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Compass American Guides: Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

Fodor's Travel Guides · Fodor's Travel
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Written by locals, Fodor's Compass American Guides: Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks is the perfect guidebook for those looking for insider tips to make the most out their visit to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions,...
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Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying Yes to Living

Tim Bauerschmidt · HarperOne
Pages: 239
Format: Hardcover

When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she was advised to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Miss Norma - newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage - rose to her full height...
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Duck Season: Eating, Drinking, and Other Misadventures in Gascony--France's Last Best Place

David McAninch · Harper
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover

A delicious memoir about the eight months food writer David McAninch spent in Gascony - a deeply rural region of France virtually untouched by mass tourism - meeting extraordinary characters and eating the best meals of his life.Though he'd been a card-carrying Francophile all of his life,...
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Eating Korea: Reports on a Culinary Renaissance

Graham Holliday · Ecco
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An energetic, fast-paced trip through the rapidly changing world of Korean cuisine by the author of Eating Viet Nam Journalist, world traveler, and avid eater Graham Holliday has sampled some of the most exotic and intriguing cuisines in countries around the globe. However, none has intrigued...
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Ernest Hemingway & Gary Cooper in Idaho: An Enduring Friendship

Larry E. Morris · The History Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

In the autumn of 1940, two icons of American culture met in Sun Valley, Idaho--writer Ernest Hemingway and actor Gary Cooper. Although "Hem" was known as brash, larger-than-life and hard-drinking and "Coop" as courteous, non-confrontational and taciturn, the two became...
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Far and Away: How Travel Can Change the World

Andrew Solomon · Scribner
Pages: 640
Format: Paperback

From the winner of the National Book Award and the National Books Critics' Circle Award - and one of the most original thinkers of our time - "Andrew Solomon's magisterial Far and Away collects a quarter-century of soul-shaking essays" (Vanity Fair) .Far and Away chronicles...
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The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us

Bruce Feiler · Penguin Press
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Walking the Bible and Abraham comes a revelatory journey across four continents and 4,000 years exploring how Adam and Eve introduced the idea of love into the world, and how they continue to shape our deepest feelings about relationships, family,...
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Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London

Lauren Elkin · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAYA New York Times Notable Book of 2017The flneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon. But it is the flneuse who captures the imagination...
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Chasing Light: An Exploration of the American Landscape

Frank Lee Ruggles · Four Winds Trading
Pages: 254
Format: Hardcover

Chasing Light is a testament to the beauty and wonder of our national parks. It is also the story of National Parks Eminent Photographer Frank Lee Ruggles. Frank has traveled to all fifty states, hiked over 15,000 miles, venturing off the grid, disappearing into pristine wilderness for days...
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The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons From the World's Happiest People

Dan Buettner · National Geographic
Pages: 287
Format: Hardcover

New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals the surprising secrets of what makes the world's happiest places - and shows you how to apply these lessons to your own life. In this inspiring guide, you'll find game-changing tools drawn from global research and expert...
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