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Alexander, Brian Green Cathedrals: A Wayward Traveler in the Rain Forest Lyons & Burford Pub 1995 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1160037. ISBN #1558213996 / 9781558213999. (keywords: RAIN FORESTS NATURE FORESTRY) (filed under: Travels ) *
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Anderson, Stuart Who Picked This Place? The Fantastical Vacations of a Bald-Headed Man and a Bird-Watching Woman Xlibris Corporation 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1155326. ISBN #1425715060 / 9781425715069. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Anderson, Stuart Who Picked This Place? The Fantastical Vacations of a Bald-Headed Man and a Bird-Watching Woman Xlibris Corporation 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1155326. ISBN #1425715060 / 9781425715069. (filed under: Travels ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Book Description: In his last book about vacation misadventures, Travels with Anne, Stuart Anderson won our sympathy by describing his experiences, in remote corners of the world, with broken-down vehicles, clueless guides, unbearable traveling companions, miserable weather, and decidedly uncooperative wildlife. Unfortunately for Stuart, his new book, Who Picked This Place?, makes it plain that he did not learn a thing from those experiences. Thus, in Who Picked This Place?, we get to follow Stuart to unlikely vacation destinations across the world, and laugh out loud as: Stuart and his bird-crazy companion, Anne, tour the Yucatan Peninsula and discover biting ants, angry monkeys, and the advisability of making sure the lid of that whiskey flask, in your luggage, is screwed on tight. Stuart and Anne decide to vacation, for some inexplicable reason, in Mexico's most politically unstable state, Chiapas. While there, they try mightily to sweat themselves to death climbing Maya pyramids. They also go to church with a bunch of drunks who mark the occasion by chopping the heads off chickens. In Belize, Stuart and Anne canoe a jungle river in the rain-which turns out to be the prelude to a later adventure that involves traveling over miles of ocean, in a small boat, in a much bigger rain. In Belize, also, Stuart and Anne have a guide who is less interested in guiding than in hitting on all the available and some of the unavailable local women. That may explain why Stuart and Anne sometimes find themselves lost. Anne wants to see polar bears in the wild, so she and Stuart go to a lodge on northern Hudson Bay that is miles and miles from nowhere. At the lodge, they share a cabin with the world's most obnoxious photographer, and also with an elderly woman who has difficulties using the bathroom. All of them see polar bears way too close. Anne's dad goes with Stuart and Anne to Kenya, on a photographic safari. Anne's dad, unfortunately, tends to stray from camp on foot and alone, into country inhabited by leopards and lions. He also tends to fall asleep in his dinner. Not wanting to be outdone by Anne's dad, in Kenyan shenanigans, Stuart gets himself mistaken for a CIA agent, by some locals who try to recruit Stuart the CIA agent to murder one of their neighbors. Stuart and Anne go off to southeastern Turkey, even though southeastern Turkey borders on places like Iran, Iraq, and Syria. All of their friends think that Stuart and Anne are crazy. The two survive the trip very well, despite the inconveniences of stopped-up toilets, 120-degree heat, and "cave hotels." In Panama, Stuart and Anne get sick, celebrate the New Year with forty aggressive Pakistanis, and go bird-watching with a "guide" who doesn't speak any English and doesn't know anything about birds. You'll laugh, you'll cry, as you share these and other adventures, on four continents, with the dauntless Stuart and Anne. And, like them, you will often find yourself asking a question that, for one or both of the book's two protagonists, probably has an embarrassing answer: Who Picked This Place?
