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AAA Road Atlas

Aaa Travel Publishing. - Amer Automobile Assoc
Format: Print book

Updated annually, the AAA Road Atlas is brought to you by the leading expert on road travel in North America. The atlas offers comprehensive map coverage of the U. S. and Canada, country and key city maps for Mexico and overview and key city/island maps for Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin...
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Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

JESSICA BRUDER - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The end of retirement?From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short,...
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Complete Guide to the National Park Lodges

David Scott - Globe Pequot Press; Eighth Edition edition
Format: Book

The Complete Guide to the National Park Lodges is the only definitive guide of its kind--covering every lodge run by the National Park Service, from luxurious inns to rustic cabins. The authors, National Park experts, tell readers how to leave behind the hassles and headaches and make trip...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Munich & the Bavarian Alps

DK Travel - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback

With superb photography, illustrations and maps, this easy-to-use travel guide will lead you through the best of Munich and the Bavarian Alps.From unmissable city sights such as Munich's Englischer Garten and stunning Nymphenburg Palace, to Bavaria's romantic historic towns of Nordlingen...
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Dk eyewitness washington, d.c

Dorling Kindersley Inc. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Washington, DC, " is your in-depth guide to the very best of the District of Columbia. Experience all that the United States' capital has to offer, from the Smithsonian museums to the historic district of Capitol Hill to the quaint streets of Georgetown...
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Archaeology Hotspot Egypt: Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists

Julian Heath - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

The Archaeology Hotspots series offers reader-friendly and engaging narratives of the archaeology in particular countries. Written by archaeological experts with a general reader in mind, each book in the series focuses on what has been found and by whom, what the controversies and scandals...
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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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Parenting with an Accent: How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children

Masha Rumer - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

Through her own stories and interviews with other immigrant families, Masha Rumer paints a realistic and compassionate picture of what it's like for immigrant parents raising a child in America while honoring their cultural identities. Parenting with an Accent incorporates a diverse...
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A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey

Jonathan Meiburg
Format: Hardcover

In 1833, Charles Darwin was astonished by an animal he met in the Falkland Islands: handsome, social, and oddly crow-like falcons that were "tame and inquisitive . . . quarrelsome and passionate," and so insatiably curious that they stole hats, compasses, and other valuables from...
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Fodor's Essential Chile: with Easter Island & Patagonia

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

Written by local experts, Fodor's travel guides have been offering advice and professionally vetted recommendations for all tastes and budgets for 80 years.Squeezed between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Chile offers something for everyone. Whether travelers are interested in first-rate...
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