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Paris Letters
Janice MacLeod · Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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A New York Times bestsellerFinding love and freedom in a pen, a paintbrush...and ParisHow much money does it take to quit your job?Exhausted and on the verge of burnout, Janice poses this questions to herself as she doodles on a notepad at her desk. Surprisingly, the answer isnt as daunting... |
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Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place
Philip Marsden · The University of Chicago Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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In 2010, Philip Marsden, whom Giles Foden has called "one of our most thoughtful travel writers," moved with his family to a rundown farmhouse in the countryside in Cornwall. From the moment he arrived, Marsden found himself fascinated by the landscape around him, and, in particular,... |
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In Europe's Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond
Robert D Kaplan · Random House
Pages: 287
Format: Print book
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From the New York Times bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan, named one of the world's Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine, comes a riveting journey through one of Europe's frontier countries - and a potent examination of the forces that will determine Europe's fate in the postmodern... |
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Great Escapes: Enjoy the World at Your Leisure
Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Beach paradises. Luxury hideaways. Cultural thrills. The perfect getaway. Great Escapes showcases the worlds most enjoyable escapes celebrates the sheer pleasure of travel. Take time out to indulge in romantic getaways, culinary adventures, musical journeys and family holidays. Or simply... |
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Dirty Chick: Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer
Antonia Murphy · Gotham Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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"One month into our stay, we'd managed to dispatch most of our charges. We executed the chickens. One of the cats disappeared, clearly disgusted with our urban ways. And Lucky [the cow] was escaping almost daily. It seemed we didn't have much of a talent for farming. And we still had eleven... |
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Archaeology Hotspot Egypt: Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists
Julian Heath · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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The Archaeology Hotspots series offers reader-friendly and engaging narratives of the archaeology in particular countries. Written by archaeological experts with a general reader in mind, each book in the series focuses on what has been found and by whom, what the controversies and scandals... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Europe
DK Publishing · DK Eyewitness Travel; Revised edition
Format: Print book
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Europe will lead you straight to the best this diverse continent has on offer. The fully updated guide includes unique illustrated cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of the must-see sights, plus street-by-street maps of cities and towns, from the majestic... |
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South Toward Home: Travels in Southern Literature
Margaret Eby · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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A literary travelogue into the heart of classic Southern literature.What is it about the South that has inspired so much of America's greatest literature? And why, when we think of Flannery O'Connor or William Faulkner or Harper Lee, do we think of them not just as writers, but as Southern... |
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Think South: How We Got Six Men and Forty Dogs Across Antarctica
Cathy de Moll · Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Print book
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What does it take to move forty dogs, three sleds, twenty tons of food and gear, and six men from all over the world across nearly four thousand of the coldest miles on earth? Cathy de Moll, the executive director of the 1990 International Trans-Antarctica Expedition, introduces the wild... |
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A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France
Miranda Richmond Mouillot · Crown
Format: Hardcover
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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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Love and Other Ways of Dying: Essays
Michael Paterniti · Dial Press
Pages: 437
Format: Print book
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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS * In this moving, lyrical, and ultimately uplifting collection of essays, Michael Paterniti turns a keen eye on the full range of human experience, introducing us to an unforgettable cast... |
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