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by Mary Morris  Publisher Comments This story of a middle-aged woman's odyssey down the Mississippi River is a funny, beautifully written, and poignant tale of a journey that transforms a life In fall 2005 acclaimed travel writer Mary Morris set off down the Mississippi in a battered old... (read more)  List Price $15.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell -- clear across England... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Pico Iyer Publisher Comments A celebration of adventure and curiosity, this compilation transports readersfrom Patagonia to the Ivory Coast to small-town Vermont.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Eric Blehm Publisher Comments Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada—mountains as perilous... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jennifer Niven Publisher Comments Based on the diaries of those who were rescued and those who perished, this is the chilling true story of the "Karluk's" doomed 1913 exploration of the Arctic and the heroic efforts of the ship's captain, the Ice Master, who traveled by foot through... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Tim Cahill Publisher Comments In his latest tour of the earth's remote, exotic, and dismal places, the author of Road Fever and A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg sleeps with a grizzly bear, witnesses demonic possession in Bali, and survives a run-in with something called the Throne of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Macfarlane Publisher Comments "An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we're laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earth's surface." Bill McKibben Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Pico Iyer Publisher Comments Mohawk hair-cuts in Bali, yuppies in Hong Kong and Rambo rip-offs in the movie houses of Bombay are just a few of the jarring images that Iyer brings back from the Far East.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Tim Cahill Publisher Comments Tim Cahill reports on the road trip to end all road trips: a journey that took him from Tierra del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in a record-breaking twenty three and a half days.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Dean King 
Synopsis - A crucial, forgotten chapter of American history--immortalized in a survivor's firsthand account that became one of the bestselling books in 19th-century America and influenced Abraham Lincoln's, thoughts on slavery--is brilliantly retold for a new... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by James Oreilly Publisher Comments Since 1993, readers have looked to Travelers' Tales for award-winning stories about the world, adventure, spirituality, and the transformative experiences that accompany life on the road. The Best Travel Writing 2008 is the fifth volume in the series... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $11.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Joe Kane Publisher Comments Savages is a firsthand account, by turn hilarious, heartbreaking, and thrilling, of a small band of Amazonian warriors and their battle to preserve their way of life. Includes eight pages of photos.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Heinrich Harrer Publisher Comments "Seven Years in Tibet" is the extraordinary true story of how a young Austrian adventurer became tutor and friend to the Dalai Lama. This timeless story illuminates Eastern culture, as well as the childhood of His Holiness and the current plight of... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by A A Gill Publisher Comments The very best of the wickedly funny and often moving travel essays by popular "London Times" columnist A.A. Gill are collected in this volume, filled with his unshakable opinions and savage attacks on some of the most controversial and sacred cows of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Alvah Simon
Publisher Comments In June 1994 Alvah Simon and his wife, Diana, set off in their 36-foot sailboat to explore the hauntingly beautiful world of icebergs, tundra, and fjords lying high above the Arctic Circle. Four months later, unexpected events would trap Simon alone on... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by W L Rusho Publisher Comments Everett Ruess, the young poet and artist who disappeared into the desert canyonlands of Utah in 1934, has become widely known posthumously as the spokesman for the spirit of the high desert. Many have been inspired by his intense search for adventure... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Berendt
Powells.com Staff Pick Once again John Berendt proves he is a powerful magnet for eccentrics. With clever proficiency, Berendt depicts for readers a host of quirky characters, providing an exclusive glimpse into the Venice you won't see as a tourist. Gossipy yet wholly... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Tony Horwitz Publisher Comments This wild and comic tale of Middle East misadventure is "a very funny and frequently insightful look at the world's most combustible region. Fearlessness is a valuable quality in a travel writer, and Mr. Horwitz...seems as intrepid as they come". (The... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Tony Wheeler Publisher Comments Written by Tony Wheeler, the cofounder of Lonely Planet, this amusing travelogue and social commentary examines nine contrasting countries that are largely closed off from the outside world. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in politics or a... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bruce Chatwin Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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