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Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

Carl Hoffman · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 322
Format: Hardcover

The mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in New Guinea in 1961 has kept the world and his powerful, influential family guessing for years. Now, Carl Hoffman uncovers startling new evidence that finally tells the full, astonishing story.Despite exhaustive searches, no trace of Rockefeller...
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Lonely Planet Switzerland

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet; 7 edition
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherLonely Planet Switzerland is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Ski through fresh powder in the Swiss Alps, listen to cowbells while...
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Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads

Paul Theroux · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 441
Format: Print book

One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth...
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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris · Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A guy walks into a bar car and...From here the story could take many turns. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved. Sedaris remembers his father's...
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Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman

Alice Steinbach · Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

"In many ways, I was an independent woman," writes Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Alice Steinbach. “For years I’d made my own choices, paid my own bills, shoveled my own snow.” But somehow she had become dependent in quite another way. “I had fallen...
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Lonely Planet New England's Best Trips

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet; 2 edition
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet The worlds leading travel guide publisher Whether exploring your own back yard or somewhere new, discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planets New Englands Best Trips, your passport to unique experiences that await you along New Englands highways. Featuring 32 amazing...
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The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba

Julia Cooke · Seal Press
Format: Paperback

Change looms in Havana, Cubas capital, a city electric with uncertainty yet cloaked in cliché, 90 miles from U.S. shores and off-limits to most Americans. Journalist Julia Cooke, who lived there at intervals over a period of five years, discovered a dynamic scene baby-faced anarchists...
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Lonely Planet Ireland's Best Trips

Oda O'Carroll · Lonely Planet; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Discover the freedom of open roads while touring Ireland with Lonely Planet's Ireland's Best Trips, your passport to up-to-date advice on unique experiences that await you along Ireland's roadways. Featuring 34 amazing...
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The 2013 Road Atlas

Rand McNally and Company · Rand McNally and Company; Original edition
Format: Book

Find your next route with a modern road map The 89th edition of the most trusted and best-selling US atlas on the market features the winners from the first Best of the Road® search for America s best small towns.Use the book's scannable tags to point your smartphone to updated...
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Free Spirit: Growing Up On the Road and Off the Grid

Joshua Safran · Hachette Books; F First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

An Unforgettable Journey Through an Unconventional ChildhoodWhen Joshua Safran was four years old, his mother--determined to protect him from the threats of nuclear war and Ronald Reagan--took to the open road with her young son, leaving the San Francisco countercultural scene behind. Together...
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Jerusalem, Israel, Petra & Sinai

DK Publishing · DK Travel; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

From the green hills and sun-drenched coast of Galilee to the sacred sites of Jerusalem's Old City; from the dramatic desert of Wadi Rum to the vibrant reefs of Dahab, there is much for pilgrims and holidaymakers alike.This relaunched edition has new features and three brand new walks,...
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Cruising & cruise ships 2014

Douglas Ward · Berlitz
Format:  Book : English : Twenty-second EditionView all editions and formats

Presents a detailed guide to ocean cruising, with descriptions of each cruise ship's cabin facilities, service, destinations, and food.
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Travels with Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets

Lars Eighner · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback

Lars Eighner is the Thoreau of the Dumpsters. Comparisons to Defoes Robinson Crusoe and Hamsuns Hunger leap to mind. A classic of down-and-out literature. --Phillip LopateWhen Travels with Lizbeth was first published in 1993, it was proclaimed an instant classic. Lars Eighners account of his descent...
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Lonely Planet Central Europe

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet; 10 edition
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet The worlds leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Central Europe is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Admire imperial palaces and perfectly iced cakes in Vienna, hike the peaks...
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