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Around the world in 50 years : my adventure to every country on earth

Albert Podell - Thomas Dunne Books, 2015.
Format: Print book

"This is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible - first by setting a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world -- in the course of which he blasted his way out of minefields, survived a breakdown...
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Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects

Edward Posnett - Viking
Format: Hardcover

An original and magical map of our world and its riches, formed of the stories of the small-scale harvests of seven natural objectsIn this beguiling book, Edward Posnett journeys to some of the most far-flung locales on the planet to bring us seven wonders of the natural world--eiderdown,...
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199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die

Loren Rhoads - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover

A hauntingly beautiful travel guide to the world's most visited cemeteries, told through spectacular photography and their unique histories and residents. More than 3.5 million tourists flock to Paris's P?re Lachaise cemetery each year. They are lured there, and to many cemeteries around...
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Fodor's Alaska

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

, or experience the Northern Lights , the local Fodor's travel experts in Alaska are here to help! Fodor's Alaska guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your...
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Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South

Rick Bragg - Thorndike Press Large Print; Large type / Large print edition
Format: Library Binding

"A collection of wide-ranging and endearingly personal columns by the celebrated author, newspaper columnist, and Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg, culled from his best-loved pieces in Southern Living and Garden & Gun. From his love of Tupperware ("My Affair with Tupperware")...
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In Putin's Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia's Eleven Time Zones

Nina Khrushcheva - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

In Putin's Footsteps is Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler's unique combination of travelogue, current affairs, and history, showing how Russia's dimensions have shaped its identity and culture through the decades.With exclusive insider status as Nikita Khrushchev's great grand-daughter,...
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NOMAD CENTURY : how to survive the climate upheaval

GAIA VINCE - ?Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

An urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change: how it will force us to change where -- and how -- we live"We are facing a species emergency. We can survive, but to do so will require a planned and deliberate migration of a kind humanity has never...
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The Rough Guide to Iceland

APA Publications Limited
Format: Paperback


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Birnbaum's 2024 Walt Disney World for Kids: The Official Guide (Birnbaum Guides)

Birnbaum Guides - Disney Editions
Format: Paperback

Thoughtfully updated each year, this is only guide to Walt Disney World that is written for kids under the renowned Birnbaum name.. Real kids give honest advice for the most awesome vacation at Walt Disney World. Trust Birnbaum as your 2023-2024 guide for:insider tips for young readerskid-friendly...
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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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