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 In a Sunburned CountryBest Price: $4.98 Everything you never knew about Australia, presented in entertaining prose. I'm reading this... |  The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind-and Almost Found Myself-on the Pacific Crest Trail (P.S.)Best Price: $8.84 My husband brought this home and I was nonplussed about reading it. Thankfully, I did open it... |  I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years AwayBest Price: $3.49 Mr. Bryson's half-hearted curmudgeonly approach to life makes for another enjoyable read by this... |  One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (AnniversBest Price: $8.93 Excellent book to read. I believe everyone will enjoy this and the story of this amazing person.... |  The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese FoodBest Price: $13.48 When you think about it - it is amazing there aren't any national chains with Chinese... |
 Anastasia (The Ringing Cedars, Book 1)Best Price: $12.00 Something seems to have been lost in translating this story and I seem to have lost something... |  Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the WorldBest Price: $5.99 I agree with some of the reviewers that the book is rather slow. I started the book and really... |  Assassination VacationBest Price: $4.79 I usually don't write reviews, but when i saw that this book didn't have 5 of 5 stars i was... |  Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, and Professional HedonismBest Price: $7.87 For one that is very interested in the subject of travel writing (travel essays, guidebooks,... |  Out of Africa (Modern Library)Best Price: $11.25 My favorite movie of all time. The book is not as good as the movie. |
 Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at SeaBest Price: $8.24 Adrift is the true story of Steven Callahan, whose small boat sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, after... |  The Curse of LonoBest Price: $37.79 The last great Thompson work that I have read which I hadn't bought because it's a bit... |  Blue Highways: A Journey into AmericaBest Price: $4.15 Took a tour of America with a chip on his shoulder. Guess it gives you a different perspective. |  Angelina Jolie's: Notes from My TravelsBest Price: $5.38 AUTOBIOGRAPHY ON ANGELINE JOLIE AND A LOG OF HER TRAVELS FOR THE UNITED NATION. VERY... |  The Travels of Marco PoloBest Price: $7.14 Marco Polo purportedly spent 17 years travelling to the courts of Kublai Khan and, as an... |
 The Camino : A Journey of the SpiritBest Price: $5.95 As a longtime reader of Shirley's book's, this was the next one for me. I learned alot and at... |  Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the FrenchBest Price: $7.19 60 Million Frenchman is split into three sections (1) French history (why certain events helped... |  A Vineyard in Tuscany: A Wine Lover's DreamBest Price: $14.47 Based on the other reviews, I had high hopes for this book; I expected a more thorough story of... |  The SonglinesBest Price: $6.50 The first sentence sounded promising:"In Alice Springs - a grid of scorching streets where... |  Smile When You're Lying: Confessions of a Rogue Travel WriterBest Price: $8.09 As a "would-like-to-be" travelwriter this book was very helpful. Didn't make me feel... |
 California (Regional Guide)Best Price: $14.84 Really great book, the only problem, the pictures are all in black & white, its an overview... |  This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western MindBest Price: $4.07 Ivan Doig is one of the leading writers of the modern American West. I have read, and... |  Seven Years in TibetBest Price: $3.24 An amazing true story about the escape of a German from a POW camp in India during the second... |  Walks Through Lost Paris: A Journey Into the Heart of Historic ParisBest Price: $12.38 Walks Through Lost Paris: A Journey Into the Heart of Historic Paris This is a wonderful... |  AnnapurnaBest Price: $8.49 This book may have began a genre of climbing/adventure accounts because it was written some time... |
 Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in ArabiaBest Price: $4.07 BAGHDAD WITHOUT A MAP is a series of articles Tony Horwitz wrote while trying to spark a... |  Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New GuineaBest Price: $3.84 I have read both of Kira Salak's books and thoroughly enjoyed them. I am hoping she will write... |  The Roadshow Illustrated CompanionBest Price: $29.70 A stunning companion to Roadshow: Landscape with Drums, The Illustrated Companion combines... |  The Best American Travel Writing 2007 (The Best American Series (TM))Best Price: $2.75 I've long been a fan of the various Best American books, but this was my first year to read the... |  The Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches (Penguin Classics)Best Price: $7.25 I got it and read it in less than a month over Mexico and US while traveling birding.... even... |
