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Cleveland Summertime Memories: A Fond Look Back

Gail Ghetia Bellamy - Gray & Company, Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Book

What made the summertime special when growing up in Cleveland? The final school bell has rung, so put on your shades, slather on the sunscreen, and relive some of your fondest memories . . .Taking a dip at the city pool with your best friends. Building a sandcastle in your clam diggers...
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Weird Ohio: Your Travel Guide to Ohio's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets

James A Willis - Sterling
Format: Hardcover

Ah, Ohio, so nice and normal. We have apple pie heroes like Hopalong Cassidy, Neil Armstrong, Thomas Edison, and Doris Day. Our state bird is the jaunty and ever popular cardinal, and our state flower is the carnation, found in the buttonholes of politicians and bridegrooms everywhere....
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Forty Days in Italy Con La Mia Famiglia: How to Research Your Italian Roots & Travel to Italy on Your Own Terms

Anthony Fasano - Niche Content Press
Format: Paperback

"Anthony Fasano is living the dream! He returned to bella Italia and unearthed his glorious roots in four ancestral villages. His journey will inspire and delight you. Every Italian American and every American of immigrant descent (is that all of us?) will find much to savor here....
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Moon Napa & Sonoma

Elizabeth Linhart Veneman - Avalon Travel Publishing; Second Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Northern California native Elizabeth Linhart Veneman knows the best way to experience Napa and Sonoma, from horseback riding in Southern Sonoma to visiting Petrified Forest to having lunch at Oxbow Market. In Moon Napa & Sonoma, Linhart Veneman offers recommendations for the region's...
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Fodor's Essential France

Fodor'S Travel Guides. - Fodor'S
Format: Print book

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for more than 80 years. Unforgettable artwork, heavenly villages, and dream cities--there are so many reasons to visit France that deciding where to go and what to do can be a bit overwhelming....
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Fodor's Utah, 2nd Edition

Fodor's - Fodor's; 2 Pap/Map edition
Format: Print book

Listen to world-class music in a red rock canyon, bundle up and watch a movie among movie stars, ski the best snow in the world, ride a rented mountain bike down a slickrock dune, or hike up to a spectacular summit where the angels playFodors Utah, 2nd edition offers all these experiences...
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Beyond the Map: Unruly Enclaves, Ghostly Places, Emerging Lands and Our Search for New Utopias

Alastair Bonnett - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

New islands are under construction or emerging because of climate change. Eccentric enclaves and fantastic utopian experiments are multiplying. Once-secret fantasy gardens are cracking open their doors to outsiders. Our world is becoming stranger by the day - and Alastair Bonnett observes...
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Moon Palm Springs & Joshua Tree

Jenna Blough - Avalon Travel Publishing
Format: Print book

Join local writer and desert aficionado Jenna Blough for an unforgettable experience. With her unique perspective and advice you can trust, Moon Joshua Tree & Palm Springs has everything you need to know to have a more personal and memorable experience.Moon Joshua Tree & Palm Springs...
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Silver Lake Park

Mary L McClure - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback

From modest beginnings as a local swimming and fishing spot, Silver Lake Park, established by Ralph H. Lodge in the 1870s, quickly grew to become one of northeast Ohio's most popular amusement parks. Thanks to its many exciting offerings, which included two roller coasters, a miniature...
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The Longest Road: Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean

Philip Caputo - Henry Holt and Co.; 2nd Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

In The Longest Road, one of Americas most respected writers takes an epic journey across America, Airstream in tow, and asks everyday Americans what unites and divides a country as endlessly diverse as it is large.Standing on a wind-scoured island off the Alaskan coast, Philip Caputo marveled...
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Wild Honey and Rye: Modern Polish Recipes

Ren Behan - Interlink Publishing
Format: Hardcover

In this refreshing approach to Polish cuisine, food writer and blogger Ren Behan takes us on a journey to discover the new tastes of her beloved culinary heritage. The food of Eastern Europe, long misunderstood in the West, is changingthe focus is swinging away from heavy dumplings and stews...
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Finding Your Family History in Northeast Ohio

Vicki Blum Vigil - Gray & Company Publishers
Format: Paperback

For anyone interested in finding their family roots in Northeast Ohio, this book combines practical how-to (and where-to) instructions with inspirational family history success stories. Genealogy - family history research - is a fast-growing hobby. But it can be difficult to start. Official...
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Lost Grand Hotels of Cleveland

Michael DeAloia - History Press
Format: Print book

During Cleveland's heyday, the world's most influential businessmen, politicians and entertainers flocked to America's sixth-largest city, enjoying the full hospitality of splendid hotels befitting a first-rate metropolis. Marked by architectural splendor, sumptuous design,...
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Yankee's New England Adventures: Over 400 Essential Things to See and Do

