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Pass the Butterworms: Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered
by Tim Cahill
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The Intrepid voyager and author of "A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg" presents another delightful collection of adventure-travel writings that are full of the irreverent wit and appreciation for the absurd that are uniquely--and hilariously--his.... ( read more)
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Pedaling to Hawaii: A Human-Powered Odyssey
by Stevie Smith
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An amazing and deeply insightful account of how two guys decided to embark upon the unthinkable: an attempt to circumnavigate the globe using just human-powered means. On a rainy, miserable morning in Paris, a twenty-something bureaucrat decides there... ( read more)
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Around the Bloc
by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
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Desperate to escape South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent. So she headed to Russia looking for some excitement—commencing what would become a four-year, twelve-nation Communist bloc tour that shattered... ( read more)
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The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
by Delia Owens
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'Expelled from Botswana for writing Cry of the Kalahari, the Owenses set off across Africa. They settled in Zambia, where they soon found their peace shattered by the gunfire of elephant poachers. This is the story of the couple\'s battle to save the... ( read more)
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Danzigers Travels
by Nick Danziger
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This account describes the author's adventures during an 18-month journey "beyond forbidden frontiers" in Asia. With minimal equipment and disguised as an itinerant Muslim, he hitch-hiked and walked through southern Turkey, and the Iran of the Ayatollahs,... ( read more)
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The Violet Shyness of Their Eyes: Notes from Nepal
by Barbara J Scot
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"Barbara Scot gives us the Nepal she saw, touched, visited with a feminist's respect for difference. Hers is a tale of sharing, and we are privileged to see through her eyes, understand through her exquisite sensibility."-Margaret Randall "This... ( read more)
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Mr. Dimock Explores the Mysteries of the East: An American in India
by Edward C Dimock
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Who is Mr. Dimock? An enchanting storyteller, an eccentric scholar, a wise man, a self-professed "Indophile." Exactly what does he explore? Everything: monkeys, karma, snake charmers, monsoons, curry, ancient sages, the Dharma-Shastras, cricket, even UFO'... ( read more)
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The World of Venice: Revised Edition (Harvest Book)
by Jan Morris
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A fascinating exploration of the history, sights, seasons, arts, food, and people of an incomparable city. " A highly intelligent portrait of an eccentric city, written in powerful prose and enlivened by many curious mosaics of information...a beautiful... ( read more)
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Letters from America: Travels in the USA and Canada (Modern Voices)
by Rupert Brooke
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In May 1913, Rupert Brooke embarked on a year-long expedition of North America, visiting the United States, Canada, and finally the South Seas. He sent his impressions home in a series of letters, written for publication in the Westminster Gazette... ( read more)
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The Road to Santiago (National Geographic Directions)
by Kathryn Harrison
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A mesmerizing story of her 200-mile pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. 25,000 first printing.... ( read more)
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Departures & Arrivals
by Eric Newby
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From an open boat ride down the Ganges to long-distance cycling through Europe, these essays span 50 years of Newby's travels.... ( read more)
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Incidents of Travel in Central Amer Volume 2
by John Stephens
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Volume 2 of two-volume work. Almost single-handed discovery of Maya culture; exploration of ruined cities, monuments, temples; customs of Indians. Total in set: 115 drawings.<BR>... ( read more)
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The Ice Cave: A Woman's Adventures from the Mojave to the Antarctic
by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
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For Lucy Jane Bledsoe, wilderness had always been a source of peace. But during one disastrous solo trip in the wintry High Sierra she came face to face with a crisis: the wilderness no longer felt like home. "The Ice Cave" recounts Bledsoe's wilderness... ( read more)
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Travels with My Royal: A Memoir of the Writing Life (Basque)
by Robert Laxalt
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In this candid, beautifully written memoir, Robert Laxalt explores for the first time his life as a writer -- first as a journalist with National Geographic, then as the author of sixteen books.... ( read more)
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Chasing the Mountain of Light on the Tra
by Kevin Rushby
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Following the fascinating trail of history's most famous gemstone: the Koh-i-Noor Diamond. "A book about gems, that is also a gem of a book" "Sunday Times"... ( read more)
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Seven Years in Tibet
by Heinrich Harrer
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Imprisoned in India by the British when WW2 was declared, Austrian climber Heinrich Harrer escaped, crossing the Himalayas to Tibet.... ( read more)
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage Volume 1
by Richard F Burton
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Volume 1 of classic work. Posing as a wandering dervish, Burton gained admittance to the holy Kaabah and to the tomb of the prophet at Medina and participated in all the rituals of the Hadj (pilgrimage). A treasury of material on Arab life, beliefs... ( read more)
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The Women's Travel Writing: True Stories from Around the World (Women's Travel Writing)
by Lucy Mccauley
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These tales are thematically eclectic and cover spiritual growth, hilarity and misadventure, romance, solo journeys, service to humanity, family travel, and exotic cuisine, all told from a woman's perspective.... ( read more)
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The Travel Detective: How to Get the Best Service and the Best Deal from Airlines, Hotels, Cruise Ships, and Car Rental Agencies
by Peter Greenberg
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Renowned travel authority and NBC Today show travel editor Peter Greenberg shares his insider secrets. Americans now travel more than ever before. Yet as our traveling has increased, the service we receive from airlines, hotels, and other agencies has... ( read more)
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Travelers' Tales Prague and the Czech Republic: True Stories
by David Farley
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Featuring essays by Myla Goldberg, Helen Epstein, Jan Morris, and Francine Prose, "Travelers' Tales Prague" collects over 20 stories from the city that inspired compositions from Mozart and novels from Kafka. The pieces in this book are both a charming... ( read more)
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