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The Travels of Marco Polo: The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition, Vol. 1
by Marco Polo  Publisher Comments Volume 1 of 2-volume set. One of the greatest books of all time — a vast treasury of invaluable observations on the peoples and geography of the Near East and Asia in the 13th century. Detailed descriptions of cities, customs, laws, crops, animals,...
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Impressions of America
by Tyrone, Jr. Power Synopsis Published in 1836, Power, a famous Irish stage actor and theatrical manager and great-grandfather of the 1930s and 1940s Hollywood film star Tyrone Power, offers his perspectives on America, based on extensive theatrical tours taken during the years of...
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Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba
by Christopher Baker Publisher Comments National Geographic Adventure Press presents trade paper editions of four rare and extraordinary expedition accounts from writers who embody the spirit of adventure and discovery for which National Geographic is renowned. The word "adventure" is...
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Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853 to 1856
by Reverend William Ellis Synopsis Including a Journey to the Capital; with Notices of the Natural History of the Country and of the Present Civilization of the People. Illustrated by Woodcuts from Photographs....
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Travelers'tales : Woman's World (Rev 03 Edition)
by Marybeth Bond Publisher Comments This illustrated collection of inspirational travel and adventure tales includes stories by Gretel Ehrlich, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Helen Thayer, Mary Morris, and more. Readers ride across the steppes of Mongolia on horseback with Lynn Ferrin...
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This Is Cape Town
by David Briggs Synopsis Cape Town, the Riviera of South Africa, is more than just a tourist mecca capitalising on its incomparable scenic beauty, maritime environment, pristine beaches and the magnificence of Table Mountain, which dominates the busy metropolis....
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Stranger in the Forest : on Foot Across Borneo (88 Edition)
by Eric Hansen Publisher Comments Eric Hansen was the first westerner ever to walk across the island of Borneo. Completely cut off from the outside world for seven months, he traveled nearly 1,500 miles with small bands of nomadic hunters known as Penan. Beneath the rain forest canopy...
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Wanderings Among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines
by H. Wilfrid Walker Synopsis The "Buli" was greeted with cries of "m-m-ka-a" in shrill voices by the women, for all the world like the caw of an old crow. I learned that the "Buli" had not been here for some time, but I seemed to be the chief object of interest, and was followed...
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America by River and Rail
by William Ferguson Publisher Comments Originally published in 1856, William Ferguson's America by River and Rail, or Notes by the Way on the New World and its People is a diary of his impressions of his travels along the East Coast, out to the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan,...
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Hyperion
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Synopsis Longfellow was an American poet born in 1807. He is one of the five Fireside Poets. Longfellow is best known for his poems Paul Revere's Ride and Evangeline. Hyperion is an 1839 Romantic prose work which was a poetical account of Longfellow's travels. At...
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Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip
by Jim Rogers Publisher Comments Drive . . . and grow rich! The bestselling author of Investment Biker is back from the ultimate road trip: a three-year drive around the world that would ultimately set the Guinness record for the longest continuous car journey. In Adventure Capitalist...
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Letters from North America
by Adam Hodgson Synopsis An extensive ramble, which Liverpudlian Hodgson documented in letters home. He was interested in American landscape to some degree, but more in the Americans' manners, public and private institutions (such as schools), Native American culture, and the...
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Dead Men Don't Leave Tips: Adventures X Africa
by Brandon Wilson Publisher Comments DEAD MEN DON'T LEAVE TIPS is an edge of your seat true tale about a couples seven month dream odysseyoverland across Africa from top-to-tip. Against their better judgment, two confirmed independent travelers join a bewildering band of companions and...
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Captain Buddha and His Amazing Dukkha Machine
by K. Streat Synopsis It is 1976, Ken Streat is teaching English in Iran, he is nineteen and is in love with Miss Kate....When his unfulfilled longing leads him to follow her to India he has no idea what is waiting for him. As he ploughs ever deeper into his confusion he...
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Cathedrals of the Flesh: My Search for the Perfect Bath
by Alexia Brue Publisher Comments People journey to Greece for the ruins, Turkey for the Aya Sophia, and Russia for St. Basil's, but Alexia Brue travels with a different itinerary: to visit the baths. At once deeply personal and highly informative, Cathedrals of the Flesh is the candid...
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Pictures of Travel
by Heinrich Heine Synopsis This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional...
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Words in a French Life: Lessons in Love and Language from the South of France
by Kristin Espinasse Publisher Comments Based on the popular blog (french-word-a-day.com) and newsletter with thousands of subscribers -- a heart-winning collection from an American woman raising two very French children with her French husband in Provence, carrying on a lifelong love affair...
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An Arctic Rodeo
by Daniel W. Streeter Synopsis 1929. With 46 illustrations and a map. Streeter's account featuring the Montana Cowboy, Carl Dunrud, who came aboard the arctic exploration vessel, Morrissey, specifically for the purpose of roping and bringing back alive polar bears and the like. This...
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Absurdistan
by R. Lee Wright Publisher Comments Readers can vicariously live for a year in Eastern Europe through the eyes of an American professor working in Absurdistan. With a rare blend of humor and insight, Professor Wright shares a year of teaching at universities in Absurdistan, the name given...
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Trans-Canada Chronicle: A Bicycle Ride Pacific to Atlantic 4,400 Miles
by Paul Wittreich Synopsis Subsequent to hiking the whole Appalachian Trail, which took 47 hikes over many years, and having bicycled alone across the USA in four separate trips, Paul Wittreich decided that he wanted to do a long distance adventure in one shot. The result was a...
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