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The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present
Toby Wilkinson · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
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A hypnotic journey in the company of one of the world's most acclaimed Egyptologists over the fabled river telling how the Nile continually brought life to an ancient civilization now dead and how it sustained its successors, now in tumult.Renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson leads... |
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Great Gardens of America
Tim Richardson · Frances Lincoln; Paperback reissue edition
Format: Book
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An authoritative and superbly illustrated celebration of the great gardens of the United States and Canada from the author of the highly acclaimed The New English Garden. The gardens chosen for this book range from eighteenth-century landscape gardens such as Thomas Jefferson's Monticello... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: South Africa
Michael R Brett · Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2015.
Pages: 464
Format: Print book
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: South Africa is your in-depth guide to the very best of South Africa. From exploring the Palace of the Lost City to seeing the "Big Five" on safari in Kruger National Park to experiencing the multifaceted culture of a country with 11 official languages,... |
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Rick Steves France 2015
Rick Steves · Avalon Travel Publishing; 2015 Edition edition
Format: Book
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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in France. With this guide, youll explore sleepy villages, romantic hill towns, and cosmopolitan cities, including Paris, Avignon, and Nice. Climb the Eiffel Tower, wander world-renowned museums, and dine... |
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Lonely Planet Discover Canada
Karla Zimmerman · Lonely Planet; 2 edition
Format: Book
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Lonely Planet The worlds leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planets Discover Canada is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hit the ski slopes at Whistler, wander Quebecs stunning Old Town, marvel at Niagara... |
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Ann Cleeves' Shetland
Ann Cleeves · Macmillan, 2015.
Pages: 216
Format: Print book
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Ann Cleeves' bestselling series of crime novels, featuring Detective Jimmy Perez, and now also adapted for a major BBC television series, draw their inspiration from the place in which they take place: Shetland. An archipelago of more than 100 islands, it is the one of the most remote... |
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Lonely Planet Discover Las Vegas
Sara Benson · Lonely Planet; 2 edition
Format: Print book
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Discover Las Vegas is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Cruise the dazzling glitzy Strip, admire the spectacle of Cirque... |
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Snippets of New Orleans
EMMA FICK · Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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FROM THE INTRODUCTION:Snippets are fragments of things. They are people observed, foods consumed, ornaments spotted: a man on a streetcar, crawfish shells on the sidewalk, an ornate cornstalk-shaped fence.I believe that to immerse oneself in a place means to try and hold all its elements,... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: San Francisco & Northern California
DK Publishing · DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Print book
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: San Francisco & Northern California is your in-depth guide to the very best of San Francisco and its surrounding area. Experience the greatest attractions the region has to offer, from strolling across the Golden Gate Bridge to sunning with sea lions on Pier... |
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Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years—and a World of Change Apart
Diccon Bewes · Nicholas Brealey Publishing; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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A bestseller in Europe and the United Kingdom, Slow Train to Switzerland is now in paperback! Diccon Bewes, author of the immensely popular Swiss Watching, follows Thomas Cooks groundbreaking tour from England to the Swiss Alps. Bewes uses traveler Jemima Morells diary from 1863 to retrace... |
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Meet Me in Atlantis: My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City
Mark Adams · Dutton Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Adventurous, inquisitive and mirthful, Mark Adams gamely sifts through the eons of rumor, science, and lore to find a place that, in the end, seems startlingly real indeed." -Hampton Sides "Infused with humor and pop culture references, Adams makes what could have been a tedious... |
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Uganda Be Kidding Me
Chelsea Handler · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Wherever Chelsea Handler travels, one thing is certain: she always ends up in the land of the ridiculous. Now, in this uproarious collection, she sneaks her sharp wit through airport security and delivers her most absurd and hilarious stories ever. On safari in Africa, it's anyone's... |
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United States of LEGO®: A Brick Tour of America
Jeff Friesen · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book
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United States of LEGO takes readers on a journey across America that has never been seen before. Photographer Jeff Friesen composes artful LEGO brick dioramas, each revealing a scene with a witty caption that celebrates what makes every American state unique, incorporating toy-scale monuments,... |
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Cancún & Yucatan Peninsula Focus Guide, 2nd
Richard Arghiris · Footprint Handbooks; Second edition
Format: Paperback
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Take a plunge off Mexico’s Caribbean coastline and marvel at the coral and plants that have been popular with divers since the 1960s. Trek inland and visit Mayan ruins immersed in ancient forests. Stop briefly at the popular sites in Uxmal and Tulum, but stay as long as you like at the lesser-known... |
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