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The Alchemistby Paulo Coelho, Alan R. ClarkeISBN 0613334582 (0-613-33458-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Alchemist'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review Like the one-time bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Alchemist presents a simple fable, based on simple truths and places it in a highly unique situation. And though we may sense a bestselling formula, it is certainly not a new one: even the ancient tribal storytellers knew that this is the most successful method of entertaining an audience while slipping in a lesson or two. Brazilian storyteller Paulo Coehlo introduces Santiago, an Andalucian shepherd boy who one night dreams of a distant treasure in the Egyptian pyramids. And so he's off: leaving Spain to literally follow his dream. Along the way he meets many spiritual messengers, who come in unassuming forms such as a camel driver and a well-read Englishman. In one of the Englishman's books, Santiago first learns about the alchemists--men who believed that if a metal were heated for many years, it would free itself of all its individual properties, and what was left would be the "Soul of the World." Of course he does eventually meet an alchemist, and the ensuing student-teacher relationship clarifies much of the boy's misguided agenda, while also emboldening him to stay true to his dreams. "My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy confides to the alchemist one night as they look up at a moonless night. "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself," the alchemist replies. "And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity." [via]
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America Day by Dayby Simone De Beauvoir, Carol Cosman, Douglas BrinkleyISBN 0520210670 (0-520-21067-0)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Aran Islandsby J. M. SyngeISBN 0486400484 (0-486-40048-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aran Islands'Book summary:Nothing much happens on the Aran Islands--at least, not much went on there in the late 19th century, when John Synge sailed out to these mist-shrouded, salt-sprayed, and wave-battered chunks of rocks south of Ireland. Therein lies the charm of the setting and of this lovely book, which captures the saltiness of both the marine air and the time-lost characters, who deeply believe in the magical "wee people." In cottages where nets and fishing tackle hang from beams, the women (who always wear red dresses and petticoats, as do some of the boys) sit at their spinning wheels or sew cow-skin sandals, while the fishermen spin yarns about fairies, sunken vessels, and bags of gold gained from adulterous wives. The big happening of the year is when roofs are rethatched--an event that blossoms into a festival with twisted rope stretching from kitchen table through lane to nearby field. Synge seems an ambassador from a different world: addressed as "noble person," he brings tokens of modernity--be they clocks or simple magic tricks that beguile the locals. First published in 1907, this re-released travelogue gives a poignant peek into another time and begs a visit to the Aran Islands to see how, or if, they have changed. --Melissa Rossi [via]
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The Aran Islandsby Robin Skelton, J. M. SyngeISBN 0192812580 (0-19-281258-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aran Islands'Book summary:Nothing much happens on the Aran Islands--at least, not much went on there in the late 19th century, when John Synge sailed out to these mist-shrouded, salt-sprayed, and wave-battered chunks of rocks south of Ireland. Therein lies the charm of the setting and of this lovely book, which captures the saltiness of both the marine air and the time-lost characters, who deeply believe in the magical "wee people." In cottages where nets and fishing tackle hang from beams, the women (who always wear red dresses and petticoats, as do some of the boys) sit at their spinning wheels or sew cow-skin sandals, while the fishermen spin yarns about fairies, sunken vessels, and bags of gold gained from adulterous wives. The big happening of the year is when roofs are rethatched--an event that blossoms into a festival with twisted rope stretching from kitchen table through lane to nearby field. Synge seems an ambassador from a different world: addressed as "noble person," he brings tokens of modernity--be they clocks or simple magic tricks that beguile the locals. First published in 1907, this re-released travelogue gives a poignant peek into another time and begs a visit to the Aran Islands to see how, or if, they have changed. --Melissa Rossi [via]
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Around the World in 80 Datesby Jennifer CoxISBN 0434013358 (0-434-01335-8)
Hardcover, William Heinemann
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Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals: Adventures in Love and Dangerby Wendy DaleISBN 0609809830 (0-609-80983-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Best American Travel Writing 2002by Frances Mayes, Jason WilsonISBN 0618118802 (0-618-11880-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Travel Writing 2002'Book summary:The Best American Travel Writing 2002 is edited by Frances Mayes, the author of Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany and the master of running away to live in the place of ones dreams (Los Angeles Times). Giving new life to armchair travel for 2002 are David Sedaris on God and airports, Kate Wheeler on a most dangerous Bolivian festival, André Aciman on the eternal pleasures of Rome, and many more.[via]More editions of The Best American Travel Writing 2002:
