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The Places In Between
by Rory Stewart
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In January 2002, Rory Stewart survived a walk across Afghanistan by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. In this memoir, he writes about heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers... ( read more)
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In a Sunburned Country (00 Edition)
by Bill Bryson
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"Everything, it seems, is interesting to Bill Bryson. The marvel is that he can make it all interesting to us. Three billion year old fossilized organisms off the western coast; a giant lobster on the side of a highway; empty, forbidding spaces... In a... ( read more)
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia
by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Not long after her thirtieth birthday, on the heels of an ugly divorce, Elizabeth Gilbert traveled for a year, to Italy, India, and finally Indonesia. In Italy she wanted to explore the art of pleasure (pasta, wine, handsome men speaking a beautiful... ( read more)
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
by J. Maarten Troost
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When Troost followed his wife to a small island nation he expected Bali Hai. Instead he found an isolated, polluted, boiling hot hellhole. His wonderful tale is both hilarious and thrilling. This original adventure offers enjoyment and also allows... ( read more)
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by David Grann
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Grann's riveting new book, The Lost City of Z, delves into the intrepid life and mysterious disappearance of legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett. Armchair travelers will be whisked away to the Amazon on a wild ride with a surprising finish.... ( read more)
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Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon
by Chuck Palahniuk
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"Fugitives and Refugees is more than a book about the weird people and dark corners of Portland. Tucked surreptitiously between chapters are eleven 'postcards,' which, cobbled together, make up a sort of memoir of Palahniuk's years in his adopted city... ( read more)
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McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland
by Pete Mccarthy
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The #1 Irish BestsellerDespite the many exotic places Pete McCarthy has visited, he finds that nowhere else can match the particular magic of Ireland, his mother’s homeland. In McCarthy's Bar, his journey begins in Cork and continues along the west... ( read more)
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West with the Night
by Beryl Markham
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"Did you read Beryl Markham's book, West with the Night? I knew her fairly well in Africa and never would have suspected that she could and would put pen to paper except to write in her flyer's log book. As it is, she has written so well, and marvelously... ( read more)
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The Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin
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Part adventure story, part philosophical essay, this extraordinary book takes Bruce Chatwin into the heart of Australia on a search for the source and meaning of man's restless nature.... ( read more)
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Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America
by Linda Lawrence Hunt
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-298) and index.... ( read more)
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A Time of Gifts (New York Review Books Classics)
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey--to walk to Constantinople." A Time of Gifts" is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which "Between the Woods and the Water... ( read more)
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A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean
by Gary Buslik
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"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... ( read more)
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away
by Bill Bryson
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The master humorist and bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods now guides us on an affectionate, hysterically funny tour of America's most outrageous absurdities.
After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the... ( read more)
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Following the Sun: A Bicycle Pilgrimage from Andalusia to the Hebrides
by John Hanson Mitchell
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Mitchell spins the story of his entrancing, sun-drenched bicycle journey fromthe beaches of Southern Spain to solar temples in the Outer Hebrides.... ( read more)
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A Year in Provence
by Peter Mayle
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A funny--and often hilarious--month-by-month account of the charms and frustrations of moving into an old French farmhouse in Provence and adapting to a very different way of life.... ( read more)
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Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings (Vintage Departures)
by Jonathan Raban
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"I had a boat, most of a spring and summer, a cargo of books, and the kind of
dream of self-enrichment that spurs everyone who sails north from Seattle," explains
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Raban at the outset of his journey along the Inside Passage from... ( read more)
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ADA Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
by Jennifer Niven
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Now in paperback, the gripping and inspiring tale of a woman's survival alone in the Arctic.
In 1921, four men and one woman ventured deep into the Arctic. Two years later, only one returned.
When 23-year-old Inuit Ada Blackjack signed on as a... ( read more)
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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
by Dean King
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Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected... ( read more)
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Irons in the Fire
by John Mcphee
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In this collection John McPhee once agains proves himself as a master observer of all arenas of life as well a powerful and important writer.... ( read more)
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Travels with Herodotus (Vintage International)
by Ryszard Kapuscinski
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Several months ago, I happened upon a copy of The Shadow of the Sun. From its opening pages, I understood why I'd been hearing such laudatory praise about Ryszard Kapuściński for years — here was some of the most astonishing travel writing I'd ever... ( read more)
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