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PassPorter's Disney Cruise Line and Its Ports of Call

Dave Marx , · PassPorter Travel Press; 12th Edition edition

This 12th edition offers an unprecedented level of detail in a Disney Cruise guidebook, including in-depth coverage of the line's brand-new cruise ships, the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, its presence in Alaska and Europe, and its 2015 ports of embarkation: Port Canaveral, Miami,...
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Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America

John Waters · Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pages: 322
Format: Hardcover

A cross-country hitchhiking journey with America's most beloved weirdoJohn Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads "I'm Not Psycho," he hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, braving...
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Lonely Planet Texas

Mariella Krause · Lonely Planet; 4 edition
Format: Kindle Edition

1 best-selling guide to Texas Lonely Planet Texas is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Feast on BBQ brisket, meet real-live cowboys at the state fair, root for the home team at a college football...
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The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present

Toby Wilkinson · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover

A hypnotic journey in the company of one of the world's most acclaimed Egyptologists over the fabled river telling how the Nile continually brought life to an ancient civilization now dead and how it sustained its successors, now in tumult.Renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson leads...
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Cruising & cruise ships 2014

Douglas Ward · Berlitz
Format:  Book : English : Twenty-second EditionView all editions and formats

Presents a detailed guide to ocean cruising, with descriptions of each cruise ship's cabin facilities, service, destinations, and food.
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A Long Way Home: A Memoir

Saroo Brierley · G.P. Putnam's Sons; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and homebut an identity long-since left behind.At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last...
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The Wonder Trail: True Stories from Los Angeles to the End of the World

Steve Hely · Dutton
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Steve Hely, writer for The Office and American Dad!, and recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, presents a travel book about his journey through Central and South America. Part travel book, part pop history, part comic memoir, Hely's writing will make readers want to reach for their...
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The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War

Tim Butcher · Grove Press
Format: Hardcover

On a summer morning in Sarajevo almost a hundred years ago, a teenager took a pistol out of his pocket and fired not just the opening rounds of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history. By killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Gavrilo...
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Turkey - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Charlotte McPherson · Kuperard

Standing astride two continents and stretching from Europe to the Middle East, Turkey is both feared by the West and wooed by it. Travelers have always been drawn to its glorious cultural heritage and heroic landscapes, and today, thanks to its burgeoning economy, growing geo-political...
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