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The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird

Joshua Hammer - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs - and the wildlife detective determined to stop him.On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain's Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped...
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Kingdom: How Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, and the Kansas City Chiefs Returned to Super Bowl Glory

Adam Teicher - Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover

After 50 years of waiting, Kansas City Chiefs fans were hungry for a return to Super Bowl glory. In 2020, their patience was rewarded in dramatic, exuberant fashion with a second-half comeback for the ages against the San Francisco 49ers. ESPN's Adam Teicher expertly retraces the team's...
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Rio de Janeiro: A Food Biography

Marcia Zoladz - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

From fish soup to caipirinha, the culinary traditions of Rio de Janeiro come alive in this rich and sumptuous tour of its people and the foods they cook, eat, love, and enjoy.In the last four centuries of its history, the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro created a lifestyle that is unique...
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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Kirk Wallace Johnson - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

As heard on NPR's This American Life"Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air"One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever." - Christian...
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The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

Caroline Van Hemert - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Hope Jahren, Helen MacDonald, and Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's journey from Washington State to high above the Arctic Circle -- traveling across remote and rugged terrain solely by human power -- to rediscover birds, the natural world, and her own love...
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The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt

John Ray
Format: Paperback(Reprint)

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How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together

- Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

In this "funny and honest" (Pamela Druckerman) memoir, Slate editor Dan Kois sets out with his family on a journey around the world to change their lives together.What happens when one frustrated dad turns his kids' lives upside...
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Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler's Journey Home

Matthew Kepnes - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Part travel memoir and part philosophical look at why we travel, filled with stories of Matt Kepnes' adventures abroad, an exploration of wanderlust and what it truly means to be a nomad. "Matt is possibly the most well-traveled person I know...His knowledge and passion for understanding...
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Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River

Max McCoy - University Press of Kansas
Format: Hardcover

The upper Arkansas River courses through the heart of America from its headwaters near the Continental Divide above Leadville, Colorado, to Arkansas City, just above the Kansas-Oklahoma border. Max McCoy embarked on a trip of 742 miles in search of the river's unique story. Part adventure...
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Driving across Kansas: A Guide to I-70

TED T CABLE - University Press of Kansas
Format: Paperback

In his introduction to Dan Dancer's The Four Seasons of Kansas, bestselling author William Least Heat-Moon reflects upon the Great Kansas Passage of those who race their cars westward across Interstate 70 without trying to understand the truth of the place. Ted Cable and Wayne Maley...
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