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by Sorrel Wilby  Publisher Comments In this inspiring story by a woman "who has few equals, on the trail or on the printed page" (National Geographic), Sorrel Wilby hikes 1,900 miles across Tibet alone. When she befriends some Tibetan nomads, her trek quickly evolves from a daredevil... (read more)  List Price $14.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Alan Ryan Publisher Comments The Alaskan frontier is revealed at its most inspiring and unforgiving, through the eyes of its awe-struck visitors. An enraptured John Muir first glimpses Glacier Bay; Jon Krakauer marvels at the sight of a grizzly's footprints in the snow; Erma Bombeck... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Chuck Thompson 
Publisher Comments Travel writer, editor, and photographer Thompson offers a hilarious behind-the-brochures tour of picture-perfect locales, dangerous destinations, and overrated hellholes.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $10.50 (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 Peter Mayle Publisher Comments Peter Mayle, francophile phenomenon and author of A Year in Provence, brings another delightful (and delicious) account of the good life, this time exploring the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout France. The French celebrate food and drink more... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Kevin Rushby Publisher Comments The Koh-i-Noor diamond, the Mountain of Light, the world's largest diamond was found in India, traveled from Golconda to the Mughal palaces in the north. Fought over, cursed and occasionally lost, it finally reached the sikhs in the Punjab, only to be... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $4.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Rick Ridgeway Publisher Comments On foot across Tibet's Chang Tang.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Alice Thomson Publisher Comments Following the tradition of Daisy Bates in the Desert and In Patagonia, Alice Thomson conjures up a country of unimaginable strangeness and beauty. <BR>In 1855, Charles Todd and his impetuous young bride Alice--for whom Alice Springs would be named--... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ernest Shackleton Publisher Comments Comparable to "Into Thin Air" and "Alive, " this first-hand account of the expedition which is the subject of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Arctic Expedition" is written by the leader of the fateful expedition... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price $2.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
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by Alain de Botton
Publisher Comments Aside from love, few actvities seem to promise us as much happiness as going traveling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs, and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Robyn Scott Publisher Comments A glorious new voice on Africa, Robyn Scott's adventures growing up in Botswana in a loving but eccentric family will be one of the season's most talked-about memoirs. Robyn Scott's story of moving at the age of seven to Botswana with her adventure... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Julia Blackburn
Publisher Comments In 1913, at the age of 54, Daisy Bates went to live in the deserts of South Australia. Brilliantly reviewed, astonishingly original, this "eloquent and illuminating portrait of an extraordinary woman" (New York Times Book Review) tells a fascinating... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Carlos Eire
Publisher Comments This haunting memoir of the Cuban Revolution, seen through the eyes of a small boy, is the heartbreaking story of the author's privileged childhood in pre-Revolution Havana, and how he lost everything, including his father.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Franz Wisner
Publisher Comments This is the true story of Franz Wisner, a man who thought he had it all — a high profile career and the fiancée of his dreams — when suddenly, his life turned upside down. Just days before they were to be married, his fiancée... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Freya Stark Publisher Comments One of the most unconventional and courageous explorers of her time, Freya Stark chronicled her extraordinary Travels in the Near East, establishing herself as a twentieth century heroine. A Winter in Arabia recounts her 1937-8 expedition in what is now... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Beppe Severgnini Publisher Comments When Beppe Severgnini and his wife rented a creaky house in Georgetown they were determined to see if they could adapt to a full four seasons in a country obsessed with ice cubes, air-conditioning, recliner chairs, and, of all things, after-dinner... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Morgan Spurlock Publisher Comments Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and director Morgan Spurlock, who volunteered his body as a guinea pig for the fast food industry in the hit documentary Super Size Me, now sets his sights even higher in Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Spurlock... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $17.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Don George Publisher Comments A timely book with an urgent, and eternal, message, featuring original pieces by Simon Winchester, Tim Cahill, Jan Morris, Dave Eggers, Stanley Stewart, Tony Wheeler, Alice Waters and many more. When we miss our train or bus, lose our wallets, fall ill... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bruce Chatwin Publisher Comments In this vivid, powerful novel, Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams, and soon he is the Viceroy of Ouidah... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $6.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Matthew Polly Publisher Comments The raucously funny story of one young American's quest to become the baddest dude on the planet (and possibly find inner peace along the way) Growing up a ninety-eight-pound weakling tormented by bullies in the schoolyards of Kansas, Matthew Polly... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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