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The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird

Joshua Hammer - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs - and the wildlife detective determined to stop him.On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain's Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped...
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Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook & Dictionary

Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Korean phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Understand Korean script and navigate menus with ease - all with your trusted travel companion....
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A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

EDWARD CHISHOLM - Monoray
Format: Hardcover


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Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu

J. Maarten Troost - Broadway Books
Format: Paperback

With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most engaging and original travel writers around. Getting Stoned with Savages again reveals his wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a side-splittingly funny account of life in the farthest reaches of the world....
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The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook: From Delicious Dole Whip to Tasty Mickey Pretzels, 100 Magical Disney-Inspired Recipes

Ashley Craft
Format: Hardcover

Stroll right down the middle of Main Street USA, journey from Adventureland to Infinity and Beyond at Pixar Pier, and explore every avenue in between to taste the flavors of the Disney Parks ... all without leaving your kitchen. With The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook you can bring the magic...
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The Manhattan Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide

William B. Helmreich - Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback

A unique walking guide to Manhattan, from the author of The New York Nobody KnowsBill Helmreich walked every block of New York City -- six-thousand miles in all -- to write the award-winning The New York Nobody Knows. Now he has re-walked most of Manhattan -- 721 miles -- to write this...
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The Last Winter: The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World

Porter Fox - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of spring snowpack and in the US alone, snow cover has been reduced by 15-30%. On average, winter has shrunk by a month in most northern latitudes.In this deeply researched,...
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A Thinking Person's Guide To America's National Parks

Robert E Manning - George Braziller Publishers
Format: Print book

On the centennial of the National Park Service, this richly illustrated book offers invaluable advice on exploring America's national park system. The book delves into issues affecting an array of parks: the iconic western national parks like Yellowstone; the urban parks such as Golden...
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Iceland

ANDREW EVANS - Bradt Travel Guides
Format: Paperback

A new, thoroughly updated edition of Bradt's award-winning Iceland guide, the most in-depth guide available, featuring honest, practical information from an author who has repeatedly visited the country over 20 years and is familiar with its language, history and culture.Bradt's Iceland...
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Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland

Dave Barry - G.P. Putnams Sons
Format: Hardcover

A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry...
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