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Beyond the Mexique Bayby Aldous HuxleyISBN 0586084819 (0-586-08481-9)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond the Mexique Bay'Book summary:From a calypso tent in Trinidad to the Mayan ruins of Copan, Huxley's account of his journey through the Caribbean, Guatemala and Mexico during the 1930s is a travel writing classic. [via]
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Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fallby Andrew MeierISBN 0393326411 (0-393-32641-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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A Book of Travellers' Talesby Eric NewbyISBN 0670810495 (0-670-81049-5)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Brendan Voyageby Tim Severin, Malachy McCourt, Jon KrakauerISBN 0375755241 (0-375-75524-1)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brendan Voyage'Book summary:The sixth-century voyage of St Brendan from Ireland to America, is one of the most fascinating of all sea legends. Could the myth of the Irish monk and his crew sailing the Atlantic in a boat made of leather, nearly a thousand years before Columbus, have been reality? In 1976, Tim Severin and a crew of four men, set out to recreate the Brendan legend. Using the exact same methods in constructing their sailing vessel, they set out on their hazardous voyage, making it one of the most inspiring expeditions in the history of exploration. [via]
C'est la Vie : An American Conquers the City of Light, Begins a New Life, and Becomes--Zut Alors!--Almost Frenchby Suzy GershmanISBN 0670032697 (0-670-03269-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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C'est La Vie: An American Woman Begins a New Life in Paris and - Voila! - Becomes Almost Frenchby Suzy GershmanISBN 0143035509 (0-14-303550-9)
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CanadaISBN 0513023771 (0-513-02377-1)
Softcover, School Specialty Pub
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Castawayby Lucy IrvineISBN 0440110696 (0-440-11069-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Castaway'Book summary:A new edition of the title originally published in 1983 by Gollancz. The book recounts the author's experiences living on a remote island with a man she barely knew. [via]
Destinations: Essays from Rolling Stoneby Jan MorrisISBN 0195030699 (0-19-503069-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burtonby Fawn McKay BrodieISBN 0393301664 (0-393-30166-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton'Book summary:"Brilliant. . . . [Brodie's] scholarship is wide and searching, and her understanding of Burton and his wife both deep and wide. She writes with clarity and zest. The result is a first class biography of an exceptional man."J. H. Plumb, New York Times Book Review
Starting in a hollowed log of woodsome thousand miles up a river, with an infinitesimal prospect of returning! I ask myself "Why?" and the only echo is "damned fool! . . . the Devil drives!"
So Richard Francis Burton, preparing for an exploration of the lower Congo in 1863, wrote to Monckton Milnes from the African kingdom of Dahomey. His answer, "the Devil drives," applies not only to his geographical discoveries but also to the whole of his turbulent life.
Burton was a true man of the Renaissance. He was soldier, explorer, ethnologist, archaeologist, poet, translator, and one of the two or three great linguists of his time. He was also an amateur physician, a botanist, a geologist, a swordsman, and a superb raconteur. He penetrated the sacred Muslim cities of Mecca and Medina at great risk and explored the forbidden city of Harar in Somaliland. He searched for the sources of the White Nile and discovered Lake Tanganyika.
Burton's passion was not only for geographical discovery but also for the hidden in man. His enormous erudition on the sexual customs of the East and Africa, long confined by the pruderies of his time, finally found expression in the notes and commentary to his celebrated translation of the unexpurgated Arabian Nights.
For this major biography of one of the most baffling heroes of any era, Fawn M. Brodie has drawn on original sources and a newly discovered collection of letters and papers. [via]More editions of The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton:
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The Driftersby James A. MichenerISBN 0449213536 (0-449-21353-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Drifters'Book summary:In his triumphant best seller, James Michener unfolds a powerful and poignant drama of six young runaways adrift in a world they have created out of dreams, drugs, and dedication to pleasure. With the sure touch of a master, Michener pulls us into the dark center of their private world, whether it's in Spain, Marrakech, or Mozambique, and exposes the naked nerve ends with shocking candor and infinite compassion.