Editors of Yankee Magazine - Globe Pequot Press
Format: Paperback

The experts at New England's iconic Yankee magazine have distilled nearly a century of experience and knowledge into the guide you have been waiting for. Yankee's New England Adventures is the go-to source for in-depth travel information, with the same stunning photography and practical...
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Fodor's Essential Costa Rica 2019

Fodor's Travel Publications - Fodor's Travel
Format: Paperback

Written by locals, Fodor's Costa Rica 2019 is the perfect guidebook for those looking for insider tips to make the most out their visit. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this Costa Rica travel guide will help you plan your trip with ease. Join Fodor's in exploring...
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Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration

David Roberts - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

His two companions dead, food and supplies vanished in a crevasse, Douglas Mawson was still one hundred miles from camp. On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs...
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Explorer's Guide Finger Lakes

Katharine Delavan Dyson - Countryman Press
Format: Print book

The only comprehensive guidebook dedicated to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, this updated, revised edition is packed with all the information you need to know Upstate New York's Finger Lakes region is one of the most serene and beautiful vacation spots in America. From the region's...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Greek Islands

Mike Gerrard - DK Travel; Revised edition
Format: Print book

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Greek Islands is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of the must-see sights, plus street-by-street maps of cities and towns. DK's insider travel tips...
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200 Hikeable Waterfalls of Ohio

Tina Karle - Lulu.com
Format: Paperback

200 hikes to some of Ohio's spectacular waterfalls! From GPS coordinates to the falls, to trail discriptions, and pictures of the falls, there is much to see and do in Ohio!
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Experience USA

Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Hardcover

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Experience USA is your passport to majestic nature, epic journeys, cultural powerhouses and out-of-this-world experiences. We take readers on a journey through sprawling cities, small towns, great plains, snow-capped...
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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
Format: Hardcover

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 you what's...
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Ohio Oddities: A Guide to the Curious Atttractions of the Buckeye State

Neil Zurcher - Gray & Company Publishers
Format: Paperback

Ohio - a bland and ordinary Midwestern state, right? Ha! You must never get off the highway. The Buckeye State has no shortage of strange, silly, goofy, quirky, eccentric, and just plain weird people, places, and things - if you know where to look. And no one has looked in more places...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Russia

Inc. Dorling Kindersley - DK Travel
Format: Paperback

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Russia a new title in the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel guidebook series showcases the best of this diverse country from the majestic cities of Moscow and St Petersburg to the sandy beaches of the Baltic Coast and from the lush Volga delta to the snow-capped...
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A Taste of the Hocking Hills

MATT RAPPOSELLI - Ohio University Press
Format: Hardcover

When chef Matt Rapposelli left the National Park Service to attend culinary school in New England, he was moving from one passion to another. What later brought those passions together was a job in the Hocking Hills, southeast Ohio's stunning, wild landscape, where the restaurants he helmed...
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Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

Mary Norris - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The beloved Comma Queen returns with a buoyant and charming book about language, love, and the wine-dark sea.In her New York Times best-selling Between You & Me, Mary Norris delighted readers with her irreverent tales of pencils, punctuation, and punctiliousness over three decades in The New Yorker's...
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The Brendan Voyage

Timothy Severin - Mcgraw-Hill Book Co.
Format: Hardcover

Recounts the harrowing voyage of Timothy Severin and his crew from Dingle, Ireland across the North Atlantic in a thirty-six-foot leather boat to prove that a sixth-century Irish monk, St. Brendan, could have reached North America as legend claims
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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
Format: Print book

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 to Travel...
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The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia

Michael Booth - Picador Usa
Format: Hardcover

A WITTY, INFORMATIVE, AND POPULAR TRAVELOGUE ABOUT THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES AND HOW THEY MAY NOT BE AS HAPPY OR AS PERFECT AS WE ASSUMEJournalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years, and he has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view...
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Lonely Planet Beijing

Daniel McCrohan - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Beijing 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. Explore a stretch of the Great Wall, immerse yourself in the history of the Forbidden...
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Of Love & War

Lynsey Addario - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and New York Times bestselling author, a stunning and personally curated selection of her work across the Middle East, South Asia, and AfricaLynsey Addario has captured audiences with her disarming and compelling photographs and her uncanny...
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One Hundred & One Beautiful Towns in Great Britain

Tom Aitken - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

A sequel to the highly successful One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy and One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in France, this book is a unique photographic tour of the most beautiful towns in every region of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The towns...
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Neil Zurcher's Favorite One Tank Trips

