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The Secret Life of the Seine
by Mort Rosenblum  Publisher Comments Mort Rosenblum, a celebrated foreign correspondent, invites us aboard his fifty-four-foot launch tied up in the center of Paris and introduces us to the characters who share his life along the river, ranging from eccentric movie stars and reclusive...
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The River Queen
by Mary Morris Publisher Comments This story of a middle-aged woman’s odyssey down the Mississippi River is a funny, beautifully written, and poignant tale of a journey that transforms a life In fall 2005 acclaimed travel writer Mary Morris set off down the Mississippi in a...
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Spotted in France
by Gregory Edmont Publisher Comments Now in paperback. . .Travels with Charley meets A Year in Provence....
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Our Brothers and Cousins: A Summer Tour in Canada and the States
by John Macgregor Publisher Comments CONTENTS. Page INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. ICEBERGS AND WHALES. HALIFAX. THE STIKES STEAMER. YOUNG MEN S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NEWFOUNDLAND DOGS. GREENLAND GAME- COLONIAL HEROES 1 CHAPTER II. COLONIAL VOTERS. GROCERS AND TELEGRAPHS. POLITICAL BALLOON...
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Travels in Search
by George Holyoake Synopsis British lecturer travels through America, traveling the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe railway; along the way he observes Native American and Mennonite culture....
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Hunting Pirate Heaven (UK Edition)
by Kevin Rushby Synopsis A chance meeting on the River Thames starts Kevin Rushby on a voyage in search of the lost pirate settlements that once existed on the islands of the Indian Ocean. Along the way he meets the crackpot dreamers, the tough settlers, the fighters and the...
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Travels Into Dalmatia
by Abbe Alberto Fortis Synopsis Travels Into Dalmatia created a sensation across Western Europe when it was published in 1778: it reintroduced one half of the continent to its eastern neighbor. Italian abbe ALBERTO FORTIS (1655-1735) traveled through Dalmatia-today part of Croatia and...
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Notes on New York
by Frank Green Synopsis A diary originally published in the Wakefield (KS?) Herald. Cranky observations on liquor laws, dining habits, and service. The trip west is mostly done by train, with less commentary on places gone than service on the train. P. 84: "Nature seems to have...
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Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now-Tpb
by Andrew Collins Publisher Comments After an idyllic 70s childhood, the 80s took the author to art school. He crimps his hair, sports fingerless gloves, and becomes Andy Kollins purveyor of awful poetry, disciple of moany music, and wannabe political activist....
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Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels
by Karl Bodmer Publisher Comments The four volumes of the Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of America during the years 1832-1834 follow the German explorer and naturalist's travels to the Great Plains region, including his journey up the Missouri River, with Swiss...
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To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour
by James Boswell Synopsis Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring the Highlands and the Western Islands of Scotland, keeping detailed notes of their impressions. Their vivid prose is both a magnificent historical document and a portrait of two...
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Dreams of Elsewhere: Selected Travel Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson
by June Skinne Sawyers Synopsis Best known for his fiction, Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson was also an essayist, journalist, poet and travel writer. This compilation draws together a varied selection of his travel writings, shadowing his life as his ailing health took him...
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In Search of the Pleasure Palace: Disreputable Travels
by Almond Marc Publisher Comments Once the days of his youth were over, singer-songwriter Marc Almond set out to pursue the same thrills, spills, and bellyaches that made each day of his youth memorable. In this volume, he is an observant guide to a world that he was once master of....
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Journey in Brazil
by Louis Agassiz Publisher Comments JOURNEY IN BRAZIL PROFESSOR AND MRS. LOUIS AGASSTZ. 4 o And whenever the way seemed long, Or his luMrt betf. m to tail, She would sine, i mure wonderful song, Or tell 4 more nurvdlotw tale LoNl. IJtiLLOW. CO s BOSTON ANT NFAV YORK HoucarroN MIFKLTK...
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Journey Without Maps (UK Edition)
by Graham Greene Publisher Comments Graham Greene set off to discover Liberia, a remote west African republic founded for released slaves. Crossing the red-clay terrain from Sierra Leone to the coast of Grand Bassa with a chain of porters, he came to know one of the few areas of Africa...
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In Wicklow and West Kerry
by J. M. Synge Synopsis This clear print title is set in Tiresias 13pt font for easy...
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Thirteenth Beach: Diving Adventures Around the World
by Wade Hughes Synopsis "Thirteenth Beach" is an absorbing account of travel and adventure. It sweeps you into the action, beauty, and drama that awaits any adventurer seeking to explore the world's oceans and waterways. It's written with a sharp eye for detail, an ironic sense...
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Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China
by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments Paul Theroux invites us to join him on the journey of a lifetime, in the grand romantic tradition, by train across Europe, through the vast underbelly of Asia into the heart of Russia, and then up to China. Here is China by rail (the Iron Rooster is the...
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Pedaling to Hawaii: A Human-Powered Odyssey
by Stevie Smith Publisher Comments On the morning of June 26th, 1991, twenty-six-year-old Englishman Stevie Smith stared at the computer screen in his Paris office and asked himself a simple question: What should I do with my life? By the end of the day, that broad question led to an...
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A Visit to Wazan, the Sacred City of Morocco
by Robert Spence Watson Synopsis A Visit to Wazan, the Sacred City of Morocco Originally published in 1880, this book offers a fascinating insight into the a Morocco that, at that time, was untouched by western influence. Contetns Include: Introduction, Langifr, the Great Cherif and the...
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