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Insight Guides USA Southwest

INSIGHT GUIDES · Insight Guides
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Insight Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your journey.An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook.From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of the American Southwest, with in-depth insider...
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Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America

JAMES FALLOWS · Pantheon
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

A unique, revelatory portrait of the civic and economic renewal already taking place across America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media. A surprisingly hopeful view of the country between its coasts.For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling...
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National Geographic Guide to State Parks of the United States, 5th Edition

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. · National Geographic
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback

Discover more than 950 of the best parks in all 50 states in this completely updated guide from National Geographic.Bask in the spectacular beauty, thrilling terrain, and quiet peacefulness of the country's finest state parks, hand-picked by park directors and National Geographic editors....
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Time to Take Flight: The Savvy Woman's Guide to Safe Solo Travel

Jayne Seagrave · TouchWood Editions
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Take it from a friend who knows: "travel is not scary or difficult for the mature single woman. Confidence and planning are the keys."Rome, Chicago, London, Vienna, Berlin . . . best-selling author and entrepreneur Jayne Seagrave has traveled there, and she's done it solo....
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Journeys Home: Inspiring Stories, Plus Tips and Strategies to Find Your Family History

Andrew McCarthy · National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, this compelling narrative combines intriguing tales of discovery with tips on how to begin your own explorations. Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy's featured story recounts his recent quest to uncover his family's...
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A Year Off: A story about traveling the world - and how to make it happen for you

Alexandra Brown · Chronicle Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Wait for me... Who knew these three words said to a near stranger would start an international travel adventure?A Year Off is one part travel guide, one part travel essays and photos, and one part memoir documenting the story of Alexandra and David Brown, a couple who decided to take a year...
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Lonely Planet The World: A Traveller's Guide to the Planet

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet; 1 edition
Format: Book

Every country in the world, in one guidebook Lonely Planet delivers the first guide to The World. Weve taken the highlights from the worlds best guidebooks and put them together into one 960-page whopper to create the ultimate guide to Earth. This user-friendly A-Z gives a flavour of each...
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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

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.Compiled from the favorite...
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1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover's Life List

Mimi Sheraton · Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate gift for the food lover. In the same way that 1,000 Places to See Before You Die reinvented the travel book, 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die is a joyous, informative, dazzling, mouthwatering life list of the worlds best food. The long-awaited new book in the phenomenal 1,000...
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A Year of Living Prayerfully: How A Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life

Jared Brock
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Follow Jared on a 37,000-mile trip around the world as he...* Dances with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn* Discovers the 330-year-old home of Brother Lawrence* Burns his clothes at the end of the Camino de Santiago* Attends the world's largest church in Seoul* Visits Westboro Baptist Church* Tries...
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Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders

Joshua Foer · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 481
Format: Hardcover

It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders - the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South...
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A Beginner's Guide to Paradise: 9 Steps to Giving Up Everything

Alex Sheshunoff · New American Library
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

So You Too Can: - Move to a South Pacific Island - Wear a Loincloth - Read a Hundred Books - Diaper a Baby Monkey - Build a Bungalow And Maybe, Just Maybe, Fall in Love! * * Individual results may vary.The true story of how a quarter-life crisis led to adventure, freedom, and love...
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1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover's Life List

Mimi Sheraton · Workman Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

The ultimate gift for the food lover. In the same way that 1,000 Places to See Before You Die reinvented the travel book, 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die is a joyous, informative, dazzling, mouthwatering life list of the worlds best food. The long-awaited new book in the phenomenal 1,000...
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Moon Amsterdam

Audrey Sykes · Avalon Travel Publishing
Pages: 293
Format: Paperback

Join Amsterdam local Audrey Sykes on an unforgettable adventure. With her unique perspective and advice you can trust, Moon Amsterdam has everything you need to know to explore like a local.Moon Amsterdam shows travelers the best way to experience all Amsterdam has to offer - from the true...
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Amazing Train Journeys

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Experience 60 of the world's greatest and most unforgettable train journeys, from classic long-distance trips like Western Canada's Rocky Mountaineer and Darwin to Adelaide's The Ghan, to little-known gems on regular commuting lines. We've always had a soft spot for trains....
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