My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who’s Been Everywhere
November 1, 2011 by admin
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Susan Orlean has been called “a national treasure” by The Washington Post and “a kind of latter-day Tocqueville” by The New York Times Book Review. In addition to having written classic articles for The New Yorker, she was played, with some creative liberties, by Meryl Streep in her Golden Globe Award—winning performance in the film Adaptation.
Now, in My Kind of Place, the real Susan Orlean takes readers on a series of remarkable journeys in this uniqu… More >>
My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who’s Been Everywhere
Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel
October 25, 2011 by admin
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Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel is an anthology from a remarkable writers’ group. The WWW – a gathering of twelve women – travel the globe, returning as often as they can to share their tales of adventure. Through these pages you will journey alongside each author, traveling through China on a motorcycle, playing with fire at a volcano’s edge in Hawaii, experiencing the supernatural in Scotland, or falling in love in Moscow. Life’s adventures are e… More >>
Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel
Japanese
October 18, 2011 by admin
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These pocket dictionaries give business and vacation travelers everything they need for a smooth, successful trip. Organized by subject, the traveler can quickly find the vocabulary relevant to the situation, whether transportation, hotels, meals, shopping, post offices and banks, sports, or health care, accompanied by a pronunciation guide. At the end of each phrase book is a 2,000-word mini-dictionary. Fully updated from the original editions to reflect currency c… More >>
Trailer Travel: A Visual History of Mobile America
October 11, 2011 by admin
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Trailer Travel showcases the rich visual history of America s enduring fascination with life on the road. Beautifully reproduced color and black-and-white images culled from public archives and the private collections of passionate trailerites vividly document the travel trailer s storied past. This engaging volume offers a look at motor-camping trips in the early 1900s, the unparalleled innovations in trailer design during the thirties, rare and unique trailer mo… More >>
Trailer Travel: A Visual History of Mobile America
Straying from the Flock: Travels in New Zealand
October 11, 2011 by admin
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An illuminating road trip through the history, life, and attractions of one of the most beautiful countries in the southern hemisphere
The beauty and grandeur of New Zealand has captured the imagination of movie-goers over the past couple of years, and the country is a dream destination for many around the world. Straying from the Flock is an intimate and personal account of one passionate traveler’s visit to this incredible country, its mountains and beaches, fj… More >>
Straying from the Flock: Travels in New Zealand
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
October 11, 2011 by admin
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- ISBN13: 9780060920081
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An unsparing and hilarious account of one man’s rediscovery of America and his search for the perfect small town.Amazon.com Review
A travelogue by Bill Bryson is as close to a sure thing as funny books get. The Lost Continent is no exception. Following an urge to rediscover his youth (he should know better), the author leaves his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that takes him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a notebook. With a razor … More >>
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
October 11, 2011 by admin
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- ISBN13: 9780060920081
- Condition: New
- Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
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An unsparing and hilarious account of one man’s rediscovery of America and his search for the perfect small town.Amazon.com Review
A travelogue by Bill Bryson is as close to a sure thing as funny books get. The Lost Continent is no exception. Following an urge to rediscover his youth (he should know better), the author leaves his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that takes him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a notebook. With a razor … More >>
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
Lonely Planet Travel Photography: A Guide to Taking Better Pictures
October 4, 2011 by admin
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- ISBN13: 9781741046892
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- Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
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Return from your travels with the pictures you’ve always wanted!
In this third edition of Lonely Planet’s best-selling Travel Photography, internationally renowned travel photographer Richard I’Anson shows you how to avoid common photography mistakes and to develop your compositional and technical skills as a photographer. It’s full of practical exercises and examples to hone the tips and techniques outlined in the text, and stunning travel photographs throug… More >>
Lonely Planet Travel Photography: A Guide to Taking Better Pictures
Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels
September 27, 2011 by admin
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It was as a humorous travel writer, in The Innocents Abroad and Roughing It, that Mark Twain first became widely known, and at the height of his career he returned to the genre in the works collected here. Like those earlier books, the frequently hilarious A Tramp Abroad (1880)-based on his family’s 16-month sojourn in Europe from April 1878 to August 1879-blends autobiography and fiction, facts and tall tales. Twain’s send-up of Old World customs as well as his cri… More >>
Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels
No Fixed Destination: Eleven Stories of Life, Love, Travel
September 20, 2011 by admin
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This collection of 11 personal essays, memoirs, and true stories from Townsend 11, a group of award-winning writers, takes readers on emotional journeys and adventures from California to Croatia to China and back, Ethiopia to Egypt, England to New England, and Hawaii to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Laugh out loud on a family camping trip with an irascible dad, travel down the Nile and through history, take a hilarious and poignant peek inside the airline industry, race a … More >>
