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In Morocco
by Edith Wharton  Synopsis ""I stand in portico hung with gentian-blue ipomeas ... and look out on a land of mists and mysteries; a land of trailing silver veils through which domes and minarets, mighty towers and ramparts of flushed stone, hot palm groves and Atlas snows, peer...
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Kipling's Sussex
by R. Thurston Hopkins Publisher Comments CT TOO P 7 SUSSEX BY R. THURSTON HOPKINS AUTHOR OF RUDYARD KIPLING A LITERARY APPRECIATION, ETC NEW YORK D, APPLETON AND COMPANY PrfnUd in Great Britain by Wyman Sons Ltd, , London, Reading and PakenJtam, Goodfellow, Puck and goblins, Know more than any...
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Lonely Planet on the Shores of the Mediterranean (Lonely Planet Journeys)
by Eric Newby Synopsis Starting in Naples and circling clockwise, Eric Newby explores the civilizations of the Mediterranean. A compelling portrait of the region from one of the great travel writers of our time....
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From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam: Travels in Transcaucasia and Northern Persia for Historic and Literary Research
by A. V. Williams Jackson Synopsis Jackson gives an account of his travels in 1907 and 1908, from Constantinople, along the shores of the Black Sea and the Caspian, across Northern Persia, and into Russian Asia. More than 250 photos....
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Extremes: Surviving the World's Harshest Environments
by Nick Middleton Publisher Comments Humans have a remarkable knack for surviving harsh environments. But how do people really endure the world’s most remote and inhospitable landscapes, where nature still reigns and where the physical geography is raw and unforgiving? In Extremes...
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Ireland - Its Scenery, Character and History - Vol VI
by S. C. Hall Publisher Comments IRELAND, ITS HISTORY, SCENERY AND CHARACTER - CONTENTS - PAGE LONGFORD . . . . . . . . . . . 1 LEITRIM . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 SLIGO . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 ROSCOMM . ON . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 0 CLARE . . . . . . ....
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Romancing Spain
by Lamar Herrin Publisher Comments The woman or the country? And which love is finally the greatest? In this elegant account of his falling in love with the Spanish woman he married 30 years ago, Lamar Herrin opens his heart, his natural skepticism, and an American's awe of history to a...
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My Discovery of England
by Stephen Leacock Synopsis In fact you will find that, just as with us in America, the benefit of prohibition is intended to fall on the poorer classes. There is no desire to interfere with the rich....
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Travels in the United States of America
by William Priest Publisher Comments A musician offers an account of his travels through the Mid-Atlantic and New England. He offers commentary on Native American contact, social life, and hunting game and fishing (a passion of his)....
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The European Stranger in America
by John Eyre Synopsis Letters by Mr. Eyre about religious observation in New York....
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Among the Celestials
by Captain Francis Younghusband Synopsis 1898. A narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas to India. Abridged from The Heart of a Continent. With Map and Illustrations. The British explorer recalls his travels in this lively account. Contents: The Ever...
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Ulster
by George Fletcher Publisher Comments ULSTER Kdited by GEORGE FLETCHER, F. G. S, M. R I. With IMaps, Diagrams and Illustrations C AMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1921 EDITORS NOTE THE aim of this series is to offer, in a readable form, an account of the physical features of Ireland, and of...
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The Last Light Breaking: Living Among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos
by Nick Jans Synopsis In breathtaking prose, Alaskan writer and teacher Nick Jans offers an insider's perspective on America's last great wilderness and its northernmost people, the Inupiat Eskimos....
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Inscribed Landscapes
by Richard Strassberg Publisher Comments Alongside the scores of travel books about China written by foreign visitors, Chinese travelers' impressions of their own country rarely appear in translation. This anthology is the only comprehensive collection in English of Chinese travel writing from...
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
by Henry David Thoreau Synopsis Two years after graduating from Harvard, Henry David Thoreau built a small riverboat and took a leisurely trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire. He wrote to describe what he saw, but took advantage of the scenes to digresses into philosophy...
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Driving to Greenland
by Peter Stark Synopsis In the most entertaining tradition of the new journalism are Stark's attempts at ski jumping, ice climbing, and kayaking in the Arctic....
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Season With Verona
by Tim Parks Publisher Comments After 20 years of living in Italy, Tim parks, whom Joseph Brodsky has called "the best British author working today," spent a full year following the fortunes--and misfortunes--of the Verona football--oops! soccer--club. Here is his rollicking report....
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Oxford Studies
by John Richard Green Publisher Comments OXFOBD STUDIES BY JOHN RICHARD GEEEN EDITED BY MRS. J. R. GKEEN AND Miss K NORGATE iLotttrott MAGMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NKW TOBK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 3901 Ml rights reserved CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION . . ix THE EARLY HISTORY OF OXFORD 1 OXFORD DURING...
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A Modern Pilgrim in Mecca and a Siege in Sanaa (1913)
by A. J. B. Wavell Synopsis Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the...
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Very Funny Now Change Me Back Again
by Peter Biddlecombe Publisher Comments This is the fifth in a series of dispatches from all over the world in which Peter Biddlecombe recounts his battles to survive the black magic voodoo of 5-star international travel. Former European footballers of the year open their own high...
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