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Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan
Shannon Galpin · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
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Being inspired to act can take many forms. For some it's taking a weekend to volunteer, but for Shannon Galpin, it meant leaving her career, selling her house, launching a nonprofit and committing her life to advancing education and opportunity for women and girls. Focusing on the war-torn... |
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Lonely Planet San Francisco
Alison Bing · Lonely Planet; 7 edition |
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Lonely Planet San FranciscoWander among 19th-century masks and view the Pacific from an architectural landmark in Golden Gate ParkUpdate your wardrobe courtesy of chic boutiques located in a former cow pastureSubmerge in an aromatherapy mud bath after a day of imbibing biodynamic winesPicnic... |
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Michelin Green Guide New York City, 21e
Michelin · Michelin Travel; 21 edition |
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Respected cultural travel guides featuring Michelin stars and tours. This completely revised new edition features the best of New York City from the Bronx to the Battery. Financial powerhouse, international diplomatic center, cultural mecca, fashion capital, gateway to the United States?... |
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Tocqueville's Discovery of America
Leo Damrosch · Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Alexis de Tocqueville is more quoted than read; commentators across the political spectrum invoke him as an oracle who defined America and its democracy for all times. But in fact his masterpiece, Democracy in America, was the product of a young man’s open-minded experience of America... |
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New York City
Eleanor Berman , · DK Travel; Annual edition |
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Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, each book in DK's Top 10 series uses evocative color photography, excellent cartography, and up-to-date travel content to create a reliable and useful pocket-sized travel guide. Dozens of Top 10 lists... |
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France
Robin Gauldie · DK Travel; Revised edition |
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"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: France" will lead you straight to the best attractions France has on offer. Packed with photographs, illustrations and clear maps of France, the guide explores everything region by region; from Champagne in the north to the sun-blessed corner of Provence... |
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In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China
Michael Meyer · Bloomsbury Press
Format: Hardcover |
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In the tradition of In Patagonia and Great Plains, Michael Meyers In Manchuria is a scintillating combination of memoir, contemporary reporting, and historical research, presenting a unique profile of Chinas legendary northeast territory. For three years, Meyer rented a home in the rice-farming... |
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Madrid
Michael Leapman · DK Travel |
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DK Eyewitness Travel's full-color guidebooks to hundreds of destinations around the world truly show you what others only tell you. They have become renowned for their visual excellence, which includes unparalleled photography, 3-D mapping, and specially commissioned cutaway illustrations.... |
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