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Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
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Neil Peart
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.
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The Oregon trail
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Francis Parkman
'It was his own fortitude and perseverance - perseverance under the most grievous physical afflictions - that made it possible for Parkman to see as much of the West as he did, to experience at first hand the life of the explorer and the trapper and hunter, and even of the Indian. And it was his arduous preparation, his intellectual curiosity, his ...
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Where to Go When
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Joseph Rosendo (Editor)
Written by expert authors with inside knowledge of each country, this DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is arranged month by month so destinations can be easily searched by time of year. Search for any vacation, whether luxurious, romantic, or an affordable family getaway.
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Looking for Alaska
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Peter Jenkins
For 18 months, Jenkins toured the countryside of Alaska from a home base in Seward and, with rapt attention, sought out the state's unique spirit. This book is a diary of his discoveries, encounters, and adventures.
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My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
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Isabel Allende, Blair Brown (Read by)
Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country, a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and indomitable spirit, and the politics, religion, myth, and magic of her homeland that she carries with her even today.
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The 100 Best Vacations to Enrich Your Life
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Pam Grout
This timely book showcases a broad range of some of the most life-enriching getaways in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with something for every taste and interest from arts-and-crafts holidays to kayaking lessons to helping rebuild devastated communities of the Gulf Coast.
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The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake 1577-1580
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Samuel Bawlf
Drawing on newly uncovered evidence, geographer and maritime historian Bawlf masterfully reconstructs Francis Drake's historic round-the-world expedition, exploring the drama surrounding the voyage and offering intriguing insights into life at sea in the sixteenth century.
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Travels of William Bartram
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Mark Van Doren (Editor), William Bartram
The travels of botanist William Bartram from 1773 to 1777 through the largely unexplored American South, featuring Indian villages, orange groves, swamps, savannahs, and much more. Bartram's fresh and vivid descriptions make this a classic of travel writing.
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The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Cyclone Covey (Translator)
Of the 300 Spanish explorers who set out to discover North America, only four returned. Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1528-1536 expedition crackles with excitement, relating the survivors' journey across treacherous territory, rhapsodizing over the beauty of the American wilderness, and offering information on American Indian life before ...
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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
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Paul Theroux
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux takes readers on a train journey from New England to Patagonia in southernmost Argentina.
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My Life on the Plains
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George A Custer
The personal narrative of the most famous cavalry leader America ever produced, this book, representing the major part of Custer's life, was first published some two years before the General's death. It is a vivid picture of the American West, the rigors of life for the settlers, and the horrors of Indian warfare. Custer, in this intensely ...
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The Unofficial Guide to California with Kids
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Colleen Dunn Bates, Susan La Tempa
The Unofficial Guides? are the Consumer Reports of travel guides, offering candid evaluations of their destinations' attractions, hotels, restaurants, shopping, nightlife, sports, and more, all rated and ranked by a team of unbiased inspectors so even the most compulsive planners can be sure they're spending their time and money wisely. Each guide ...
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Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
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Scott Weidensaul
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the publication of "Wild America," naturalist Scott Weidensaul retraces Roger Tory Peterson's and James Fisher's steps to tell the story of wild America today.
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Crossing Open Ground
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Barry Holstun Lopez
Barry Lopez, winner of the 1986 American Book Award for 'Arctic Dreams, ' weaves the same invigorating spell in 'Crossing Open Ground.' Through his crystalline vision, Lopez urges us toward a new attitude, a re-enchantment with the world that is vital to our sense of place, our well-being...our very survival.
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Soul of Nowhere
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Craig Childs
Childs answers the call of fierce places; the more desolate the landscape, the more passionately he is drawn to it. For Childs, these are the types of terrain that sharpen the senses, and demand a physicality the modern civilized world no longer requires. Includes black-and-white photos and pen-and-ink drawings by the author.
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Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things: An Impossible Journey from Kabul to Chiapas
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Gary Geddes
Geddes fascination with 5th-century Buddhist monk Huishen, culminated in a modern retracing of his epic journey. In a rich and thought-provoking account, readers encounter Afghan refugees, Pakistani dissidents, Tibetan monks, Buddhist scholars, mysterious cairns in Haida Gwaii, and ghostly remains in Mexico. As the Silk Road morphs into ...
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Rediscovery of North America
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Barry Holstun Lopez
Five hundred years after Columbus' landing in America, the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams and Crossing Open Ground delivers a devastating assessment of the explorer's legacy and takes the first step toward its redemption.
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area
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Robert Beymer
One of two part set. Each of our popular canoe guides to this inland water paradise comes with its own separate map.
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A Viking Voyage: In Which an Unlikely Crew of Adventurers Attempts an Epic Journey to the New World
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W Hodding Carter
An outdoors journalist recounts his three-year effort to recreate Leif Erikson's voyage from Greenland to North America. Carter builds his own boat and sets off with a small crew on a journey of adventure and discovery.
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Hidden Southwest: Including Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Utah, and Southwest Colorado
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Richard K Harris
Including Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Utah and Southwest Colorado; Let LasVegas transform its bit of desert into billion-dollar resorts-they aren't covered in this book. This guide is happy to focus on the natural attractions, authentic historical sites and outdoor activities spread all across the arid Southwest. The guide leads travellers on a ...
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Parkman: The Oregon Trail and the Conspiracy of Pontiac
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Francis Parkman, William R Taylor (Editor)
The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to ...
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The White House: An Historic Guide
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National Geographic Society
An account of the mansion's history, its architectural significance, and its contents.
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Window Seat: Reading the Landscape from the Air
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Gregory Dicum
Window Seat goes where no book has gone before - from a lofty perch of 35,000 feet it decodes the sights you see as you fly across North America. There's nothing else like it Flying doesn't have to be a boring, uncomfortable affair. When you know how to "read" the landscape from above, a whole world of geography and history unfolds at your feet. ...
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Lewis & Clark Among Indians, 2nd Ed
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James P Ronda (Introduction by)
James P. Ronda holds the H. G. Barnard Chair in Western History at the University of Tulsa. He is also the author of Finding the West: Explorations with Lewis and Clark and Astoria and Empire, available in a Bison Books edition..
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The Old World and the New: 1492-1650
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John Huxtable Elliott
The impact of Europe on a newly-discovered world of America has long been a subject of historical fascination. Yet the impact of that discovery and conquest for the European conquering powers has traditionally received less attention. In this pioneering book J. H. Elliott set out to show how traditional European assumptions about geography, ...
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