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101	Merde Happens more books like this by Stephen Clarke add to wishlist In this entertaining third installment to his Paul West series, British journalist Clarke sets his acerbic sights on America. What makes the transcontinental romp so much fun is Clarke's sarcastic send-up of each city.--"Publishers Weekly." see all copies from $2.50! new only from $9.12! \| first editions \| SVS
102	Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica more books like this by Zora Neale Hurston add to wishlist Published in 1938, Hurston's second book about black folklore chronicles her own experiences with voodoo in Haiti and Jamaica. She also writes about the politics of the islands. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $4.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
103	Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan more books like this by Jamie Zeppa add to wishlist Jamie Zeppa made a life-altering decision at the age of 24 when she left an academic career to join a two-year teaching programme for young Canadians in Bhutan. Bhutan is a notoriously difficult country to visit as a tourist, and the opportunity to live there was one Jamie could not ignore - despite apprehension about leaving her boyfriend and ... see all copies from $3.15! new only from $7.92! \| first editions \| SVS
104	An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude more books like this by Ann Vanderhoof add to wishlist Describes how the author and her husband, two fortysomething professionals, quit their stressful careers, rented out their house, and embarked on a two-year voyage around the Caribbean aboard a forty-two-foot sailboat. see all copies from $2.12! new only from $8.11! \| first editions \| SVS
105	Tramp Abroad more books like this by Mark Twain add to wishlist Twain's account of travelling in Europe, "A Tramp Abroad" (1880), sparkles with the author's shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture, and showcases his unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistently entertaining narrative. Cast in the form ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
106	Across China more books like this by Peter Jenkins add to wishlist Here is Peter Jenkins' vivid account of his adventures in Tibet, up Mount Everest and across China--from the windswept plains of Mongolia to a forbidden fishing village south of Shanghai. And here are the incredible characters he encountered. It became a journey as much into himself as it was across a country. By the author of A Walk Across ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
107	The Milepost: Alaska Travel Planner more books like this by Kris Valencia (Editor) add to wishlist This annually updated travel guide to Alaska and Northwest Canada is a must-have resource for travelers to these areas. "The Milepost" provides maps, diagrams, photographs, and an almost mile-by-mile travelogue of what to expect along the main roads.S.) see all copies from $17.97! new only from $22.65! \| SVS
108	The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons more books like this by John W Powell add to wishlist Undaunted Courage: Like Lewis and Clark, John Wesley Powell was entering unknown territory when he undertook an expedition to explore the Colorado territories--the last unmapped portion of the United States--in 1869. What started as a scientific expedition through uncharted territory turned out to be a harrowing adventure for John Wesley Powell ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
109	Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy more books like this by Michael Tucker, Kristine Walsh (Photographer) add to wishlist The actor Michael Tucker and his wife, the actress Jill Eikenberry, having sent their last child off to college, were vacationing in Italy when they happened upon a small cottage nestled in the Umbrian countryside. The three-hundred-and-fifty-year-old Rustico sat perched on a hill in the verdant Spoleto valley amid an olive grove and fruit trees ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.03! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
110	Greeks more books like this by Humphrey D Kitto add to wishlist Most ancient cultures disappeared with scarcely a trace, their effect upon our modern way of life of little consequence. The Greeks, however, continue to influence contemporary man through their drama, philosophy and art, their political cognizance and knowledge of science. There are many books introducing the Greek world to the modern reader, but ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
111 view cover	Christ stopped at Eboli more books like this by Carlo Levi add to wishlist 'We're not Christians, Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli.' Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort or solace, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the ... see all copies from $2.01! new only from $6.99! \| first editions
112 view cover	Arabian Sands more books like this by Wilfred Thesiger add to wishlist Wilfred Thesiger charts the time he spent living with the Bedu, including his legendary traverses of the Empty Quarter. Wilfred Thesiger is the last of the great British eccentric explorers, a legendary figure renowned for his travels though some of the most inaccessible places on earth. Arabian Sands was his widely acclaimed first book and is ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $8.86! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
