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Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris
by Clotilde Dusoulier
Publisher Comments
Clotilde Dusoulier, a native Parisian and passionate explorer of the city's food scene, has won a tremendous following online with her insider reports and wonderful recipes. Her book Chocolate & Zucchini introduced her to a wider, equally... ( read more)
List Price $17.95
Your price: $7.98
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24 Great Walks in San Francisco: Frommer's Great Walks #19
by AA Publishing
Publisher Comments
Discover San Francisco's most colorful neighborhoods—one step at a time. Follow Frommer's for an up-close and personal look at San Francisco's most culturally rich areas, from famous places to lesser-known gems. Filled with color photos, easy-to... ( read more)
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by David Grann
Staff Pick
Grann's riveting new book, The Lost City of Z, delves into the intrepid life and mysterious disappearance of legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett. Armchair travelers will be whisked away to the Amazon on a wild ride with a surprising finish.... ( read more)
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West With the Night
by Beryl Markham
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First published in 1942, this is the autobiography of a remarkable aviator and racehorse trainer, based largely in Kenya. Reissue.... ( read more)
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing
From Powells.com
Days before the outbreak of World War One renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton
and a crew of twenty-seven set sail to attempt the first crossing on foot
of the Antarctic continent. More than eighty miles from their destination,
however, their... ( read more)
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ADA Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
by Jennifer Niven
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Now in paperback, the gripping and inspiring tale of a woman's survival alone in the Arctic.
In 1921, four men and one woman ventured deep into the Arctic. Two years later, only one returned.
When 23-year-old Inuit Ada Blackjack signed on as a... ( read more)
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Catfish & Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
by Andrew X. Pham
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Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award A Seattle Post-Intelligencer Best Book of the Year Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odysseya solo bicycle voyage... ( read more)
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A Time to Keep Silence
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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While still a teenager, Patrick Leigh Fermor made his way across Europe, as recounted in his classic memoirs, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water, During World War II, he fought with local partisans against the Nazi occupiers of Crete... ( read more)
Your price: $12.95
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The Orchid Thief
by Susan Orlean
Publisher Comments
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean’s wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. From Florida’s swamps to its courtrooms, the New Yorker writer... ( read more)
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Mediterranean Summer: A Season on France's Cote d'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella
by David Shalleck
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“Saturday was dawning warm, with only a gentle wind under a light blue sky as we got under way. . . . With the motor cut out, I could hear the whispered splash of the sea against the hull as we knifed through the Mediterranean. The calming... ( read more)
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Book to Film | June 10, 2009
By Chris Bolton
Fresh from his Oscar-nominated turn in No Country for Old Men and Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Javier Bardem is in talks to join Julia...
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Guests | April 29, 2009
By Tony Horwitz
This blog is off to a roaring start. My first post, Attention Must Be Paid, took its title from a famous line in Death of a Salesman. Yet no...
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