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The Englishwoman in America
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Isabella L. Bird |
This account by an English lady traveling in America in 1854 with relatives was written for her friends rather than for publication. At nearly 500 pages, her narrative is very rich in detail. Probabl… |
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North America
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Anthony Trollope |
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Trespassing Across America
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Ken Ilgunas |
Told with sincerity, humor, and wit, *Trespassing Across America* is both a fascinating account of one man's remarkable journey along the Keystone XL pipeline and a meditation on climate change, the … |
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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André Jardin |
A complete biography of Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), author of *Democracy in America*. |
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Mariposa Road
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Robert Michael Pyle |
With his lifelong fascination with butterflies, America's best-known lepidopterist set himself an irresistible challenge: how many of the 800 species of butterflies known in the US could he track dow… |
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West of the Revolution
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Claudio Saunt |
Details the other revolutions during 1776, including the reaction of the native residents of San Francisco in the wake of the first European settlement there and the devastation of the Aleutian Islan… |
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Odyssey to Ushuaia
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Andres Carlstein |
"What would make a man sell everything he owns and ride a motorcycle 22,000 miles, from his hometown in upstate New York to the southernmost tip of South America? Some call it craziness; Latinos call… |
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Lois on the Loose
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Lois Pryce |
Young and beautiful, Lois Pryce was a rising star at the BBC. Unbeknownst to her co-workers, Lois lived a parallel life as a biker babe with an overwhelming sense of wanderlust. So she packed in her … |
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