Neil Zurcher - Gray & Co
Format: Paperback

Fun book.
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The Beatles In Cleveland: Memories, Facts & Photos About The Notorious 1964 & 1966 Concerts

Dave Schwensen - North Shore Publishing
Format: Perfect Paperback

Beatlemania swept across North America when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' in February, 1964. The decade of the 1960s seemed to change overnight from black and white to color as a generation fell under the influence...
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Rick Steves Snapshot Scottish Highlands

RICK STEVES - Rick Steves
Format: Paperback

You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in the Scottish Highlands.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essential spots of the region, including Loch Ness, Balmoral Castle, and Inverness. Follow the Speyside Whisky trail, cut through...
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Bella Figura: How to Live, Love, and Eat the Italian Way

Kamin Mohammadi - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

"She walks down the street with a swing in her step and a lift to her head. She radiates allure as if followed by a personal spotlight. She may be tall or short, slim or pneumatically curvaceous, dressed discreetly or ostentatiously - it matters not. Her gait, her composure, the very...
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The New York Times, 36 Hours USA & Canada: Midwest & Great Lakes

Barbara Ireland - Taschen
Format: Print book

Weekends on the road: The best of the American Midwest & Great Lakes   The New York Times has been offering up dream weekends with practical itineraries in its popular weekly “36 Hours” column since 2002. The many expert contributors have brought careful research,...
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Explorer's Guide Adirondacks

ANNIE STOLTIE - Countryman Press
Format: Paperback

The essential companion to the Adirondacks and beyond Returning in its eighth edition, this fully updated guide provides details of Adirondack Park's history and geography, as well as the cultural, lodging, dining, and recreational opportunities that abound here and in its gateway cities...
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In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson - Broadway; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion up, down, and over the Appalachian Trail (well, most of it) resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. Now he has traveled across the world and all the way Down...
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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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Back Roads Ireland

DK Publishing - DK Travel; Pap/Map Re edition
Format: Paperback

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Ireland vacation driving tour guidebook reveals the secret gems and hidden delights that can only be discovered along the Emerald Isle's most scenic routes and back roads. Twenty-five themed drives, each lasting one to five days, introduce travelers...
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Moon Washington

Matthew Lombardi - Avalon Travel Publishing
Format: Print book

Join travel writer and Seattle resident Matthew Lombardi for an unforgettable experience. With his unique perspective and advice you can trust, Moon Washington has everything you need to know to have a more personal and memorable experience.Moon Washington tells you what you need to know...
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Book Towns: Forty Five Paradises of the Printed Word

Alex Johnson - Frances Lincoln
Format: Hardcover

The so-called "Book Towns" of the world are dedicated havens of literature, and the ultimate dream of book lovers everywhere. Book Towns takes readers on a richly illustrated tour of the 40 semi-officially recognized literary towns around the world and outlines the history and development...
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Walking the Americas: 1,800 Miles, Eight Countries, and One Incredible Journey from Mexico to Colombia

LEVISON WOOD - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

Levison Wood's famous walking expeditions have taken him from the length of the Nile River to the peaks of the Himalayas, and in Walking the Americas, Wood chronicles his latest exhilarating adventure: an 1,800-mile trek across the spine of the Americas, through eight countries,...
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Booked: A Traveler's Guide to Literary Locations Around the World

Richard Kreitner - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover

A practical, armchair travel guide that explores eighty of the most iconic literary locations from all over the globe that you can actually visit. A must-have for every fan of literature, Booked inspires readers to follow in their favorite characters footsteps by visiting the real-life...
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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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Travel as a Political Act

Rick Steves - Nation Books
Format: Paperback

Travel connects people with people. It helps us fit more comfortably and compatibly into a shrinking world. And it inspires creative new solutions to persistent problems facing our nation. We can't understand our world without experiencing it. Traveling as a Political Act helps us take...
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Blue Highways: A Journey into America

William Least Heat-Moon
Format: Paperback

Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads. William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map-if they...
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Best of One Tank Trips: Great Getaway Ideas In and Around Ohio

Neil Zurcher - Gray & Co
Format: Print book

Discover the best and most unusual getaway ideas in and around Ohio! Longtime TV travel reporter Neil Zurcher has driven more than a million miles in Ohio and nearby states to find great local travel destinations for his "One Tank Trips" reports. This book collects his all-time...
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Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan

Michael Booth - Picador Usa
Format: Print book

Japan is arguably the preeminent food nation on earth, a Mecca for the world's greatest chefs, with more Michelin stars than any other country. The Japanese go to extraordinary lengths and expense to eat food that is marked both by its exquisite preparation and exotic content. Their creativity,...
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Your Guide to the National Parks: The Complete Guide to all 59 National Parks