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Armitage, Simon Walking Home: A Poet's Journey 2014 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139283. ISBN #0871407434 / 9780871407436. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Armitage, Simon Walking Home: A Poet's Journey 2014 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139283. ISBN #0871407434 / 9780871407436. (filed under: Travels ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Nineteen days, 256 miles, and one renowned poet walking the backbone of England. The wandering poet has always been a feature of our cultural imagination. Odysseus journeys home, his famous flair for storytelling seducing friend and foe. The Romantic poets tramped all over the Lake District searching for inspiration. Now Simon Armitage, with equal parts enthusiasm and trepidation, as well as a wry humor all his own, has taken on Britain s version of our Appalachian Trail: the Pennine Way. Walking the backbone of England by day accompanied by friends, family, strangers, dogs, the unpredictable English weather, and a backpack full of Mars Bars , each evening he gives a poetry reading in a different village in exchange for a bed. Armitage reflects on the inextricable link between freedom and fear as well as the poet s place in our bustling world. In Armitage s own words, to embark on the walk is to surrender to its lore and submit to its logic, and to take up a challenge against the self. 29 photographs
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Baker, Trudy; Jones, Rachel Coffee Tea Or Me Bartholomew House Ltd. 1967 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some Staining. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Tears and damage to jacket. Some Chipping. Book #or887102v1. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Barbaro, Paolo Venice Revealed: An Intimate Portrait Steerforth Italia 2001 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1156133. ISBN #1586420305 / 9781586420307. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Blanchard, Jane V. Women Of The Way: Embracing The Camino 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Some highlighting. Book #or1139391. ISBN #1475247419 / 9781475247411. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Blanchard, Jane V. Women Of The Way: Embracing The Camino 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Some highlighting. Book #or1139391. ISBN #1475247419 / 9781475247411. (filed under: Travels ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary What do you like most when reading about adventures: descriptions about the terrain, the culture, the challenges, the personal growth, the interactions between other adventures? Women of the Way: Embracing the Camino successfully combines all these elements in a heartfelt and personal recounting of Jane V. Blanchard s 2011 five-hundred mile pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago hiking from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France over the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles in Spain, and then westward across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostella. For over a millennium, Christians have made this pilgrimage to the cathedral in Santiago, where the remains of St. James the apostle are entombed. Today, this journey is known as a European Cultural Itinerary, attracting people from around the world. In 2011, more than 183,000 people completed the pilgrimage; 44 of these pilgrims were women. Though Women of the Way is about Jane s journey on the Camino de Santiago also known as The Way and discussions with women she met on the pilgrimage, this is not a chic book. It is about embracing the Camino, the personal changes, and the beauty and appeal of the most popular of all the pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela, the Camino Frances. Discover why people from around the world walk the Camino. Learn how to prepare for the Camino, about the daily rituals in long-distance walking, and the camaraderie shared among these modern-day pilgrims. Visualize the beauty of northern Spain through Jane s vivid descriptions. Understand why so many people embrace the Camino. An articulate, well-observed and thoughtful look at walking the Camino. Adam Nathan I felt as though I, too, was a pilgrim as I saw the beautiful landscapes Jane described, felt the tiredness she experienced, enjoyed the food along with her, laughed and cried with her. Elizabeth Chandler My husband, John 62 , and I are reading your book while we prepare to walk the Camino in May of 2013. We are loving it I like your honesty and factual approach. Your descriptions have caused us to laugh and almost cry at times. Thank you We are reading a little each day and John reminds me to bring the book in the car or to bed. The spirit of the Camino is already appearing in our relationship as we prepare. I can see a change and it is wonderful Kim Todaro
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Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods : Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Broadway Books 1999 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1148207. ISBN #0767902521 / 9780767902526. (keywords: NATURAL HISTORY_UNITED STATES APPALACHIAN TRAIL) (filed under: Travels ) *
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Bryson, Bill Bill Bryson's African Diary Broadway Books 2002 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1160908. ISBN #0767915062 / 9780767915069. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Bryson, Bill Bill Bryson's African Diary Broadway Books 2002 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1160908. ISBN #0767915062 / 9780767915069. (filed under: Travels ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Here is a man who suffers so his readers can laugh. Daily Telegraph Bill Bryson travels to Kenya in support of CARE International. All royalties and profits go to CARE International. Bryson visits Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to eradicating poverty. Kenya is a land of contrasts, with famous game reserves and a vibrant culture. It also provides plenty to worry a traveller like Bill Bryson, fixated as he is on the dangers posed by snakes, insects and large predators. It is also a country with many serious problems: refugees, AIDS, drought, and grinding poverty. The resultant diary, though short in length, contains the trademark Bryson stamp of wry observation and curious insight.
