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In Arabian Nights In Arabian Nights Tahir Shah Tahir Shah's The Caliph's House, describing his first year in Casablanca, was hailed by critics and compared to such travel classics as A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun. Now Shah takes us … OL1040597W
Bill Bryson Bill Bryson Scott P. Richert "A biography of writer Bill Bryson that describes his era, major works, and life"--Provided by publisher. OL13759979W
The Butterfly Farm The Butterfly Farm Diane Noble Newly widowed Harriet MacIver has just taken on her first travel writing assignment--rating an adventure cruise in the Caribbean. Add a gaggle of college students on a mini semester-at-sea voyage, a … OL14924440W
A Dead Hand A Dead Hand Paul Theroux Een Amerikaanse filantrope vraagt een schrijver, die tijdelijk in Calcutta verblijft, om een mogelijke moord uit te zoeken. OL15197341W
A year in the world A year in the world Frances Mayes The author who captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany expands her horizons to immerse herself--and her readers--in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places. T… OL15967501W
Spies of the Balkans Spies of the Balkans Alan Furst Greece, 1940. Not sunny vacation Greece: northern Greece, Macedonian Greece, Balkan Greece—the city of Salonika. In that ancient port, with its wharves and warehouses, dark lanes and Turkish mansions… OL16511797W
The breaking of eggs The breaking of eggs Jim Powell From the boulevards of Paris to the ghettos of wartime Poland, via Midwest America and the Berlin Wall, 'The Breaking Of Eggs' chronicles the extraordinary journey of a lonely man who discovers it ne… OL16516794W
A Reluctant Hero A Reluctant Hero Dara Girard The baby of the family, Daniella Duvall has a passion for adventure in her blood. But the thrill-seeking travel writer gets more than she bargained for when the plane she's on spirals out of control … OL17426258W
The master blaster The master blaster P. F. Kluge "A tropical island far from the complications of home draws four lost souls to make a new life. How can the past catch up to them over the wide expanse of the South Pacific--and how can hope not thri… OL17711404W
A call from Jersey A call from Jersey P. F. Kluge Follows the life of Hans Greifinger, a German American who immigrated to the United States in 1928 and built a life for himself in New Jersey, and his son, George, who has adopted the surname Griffin… OL19941750W
The land across The land across Gene Wolfe "An American writer of travel guides in need of a new location chooses to travel to a small and obscure Eastern European country. The moment Grafton crosses the border he is in trouble, much more tha… OL19974088W
For the dead For the dead Timothy Hallinan "Poke Rafferty is happier than he's ever been. He's financially solvent, his family is about to grow larger, and his adopted Thai daughter, Miaow, seems to have settled in at junior high school. All … OL19990188W
The hot countries The hot countries Timothy Hallinan A man named Arthur Varney shows up in the Expat Bar on Patpong Road, unquestioningly accepted into its group of aging gents. But he's using them to find Poke Rafferty; Varney wants money Poke doesn't… OL20039357W
Dashing for the post Dashing for the post Patrick Leigh Fermor A revelatory collection of letters written by the author of The Broken Road. Handsome, spirited and erudite, Patrick Leigh Fermor was a war hero and one the greatest travel writers of his generation.… OL20052748W
Travelling to work Travelling to work Michael Palin The third volume of Michael Palin's widely acclaimed diaries. After the Python years and a decade of filming, writing and acting, his career took an unexpected direction into travel, which was to sha… OL20872445W
The fate of Katherine Carr The fate of Katherine Carr Thomas H. Cook From this acclaimed crime writer - a mystery about a travel writer who becomes obsessed by a story written 20 years earlier by a woman who disappeared. OL21628735W
Dom z moich marzeń Dom z moich marzeń Laura Dave After travel columnist Annie Adams' movie director boyfriend breaks up with her, she impulsively marries a charming chef and attempts to begin a new life in rural Massachusetts. OL27704232W
In search of landfall In search of landfall Patrick Richardson Using memoir as a vehicle, this is about one man's search for answers to some of the most important questions we are all faced with: who are we, what are we doing here, and where are we going? It is … OL27973912W
The Fourth Watcher The Fourth Watcher Timothy Hallinan Travel writer Poke Rafferty is ready to let go of his Looking for Trouble series of travel books and the dangerous lifestyle that goes with it, and settle down in Bangkok with his fiancee, Rose, and … OL7007865W
Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? Thomas Kohnstamm For those who think that travel guidebooks are the gospel truth.The waitress suggests that I come back after she closes down the restaurant, around midnight. We end up having sex in a chair and then … OL9005762W
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