Bender and others reflect on the great and subtle ways that travel awakens us. While many of these stories occur on the road, others lead the reader on an inward journey, equally ambitious and equally...
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Zeus: A Journey Through Greece in the Footsteps of a God
by Tom Stone Publisher Comments In the tradition of Walking the Bible, an irresistible tour through some of the most powerful stories ever told. Lusty, lightning-tempered, polyamorous Zeus was the most powerful and charismatic of the Greek gods, and the progenitor of some of the...
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Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago (Crown Journeys)
by Alex Kotlowitz Publisher Comments The acclaimed author of There Are No Children Here takes us into the heart of Chicago by introducing us to some of the city’s most interesting, if not always celebrated, people. Chicago is one of America’s most iconic, historic, and...
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Walking the Gobi: 1600 Mile-Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair
by Helen Thayer Publisher Comments At the age of 63, Helen Thayer fulfilled her lifelong dream of crossing Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Accompanied by her 74-year-old husband Bill and two camels, Tom and Jerry, Thayer walked 1600 miles in 126-degree temperatures, battling fierce sandstorms...
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A Tall Man in a Low Land
by Harry Pearson Publisher Comments Can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull? Harry Pearson lived In Belgium for several months, burying himself in the local culture. He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians...
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The Last Grain Race
by Eric Newby Synopsis At the age of 18, Eric Newby signed on as an apprentice on the four-masted sailing ship Moshulu of the Erikson line for the round trip from Europe to Australia and back, outwards by way of the Cape of Good Hope and round Cape Horn. This was to be an...
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A Year in the Merde
by Stephen Clarke Publisher Comments Based on Stephen Clarke’s own experiences and with names changed to “avoid embarrassment, possible legal action, and to prevent the author’s legs being broken by someone in a Yves Saint Laurent suit,” A Year in the Merde provides...
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La Place de La Concorde Suisse
by John Mcphee Publisher Comments La Place de la Concorde Suisse is John McPhee's rich, journalistic study of the Swiss Army's role in Swiss society. The Swiss Army is so quietly efficient at the art of war that the Isrealis carefully patterned their own military on the Swiss model....
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Destinations: Essays from Rolling Stone
by Jan Morris Synopsis Combining impressionism, history, and political interpretation, Morris's essays convey the essence of places as diverse as post-Watergate Washington, Manhattan, Delhi under Mrs. Gandhi, and Los Angeles....
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Evans's Pedestrious Tour
by Estwick Evans Publisher Comments The reflections of a nineteenth-century, New Hampshire lawyer who left his home to walk to Michigan in the dead of winter may seem nothing more than a bizarre chapter in a catalog of crazy stunts. Instead, Estwick Evans's Pedestrious Tour of Four...
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The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific
by Julia Whitty
Publisher Comments Julia Whitty paints a mesmerizing, scientifically rich portrait of teeming coral reefs off Rangiroa in French Polynesia — the underwater equivalent of an African big game safari — where hammerhead sharks, the thugs of the reef, rule a cascading...
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Prague Pictures: A Portrait of the City (Writer and the City #04)
by John Banville Publisher Comments The fourth book in Bloomsbury's Writer and the City series.From one of the foremost chroniclers of the modern European experience, a panoramic view of a city that has seduced and bewitched visitors for centuries.Prague is the magic capital of Europe...
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Ten Years Behind the Mast: The Voyage of Theodora R
by Fritz Damler Synopsis Adventure highlights of a ten year world cruise aboard the Theodora R, a 35' classic wooden sailboat. From tempestuous storms in the Med. and shark attacks in the Pacific to wild safaris in Africa's Okavango swamp, this decade at sea has it all...
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Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companion)
by C M Mayo Publisher Comments Mexico has long been the top travel destination for Americans. But until now, there has not been such a panoramic vision of offered by some of Mexico's finest contemporary writers of fiction and literary prose. Here are writings — many translated...
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Adventures of a Continental Drifter: An Around-The-World Excursion Into Weirdness, Danger, Lust, and the Perils of Street Food
by Elliott Hester Publisher Comments One year. Six continents. Twenty-two countries. Endless stories to tell. In October 2002, Elliott Hester sold his car, abandoned his apartment, and took off alone on a trip around the world, during which he drifted to more than fifty destinations...
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No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach
by Anthony Bourdain Publisher Comments No Reservations is Bourdain's fully illustrated journal of his far-flung travels throughout the world. The book traces his trips from New Zealand to New Jersey and everywhere in between, mixing beautiful, never-before-seen photos and oddball mementoes...
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Wrong about Japan
by Peter Carey Publisher Comments When Peter Carey offered to take his son to Japan, 12-year-old Charley stipulated no temples or museums. He wanted to see manga, anime, and cool, weird stuff. His father said yes. Out of that bargain comes this enchanting tour of the mansion of Japanese...
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Italy and the Grand Tour
by Jeremy Black Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-245) and index....
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