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The Longest Road: Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean

Philip Caputo · Henry Holt and Co.; 2nd Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

In The Longest Road, one of Americas most respected writers takes an epic journey across America, Airstream in tow, and asks everyday Americans what unites and divides a country as endlessly diverse as it is large.Standing on a wind-scoured island off the Alaskan coast, Philip Caputo marveled...
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A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France

Miranda Richmond Mouillot · Crown
Format: Hardcover

A young woman moves across an ocean to uncover the truth about her grandparents' mysterious estrangement and pieces together the extraordinary story of their wartime experiences In 1948, after surviving World War II by escaping Nazi-occupied France for refugee camps in Switzerland,...
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A Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light

David Downie · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"A top-notch walking tour of Paris. . . . The author's encyclopedic knowledge of the city and its artists grants him a mystical gift of access: doors left ajar and carriage gates left open foster his search for the city's magical story. Anyone who loves Paris will adore this joyful...
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Ears of Steel: The Real Man's Guide to Walt Disney World

Bart Scott · Intrepid Traveler
Pages: 235
Format: Print book

Walt Disney World is for little kids, princesses, and dweebs, right? WRONG!There's more than enough at WDW to keep the two-fisted, thrill-seeking, hard-drinking, meat-eating he-man of the house happy as a caveman with a mammoth rib.Bart Scott comes to the aid of moms and girlfriends...
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The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood

Kathryn Aalto · Timber Press, 2015.
Pages: 308
Format: eBook

Featured on NPR's All Things Considered A People Magazine Best New Book Pick Delve into the home of the world's most beloved bear!The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh explores the magical landscapes where Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their friends live and play. The Hundred Acre Wood - the setting...
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Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir

Frances Mayes · Crown; First Edition first Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Fodor's The Complete Guide to Alaska Cruises

Fodor's · Fodor's; Fol Pap/Ma edition
Format: Paperback

Fodors correspondents highlight the best of Alaska cruising, including detailed ship reviews, planning tips, and information on more than 20 of the most popular ports. Our cruise experts vet every recommendation to ensure you make the most of your time, whether its your first cruise or your...
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Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm

Monte Reel · Doubleday; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious still mythical beastmdashthe gorillamdashonly to stumble straight into the center of the biggest debate of the day Darwins theory of evolution In Paul...
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Extreme Wine: Searching the World for the Best, the Worst, the Outrageously Cheap, the Insanely Overpriced, and the Undiscovered

Mike Veseth · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

In Extreme Wine, wine economist and best-selling author Mike Veseth circles the globe searching for the best, worst, cheapest, most expensive, and most over-priced wines. Mike seeks out the most outrageous wine people and places and probes the biggest wine booms and busts. Along the way he applauds...
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Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti

Amy Wilentz · Simon & Schuster; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

The Rainy Season, Amy Wilentzs award-winning 1989 portrait of Haiti after the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier, was praised in the New York Times Book Review as a remarkable account of a journalists transformation by her subject. In her relationship with the country since then, Wilentz has witnessed...
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