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Pennsylvania: A Photographic Journey

Richard Nowitz (photographer) · Farcountry Press; First edition

Professional photographer Richard Nowitz takes readers to Pennsylvania's best places in 113 color photographs. Through Nowitz's lens, readers will love seeing the their favorite stops and the highlights they couldn't pack into one visit: horses and buggies in Amish country,...
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Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will

Judith Schalansky , · Penguin Books; Poc edition
Format: Hardcover

A lovely small-trim edition of the award-winning Atlas of Remote IslandsThe Atlas of Remote Islands, Judith Schalansky’s beautiful and deeply personal account of the islands that have held a place in her heart throughout her lifelong love of cartography, has captured the imaginations...
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In Her Kitchen: Stories and Recipes from Grandmas Around the World

Gabriele Galimberti · Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the James Beard Award for Photography In a keepsake volume, Gabriele Galimberti's beautiful portraits of grandmothers from all over the world with their signature recipes illustrates the universal language of food and family.On the eve of a photography trip around the world,...
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Berlitz Malay Phrase Book & Dictionary

Berlitz Publishing Company · Berlitz Publishing
Pages: 223
Format: Paperback

This brand new Malay Phrase Book features a fresh, crisp design with vivid color photography, eye-catching color-coding, and user-generated content, making it the phrase book created by the people for the people! Sections such as "Survival", "Food and Drink" and "In...
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The Interior Circuit: A Mexico City Chronicle

Francisco Goldman · Grove Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Coming off the most successful book of a decorated career - Say Her Name - The Interior Circuit is Francisco Goldman's timely and provocative journey into the heart of Mexico City.The Interior Circuit is Goldman's story of his emergence from grief five years after his wife's...
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Irina Baronova and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo

Victoria Tennant · University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

In the 1930s and ’40s, the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo toured the United States and the world, introducing many to ballet as an art form, while spreading the enduring image of the ballerina as an embodiment of feminine grace and sophistication. This sumptuous, illustrated history...
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Alone in Antarctica: The First Woman To Ski Solo Across The Southern Ice

Felicity Aston · Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

In the whirling noise of our advancing technological age, we are seemingly never alone, never out-of-touch with the barrage of electronic data and information.Felicity Aston, physicist and meteorologist, took two months off from all human contact as she became the first woman -- and only...
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Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and Other Writings

Nellie Bly · Penguin Books,
Pages: 331
Format: Print book

The first edited volume of work by the legendary undercover journalistBorn Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Nellie Bly was one of the first and best female journalists in America and quickly became a national phenomenon in the late 1800s, with a board game based on her adventures and merchandise...
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Historical Tours Fredericksburg: Trace the Path of America's Heritage

Randi Minetor · Globe Pequot Press

This one-of-a-kind guide brings you face-to-face with the people and events that shaped the Battle of Fredericksburg.
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