"A superior, picaresque novel...and a revealing mirror held up to contemporary society."
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Enduranceby Alfred LansingISBN 0380006707 (0-380-00670-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Endurance'Book summary:You can't really fail with a book about the Endurance. Although Ernest Shackleton's attempt to make the first Trans-Antarctic crossing barely made it out of base camp, his expedition has gone into the history books as one of the great epics of polar travel. Endurance left England in August 1914 and reached the pack-ice off Antarctica in January the following year. It sank in November, crushed by the weight of the ice, leaving Shackleton and his 27 men stranded in one of the most desolate areas of the world with no hope of rescue. Undaunted, Shackleton led his team to the edge of the ice, dragging three open life-boats that had been salvaged from the Endurance every step of the way. They then sailed to Elephant Island, a remote uninhabited outcrop of rock, where they lived off penguins and seagull. By April 1916, Shackleton realised there was no chance of them being spotted by a passing ship and he and five men set sail in the open-decked 20-foot boat, the James Caird, across 650 miles of the stormiest seas of the southern oceans for South Georgia. After narrowly surviving being shipwrecked on the reefs surrounding the western coast of South Georgia, Shackleton then proceeded to make the first-ever crossing of the mountainous island before reaching the sanctuary of the whaling station at Stromness. And it was Shackleton, in person, who led the rescue mission to Elephant Island to pick up the rest of his men. Miraculously, all 28 men survived.
Alfred Lansing's book, first published in 1957, tells it as it was. He draws heavily on the diaries and other first-person memoirs of those involved, and he writes with both style and pace. As such it is the classic tale of derring-do. What Lansing misses, though, is the social context. He provides little sense of history; in August 1914, when the Endurance left England, World War One was starting. By the time he returned home two years later, thousands of young men of his generation were lying dead on the battlefields of the Somme. The contrast is almost unbearable but Lansing makes nothing of it. Similarly he does not explain how someone like Scott, whose South Pole expedition several years earlier had been an unmitigated disaster of incompetence and bad planning, should go down in British history as one of our all-time heroes, while Shackleton, whose exploits were indeed truly heroic, has lived for so long in Scott's shadow. --John Crace [via]
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England for All Seasonsby Susan A. TothISBN 0345403908 (0-345-40390-8)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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England for All Seasonsby Susan Allen TothISBN 0345403916 (0-345-40391-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'England for All Seasons'Book summary:Traveling with Susan Allen Toth is like journeying with a good friend who's anxious to show you her own personal England. Whether walking under the Thames in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, meeting the residents of a donkey sanctuary in Devon, echoing through the halls of a "new" medieval castle, offering advice for the "guilty traveler" or strategies for the "sneaky shopper," Toth's writing is alive with a passion for her subject. She completely agrees with Samuel Johnson: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life," and her repeat trips to this city and the English countryside show she's anything but tired.
England for All Seasons is the third in a trilogy of Toth books devoted to the joys of travel in Great Britain. This book shows that any season is the right time to be in England, as the author relishes in the changing essences of English rain, shares her penchant for secondhand books, glories in the profusion of English gardens, dabbles in the art of "doing" a museum well, and dares the decadence of English desserts.
Toth's useful insights and tried-and-true advice is applicable for seasoned travelers and first-time visitors. Her enthusiasm prompts one to seek and to find one's own English secrets. --Kathryn True [via]
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Europe, Europe: Forays into a Continentby Hans Magnus EnzensbergerISBN 0679731598 (0-679-73159-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Europe, Europe: Forays into a Continent'Book summary:In this highly acclaimed and entertaining book, already "among the touchstones of the new travel writing" (Newsweek), one of West Germany's leading authors takes us on an insider's tour of Europe in the recent past. Focusing on Italy, Poland, Hungary, Sweden, Spain, and Portugal, he describes how Europe has been moving toward a new identity.