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Bryson, Bill Bill Bryson's African Diary 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084187. ISBN #0767915062 / 9780767915069. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Bryson, Bill Bill Bryson's African Diary 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084187. ISBN #0767915062 / 9780767915069. (filed under: Travels ) *
stock image, actual book may vary Here is a man who suffers so his readers can laugh. Daily Telegraph Bill Bryson travels to Kenya in support of CARE International. All royalties and profits go to CARE International. Bryson visits Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to eradicating poverty. Kenya is a land of contrasts, with famous game reserves and a vibrant culture. It also provides plenty to worry a traveller like Bill Bryson, fixated as he is on the dangers posed by snakes, insects and large predators. It is also a country with many serious problems: refugees, AIDS, drought, and grinding poverty. The resultant diary, though short in length, contains the trademark Bryson stamp of wry observation and curious insight.
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Bryson, Bill In a Sunburned Country Broadway 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151826. ISBN #0767903854 / 9780767903851. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Bryson, Bill In a Sunburned Country Broadway 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151826. ISBN #0767903854 / 9780767903851. (filed under: Travels ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary 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 Under to Australia, a shockingly under-discovered country with the friendliest inhabitants, the hottest, driest weather, and the most peculiar and lethal wildlife to be found on the planet. In a Sunburned Country is his report on what he found there--a deliciously funny, fact-filled, and adventurous performance by a writer who combines humor, wonder, and unflagging curiosity. Australia is a country that exists on a vast scale. It is the only island that is also a continent and the only continent that is also a country. Despite being the most desiccated, infertile, and climatically aggressive of all inhabited continents, it teems with life. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else: sharks, crocodiles, the ten most deadly poisonous snakes on the planet, fluffy yet toxic caterpillars, seashells that actually attack you, and the unbelievable box jellyfish don't ask . The dangerous riptides of the sea and the sun-baked wastes of the outback both lie in wait for the unwary. It's one tough country. Bill Bryson adores it, of course, and he takes his readers on a rollicking ride far beyond the beaten tourist path. Here is a place where interesting things happen all the time, from a Prime Minister lost--yes, lost--while swimming at sea to Japanese cult members who may have set off an atomic bomb sic entirely unnoticed on their 500,000-acre property in the great western desert. Wherever he goes and Bryson goes just about everywhere he finds Australians who are cheerful, extroverted, and unfailingly obliging--the beaming products of a land with clean, safe cities, cold beer, and constant sunshine. On occasion the Aborigines, a remote and mysterious race with a tragic history, make a haunting appearance in this book. But by and large Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide. Published just in time for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, In a Sunburned Country offers the best of all possible introductions to what may well be the best of all possible nations. Even with those jellyfish.
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Burke, Jeffrey Island Lighthouse Inn: A Chronicle Pilgrim Pr 1997 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1123759. ISBN #0829811621 / 9780829811629. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Burke, Jeffrey Island Lighthouse Inn: A Chronicle Pilgrim Pr 1997 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1123759. ISBN #0829811621 / 9780829811629. (filed under: Travels ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary After years of Berkeley activism in the 1960s and '70s, Jeff and Judi Burke threw up their hands and drove east. They eventually restored an old inn on Isle au Haut, a harsh, barely inhabitable outcrop seven miles off the Maine coast, setting out to do what they could not do in California: create their own utopia. For the past ten years the Burkes have led a life of simple pleasures - of nature, cool sea spray, warm fires on howling nights, good food shared with small groups of guests around a single table, hiking trails - where the only link to civilization is the daily and sometimes unreliable mail boat. Island Lighthouse Inn is a collection of entertaining stories of their everyday adventures - of fixing the vintage Servel refrigerator in the B B kitchen, of buying a dinner bell from a crotchety local antique dealer, of figuring out how to run the inn's septic tank without electrical power, of painting the 796 windows in the lighthouse and outbuildings - as well as tales of the often colorful people who have stayed at the inn and others they have met on and off the island. Island Lighthouse Inn includes recipes for twenty-one tantalizing dishes served at the inn, from Downeast Blueberry Muffins to Ida's Sea Clam Pie, as well as engravings by Maine artist Siri Beckman.
