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149 Paintings You Really Need to See in North America:

Julian Porter · Dundurn
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback

Tour North America's greatest museums and galleries in the company of two incomparable guides. This lively companion highlights the essential paintings, by some of the world's greatest painters, from Giotto to Picasso, on display in North American museums and galleries. Julian Porter...
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The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah: Fear and Love in the Modern Middle East

Adam Valen Levinson · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Chronically questioning, funny, and bold, a young American explores the majority-Muslim lands that scare him most.Armed only with college Arabic and restless curiosity, Adam Valen Levinson sets out to "learn about the world 9/11 made us fear." From a base in globalized and sterilized...
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The Bowery: The Strange History of New York's Oldest Street

Stephen Paul DeVillo · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 280
Format: eBook

From peglegged Peter Stuyvesant to CBGB's, the story of the Bowery reflects the history of the city that grew up around it. It was the street your mother warned you about - even if you lived in San Francisco. Long associated with skid row, saloons, freak shows, violence, and vice, the Bowery...
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A Beginner's Guide to Recognizing Trees of the Northeast

Mark Mikolas · Countryman Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Identify maple, ash, oak, and more with easy-to-learn visual techniques.In this friendly and approachable field guide, writer and avid hiker Mark Mikolas shares a unique approach for year-round tree identification. His method, which centers on the northeastern United States where 20 species...
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Bookshops: A Reader's History

Jorge Carrio?n · Biblioasis
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"Bookshops is the best kind of biblio-mystery, in which a cultivated and civilized detective guides us through the labyrinth of the world's stores, stopping to talk for a while, before plunging off on the next fascinating diversion. Jorge Carrion brings page-turning excitement...
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Lonely Planet The World: A Traveller's Guide to the Planet

LONELY PLANET. · Lonely Planet
Pages: 960
Format: Hardcover

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Every country in the world, in one guidebook: Lonely Planet's The World. A Traveller's Guide to the Planet. We've taken the highlights from the world's best guidebooks and put them together into one 900 page...
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Speak and Read Japanese: Fun Mnemonic Devices for Remembering Japanese Words and Their Meanings

Larry Herzberg · Stone Bridge Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Modeled on the same winning format as his Speak and Read Chinese, teacher Larry Herzberg's latest book offers simple, fun, and imaginative ways to remember essential Japanese words and characters. Mastering basic vocabulary and kanji is one of the first challenges any Japanese learner...
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London in Paint

Lee Cheshire · Tate Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

London is one of the world's most popular cities, and its hustle and bustle, changing landscape, and infinite sights have provided a rich subject for many artists. Their representations are fascinatingly diverse. From recognizable views of the River Thames, St. Paul's, and Tower...
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Van Life: Your Home on the Road

Foster Huntington · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Showcasing hundreds of funky vehicles, awe-inspiring landscapes, and cleverly designed interiors in tiny spaces from around the world, Van Life is perfect for who anyone daydreams about living on the open road.More and more people-from millennials to baby boomers-are taking a break from...
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The Cognoscenti's Guide to Florence: Shop and Eat Like a Florentine, Revised Edition

Louise Fili · Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Shop and eat like a Florentine with this newly updated pocket-sized guide to the best of the magnificent Tuscan city known for its art, culture, and cuisine. Celebrated graphic designer and self-described Italophile Louise Fili, with connoisseur of all things Lise Apatoff, takes you on eight...
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