Michael Joseph Oswald - Stone Road Pr
Format: Print book

"Your Guide to the National Parks"provides step-by-step itineraries, kid-friendly activities, and the most popular ranger programs to help plan your family vacation. Thousands of hotels, restaurants, and attractions beyond the parks and 11 suggested road trips make it the ultimate...
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The Longest Line on the Map: The United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the Quest to Link the Americas

ERIC RUTKOW - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of American Canopy, a dazzling account of the world's longest road, the Pan-American Highway, and the epic quest to link North and South America, a dramatic story of commerce, technology, politics, and the divergent fates of the Americas in the nineteenth...
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100 Things to Do in Cleveland Before You Die

Nikki Delamotte - Reedy Pr
Format: Print book

Cleveland is a city on the rise. As a melting pot of arts and culture, a foodie paradise, and home to lush green space along Lake Erie, the world is catching on. Consider 100 Things to Do in Cleveland before You Die your insider's guide to the city everyone is talking about. From sports...
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Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World-from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief

Tom Zoellner - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover

A revelatory, entertaining account of the world's most indispensable mode of transportationTom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new book he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change...
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Italy: An Amazing Place

Stefano Zuffi - Chartwell Books
Format: Hardcover

Centuries ago, when travelers from the north crossed the Alps and arrived at Lake Garda, surrounded by castles, vineyards and olive and lemon groves, they saw Italy as an enchanted place. Their wonder grew as they journeyed further south, toward the città d'arte on the plain,...
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Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings

Paul Theroux - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

In this remarkable collection of essays and articles written over the last fifteen years, Paul Theroux demonstrates how the traveling life and the writing life are intimately connected. Not simply an escape from the mundane, travel has always been a creative act for Theroux. His journeys...
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Lonely Planet New Zealand

LONELY PLANET. - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's New Zealand is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Glide through turquoise waters past pods of orcas in Bay of Islands;...
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Legendary Lighthouses

John Grant - Globe Pequot; 1st edition
Format: Paperback

This fall, PBS will celebrate America's rich lighthouse heritage with a much anticipated six-part travel documentary series. This companion volume parallels the TV series by exploring six distinct coastal regions and visiting the extraordinary lighthouses that serve them. 125 color...
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Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eats

LONELY PLANET. - Lonely Planet Food
Format: Hardcover

The world's top 500 food experiences - ranked! We asked the planet's top chefs, food writers and our food-obsessed authors to name their favorite, most authentic gastronomic encounters. The result is a journey to Mozambique for piri-piri chicken, Japan for bullet train bento boxes, San Sebastian...
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Lonely Planet USAs National Parks

Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The worlds leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet USAs National Parks is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you in all 59 of the USAs nationally protected lands. Catch the countrys first sunrise...
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Curiosities and Splendour: An anthology of classic travel literature

Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Hardcover

Journey back in time with this collection of classic travel writing from great authors and adventurers. These extraordinary odysseys over land and sea captivated audiences and gave them a glimpse into countries, cities and cultures like never before. Tales include Robert Falcon Scott's...
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City of Light: The Making of Modern Paris

Rupert Christiansen - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

A sparkling account of the nineteenth-century reinvention of Paris as the most beautiful, exciting city in the world In 1853, French emperor Louis Napoleon inaugurated a vast and ambitious program of public works in Paris, directed by Georges-Eug?ne Haussmann, the prefect of the Seine....
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Lonely Planet Italian Phrasebook & Dictionary

Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet Italian Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Italian phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order an espresso like a local, ask shop keepers about the latest fashions and bargain for fresh...
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Experience Italy

LONELY PLANET. - Lonely Planet
Format: Hardcover

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Experience Italy is your passport to majestic nature, epic journeys, cultural powerhouses and out-of-this-world experiences. We travel through buzzing cities, colourful coastal villages, rolling Tuscan hills, and grand...
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Cleveland On Foot 3rd Edition

Patience Cameron Hoskins - Gray & Company Publishers
Format: Paperback

: Do not stray too close to the edge of this cliff. Erosion here has created uneven footing and unstable soil. 5.(0.8 mile) . As you pass the Bridle Trail sign (hanging by one bolt at this writing!) , turn right toward Tinkers Creek gorge and continue on the trail. The road on the left...
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Fodor's Paris 2016

Fodor's - Fodor's Travel Publications
Format: Paperback

Paris is an all-time top destination for travelers, and it's easy to see the allure: the experiences---dining, shopping, museum-going, neighborhood strolling---are all legendary. This stunning full-color Fodor's guide captures the best of the City of Light, from the masterful cuisine...
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