Enzensberger makes a witty and knowledgeable traveling companion, delving into surprising corners and bywaysfrom the back alleys of Budapest to the halls of the Italian mintand striking up conversations with everyone from bankers to revolutionaries, astrologers to apparatchiks. In the process, he suggests that Europe's strength lies increasingly in embracing diversity and improvisation, not bigness and regimentation. He enables us to see with fresh eyes one of the most exciting parts of the world today. [via]More editions of Europe, Europe: Forays into a Continent:
French Lessons in Africa: Travels With My Briefcase in French Africaby Peter BiddlecombeISBN 0316076872 (0-316-07687-2)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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French Lessons in Africa : Travels with My Briefcase through French Africaby Peter BiddlecombeISBN 034910509X (0-349-10509-X)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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Frommer's 2007 Parisby Danforth Prince, Darwin PorterISBN 0470007478 (0-470-00747-8)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frommer's 2007 Paris'Book summary:Frommer's. The best trips start here.
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
- Ways to explore the City of Light from the top of La Tour Eiffel to the infamous catacombs.
- Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
- Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
- Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com [via]
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Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guide: England '95by Darwin PorterISBN 0671884859 (0-671-88485-9)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guide: Paris '95by Darwin PorterISBN 067188378X (0-671-88378-X)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guide: The Bahamas '94-'95 Including Turks & CaicosISBN 0671797670 (0-671-79767-0)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beerby P. J. O'RourkeISBN 0679742018 (0-679-74201-8)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Guide to Greece: Southern Greeceby Pausanias, Peter LeviISBN 014044226X (0-14-044226-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Heart of the World: A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradiseby Ian Baker, Dalai Lama XIVISBN 0143036025 (0-14-303602-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Hold the Enlightenmentby Tim CahillISBN 0375713298 (0-375-71329-8)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Hold the Enlightenment : More Travel, Less Blissby Tim CahillISBN 0375507663 (0-375-50766-3)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Imperiumby Ryszard Kapuscinski, Klara GlowczewskaISBN 067974780X (0-679-74780-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Journey Through Europeby John HillabyISBN 0586081410 (0-586-08141-0)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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Journey to the Alcarriaby Ccmilo Jose CelaISBN 0299032507 (0-299-03250-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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The Last Grain Raceby Eric NewbyISBN 0586051171 (0-586-05117-1)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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Legends of the American Desert : Sojourns in the Greater Southwestby Alex ShoumatoffISBN 0394569156 (0-394-56915-6)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Let's Go 2000 USA: Including Coverage of Canadaby T. J. Kelleher, Ana Laguarda, Georgia YoungISBN 0312244851 (0-312-24485-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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PAN-FRY fresh trout by moonlight on the Continental Divide for $4.
SCREAM at the Pacific from California's oldest roller coaster for $3.
SAMPLE home-brewed ale at a Colonial tavern for $2. [via]
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Let's Go 2001 USA: Including Coverage of Canadaby Jonathan Hall, Daisy Stanton, Kevin Hoffman Yip, Stephanie L. CoonISBN 0312246951 (0-312-24695-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr Special
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Let's Go 2003 USA: Includes Coverage of Canadaby Megan Smith, Brenna C. Farrell, Scott M. RowenISBN 0312305982 (0-312-30598-2)
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Let's Go 99 USAISBN 031219501X (0-312-19501-X)
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Literary Landscapes of the British Isles: A Narrative Atlasby David Daiches, John FlowerISBN 0448222051 (0-448-22205-1)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Lost World of the Kalahariby Laurens Van Der PostISBN 0156537060 (0-15-653706-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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The Majic Bus: An American Odysseyby Douglas BrinkleyISBN 0385474199 (0-385-47419-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Wayby Bill BrysonISBN 0380715430 (0-380-71543-0)
Softcover, Avon Books
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Bryson displays an encyclopedic knowledge of his topic, and this inevitably encourages a light tone; the more you know about a subject, the more absurd it becomes. No jokes are necessary, the facts do well enough by themselves, and Bryson supplies tens per page. As well as tossing off gems of fractured English (from a Japanese eraser: "This product will self-destruct in Mother Earth."), Bryson frequently takes time to compare the idiosyncratic tongue with other languages. Not only does this give a laugh (one word: Welsh), and always shed considerable light, it also makes the reader feel fortunate to speak English. [via]
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The New York Map Guide: The Essential Guide to Manhattanby Michael MiddleditchISBN 0140294597 (0-14-029459-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Old Iron Road: An Epic Of Rails, Roads, And The Urge To Go Westby David BainISBN 0143035266 (0-14-303526-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go Westby David Haward BainISBN 0670033081 (0-670-03308-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbulby Jason GoodwinISBN 0312420676 (0-312-42067-6)
Softcover, Picador
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Our Paris: Sketches from Memoryby Edmund White, Hubert SorinISBN 0679441662 (0-679-44166-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Pictures from the Water Trade: Adventures of a Westerner in Japanby John David MorleyISBN 0316583723 (0-316-58372-3)
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Pictures from the Water Trade: An Englishman in Japanby John David MorleyISBN 0312135874 (0-312-13587-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Rome and a Villaby Eleanor ClarkISBN 0394709403 (0-394-70940-3)
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San Franciscoby Jack McDowell, Dorothy KrellISBN 0376056622 (0-376-05662-2)
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A Short History of Nearly Everythingby Bill BrysonISBN 0375432000 (0-375-43200-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'Book summary:One of the worlds most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.
