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Wide-Open World: How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family's Lives Forever
John Marshall · Ballantine Books; First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of Three Cups of Tea; Eat, Pray, Love; and Wild comes the inspiring story of an ordinary American family that embarks on an extraordinary journey. Wide-Open World follows the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa... |
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Chineasy Travel
SHAOLAN HSUEH · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
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The essential pocket-sized Chineasy guide to characters, phrases, and culture for travelers makes learning Chinese fun and easy. Entrepreneur ShaoLan Hsueh created Chineasy® to educate the world about the richness of Chinese culture through its written language. Her visual, building-block-style... |
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Walking The Himalayas
Levison Wood · Little
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Following his trek along the length of the Nile River, explorer Levison Wood takes on his greatest challenge yet-navigating the treacherous foothills of the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range. Praised by Bear Grylls, Levison Wood has been called "the toughest man on TV"... |
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Journeys Home: Inspiring Stories, Plus Tips and Strategies to Find Your Family History
Andrew McCarthy · National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China
Huan Hsu · Crown
Format: Hardcover
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A journalist travels throughout mainland China and Taiwan in search of his family's hidden treasure and comes to understand his ancestry as he never has before. In 1938, when the Japanese arrived in Huan Hsu's great-great-grandfather Liu's Yangtze River hometown of Xingang,... |
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Lonely Planet Central Asia
LONELY PLANET. · Lonely Planet
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
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Filled with the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await visitors, this updated edition covers such areas as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Ashgabat. It contains more than 65 full-color maps, insights on each area's culture,... |
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Hear Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Rich Musical Heritage & Lively Current Scene
Michael Murphy · W W Norton, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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By the author of Eat Dat and Fear Dat, a charmingly irreverent guide to the thriving, world-famous music scene in New Orleans "Where can I go to hear music?" is a question often asked by visitors to New Orleans. The question might better be asked, "Where can I go and not hear... |
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Archaeology Hotspot Egypt: Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists
Julian Heath · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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The Archaeology Hotspots series offers reader-friendly and engaging narratives of the archaeology in particular countries. Written by archaeological experts with a general reader in mind, each book in the series focuses on what has been found and by whom, what the controversies and scandals... |
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The Solo Travel Handbook
LONELY PLANET. · Lonely Planet
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
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Don't let the idea of travelling alone stop you from living out your dreams. Packed with tips and advice for before and during your travels, The Solo Travel Handbook gives you the confidence and know-how to explore the world on your own, whether you're planning a once-in-a-lifetime adventure... |
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Cruise Ports Caribbean
LONELY PLANET. · Lonely Planet
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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Here's your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Sip cocktails on the colorful portside of Curacao; sail into the very heart of the West Indies in down-to-earth St Kitts & Nevis; and escape the crowds on stunning... |
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