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The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids 2016

Liliane J. Opsomer · Unofficial Guides; 2016 Edition edition
Format: Print book

The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids is JAM-PACKED with useful tips, great advice, excellent discussion, and practical travel knowledge gleaned from years of Walt Disney World travel experience. It is one of the few guidebooks to Disney World that specifically addresses the needs...
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South Toward Home: Travels in Southern Literature

Margaret Eby · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

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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Hemingway's Paris: A Writer's City in Words and Images

Robert Wheeler · Yucca Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Walk through the Streets of Paris with Ernest Hemingway.In gorgeous black and white images, Hemingway's Paris depicts a story of remarkable passion - for a city, a woman, and a time. No other city in any of his travels was as significant, professionally or emotionally, as was Paris....
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Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain

Charlotte Higgins · Overlook Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, the captivating and haunting exploration of the remnants of an empire What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Sometimes on foot,...
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A Field Guide to Gettysburg: Experiencing the Battlefield through Its History, Places, and People

Carol Reardon · The University of North Carolina Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

In this lively guide to the Gettysburg battlefield, Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler invite readers to participate in a tour of this hallowed ground. Ideal for carrying on trips through the park as well as for the armchair historian, this book includes comprehensive maps and deft descriptions...
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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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A Journey Through Tudor England: Hampton Court Palace and the Tower of London to Stratford-upon-Avon and Thornbury Castle

Suzannah Lipscomb · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Using place as a lens through which to view history, come take a vivid and captivating journey through England's most vibrant era For the armchair traveler or for those looking to take a trip back to the colorful time of Henry VIII and Thomas Moore,A Journey Through Tudor England takes...
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Food Trails

Lonely Planet. · Lonely Planet Pubns
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher For everyone who loves travel and trying the local delicacies, this beautifully illustrated hardback is the must-have handbook to a year's worth of perfect weekends around the world for food lovers. Featured trails include...
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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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Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2015: The Best Trends, Destinations, Journeys & Experiences for the Year Ahead

James Bainbridge · Lonely Planet
Pages: 206
Format: Paperback

The best places to go and things to do all around the world in 2015! Drawing on the knowledge, passion and miles travelled by Lonely Planet's staff, authors and online community, we present a year's worth of travel inspiration to take you out of the ordinary and into some unforgettable...
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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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Conversations on the Hudson

Nick Hand · Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 111
Format: Hardcover

One spring day in 2012, fresh from his circumnavigation of the British Isles, English designer Nick Hand set off on his bicycle from Brooklyn, New York, and pedaled north along the Hudson River toward its source in the Adirondack Mountains. His leisurely pace suited his simple agenda - to talk...
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The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan

Bill Porter · Counterpoint Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

To travel upon the Silk Road is to travel through history. Millennia older than California's Camino Real, and perhaps even a few years senior to the roads of the Roman Empire, the Silk Road is a network of routes stretching from delta towns of China all the way to the Mediterranean...
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Ultimate Journeys for Two: Extraordinary Destinations on Every Continent

MIKE HOWARD · National Geographic
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Written by the founders of HoneyTrek.com, this inspiring book reveals hidden-gem destinations and insider tips for unforgettable couples travel.In these informative pages, Mike and Anne Howard - officially the World's Longest Honeymooners and founders of the acclaimed travel blog HoneyTrek...
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And the Monkey Learned Nothing: Dispatches from a Life in Transit

Tom Lutz · University of Iowa Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Tom Lutz is on a mission to visit every country on earth. And the Monkey Learned Nothing contains reports from fifty of them, most describing personal encounters in rarely visited spots, anecdotes from way off the beaten path. Traveling without an itinerary and without a goal, Lutz explores...
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