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Travels with Charley in Search of America

John Steinbeck · Penguin Books

An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover...
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Bill Bryson · Anchor; 2nd edition

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte.The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike,...
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Cheryl Strayed · Vintage Books; 1st edition

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREAt twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive...
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Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

Christopher McDougall · Knopf

The best-selling author of Born to Run now travels to the Mediterranean, where he discovers that the secrets of ancient Greek heroes are still alive and well on the island of Crete, and ready to be unleashed in the muscles and minds of casual athletes and aspiring heroes...
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Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot

Mark Vanhoenacker · Knopf

A poetic and nuanced exploration of the human experience of flight that reminds us of the full imaginative weight of our most ordinary journeys—and reawakens our capacity to be amazed. The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight—a once remarkable feat of human...
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Into the Wild

· Into the Wild

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash...
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How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Revised: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter

Matt Kepnes · Perigee Books; Rev Exp Up edition

For over half a decade, Matt Kepnes (aka Nomadic Matt) has used his massively popular travel blog to teach readers how to travel the world on the cheap.  Arguing that traditional travel media lies, Matt cuts through the myth that travel is expensive.  In the new edition of How...
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My Paris Dream: An Education in Style, Slang, and Seduction in the Great City on the Seine

Kate Betts · Spiegel & Grau

For readers of How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are, My Paris Dream is a charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style.“You...
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1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the second edition: Completely Revised and Updated with Over 200 New Entries

Patricia Schultz · Workman Publishing Company; 2 edition

The world’s bestselling travel book is back in a more informative, more experiential, more budget-friendly full-color edition. A #1 New York Times bestseller, 1,000 Places reinvented the idea of travel book as both wish list and practical guide. As Newsweek wrote, it “tells...
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Off the Beaten Path: A Travel Guide to More Than 1000 Scenic and Interesting Places Still Uncrowded and Inviting

Reader's Digest (Editor) · Reader's Digest; Rev Upd edition

The best-selling Reader's Digest travel book has 40% new content including over 200 new sites, over 200 new full-color photographs, and all-new, up-to- date maps. Off the Beaten Path spotlights over 1,000 of the United States' most overlooked must- see destinations. In a state-by-state...
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