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Anywhere That Is Wild: John Muir's First Walk to Yosemite

Peter Thomas · Yosemite Conservancy
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

John Muir wrote many wonderful books about his travels, but one story - about his long walk from San Francisco to Yosemite - is one book he did not author himself. In April 1868, a very young John Muir stepped off a boat in San Francisco and inquired about the quickest way out of town....
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey

MacFarlane, Robert · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling, award-winning author of Landmarks and The Old Ways, a haunting voyage into the planet's past and future.Hailed as "the great nature writer of this generation" (Wall Street Journal) , Robert Macfarlane is the celebrated author of books about...
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Lonely Planet Israel & the Palestinian Territories

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's Israel & the Palestinian Territories is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Discover the ruins of ancient Jericho,...
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Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide

Horwitz, Tony · Penguin Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

Beloved best-selling author Tony Horwitz retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's epic journey across the American South in the 1850s, as he too searches for common ground in a dangerously riven nation.On the eve of the Civil War, an up-and-coming newspaper, the New York Times, sent a young...
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Coffee: From Bean to Barista

Robert W Thurston · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

This engaging guide traces the history, cultivation, and culture of coffee, as well as the major factors influencing the industry today. Robert Thurston provides a readable, concise overview of coffee from the time the seeds of the coffee fruit are planted and grow into trees to the latest...
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Dreaming in Turtle: A Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures

Peter Laufer · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating exploration into the world of turtles across the globe; Laufer charts the lore, love, and peril to a beloved species.Dreaming in Turtle is a compelling story of a stalwart animal prized from prehistory through to today -- an animal threatened by human greed, pragmatism, and rationalization....
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The Dirtbag's Guide to Life: Eternal Truth for Hiker Trash, Ski Bums, and Vagabonds

Tim Mathis · Independently published
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

What people are saying"I see the "how on Earth do you make this happen?" question in various groups all the time. I'd love to just get this guide out there in response!" - Heather "Anish" Anderson. 2019 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, and author...
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