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1	Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist From Scandinavia to Turkey, Bryson retraces his youthful, solo backpacking expedition that eventually landed him in England for 20 years. His experience lends wit to this slightly ethnocentric tour of greater Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Notes from a Small Island more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Before returning to the United States after 20 years in England, Bryson embarks on a farewell circuit of the country. He integrates history and reflections of his own debut tour of England in this valediction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's more books like this by Hunter S Thompson add to wishlist In this second volume of Thompson's Gonzo Papers, the legendary writer and raconteur unloads both barrels squarely between the eyes of the "me" generation of the 1980s, attacking stupidity and weakness in all their guises. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families more books like this by James Agee, Walker Evans (Photographer) add to wishlist This documentary work on the cotton sharecroppers of Alabama began as an article for Fortune magazine but was rejected because Agee refused to adopt the sterile, objective voice of conventional journalism. The resulting book, published in 1941 with photos by Walker Evans, ultimately reveals as much about Agee as it did about his subjects. It also ... see all copies from $3.92! new only from $5.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant more books like this by Graham Hancock add to wishlist Here is the first report of the most astonishing archaeological discovery since the opening of Tutankhamen's tomb: the exact location of the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. This is a story as thrilling as the exploits of Indiana Jones and as significant as the excavation of Troy. 16-page photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World more books like this by Rita Golden Gelman add to wishlist After a sudden divorce, Rita Gelman packed her bags and got on a plane. In the 15 years since, she has been circling the globe, reveling in and writing about her nomadic lifestyle; she has been everywhere from Borneo to Nicaragua to Israel. In retelling some of her adventures, Gelman enthuses about traveling and reminisces on how, with a lot of ... see all copies from $2.05! new only from $8.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road more books like this by Neil Peart add to wishlist This bold narrative written by the drummer and lyricist for the band Rush shows how Peart tried to stay alive by staying on the move after the loss of his 19-year-old daughter and his wife. The book will be sold as part of the band's official merchandise during its 47-city American tour. 20 photos. 15 maps. see all copies from $7.65! new only from $11.27! \| SVS
8	Last Chance to See more books like this by Douglas Adams add to wishlist In 1985 Douglas Adams was sent by a newspaper to Madagascar with Mark Carwardine to search for an almost extinct form of lemur called the aye-aye. Mark is an experienced zoologist and his role on the expedition was to be the one who knew what he was talking about. Douglas, on the other hand, was an extremely ignorant non-zoologist to whom ... see all copies from $2.51! new only from $8.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Roadshow: Landscape with Drums: A Concert Tour by Motorcycle more books like this by Neil Peart add to wishlist In the summer of 2004, with 20 gold albums to their credit, Rush embarked on a celebratory 30th Anniversary World Tour, which carried them to nine countries to perform 57 shows in front of more than half a million fans. Between shows, Peart travelled by motorcycle, riding 21,000 miles of back roads and highways in North America and Europe, to ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Roughing It more books like this by Mark Twain add to wishlist This comic narrative is based on Twain's six years of "variegated vagabonding" in the American West at the height of silver-mining fever. Twain's naive narrator, after immersion in the rough and practical American West, becomes educated in the ways of the world. Twain's perennial theme of the outsider trying to fit into a society that is alien to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Flight of Passage more books like this by Rinker Buck (Read by) add to wishlist The author, a journalist for "New York Magazine", recounts the 1966 journey he and his brother took from New Jersey to California and back aboard their reconditioned Piper Cub airplane. More than just an adventure story, this memoir tells of the coming of age of the brothers, who were 15 and 17 at the time of the flight. Illustrated with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12	The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2 more books like this by Peter Jenkins add to wishlist Beginning in New Orleans, Peter Jenkins continues his walk across America--with his bride Barbara. Lavishly illustrated with 48 pages of full-color and black-and-white photos, here is the story of the journey that captured a nation's heart, now available for the first time in trade paperback. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.27! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit more books like this by Shirley MacLaine (Read by) add to wishlist The famous actress and best-selling writer takes a 500-mile spiritual journey in Spain during which she learns of past lives (and loves) and of the ancient civilizations of Atlantis and Lemuria. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Bryson contemplates the state of the United States as he travels across the country in a visitation of family holidays and a quest for the apex of small-town America. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam more books like this by Andrew X Pham add to wishlist When he was ten, the author of this memoir fled with his family from Vietnam to California, where he led a mostly assimilated life. After finding the professional world of engineering disappointing, however, he began bicycling all over the world, finally going to his homeland, where he spent five months on his bike researching his family's past ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Gipsy Moth Circles the World more books like this by Sir Francis Chichester add to wishlist 'Sir Francis Chichester has become a genuine hero - perhaps the greatest of the adventurers of his time' - "Time". From time immemorial, few narrative genres have had the power to so stir the emotions or captivate the imagination as the true account of a lone adventurer's triumph over the titanic forces of nature. Among the handful of such tales ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Reluctant Bridegroom more books like this by Gilbert Morris add to wishlist The Reluctant Bridegroom begins with Sky Winslow, the son of Chris and Dove Winslow, agreeing to return East and bring a wagon train of brides to the men of Oregon City. As experienced as he is on the trail, the past hurts of an unfaithful wife and the care for a twelve-year-old son who truly needs a mother's love make Sky an unlikely candidate ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
18 view cover	A Walk in the Woods more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist From the author of "Notes from a Small Island" and "The Lost Continent" comes this humorous report on his walk along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail covers 14 states and over 2000 miles, and stretches along the east coast of America from Maine in the north to Georgia in the south. It is famous for being the longest continuous footpath in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.23! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Green Hills of Africa more books like this by Ernest Hemingway add to wishlist Hemingway's memoir about hunting big game in Africa is also about the appeal of the "primitive" and the author's dissatisfactions with his own society. Based on his safari journal, this is a vibrant portrait of the African landscape. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Josefina Story Quilt more books like this by Eleanor Coerr add to wishlist Faith and her pet chicken, Josefina, travel by wagon train through the American West. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home more books like this by Erma Bombeck add to wishlist Erma Bombeck takes her show on the road in this book about family travel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings more books like this by Jonathan Raban add to wishlist In this vivid tour of Alaska's Inside Passage, a Seattle-based British writer describes the natural and cultural history of the area, his personal relationship to the sea, and the colorful acquaintances he met along his solo exploration by sailboat of the region. A New York Times Notable Book for 1999. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Log from the 'Sea of Cortez' more books like this by John Steinbeck add to wishlist In 1940, Steinbeck and his friend, biologist Ed Ricketts, ventured into the Gulf of California to search for marine invertebrates along the beaches. This exciting, day-by-day account of their trip, drawn from the longer work, Sea of Cortez, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-speed adventure that provides a fascinating ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.94! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Every Fixed Star more books like this by Jane Kirkpatrick add to wishlist Continuing the Tender Ties Historical Series, "Every Fixed Star" brings readers more of the dramatic, fictionalized account of Marie Dorion, the first mother to cross the Rocky Mountains and remain in the Northwest. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia more books like this by Tony Horwitz add to wishlist Journalist Tony Horowitz went to Arabia without a job, and spent two years visiting 13 Muslim countries and Israel, writing copy for whoever could be persuaded to take it. Not long after he arrived in Yemen he was advised never to drink the water, eat the food or chew the hallucinatory leaf Qat. Unfortunately Tony had to confess he had already ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| first editions \| SVS

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