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An Angle on the World: Dispatches and Diversions from the New Yorker and Beyond

Bill Barich · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 438
Format: Print book

An Angle on the World is a brilliant tribute to Bill Barich's extraordinary range as a writer. Gathering together more than thirty years of work, this book addresses such diverse subjects as a murder trial in the Caribbean, a visit to a juju doctor in Nigeria, and the author's youthful...
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Naked and Marooned: One Man. One Island.

Ed Stafford · Plume

What do you do after you walk the Amazon? Ed Stafford - adventurer extraordinaire and Guinness World Record holder for walking the length of the Amazon River - likes a challenge. Casting about for an adventure that would top the extraordinary feat he recounts in Walking the Amazon, Stafford...
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Kids Love Ohio, 7th Edition: Your Family Travel Guide to Exploring Kid-Friendly Ohio. 500 Fun Stops & Unique Spots

Michele Darrall Zavatsky · Kids Love Publications, LLC
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback

KIDS LOVE OHIO: Your Family Travel Guide to Exploring Kid-Friendly Ohio. 500 Fun Stops & Unique Spots Explore places where you can discover hidden caves and castles, whistle factories or workshops of inventors, log forts and lighthouses. Well-known attractions plus hundreds of places...
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The Interior Circuit: A Mexico City Chronicle

Francisco Goldman · Grove Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Coming off the most successful book of a decorated career - Say Her Name - The Interior Circuit is Francisco Goldman's timely and provocative journey into the heart of Mexico City.The Interior Circuit is Goldman's story of his emergence from grief five years after his wife's...
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Rhythm of the Wild: A Life Inspired by Alaska's Denali National Park

Kim Heacox · Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

From Kim Heacox, the acclaimed author of The Only Kayak and John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire, comes Rhythm of the Wild, an Alaska memoir focused on Denali National Park. Music runs through every page of this book, as do stories, rivers and wolves. At its heart, Rhythm of the Wild...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Malaysia & Singapore

Dorling Kindersley Inc. · Dk Publishing, 2016.
Pages: 356
Format: Print book

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Malaysia and Singapore is your in-depth guide to the very best of this region.Whether you want to discover the best places to spot colorful fish and jungle-dwelling animals like orangutans, or are looking to sample the incredible food in the ultra-modern metropolises...
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We'll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Memoir

Jennifer Coburn · Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

How her daughter and her passport taught Jennifer to live like there's no tomorrow Jennifer Coburn has always been terrified of dying young. So she decides to save up and drop everything to travel with her daughter, Katie, on a whirlwind European adventure before it's too late....
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How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter

Matt Kepnes · Perigee Trade; 1.6.2013 edition
Format: Paperback

For over half a decade, Matt Kepnes (aka Nomadic Matt) has used his massively popular travel blog to teach readers how to travel the world on the cheap.   Arguing that traditional travel media lies, Matt cuts through the myth that travel is expensive.  How to Travel the World...
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Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North

Blair Braverman · Ecco
Pages: 274
Format: Print book

"A revelatory memoir of the author's efforts to develop the strength and resilience to survive in the demanding landscapes of Norway and Alaska describes her physically exhausting survival endeavors on a ruthless arctic tundra marked by violent natural and human threats."--NoveList.
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No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering

Clara Bensen · Running Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

One Dress, Three Weeks, Eight Countries - Zero BaggageNewly recovered from a quarter-life meltdown, Clara Bensen decided to test her comeback by signing up for an online dating account. She never expected to meet Jeff, a wildly energetic university professor with a reputation for bucking...
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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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Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo

Anjan Sundaram · Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

In the powerful travel-writing tradition of Ryszard Kapuscinski and V.S. Naipaul, a haunting memoir of a dangerous and disorienting year of self-discovery in one of the world's unhappiest countries.
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Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia

David Greene · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Travels with NPR host David Greene along the Trans-Siberian Railroad capture an overlooked, idiosyncratic Russia in the age of Putin.Far away from the trendy cafés, designer boutiques, and political protests and crackdowns in Moscow, the real Russia exists.Midnight in Siberia chronicles...
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National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways & Byways - The 300 BEST Drives in the United States

National Geographic · National Geographic
Pages: 495
Format: Paperback

Describes the scenery, history, and points of interest along three hundred scenic routes across the United States.
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The Outer Beach: A Thousand-Mile Walk on Cape Cod's Atlantic Shore

Robert Finch · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A poignant, candid chronicle of a beloved nature writer's fifty-year relationship with an iconic American landscape.Those who have encountered Cape Cod -- or merely dipped into an account of its rich history -- know that it is a singular place. Robert Finch writes of its beaches: "No...
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