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Journeys of a Lifetime, Second Edition: 500 of the World's Greatest Trips
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. · National Geographic
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Featuring 120 new destinations, this best-selling inspirational travel guide reveals 500 celebrated and lesser-known destinations around the globe, from ocean cruises in Antarctica to horse treks in the Andes. Completely revised and updated for its 10th anniversary.
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100 Places You Will Never Visit: The World's Most Secret Locations
Daniel Smith · Quercus
Format: Book
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Ever wondered what it takes to get into Fort Knox? Fancied a peek inside the Coca-Cola Safety Deposit Box? Would you dare to visit Three Mile Island? The world is full of secret places that we either dont know about, or couldnt visit even if we wanted to. Now you can glimpse the Tora Bora... |
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Abroad at Home: The 600 Best International Travel Experiences in North America
National Geographic · National Geographic Society
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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Take a trip around the globe - without ever leaving North America. Ideal for those who don't want to spend the time or money to travel the world, this book presents a potpourri of international experiences in the United States and Canada. Discover the villages, neighborhoods, and regions... |
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Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush
Geoff Dyer · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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From a writer "whose genre-jumping refusal to be pinned down [makes him] an exemplar of our era" (NPR), a new book that confirms his power to astound readers. As a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. So the adult Dyer jumped at the chance... |
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Embracing Cuba
Byron Motley · University Press of Florida
Pages: 210
Format: Print book
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"Words alone do not do Cuba justice. They depict only fragments of her mystery and beauty, her strength and fragility, her spirit and song. And so I turn to my cameras . . ." - from the introduction, Embracing Cuba
"Motley's images of Cuba's people, arts,... |
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Walking The Himalayas
Levison Wood · Little
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Following his trek along the length of the Nile River, explorer Levison Wood takes on his greatest challenge yet-navigating the treacherous foothills of the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range.
Praised by Bear Grylls, Levison Wood has been called "the toughest man on TV"... |
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Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
Frances Mayes · Crown; First Edition first Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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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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Frommer's Hawaii 2020
Martha Cheng · Frommermedia
Pages: 640
Format: Paperback
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Comprehensive and completely up-to-date, Frommer?s Hawaii 2020 covers all the major Hawaiian islands, and takes you from world-famous beaches to secluded rain-forests and everywhere in between. Frommer?s expert authors?both journalists who specialize in Hawaii?know every inch of the islands... |
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100 Dives of a Lifetime: The World's Ultimate Underwater Destinations
Carrie Miller · National Geographic
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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Explore 100 breathtaking scuba diving sites around the world--from the cenotes of Mexico to the best wreck in Micronesia--through stunning National Geographic photography, expert tips, and cutting-edge travel advice.
Filled with more than 350 images from National Geographic, 100... |
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Barn Find Road Trip: 3 Guys, 14 Days and 1000 Lost Collector Cars Discovered
Tom Cotter · Motorbooks International
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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Great collector cars are still out there--just waiting to be found!Sadly, there is very little reality in reality TV. That wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that these shows are the only TV shows for the barn-find collector car aficionado.Barn Find Road Trip is the antidote to all the manufactured... |
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The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba
Julia Cooke · Seal Press
Format: Paperback
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Change looms in Havana, Cubas capital, a city electric with uncertainty yet cloaked in cliché, 90 miles from U.S. shores and off-limits to most Americans. Journalist Julia Cooke, who lived there at intervals over a period of five years, discovered a dynamic scene baby-faced anarchists... |
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Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti
Amy Wilentz · Simon & Schuster; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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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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