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God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
by Richard Grant  Publisher Comments Twenty miles south of the Arizona-Mexico border, the rugged, beautiful Sierra Madre mountains begin their dramatic ascent. Almost 900 miles long, the range climbs to nearly 11,000 feet and boasts several canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon. The rules of...
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Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, & Professional Hedonism
by Thomas Kohnstamm Publisher Comments For those who think that travel guidebooks are the gospel truth. The waitress suggests that I come back after she closes down the restaurant, around midnight. We end up having sex in a chair and then on one of the tables in the back corner. I pen a...
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Oaxaca Journal (National Geographic Directions)
by Oliver Sacks Publisher Comments The best-selling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks is well know as an explorer of the human mind — a neurologist with a gift for complex, insightful portrayals of people and their conditions. However, he...
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Soaring with Fidel: An Osprey Odyssey from Cape Cod to Cuba and Beyond
by David Gessner Publisher Comments An irreverent, absorbing, and insightful tale of one man's adventures following the great 7,000-mile osprey migration across two continents A Book Sense Notable Title David Gessner has long been fascinated by ospreys, graceful raptors with wingspans of...
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On a Hoof and a Prayer: Exploring Argentina at a Gallop
by Polly Evans Publisher Comments The stampeding true story of one woman’s journey from timorous equestrian novice to wildly whooping cowgirl—a madcap ride through Argentina that will fascinate horse lovers, travelers, and armchair adventurers alike. As a girl, Polly Evans...
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The Motorcycle Diaries (Movie Tie-In)
by Ernesto Che Guevara 
Publisher Comments Special movie tie-in edition of Che Guevara's youthful travel diaries to coincide with the Fall release of Redford and Salles's film of the book. Says director Walter Salles: "If the film reaches a younger audience, I hope it will inspire people to read...
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Mexican Days: Journeys Into the Heart of Mexico
by Tony Cohan Publisher Comments Tony Cohan' s On Mexican Time, his chronicle of discovering a new life in the small Mexican mountain town of San Miguel de Allende, has beguiled readers and become a travel classic. Now, in Mexican Days, point of arrival becomes point of departure as...
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In Patagonia (Penguin Classics)
by Bruce Chatwin Publisher Comments In Patagonia is Bruce Chatwin's exquisite account of his journey through the uttermost part of the earth, that stretch of land at the southern tip of South America, where bandits were once made welcome and Charles Darwin formed part of his survival of...
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Chasing Che a Freewheeling Adventure
by Patrick Symmes Synopsis Nearly half a century after Che Guevara's "Motorcycle Diaries", author Patrick Symmes sets off along the same back roads of South America in search of the Guevara legend. This book gives an insight into the moulding of a great Latin American hero and...
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In Search of Captain Zero Pa: PB Reprint
by Allan Weisbecker
Synopsis In 1996, Allan Weisbecker sold his home and his possessions, loaded his dog and surfboards into his truck, and set off in search of his long-time surfing companion, Patrick, who had vanished into the depths of Central America. In this rollicking memoir...
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Mexico, a Love Story: Women Write about the Mexican Experience
by Camille Cusumano Publisher Comments Mexico has long cast a spell over its neighbor — and alter ego — to the north. Americans share its history, exalt its food, and honor its artistic luminaries. They cross the border in droves, heading to warm waters, busy city centers, open...
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A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean: A Grump in Paradise Discovers That Anyplace It's Legal to Carry a Machete Is Comedy Just Waiting to Happen (Travelers' Tales Guides)
by Gary Buslik Publisher Comments "If you look at a map, you will see that the island chain known as the Caribbean, or, to confuse you, the West Indies, lies between Florida and South America and resembles a string of gems or possibly drool." And so begins author Gary Buslik's tale of...
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The Handsomest Man in Cuba: An Escapade
by Lynette Chiang Publisher Comments An engaging, witty account of the people, customs, food, and culture of Cuba framed by a fascinating approach to travel. With only a folding bicycle and a towable suitcase, Australian Lynette Chiang spent three months touring Cuba, eshewing tourist...
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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan Volume 2
by John Stephens Publisher Comments Volume 2 of two-volume set. Classic (1843) exploration of jungles of Yucatan, looking for evidences of Maya civilization. Extensive accounts of 44 Maya sites as well as of Yucatan folkways, manners, dress, ceremonies, amusements — all of which...
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Waking Up in Jamaica
by Stephen Foehr Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-259) and index....
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Can't You Get Along with Anyone?: A Writer's Memoir and a Tale of a Lost Surfer's Paradise
by Allan C. Weisbecker Publisher Comments When Allan Weisbecker penned the last sentence of In Search of Captain Zero, most readers assumed the full scope of the tale had been told. But apparently, life had other plans. In his latest offering, Can't You Get Along With Anyone? A Writer's Memoir...
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On Mexican Time : New Life in San Miguel (00 Edition)
by Tony Cohan Publisher Comments We walk the dimly lit town, along its Moorish walls of roseate hues. In the small, thronged central plaza, we sit on an iron bench gazing up at a quirky dripcastle church, its spires embedded in full complement of stars. Drop it, something whispers. Just...
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An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
by Ann Vanderhoof
Powells.com Staff Pick Leave your PDAs behind, take a deep breath of tropical air, and make some time for Caribbean living! Included at the end of each delightful chapter are tempting recipes to take you closer to crystal clear blue bays, smooth rum, stunning sunset swims, and,...
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Cuba Diaries: An American Housewife in Havana
by Isadora Tattlin Publisher Comments Isadora Tattlin was accustomed to relocating often for her husband’s work. But when he accepted a post in Cuba in the early 1990s, she resolved to keep a detailed diary of her time there, recording her daily experiences as a wife, mother, and...
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An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
by Ann Vanderhoof Publisher Comments Under the Tuscan Sun meets the wide-open sea...An Embarrassment of Mangoes is a delicious chronicle of leaving the type-A lifestyle behind — and discovering the seductive secrets of life in the Caribbean. Who hasn't fantasized about chucking the...
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