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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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How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together

· Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 336


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The Hobbit Motion Picture Trilogy Location Guide: Hobbiton, the Lonely Mountain and Beyond

Ian Brodie · Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

Discover the breathtaking locations around New Zealand featured in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit films with this lush four-color travel guide from the author of the international bestseller The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook. With a foreword by Sir Peter Jackson and contributions...
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Where to Go When

Dorling Kindersley Inc. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Written by a team of experts, Where to Go When combines informative narrative and gorgeous photography to bring more than 130 global destinations to life. Six different vacation themes - Natural World, Unforgettable Journeys, Family Vacations, Luxury & Romance, Activity Breaks, and Festivals...
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1001 Restaurants You Must Experience Before You Die

Jenny Linford · Barron's Educational Series
Format: Hardcover

The world is full of wonderful places to eat, and this mouthwatering, globe-trotting guide features 1001 of the very best. Gourmets with an appetite for good food in gorgeous settings will find their taste buds tingling with anticipation as they flip through this book. The featured eateries...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: USA

DK Publishing · DK Eyewitness Travel; Rep Rev edition
Format: Print book

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: USA is your indispensable guide to this extraordinary and vast country. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floor plans and reconstructions of the must-see sights, plus street-by-street maps of major cities. The new-look guide is also packed with...
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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. We know...

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Undercover brother.

Eddie Huang · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 218
Format: Print book

"Fresh Off the Boat was Huang's story of growing up in his wild family as a first-generation Chinese-American in the comically hostile world of suburban America; a rejection of the typical narrative of assimilation, it was a rallying cry for cultural integrity. But as he entered adulthood...
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The Best Place to be Today: 365 Things to do & the Perfect Day to do Them

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet; 1 edition

Find the best thing to do every day of the year, from one-day events like India's Holi festival or the cheese-rolling race at Cooper's Hill in England, to seasonal events like Alaska's caribou migration and weather-dependent adventures like completing the Tour de Mont Blanc....
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Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

Mary Norris · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The beloved Comma Queen returns with a buoyant and charming book about language, love, and the wine-dark sea.

In her New York Times best-selling Between You & Me, Mary Norris delighted readers with her irreverent tales of pencils, punctuation, and punctiliousness over three...

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Insight Guides: Canada

Insight Guides · Insight Guides
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

Natural wonders abound in Canada's many provinces, from polar bears in Manitoba to the thundering Niagara Falls in Ontario, skiing in Whistler, sprawling prairies and stunning national parks. Add to that fascinating insights into the culture of native peoples such as the Inuit and Métis,...
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The Rough Guide to California

ROUGH GUIDES. · ROUGH GUIDES
Pages: 712
Format: Paperback

This in-depth coverage of California's local attractions, sights, and restaurants takes you to the most rewarding spots - from the Hollywood sign to the Golden Gate Bridge to the Redwoods - and stunning color photography brings the land to life on the pages. With a beautiful new cover,...
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Fodor's Essential New Zealand

Fodor's · Fodor's Travel Publications
Pages: 688
Format: Print book

New Zealand's sweeping vistas have captured the imagination of travelers around the world. Visitors flock here to sample world-class wines, snap up young designers' wares, and tour "Middle-earth." Fodor's Essential New Zealand, in full color, helps visitors make the most...
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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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This Is Mexico: Tales of Culture and Other Complications

Carol M. Merchasin · She Writes Press
Format: Print book

This Is Mexico is a collection of essays on the often magical and mysterious—and sometimes heartrending—workings of everyday life in Mexico, written from the perspective of an American expatriate. By turns humorous and poignant, Merchasin provides an informed look at Mexican culture...
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