113 view cover	Too Much Tuscan Sun: Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide more books like this by Dario Castagno, Robert Rodi add to wishlist Over the past several years, "the American in Tuscany," has become a literary sub genre. Launched by the phenomenal success of Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun, bookstores now burgeon with nimble, witty accounts of this clash in cultures - Americans trying to do American things in Italy and bumping against a brick wall of tradition. Before ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
114 view cover	Black lamb and grey falcon; a journey through Yugoslavia more books like this by Rebecca West, Dame add to wishlist First appearing in two volumes in 1942, this book was written as a result of the author's three journeys to Yugoslavia: one in 1936, another in 1937 and finally, in the summer of 1938. At first, she thought it was folly to consider a book on such a subject and it seems that her publishers thought so too. But the book became a historical, ... see all copies from $3.80! new only from $11.50! \| first editions \| SVS
115 view cover	Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month is Enchanted more books like this by Annie Hawes add to wishlist A sister travelogue to IN PROVENCE and UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN, this book talks about the Italian Riviera, its landscape, cuisine, and local color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.67! \| first editions \| SVS
116 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 $12.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
117 view cover	Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff more books like this by Rosemary Mahoney, M.A. add to wishlist When Rosemary Mahoney, in 1998, took a solo trip down the Nile in a seven-foot rowboat, she discovered modern Egypt for herself. As a rower, she faced crocodiles and testy river currents; as a female, she confronted deeply-held beliefs about foreign women while cautiously remaining open to genuine friendship; and, as a traveller, she experienced ... see all copies from $2.85! new only from $5.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
118 view cover	Rick Steves' Travel as a Political Act more books like this by Rick Steves add to wishlist America's favourite travel writer shows how international travel can foster cultural understanding, and help us tackle our own insecurities and fears. Travel can be many things. Some choose a sunny break on the beach for a change in weather without leaving their cultural comfort zone. Others choose a life-changing adventure that makes them a ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $9.50! \| SVS
119 view cover	Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees more books like this by Roger Deakin add to wishlist In the late British nature writer's glorious meditation on what he has called the fifth element, or wood--as it exists in nature, in the soul, in culture, and in life--the reader is swept along on a quest through the woods in search of what lies behind humankind's profound and enduring connection with trees. see all copies from $5.86! new only from $5.86! \| first editions \| SVS
120 view cover	Ten Degrees of Reckoning: The True Story of a Family's Love and the Will to Survive more books like this by Hester Rumberg add to wishlist In 1993, Judith and Michael Sleavin and their two children set out to sail around the world. But one night, a freighter off the coast of New Zealand altered its course and changed everything. This is the unbelievable yet true story of one family's love, loss, and a remarkable woman who decided to live against all odds. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
121 view cover	The Best American Travel Writing more books like this by Susan Orlean (Editor) add to wishlist Bestselling author and "New Yorker" staff writer Susan Orlean edits this years volume of the finest travel writing from the past year. Contributors include Ian Frazier, Ann Patchett, David Halberstam, Peter Hessler, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
122 view cover	The royal road to romance more books like this by Richard Halliburton add to wishlist "The Royal Road to Romance" chronicles the author's choice of adventure over career after graduating from college in the early 1900s, and includes his recollections of a breakthrough ascent of the Matterhorn to being jailed on Gibraltar for taking forbidden photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
123 view cover	A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean more books like this by Melinda Blanchard, Robert Blanchard add to wishlist In this memoir, a married couple relates their experience of leaving their food company in Vermont to open a restaurant on Anguilla, an island of the British West Indies. Their story reveals the obstacles they faced, such as locating popular American ingredients and dealing with a large population of goats that crowded the streets. At times they ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
124 view cover	The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger more books like this by Heinrich Harrer, Hugh Merrick (Translator) add to wishlist This "prequel" to the bestselling "Seven Years in Tibet" covers the years immediately leading up to Harrer's Tibetan adventure, recounting the young climber's legendary ascent of the North Face of the Swiss Eiger. see all copies from $2.31! new only from $8.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
125 view cover	Snow Walker more books like this by Farley Mowat add to wishlist In these extraordinary stories of survival in a stark and savage land, Mowat writes passionately of the bonds between the aboriginal peoples of the far north and their harsh arctic environment. One of the most beloved storytellers of our time, he captures the courage and wisdom of the arctic people in this bestselling collection. Above all, The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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