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Pictures from Italy
by Charles Dickens Publisher Comments I am no more bound to explain why the English family travelling by this carriage, inside and out, should be starting for Italy on a Sunday morning, of all good days in the week, than I am to assign a reason for all the little men in France being soldiers,...
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Under the Tuscan Sun
by Frances Mayes Publisher Comments Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence. Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when...
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Highroads Of Geography
by Anonymous Publisher Comments MY DEAR CHILDREN,--I am now in the north of India, not far from the great river Ganges. It is a long railway journey from Bombay to this place. I have been in the train two days and two nights....
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Sideways in Neverland
by William Etling Publisher Comments The 'Neverland Valley-Welcome' sign depicts a little boy, bending over to talk to a troll. Opera wafted on the air. Bronze statues of boys and girls dotted the gardens and falls, and an ornate gazebo offered a shady spot to enjoy the stunning tableau...
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Coyote Nowhere: In Search of America's Last Frontier
by John Holt Publisher Comments Coyote Nowhere will explore and examine the northern high plains from a contemporary perspective. It will be a combination of Kathleen Norris' Dakota, David McCumber's The Cowboy Way, and the works of McPhee and Matthiessen....
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Diary Of A Pedestrian In Cashmere And Thibet
by William Henry Knight Publisher Comments The first event after being settled in our new quarters was the arrival of a sheep, presented to us by the Kardar, or chief dignitary of the town, as a mark of affection and distinction. This, according to the strict letter of the law, we should have...
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Wanderings Among South Sea Savages
by H. W. Walker Publisher Comments Mad Fijian princes! Flying lizards! Web-footed people! Cannibal recipes! Walker spent almost two decades wandering around the South Seas. Ostensibly, his purpose was to collect bird and butterfly specimens, but he became quite involved with the people...
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A Year in the World
by Frances Mayes Publisher Comments The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons to immerse herself—and her readers—in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places. A...
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Seeing Europe With Famous Authors
by Francis W. Halsey Publisher Comments Vol. II, Great Britain And Ireland....
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Walk in the Woods, A
by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments A Walk in the Woods is a laugh-out-loud account of an outrageously rugged hike by a beloved comic author....
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Amazon Extreme
by Colin Angus Publisher Comments The true story of three enthusiastic (but inexperienced) adventurers who attempt to become the first team to raft the entire length of the Amazon River–all 4,007 miles--and (barely) live to tell about it. To a trio of twenty-something adrenaline...
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Pictures from Italy
by Charles Dickens Publisher Comments 'After Martin Chuzzlewit was published in 1844, Dickens deliberately took a break from novels to travel in Italy for almost a year. Bored by many traditional tourist sites and repelled by the greed and empty rituals of the Catholic church, Dickens is far...
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Seeing Europe With Famous Authors, V.1
by Various Publisher Comments Pressing onward, I soon reached a Gothic gateway, handsomely carved, but sadly old and decayed. It led into the grass-covered cathedral yard. Through the thick fog could now be distinguished some of the lofty outlines of the majestic cathedral. Its...
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Ciao, America!
by Beppe Severgnini Publisher Comments In the wry but affectionate tradition of Bill Bryson, Ciao, America! is a delightful look at America through the eyes of a fiercely funny guest — one of Italy’s favorite authors who spent a year in Washington, D.C. When Beppe Severgnini and...
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Noodling For Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish and Other Southern Comforts
by Burkhard Bilger Publisher Comments The Old South is slow to give up its secrets. Though satellite dishes outnumber banjo players a thousand to one, most traditions haven't died; they've just gone into hiding. Cockfighting is illegal in forty-eight states, yet there are three national...
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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, Vol. 2
by David N. Livingstone Publisher Comments The Christian missionary and explorer Dr. Livingstone was, in 1849, among the first Europeans to penetrate into the interior of Africa. He faced pestilence, animal attacks, and the brutal traffic in human beings that he was determined to eradicate....
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Lost in Mongolia
by Tad Friend Publisher Comments In Tad Friend?s Lost in Mongolia -- a collection of the journalist?s most original, witty, and wide-ranging articles and essays from The New Yorker, Esquire, and Outside -- readers are taken on a cultural tour of global proportions. Friend reports from...
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Cycling to the Source of the Mississippi River
by Barbara Mary Johnson Publisher Comments Travel/Adventure: The Mississippi River flows through this book, interlacing with the bicycle adventures of Barb and Ted. The insistent energy, majesty and abundance of the river became a metaphor for the explorers who see what they missed before--their...
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Wanderings in West Africa, Vol. 1
by Richard Francis Burton Publisher Comments Burton proves his ability to write something interesting on any subject in this narrative of his trip from Liverpool to Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea) in the early 1860's. In two volumes....
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Dying Alive on Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia
by John Johnson Publisher Comments Having spent the last twenty years as a workaholic, the daughter of the author finally persuaded her father to undertake a three-day climb of the Rinjani mountain in Indonesia. Little did the author know of the challenge ahead as he had envisaged a...
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