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To the Elephant Graveyard
by Tarquin Hall  Publisher Comments On India's northeast frontier, a killer elephant is on the rampage, stalking Assam's paddy fields and murdering dozens of farmers. Local forestry officials, powerless to stop the elephant, call in one of India's last licensed elephant hunters and issue a...
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The Shadow of Kilimanjaro: On Foot Across East Africa
by Rick Ridgeway Publisher Comments In one of the most acclaimed travel and adventure books of the past year, Rick Ridgeway chronicles his trek from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to the Indian Ocean, through Kenya's famed Tsavo Park. His tale is, according to The Boston Globe, "a...
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Approaching the Cosmos...Hotel: Traveling the World with a Gay Sensibility
by Robert Champ Publisher Comments Approaching the Cosmos Hotel is a compendium of travels, an odyssey through much of the world over many years, a memoir that explores events, cultures, gastronomy, architecture and art through the critical lens of a man who doesn't take himself too...
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The pillars of Hercules : a grand tour of the Mediterranean.
by Paul Theroux Book News Annotation The acclaimed travel writer explores the cradle of civilization bordering the Mediterranean Sea, traveling by foot, bus, train, ferry, and luxury cruiser to the French Riviera, the islands of Greece, war- torn Croatia, and Egypt, where he meets Nobel...
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An Innocent in Ireland: Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters
by David Mcfadden Publisher Comments When writer David McFadden sets out on a tour of Ireland, he is determined to so do in a relatively innocent state. Using as a guide only In Search of Ireland, a 1930 title by travel writer H. V. Morton, he plans to follow the same route, to try to...
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Hindoo Holiday
by J Ackerley Synopsis In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations...
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Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica (UK Edition)
by Sara Wheeler Synopsis Sara Wheeler was the first woman selected by the American government to be the "Writer in Residence at the US South Pole Station". She spent six weeks at the pole. In this book she reveals how people live on the bases and how the landscape affects them....
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An Englishman's Travels in America
by John Benwell Synopsis It was his almost unremitting practice during the four years he resided on the North American continent to keep a record of what he considered of interest around him; not with a view to publishing the matter thus collected for this was far from his...
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Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy
by Michael Tucker Publisher Comments The actor Michael Tucker and his wife, the actress Jill Eikenberry, having sent their last child off to college, were vacationing in Italy when they happened upon a small cottage nestled in the Umbrian countryside. The three-hundred-and-fifty-year-old...
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Through the Brazilian Wilderness
by Theodore, Iv Roosevelt Synopsis At the age of fifty-five, former president Theodore Roosevelt took part in an expedition to the far reaches of the Amazon. Mind you, in time and context this was an extraordinary thing; at this point in history, you'd need to make an expedition into...
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Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud
by Sun Shuyun Synopsis An account of Sun Shuyun's journey to retrace the steps of one of the most popular figures in Chinese history -- the monk Xuanzang, who travelled to India searching for true Buddhism....
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Worst Journeys: the Picador Book of Travel (UK Edition)
by Synopsis At times exhilarating and harrowing, this collection of travellers' tales takes the reader to the farthest extremes of the Earth, from ice-bound Norwegian islands to the baking heat of Arabia, and from the danger of wartime Saigon to the squalor of...
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In Search of Eden: The Course of an Obsession (Armchair Traveller)
by James Weir Publisher Comments In his twenties and thirties, James Weir criss-crossed the landscapes of the Near East and Africa associated with the Genesis story. Did the Garden of Eden have a real earthly existence, or is it simply the mythological representation of a key stage in...
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No Place for a Lady: Tales of Adventurous Women Travelers
by Barbara Hodgson Synopsis Hodgson profiles adventurous women who sacrificed personal comfort and respectability to pursue experiences traditionally open only to men. Filled with fascinating portraits, historical maps, and intricate drawings, this is at once a beautifully...
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Joseph Pennell's Pictures of War Work in England
by Joseph Pennel Publisher Comments JOSEPH PENNELLS PICTURES OF WAR WORK IN ENGLAND REPRODUCTIONS OF A SERIES OF DRAWINGS AND LITHOGRAPHS OF THE MUNITION WORKS MADE BY HIM WITH THE PERMISSION AND AUTHORITY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WITH NOTES BY THE ARTIST AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY H. G....
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Clouddancer's Alaskan Chronicles
by Clouddancer Publisher Comments At a certified average of 1.2 belly laughs and two good chuckles per page, this book is a must read for flying and Alaska enthusiasts alike. Even non-aviators can comfortably follow along as drama and nail biting suspense usually result in knee slapping...
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Franchere's Narrative of a Voyage
by Gabriel Franchere Synopsis Noted Canadian explorer's account of exploring the Northwest with the plan to expand fur trade....
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The Prester Quest
by Nicholas Jubber Publisher Comments In 1177, Pope Alexander III wrote a letter to the elusive King of the Indies, otherwise known as Prester John. The person who was selected and set out to deliver this letter into the hand of Prester John was never heard of again. 824 years later, armed...
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Life Is a Road, Get on It and Ride!
by Daniel Meyer Publisher Comments ..".I know the risks, and moderate them when I can, but still I press on, even into adversity. There are very few things I fear, and even this situation was not one of them. But still...every now and then...just once and a while...
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Discovery Road (UK Edition)
by Sir Ranulph Fiennes Publisher Comments Their goal was to become the first to ride mountain bikes, unsupported, around the world, and in doing so raise money for the charity Intermediate Technology. In a year less one day, Andy, a disenchanted petroleum executive, and Tim, a rugby playing...
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