In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the worlds most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining. [via]More editions of A Short History of Nearly Everything:
Sketches from Memory: People and Places in the Heart of Our Parisby Edmund White, Hubert SorinISBN 0330336614 (0-330-33661-4)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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Slow Boats to Chinaby Gavin YoungISBN 0525481060 (0-525-48106-0)
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The Snow Geese : A Story of Homeby William FiennesISBN 0375758577 (0-375-75857-7)
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South from Granadaby Gerald BrenanISBN 052128029X (0-521-28029-X)
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Spinsters Abroad: Victorian Lady Explorersby Dea BirkettISBN 0631156046 (0-631-15604-6)
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Spirit of Place:Letters and Essays on Travelby Lawrence Durrell, Alan G. ThomasISBN 0571089941 (0-571-08994-1)
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States of Desire: Travels in Gay Americaby Edmund WhiteISBN 0452266890 (0-452-26689-0)
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The Stones of Florenceby Mary McCarthyISBN 0156027631 (0-15-602763-1)
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The Sun Also Risesby Ernest HemingwayISBN 0684174723 (0-684-17472-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Jake Barnes, Hemingway's narrator with a mysterious war wound that has left him sexually incapable, is the heart and soul of the book. Brett, the beautiful, doomed English woman he adores, provides the glamour of natural chic and sexual unattainability. Alcohol and post-World War I anomie fuel the plot: weary of drinking and dancing in Paris cafés, the expatriate gang decamps for the Spanish town of Pamplona for the "wonderful nightmare" of a week-long fiesta. Brett, with fiancé and ex-lover Cohn in tow, breaks hearts all around until she falls, briefly, for the handsome teenage bullfighter Pedro Romero. "My God! he's a lovely boy," she tells Jake. "And how I would love to see him get into those clothes. He must use a shoe-horn." Whereupon the party disbands.
But what's most shocking about the book is its lean, adjective-free style. The Sun Also Rises is Hemingway's masterpiece--one of them, anyway--and no matter how many times you've read it or how you feel about the manners and morals of the characters, you won't be able to resist its spell. This is a classic that really does live up to its reputation. --David Laskin [via]
Take Me With You: A Round-The-World Journey to Invite a Stranger Homeby Brad NewshamISBN 0345449126 (0-345-44912-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britainby Daniel Defoe, Pat RogersISBN 0140430660 (0-14-043066-0)
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A Traveller's Lifeby Eric NewbyISBN 0316604216 (0-316-60421-6)
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Travels With Myself and Anotherby Martha GellhornISBN 0396077366 (0-396-07736-6)
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Two Towns in Provence: Map of Another Town and a Considerable Townby M. F. K. FisherISBN 0394716310 (0-394-71631-0)
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USAby Let's Go, Inc. StaffISBN 0312320000 (0-312-32000-0)
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USAby Maya Simon, Mia Morgenstern, Nathan Orion Simmons, Caitlin Claire Vincent, Let's Go, Inc. StaffISBN 0312348975 (0-312-34897-5)
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Whispering Landby Gerald DurrellISBN 0143037080 (0-14-303708-0)
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Worldwalkby Steven M. NewmanISBN 0380711508 (0-380-71150-8)
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