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Caffrey, Michelle Just Imagine: A New Life on an Old Boat 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164441. ISBN #1411671414 / 9781411671416. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Cahill, Tim A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg Vintage Books 1989 paperback. Clipped first page. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1164516. ISBN #067972026X / 9780679720263. (keywords: OUTDOOR LIFE ADVENTURE ADVENTURERS BIOGRAPHY) (filed under: Travels ) *
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Carpenter, Frank G. France to Scandinavia hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1125924. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Chatwin, Bruce What Am I Doing Here Viking Press 1989 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1148264. ISBN #0670825085 / 9780670825080. (keywords: FICTION) (filed under: Travels ) *
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Codrescu, Andrei Hail Babylon!: In Search of the American City at the End of the Millennium St. Martin's 1998 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1150305. ISBN #0312181078 / 9780312181079. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Crichton, Michael Travels 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1050200. ISBN #0060509058 / 9780060509057. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Crichton, Michael Travels 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1050200. ISBN #0060509058 / 9780060509057. (filed under: Travels ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. When Michael Crichton -- a Harvard-trained physician, bestselling novelist, and successful movie director -- began to feel isolated in his own life, he decided to widen his horizons. He tracked wild animals in the jungles of Rwanda. He climbed Kilimanjaro and Mayan pyramids. He trekked across a landslide in Pakistan. He swam amid sharks in Tahiti. Fueled by a powerful curiosity and the need to see, feel, and hear firsthand and close-up, Michael Crichton has experienced adventures as compelling as those he created in his books and films. These adventures -- both physical and spiritual -- are recorded here in Travels, Crichton's most astonishing and personal work.
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Dao, Bei; Huters, Ted; Ming, Feng-ying Blue House Zephyr Press 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063821. ISBN #0939010585 / 9780939010585. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Dao, Bei; Huters, Ted; Ming, Feng-ying Blue House Zephyr Press 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063821. ISBN #0939010585 / 9780939010585. (filed under: Travels ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Bei Dao not only explores his relationship with poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Tomas Transtr mer, but also sketches the more personal and sometimes seemingly banal episodes of a dissident living in exile. This is Bei Dao s first collection of essays in English translation. Those familiar with Bei Dao will notice the same lucid eye and strength that mark his poetry. Bei Dao has been in exile since the 1989 Tiananmen incident, has lectured around the globe, and currently teaches at the University of California Davis. He is the author of four books of poetry in English translation and one fiction collection. Professor Ted Huters teaches in the department of East Asian Languages and Literature at UCLA and Feng-ying Ming at Whittier College.
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Davies, Pete American Road: The Story of an Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age Henry Holt & Company 2002 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164193. ISBN #080506883X / 9780805068832. (keywords: AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL OVERLAND JOURNEYS PACIFIC) (filed under: Travels ) *
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De Blasi, Marlena The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1170769. ISBN #1565124731 / 9781565124738. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Deck, Jeff; Herson, Benjamin D. Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing The World, One Correction At a Time 2010 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122207. ISBN #0307591077 / 9780307591074. (filed under: Travels ) *
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Deck, Jeff; Herson, Benjamin D. Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing The World, One Correction At a Time 2010 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122207. ISBN #0307591077 / 9780307591074. (filed under: Travels ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The signs of the times are missing apostrophes. The world needed a hero, but how would an editor with no off-switch answer the call? For Jeff Deck, the writing was literally on the wall: NO TRESSPASSING. In that moment, his greater purpose became clear. Dark hordes of typos had descended upon civilization and only he could wield the marker to defeat them. Recruiting his friend Benjamin and other valiant companions, he created the Typo Eradication Advancement League TEAL . Armed with markers, chalk, and correction fluid, they circumnavigated America, righting the glaring errors displayed in grocery stores, museums, malls, restaurants, mini-golf courses, beaches, and even a national park. Jeff and Benjamin championed the cause of clear communication, blogging about their adventures transforming horor into horror , it s into its , and coconunut into coconut . But at the Grand Canyon, they took one correction too far: fixing the bad grammar in a fake Native American watchtower. The government charged them with defacing federal property and summoned them to court with a typo-ridden complaint that claimed that they had violated criminal statues. Now the press turned these paragons of punctuation into grammar vigilantes, airing errors about their errant errand.. The radiant dream of TEAL would not fade, though. Beneath all those misspelled words and mislaid apostrophes, Jeff and Benjamin unearthed deeper dilemmas about education, race, history, and how we communicate. Ultimately their typo-hunting journey tells a larger story not just of proper punctuation but of the power of language and literacy and the importance of
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