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The Great Railway Bazaar
Paul Theroux · Mariner Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of travel literature. Here Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. Asia's fabled trains -- the Orient... |
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An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers
Donald W George · Lonely Planet; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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More than 20 well-known writers and celebrities share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives. Contributors include Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, Pico Iyer, John Berendt, Alexander McCall Smith and Jane Smiley. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely... |
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Hunter S. Thompson · Vintage; 2nd edition
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys... |
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The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
Eric Weiner · Twelve
Pages: 329
Format: Print book
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Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a beguiling mixture of travel,... |
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Roughing It
Mark Twain · Reader's Digest Association, inc.
Pages: 421
Format: Hardcover
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Twain travels in western frontier, ca 1860. Signet Classic # CT143. MMPB published by the New American Library. Original cover price 75¢ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
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Seven Years in Tibet
Heinrich Harrer · G.K. Hall
Pages: 456
Format: Large print book
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The astonishing adventure classic about life in Tibet just before the Chinese Communist takeover is now repackaged for a new generation of readers.In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever... |
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Pravda Ha Ha: True Travels to the End of Europe
Rory Maclean · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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'A gem of a book, informative, companionable, sometimes funny, and wholly original. MacLean must surely be the outstanding, and most indefatigable, traveller-writer of our time' John le CarréIn 1989 the Berlin Wall fell. In that euphoric year Rory MacLean travelled from Berlin... |
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Fodor's Essential Italy 2020
Fodor's Travel Publications · Fodor's Travel
Pages: 880
Format: Paperback
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Ready to experience Italy? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. Fodor's Essential Italy 2020 travel guide is packed with customizable itineraries with top recommendations, detailed maps of Italy, and exclusive tips from locals. Whether you want to hike the Cinque Terre, go shopping... |
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