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The Last Secrets of the Silk Road: In the Footsteps of Marco Polo by Horse and Camel
by Alexandra Tolstoy
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After graduating from the University of Edinburgh in the summer of 1996, Alexandra Tolstoy began working for an investment banking firm in New York and London, only to quit within a year. Like many twentysomethings, she longed to travel, to find... ( read more)
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No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice
by Judith Martin and Eric Denker
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Love of Venice can strike anyone, not just romantic wusses. Among the toughies with serious cases were Lord Byron, Richard Wagner, Ezra Pound, and Ernest Hemingway. There is no cure for this affliction. This is a guide to managing it. 35 illustrations.... ( read more)
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Memory Maps
by L St Aubin De Teran
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In her most personal book since The Hacienda, Lisa St Aubin de Teràn charts a life spent in all corners of the world—from Wimbledon to the Venezuelan Andes, from the Caribbean to Ghana—with wanderlust and fate as her guides. Written with... ( read more)
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Lonely Planet Love and War in the Apennines (Lonely Planet Journeys)
by Eric Newby
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Eric Newby escapes through a hospital window to become a POW on the run in Italy in 1943. With the Nazis moving in from the North and no certain way back to England, his situation appears grim. But with the help of local farmers and villagers, who risk... ( read more)
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Quest for the Lost World
by Brian Blessed
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Quest For The Lost World is the fulfillment of Brian Blessed's childhood dream, a dream of reaching and exploring the plateau of Mount Roraima. Myth and legend highlight the stunning reality of Brian's epic journey as he discovers Conan Doyle's... ( read more)
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Orchid Fever
by Eric Hansen
About the Author
Eric Hansen now lives in San Francisco, but over the last twenty-five years he has traveled throughout Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Nepal, and Southeast Asia. His articles and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Travel and Leisure, Conde... ( read more)
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Tracks (Vintage Departures)
by Robyn Davidson
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A cult classic with an ever-growing audience, Tracks is the brilliantly written and frequently hilarious account of a young woman's odyssey through the deserts of Australia, with no one but her dog and four camels as companions. Davidson emerges as a... ( read more)
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Two Towns in Provence
by M F K Fisher
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This memoir of the French provincial capital of Aix-en-Provence is, as the author tells us, "my picture, my map, of a place and therefore of myself...just as much of its reality is based on my own shadows, my inventions." A vibrant and perceptive profile... ( read more)
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The Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island
by Jerry Kobalenko
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A photojournalist's 14-year, 4,000 mile quest, following in the footsteps of the great explorers. Both the heaven and hell of the High Arctic, Ellesmere Island lies a mere 450 miles from the North Pole. This mountainous jewel has the highest peaks in the... ( read more)
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The Entire Earth and Sky: Views on Antarctica
by Leslie Caro Roberts
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More than a distant continent, Antarctica is a land of the imagination, shaping and shaped for centuries by explorers, adventurers, scientists, and dreamers. The Entire Earth and Sky conjures all these ideas and interweaves them with the experience and... ( read more)
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You Can't Get There from Here: A Year on the Fringes of a Shrinking World
by Gayle Forman
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In these eight interconnected travel stories, journalist Gayle Forman traces the trajectory from her relatively comfortable life in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen to her sometimes extreme—and extremely personal—experiences in some of... ( read more)
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Travelers Tales Brazil 2ND Edition
by Annette Haddad
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True stories from both new and well-known authors that will help make the Brazilian experience unforgettable and transforming.... ( read more)
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Until Death Do Us Part: The Letters and Travels of Anna and Vitus Bering (University of Alaska Press - Rasmuson Library Historic Trans)
by Peter Ulf Moller
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Eighteenth-century Danish explorer Vitus Bering led historic expeditions to the Russian Far East and Alaska under the patronage of Peter the Great, and his wife Anna Christina accompanied him on his expedition to Okhotsk in 1739. The sixteen letters that... ( read more)
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Pint-Sized Ireland: In Search of the Perfect Guinness
by Evan Mchugh
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The Australian columnist-author of The Rot Stuff describes his tour of the Emerald Isle as part of his personal quest to understand the legendary status of Guinness, in a lighthearted account that traces his survival of an encounter with poteen, a... ( read more)
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Seasons in Basilicata
by David Yeadon
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Award-winning travel writer and illustrator, David Yeadon embarks with his wife, Anne on an exploration of the "lost word" of Basilicata, in the arch of Italy's boot. What is intended as a brief sojourn turns into an intriguing residency in the ancient... ( read more)
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Ireland in Mind (Vintage Departures)
by Alice Powers
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From Oscar Wilde to James Joyce, from Virginia Woolf to Frank McCourt: three centuries of Irish, English, and American writers in search of the real Ireland. From the editor of the outstandingly popular Italy in Mind comes another superb collection... ( read more)
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The Thong Also Rises: Further Misadventures from Funny Women on the Road
by Jennifer L. Leo
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Too many travel guides are dry lists of attractions or portentous histories of a place. This isn't the case with The Thong Also Rises. Hot on the (high) heels of Sand in My Bra and Whose Panties Are These? comes this collection of the best in women’... ( read more)
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Wild Men, Wild Alaska: Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits
by Rocky Mcelveen
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In "Wild Men, Wild Alaska" professional hunting and fishing guide and outfitter Rocky McElveen tells the stories of his own adventures as well as those of some of his well-known clients. The book takes readers directly into the Alaskan bush, and shares... ( read more)
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Made in America
by Bill Bryson
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The first of two Bill Bryson titles that have reverted to Transworld following the Doubleday publication of his latest title, "A Walk In The Woods. Made In America" takes a look at American culture and history. "A tremendously sassy work, full of zip... ( read more)
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Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (Travelers' Tales Guides)
by Tim Cahill
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In more than 30 scathingly funny pieces, a diverse array of authors shows just how quickly a pleasant vacation can turn into an embarrassing anecdote.The stories show that when traveling, even the best of plans fall by the wayside.... ( read more)
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