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Ann Cleeves' Shetland

Ann Cleeves · Macmillan, 2015.
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

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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French Ghosts, Russian Nights, and American Outlaws: Souvenirs of a Professional Vagabond

Susan Spano · Roaring Forties Press
Pages: 189
Format: Paperback

Susan Spano, America's original Frugal Traveler, explores some of the most romantic, most exotic, and wildest corners of the world in this captivating collection of her best-loved pieces.

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: San Francisco & Northern California

DK Publishing · DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Print book

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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This Is My South: The Essential Travel Guide to the Southern States

Caroline Eubanks · Globe Pequot Press
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

You may think you know the South for its food, its people, its past, and its stories, but if there's one thing that's certain, it's that the region tells far more than one tale. It is ever-evolving, open to interpretation, steeped in history and tradition, yet defined differently...
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Traveling With Your Pet: The AAA PetBook®

AAA · AAA; 16th Edition edition
Format: Print book

Annual updates make this the most complete travel guide for those taking their pets along on trips across the U.S. and Canada. Find more than 14,000 pet-friendly AAA Approved hotels, campgrounds and — new this edition — over 700 pet-friendly restaurants. Discover plenty of places...
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100 Places You Will Never Visit: The World's Most Secret Locations

Daniel Smith · Quercus
Format: Book

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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The Rough Guide to First-Time Europe

Rough Guides · Rough Guides
Format: Print book

The Rough Guide to First-Time Europe tells you everything you need to know before you go on your first trip to Europe, from information about visas and insurance to budgets and packing.This guidebook will help you plan the best possible trip to Europe, with tips on using your phone abroad...
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Moon Savannah: With Hilton Head

JIM MOREKIS · Moon Travel
Pages: 297
Format: Paperback

Moon Travel Guides: See the City with a Local!Whether you're chowing down on fresh seafood, diving into local history, or wandering the waterfront, Moon Savannah reveals the best of this quirky city.Explore the City: Navigate by neighborhood or by activity, with color-coded maps of Savannah's...
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Family Guide Washington, DC

Dk Publishing. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

A family-focused guidebook to Washington, D.C., for traveling with children ages 4 to 12.

DK Eyewitness Travel: Family Guide Washington, D.C. gives parents with children ages 4 to 12 the specific, family-friendly information they need to plan a vacation to a city with an abundance...

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Around the world in 50 years : my adventure to every country on earth

Albert Podell · Thomas Dunne Books, 2015.
Pages: 354
Format: Print book

"This is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible - first by setting a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world -- in the course of which he blasted his way out of minefields, survived a breakdown...
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Eat Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Unique Food Culture of the Crescent City

Michael Murphy · Countryman Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

An entertaining guidebook celebrating the food and people of New Orleans, highlighting nearly 250 eating spots, from sno-cone stands and food carts to famous restaurants. When Mario Batali was asked his favorite food city, he responded, “New Orleans, hands down.” No city has as many...
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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

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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Lonely Planet Discover Las Vegas

Sara Benson · Lonely Planet; 2 edition
Format: Print book

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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The Edge of Extinction: Travels with Enduring People in Vanishing Lands

Jules Pretty · Comstock Publishing Associates; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In The Edge of Extinction, Jules Pretty explores life and change in a dozen environments and cultures across the world, taking us on a series of remarkable journeys through deserts, coasts, mountains, steppes, snowscapes, marshes, and farms to show that there are many different ways to live...
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The Grand Circle Tour: A travel and reference guide to the American Southwest and the ancient peoples of the Colorado Plateau

Michael Royea · Countryman Press; 1 edition
Format: Book

The Grand Circle Tour is a circuit around a ring of National Parks and Native American sites in the Four Corners Region of the Southwest. It encompasses some of the most significant ancient history in North America remanants of the Anasazi civilization. From the well-known sites like Zion...
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