 The Longest Ride: My Ten-Year 500,000 Mile Motorcycle JourneyBest Price: $21.98 Words can not give this book justice. I bought it to read about a ride and I was given an... |  Toujours ProvenceBest Price: $1.90 Slowly, I'm working my way through Peter Mayle's books though these books could more rightly be... |  On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894Best Price: $2.11 This Laura Ingalls Wilder diary is somewhat dull in parts, but the introduction by her daugher,... |  Cruelest Journey: Six Hundred Miles To TimbuktuBest Price: $15.48 Following in the footsteps of Scottish explorer Mungo Park, who traversed the land and the river... |  Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark (Modern Library Paperbacks)Best Price: $6.95 Remarkable testimony to an exceptional life. Freya Stark was an iconoclast in her time and... |
 Route 66 Lost & Found: Ruins and Relics RevisitedBest Price: $18.90 This book is great to take a look into the past and the hearty souls that created the famous... |  Two Wheels Through Terror: Diary of a South American Motorcycle OdysseyBest Price: $16.47 I bought this book because a friend and I intend to ride from North to South America in 2018... |  Under the Tuscan SunBest Price: $0.43 How is it that this even got published? I am a voracious reader, even books I don't really care... |  Travelers' Tales Thailand: True StoriesBest Price: $11.31 Well written; excellent research. Will be using the book during my stay... I want to visit all... |  The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics)Best Price: $8.52 I think that I must be one of the few people who has read all of Mark Twain's non-fiction and... |
 Crossing to Avalon: A Woman's Midlife Quest for the Sacred FeminineBest Price: $4.50 This book DID literally hit me over the head - in a book shop! I was browsing through the books... |  Rules, Britannia: An Insider's Guide to Life in the United KingdomBest Price: $14.42 This is an excellent "study guide" before going to the UK. I would definitely... |  Jordan (Country Guide)Best Price: $14.27 This travel guide was perfect for my trip. It was small enough to fit in my purse and had all... |  Canoeing with the CreeBest Price: $8.89 "Eric Sevareid made his name as a CBS news correspondent. But at a young age, Sevareid... |  How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost ArtBest Price: $5.30 To the uninitiated, the art of having a dump in the woods probably seems no more complicated... |
 A Day in Tuscany: More Confessions of a Chianti Tour GuideBest Price: $10.47 Dario has once again weaved a great story about his village and his deep passion and affection... |  The Best American Travel Writing 2006 (The Best American Series)Best Price: $3.66 The David Sedaris selection about flying makes this book worth buying. I was on an airplane... |  Race to DakarBest Price: $7.82 This book was great. I didn't really know too much about the Dakar Rally before reading this... |  Arabian Sands (Penguin Classics)Best Price: $8.45 The Rub Al Khali, the Empty Quarter, or as the Arabs called it, The Sands, is one of the most... |  Following the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldBest Price: $10.54 "Following the Equator" leaves me in the position of having read nearly everything... |
 Reunion in BarsaloiBest Price: $14.80 Well I read the White Masai with the intention to be as open minded as possible and to try to... |  Bolivia (Country Guide)Best Price: $15.36 Very satisfied with my purchase. Exactly as expected and came in a very timely manner. |  Minus 148 Degrees: The First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinleyBest Price: $10.44 I'm not sure, but I may have been one of the pilots on the C-130 that helped to coordinate the... |  On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian JournalBest Price: $8.81 If you are even remotely thinking about going to Sicily, you should read this wonderful book. ... |  Long Way Round: The Illustrated Edition: Chasing Shadows Across the WorldBest Price: $15.95 The photos are great and compliment the journey and the text. A must have for any touring... |
 Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African VillageBest Price: $6.74 I served only briefly in the Peace Corps in Sokode, Togo before having to return to the U.S.... |  K2: Triumph and TragedyBest Price: $2.25 This book, which details the tragic summer of 1986 when 13 people died on K2, is a somewhat... | |||
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