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Crossing the River: A Life in Brazil
Amy Ragsdale · Seal Press, 2015.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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Overwhelmed with her fast-paced, competitive lifestyle, Amy Ragsdale moved with her husband, writer Peter Stark, and their two teenage children from the US to a small town in northeastern Brazil, where she hoped they would learn the value of a slower life. In this culturally rich and economically... |
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London: Monocle Travel Guide
Monocle · Gestalten Verlag
Pages: 140
Format: Hardcover |
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The definitive travel guides that make you feel like a local wherever you go. Monoclemagazine covers the world with its network of bureaus (New York, Toronto, Zurich, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Tokyo, Singapore), its more than 30 dedicated correspondents based from Beirut to Bogota, Sao Paulo... |
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The Iron Road: An Illustrated History of the Railroad
Christian Wolmar · DK
Format: Hardcover |
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Written by Christian Wolmar, author of the critically acclaimed The Great Railroad Revolution, The Iron Road is a richly illustrated account of the rise of the rails across the world. From the historic moment in September 1830 when the first train ran between Liverpool and Manchester, to the high... |
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50 Museums to Blow Your Mind
Lonely Planet. · Lonely Planet Pbns
Pages: 128
Format: Print book |
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Thank the stars for the world's eccentric collectors; hoarders of objects beautiful, strange or downright odd. It is these documentors of the great and trivial - who want to show us all something wonderful about their collections and share the insights into humankind each of them illuminates... |
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Yellow River Odyssey
Bill Porter · Chin Music Press Inc.
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Bill Porter follows the Yellow River, the world's sixth longest river, from its mouth to its source high in the Tibetan Plateau, a journey of more than three thousand miles through nine Chinese provinces. The trip takes the master translator into what was once the cradle of Chinese... |
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Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads
Paul Theroux · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 441
Format: Print book |
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One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth... |
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Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Charles King
Pages: 476
Format: Book |
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"Intrigue, violence, sex, and espionage, all set against the slow dimming of Ottoman magnificence. I loved this book." -- Simon Winchester At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed... |
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Peaks on the Horizon: Two Journeys in Tibet
Charlie Carroll · Soft Skull Press
Format: Print book |
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Charlie Carrolls obsession began with his chance discovery of Seven Years in Tibet in the Adult Reading section of his grade school library. The battered hardcover with faded gold lettering sparked a twenty-year obsession with Tibet, and after combing through every book, article, and documentary... |
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They Eat Horses, Don't They?: The Truth About the French
Piu Marie Eatwell · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover |
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They Eat Horses, Dont They?The Truth About the French tells you what life in France is really like. Do the French eat horses? Do French women bare all on the beach? What is a bidet really used for?In this hilarious and informative book, Piu Marie Eatwell reveals the truth behind forty-five... |
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