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Meet Me in Atlantis: My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City

Mark Adams - Dutton Books
Format: Hardcover

"Adventurous, inquisitive and mirthful, Mark Adams gamely sifts through the eons of rumor, science, and lore to find a place that, in the end, seems startlingly real indeed." -Hampton Sides "Infused with humor and pop culture references, Adams makes what could have been a tedious...
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The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness

David Roberts
Format: Hardcover

A personal and historical exploration of the Bears Ears country and the fight to save a national monument.The Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah, created by President Obama in 2016 and eviscerated by the Trump administration in 2017, contains more archaeological sites than...
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On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey

Paul Theroux - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux drives the entire length of the US-Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today's brutal headlines.Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the globe...
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1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover's Life List

Mimi Sheraton - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

The ultimate gift for the food lover. In the same way that 1,000 Places to See Before You Die reinvented the travel book, 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die is a joyous, informative, dazzling, mouthwatering life list of the worlds best food. The long-awaited new book in the phenomenal 1,000...
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River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

CANDICE MILLARD - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy - from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the RepublicFor millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th...
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Insight Guides USA Southwest

INSIGHT GUIDES - Insight Guides
Format: Paperback

Insight Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your journey.An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook.From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of the American Southwest, with in-depth insider...
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A Year of Living Prayerfully: How A Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life

Jared Brock
Format: Hardcover

Follow Jared on a 37,000-mile trip around the world as he...* Dances with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn* Discovers the 330-year-old home of Brother Lawrence* Burns his clothes at the end of the Camino de Santiago* Attends the world's largest church in Seoul* Visits Westboro Baptist Church* Tries...
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Time to Take Flight: The Savvy Woman's Guide to Safe Solo Travel

Jayne Seagrave - TouchWood Editions
Format: Print book

Take it from a friend who knows: "travel is not scary or difficult for the mature single woman. Confidence and planning are the keys."Rome, Chicago, London, Vienna, Berlin . . . best-selling author and entrepreneur Jayne Seagrave has traveled there, and she's done it solo....
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Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America

JAMES FALLOWS - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

A unique, revelatory portrait of the civic and economic renewal already taking place across America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media. A surprisingly hopeful view of the country between its coasts.For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling...
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Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land

Jacob Mikanowski - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

In light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative listen, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed, from pre-Christianity to the fall of Communism - illuminating the remarkable cultural significance...
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