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Horizon

Barry Lopez · Knopf
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover

From the National Book Award-winning author of the now-classic Arctic Dreams, a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped an extraordinary life.Taking us nearly from pole to pole--from modern...
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Frommer's Iceland

Nicholas Gill · FrommerMedia
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Comprehensive and completely up-to-date, Frommer's Iceland takes you from world-famous waterfalls to hopping nightclubs and everywhere in between. Frommer's expert Nicholas Gill, an Iceland specialist, knows every inch of the country and is not afraid to tell the truth. With his reliable,...
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Moon Montana & Wyoming: With Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks

Carter G. Walker · Moon Travel
Pages: 582
Format: Paperback

Moon Montana & Wyoming guides you to the best of the wild west, revealing the untold adventures that await under the vast country sky. Inside you'll find:Strategic, flexible itineraries for visiting both states, including Yellowstone, Glacier, and Grand Teton national parks, curated...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Croatia

DK Travel · DK Eyewitness Travel
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

DK Eyewitness travel guides: award-winning guidebooksDiscover Croatia with this essential travel guide, designed to help you create your own unique trip and to transport you to this beautiful country before you've even packed your case - walk the marble streets of Dubrovnik, dip your...
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America's Holy Ground: 61 Faithful Reflections on Our National Parks

Brad Lyons · Chalice Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

America's 60 national parks are beloved around the world for their inspiring natural beauty and unmatched diversity. They can also be places to reconnect with God and the sacred. National parks engage our five senses, but engaging a sixth sense, the sense of the holy, will transform...
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Brazil: A Biography

Lilia M. Schwarcz · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 736
Format: Hardcover

A sweeping and absorbing biography of Brazil, from the sixteenth century to the presentFor many Americans, Brazil is a land of contradictions: vast natural resources and entrenched corruption; extraordinary wealth and grinding poverty; beautiful beaches and violence-torn favelas. Brazil...
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Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide

Tony Horwitz · Penguin Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

Beloved best-selling author Tony Horwitz retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's epic journey across the American South in the 1850s, as he too searches for common ground in a dangerously riven nation.On the eve of the Civil War, an up-and-coming newspaper, the New York Times, sent a young...
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Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces

Jan Johnsen · Countryman Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Expert tips and beautiful photography from a veteran landscaperWhether it's ten square feet or ten acres, a backyard is something everyone wants to use to their best advantage. No matter the size or shape, an outdoor green space can be transformed from a neglected or untamed patch of dirt...
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Travel with Purpose: A Field Guide to Voluntourism

Jeff Blumenfeld · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Imagine yourself in a schoolroom in one of the most remote regions of one of the most hard-to-reach countries on earth. Nepal. The Lower Mustang region to be exact. To reach it takes a 14-hour flight from New York to Doha, Qatar. Then four hours by air to Kathmandu. Transfer at one of the world's...
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Rick Steves Sicily

Rick Steves · Rick Steves
Pages: 350
Format: Paperback

Swim in the sparkling Mediterranean, marvel at the peak of Mount Etna, and get to know this region's timeless charm: with Rick Steves on your side, Sicily can be yours!Inside Rick Steves Sicily you'll find:Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring SicilyRick's...
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