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Breathless: An American Girl in Paris
Nancy K. Miller · Seal Press
Format: Paperback
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In the early 1960s, most middle-class American women in their twenties had their lives laid out for them: marriage, children, and life in the suburbs. Most, but not all.Breathless is the story of a girl who represents those who rebelled against conventional expectations. Paris was a magnet... |
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On the Front Line: The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin
Marie Colvin · HarperPress
Format: Paperback
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Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria. Winner of the Orwell Special Prize ‘On the Front Line’ is a collection of her finest work, a portion of the proceeds from which will go to the Marie Colvin... |
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Traveling in Place: A History of Armchair Travel
Bernd Stiegler · University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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Armchair travel may seem like an oxymoron. Doesnt travel require us to leave the house? And yet, anyone who has lost herself for hours in the descriptive pages of a novel or the absorbing images of a film knows the very real feeling of having explored and experienced a different place or time... |
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Frommer's EasyGuide to Paris 2015
Margie Rynn · FrommerMedia; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book
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A resident of Paris for over thirteen years, Margie Rynn calls her adopted city "the pulsing heart of the French nation....worthy of all the superlatives that have been heaped upon it for centuries". It is also a place that every North American is determined to visit at some... |
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Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
Frances Mayes · Crown; First Edition first Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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A lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes, the Bard of Tuscany, about coming of age in the Deep South and the region's powerful influence on her life.The author of three beloved books about her life in Italy, including Under the Tuscan Sun and Every Day in Tuscany, Frances Mayes... |
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Footprints in New York: Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers
James Nevius · Lyons Press; First edition
Format: Book
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New York City experts James and Michelle Nevius explore the lives of two dozen iconic New Yorkers, including Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, Central Park architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, business titan JP Morgan, and music legend Bob Dylan. Beginning with the oldest... |
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Frommer's EasyGuide to France 2014
Margie Rynn · FrommerMedia
Format: Paperback
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Selling for a lower price than any similar guidebook, and deliberately limited to a short 256 pages, this EasyGuide is an exercise in creating easily-absorbed travel information. It emphasizes the authentic experiences in each destination:the most important attractions, the classic method... |
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Frommer's Alaska Cruises and Ports of Call
Fran Wenograd Golden · Frommers; 14 edition
Format: eBook
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NOW IN FULL COLOR! Insider advice on getting the best deal on your Alaska cruise, picking the right ship for you, selecting the perfect shore excursion, and hitting all the highlights that each port city has to offer, from Juneau to Sitka to Prince William Sound. Plus tips for navigating... |
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Birnbaum's Walt Disney World 2013
Birnbaum Guides · Disney Editions
Format: Paperback
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Birnbaum’s Walt Disney World, the most respected and well-known name in travel guides, takes readers to the world’s most popular tourist attraction. Since ours is the only guidebook that’s official, this book includes the most accurate information on prices, changes, and new attractions... |
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Frommer's Walt Disney World and Orlando
Laura Lea Miller · Frommers; 14 edition
Format: Paperback
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Insider advice on all the major theme parks in Orlando, from Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventures. Our author, a longtime theme park aficionado and the mother of five, has done it all.Where to find the best... |
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Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra
Peter Stothard · Overlook Hardcover
Format: Hardcover
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When Peter Stothard editor of the Times Literary Supplement finds himself stranded in Alexandria in the winter of after his flight to South Africa has been cancelled he sets out to explore a nation on the brink of revolution Guided by two native Egyptians Stothard traces his own life-long... |
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Fodor's Walt Disney World with Kids 2014: with Universal Orlando, SeaWorld & Aquatica
Kim Wright Wiley · Fodor's; 24 edition
Format: Paperback
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Kim Wright Wiley has penned 22 editions of this book and really knows her stuff when it comes to planning an Orlando vacation and taking in the attractions at Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and SeaWorld. And for this edition she is once again joined by her daughter Leigh Wiley Jenkins.... |
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