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Ask Arthur Frommer Ask Arthur Frommer Arthur Frommer "Arthur Frommer is still dispensing practical advice to travelers." -USA Today "Written in Frommer's trademark light and conversational tone , [Ask Arthur Frommer] covers more than 800 topics, from… OL15172492W
The Lost Girls The Lost Girls Jennifer Baggett Jen, Holly, and Amanda are at a crossroads. They're feeling the pressure to hit certain milestones—scoring a big promotion, finding a soul mate, having 2.2 kids—before they reach their early thirties… OL15187585W
Journeys Journeys Samuel F. Pickering Essays describing meanderings that range from author's backyard to Canada and Australia, from the remnant of a salt water farm to fly-specked dinners, from running half-marathons to dozing through a … OL15521317W
Living with cannibals and other women's adventures Living with cannibals and other women's adventures Michele B. Slung Inspiring, sometimes tragic, often humorous tales of adventurous women from the 18th century to the 21st century. Selected from National Geographic's archives, this colorful group portrait pairs fema… OL16026299W
A Russian Paints America The Travels Of Pavel P Svinin 18111813 A Russian Paints America The Travels Of Pavel P Svinin 18111813 Pavel P. Svin'in "Pavel Petrovich Svin'in (1787/88-1839) was a painter, diplomat, and journalist who spent two years as part of the first Russian diplomatic mission to the United States. Soon after returning to Russi… OL17401224W
Naked and marooned Naked and marooned Ed Stafford "What do you do after you walk the Amazon? Ed Stafford-adventurer extraordinaire and Guinness World Record holder for walking the length of the Amazon River-likes a challenge. Casting about for an ad… OL17903378W
Travel Travel John Freeman,Steffi Klenz Hari Kunzru travels to Chernobyl, Detroit, and Japan to investigate the phenomenon of disaster tourism. Policeman-turned-detective-turned-writer A Yi describes life as a provincial gumshoe in China. … OL18506914W
Alaska blues Alaska blues Joe Upton Narrative description of fishing in the Inside Passage of British Columbia and Alaska. OL1876684W
Here and there in Mexico Here and there in Mexico Mary Ashley Townsend "Mary Ashley Townsend was a novelist, newspaper columnist, and poet laureate of New Orleans who made several trips to Mexico with her daughter Cora during the last two decades of the 19th century. To… OL19421834W
Envisioning the worst Envisioning the worst Linda Evi Merians "This book investigates how the early-modern English came to envision "Hottentots" as humanity's most base and beastly people.". "The descriptions of Africa's southern-most people that appear in tra… OL19489750W
Other routes Other routes Tabish Khair Includes primary source material. OL19662710W
Ask Arthur Frommer & travel better, cheaper, smarter Ask Arthur Frommer & travel better, cheaper, smarter Arthur Frommer A condensed encyclopedia of smart travel. It answers nearly every major question, discusses every major issue, covers every step of travel, reduces every travel expenditure, and shows you how to get… OL19703856W
The joys of travel The joys of travel Thomas Swick "In The Joys of Travel: And Stories That Illuminate Them, veteran travel writer Thomas Swick reflects on what he has identified as "the seven joys of travel": anticipation, movement, break from routi… OL19762066W
The best women's travel writing The best women's travel writing Lavinia Spalding xxi, 303 pages ; 21 cm OL20060320W
Queen of the road Queen of the road Doreen Orion A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband, travels the country for one year, and brings it all hilariously to life in this offbeat and romant… OL2659310W
Journeys outward, journeys inward Journeys outward, journeys inward Penelope Stuart Bourk,Bolton Anthony "The essays, poems, and visual art in this volume are the works of 24 "later-life" travelers and offer intimate witness to their transformative journeys as they encounter other lands, other cultures,… OL27715677W
The Best American Travel Writing 2000 The Best American Travel Writing 2000 Bill Bryson,Dave Eggers,Jason Wilson,Jason Wilson Short Stories: Author Boat Camp: William Booth Lions and Tigers and Bears: Bill Buford This Teeming Ark: Tim Cahill The Toughest Trucker In The World: Tom Clynes Hitchhiker's Cuba: Dave Eggers … OL3533641W
Riding Toward Everywhere Riding Toward Everywhere William T. Vollmann Vollmann is a relentlessly curious, endlessly sensitive, and unequivocally adventurous examiner of human existence. He has investigated the causes and symptoms of humanity's obsession with violence (… OL506895W
Beyond the Last Village Beyond the Last Village Alan Rabinowitz "This book is about exploration, danger, and discovery in a remote area of the planet where the greatest necessity is salt, where people plow the earth using themselves as the beasts of burden, and w… OL77411W
The southern gates of Arabia The southern gates of Arabia Freya Stark A travel writing work OL867875W
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