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The Secrets of Italy: People, Places, and Hidden Histories

Corrado Augias · Rizzoli Ex Libris
Pages: 220
Format: Print book

One of Italy's best-known writers takes a Grand Tour through her cities, history, and literature in search of the true character of this contradictory nation. There is Michelangelo, but also the mafia. Pavarotti, but also Berlusconi. The debonair Milanese, but also the infamous captain...
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Birds of Prey

Todd Telander · Falcon Guides; First edition

Falcon Pocket Guide Birds of Prey is a field guide to the 55 birds of prey in North America. Anatomically correct illustrations of the birds in flight and on the ground and detailed descriptions about each birds prominent physical attributes and natural habitat make it easy to identify...
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Insider Brooklyn: A Curated Guide to New York City's Most Stylish Borough

Rachel Felder · Harperdesign
Pages: 288

A trend and shopping expert and fourth-generation New Yorker's chic, full-color guide to the best boutiques, shopping routes, restaurants, cafes, and bars in New York City's "It" borough, highlighting more than 200 favorite destinations and shops for both style-oriented travelers...
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How to Barter for Paradise: My Journey through 14 Countries, Trading Up from an Apple to a House in Hawaii

Michael Wigge · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 190
Format: Print book

Most people like to travel in comfort: they stay in fancy hotels, never leave tourist spots, and stay away from the locals. Michael Wigge isn't like most people, though. After travelling the world without money for 150 days while writing How to Travel the World for Free, his next challenge:...
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Tea & Antipathy: An American Family in Swinging London

Anita Miller · Chicago Review Press

Tea & Antipathy is a delightfully hilarious and true account of one American family's summer in the posh London neighborhood of Knightsbridge in 1965. Capturing the helpless feeling that living in a foreign city often brings, the book recounts how the Millers met a wide variety of memorable...
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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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Seafood Lover's Chesapeake Bay: Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions

Mary Lou Baker; Holly Smith · Globe Pequot
Format:  Print book : English : First editionView all editions and formats

Seafood Lovers Chesapeake Bay celebrates the best seafood the Maryland region has to offer. Perfect for the local enthusiast and the traveling visitor alike, each book features the history of the seafood in each region where to find--and, most importantly, consume--the best of the best...
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