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In the summer of 1816 paparazzi trained their telescopes on the goings on of poets Byron and Shelley - and their womenfo......more
Lonely Planet: The world s leading travel guide publisher You Only Live Once: A Lifetime of Experiences for the Explorer......more
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Based on the author s popular seminars and walking tours of Venice, this entertaining and comprehensive guide for liter......more
The Beat Generation is one of the great homegrown countercultures of the United States, but in fact its writers traveled......more
A stunning visual and literary guide to Dylan Thomas worlds, for both armchair dreamers and on-the-ground visitors, fea......more
This bookish history of Seattle includes essays, history and personal stories from such literary luminaries as Frances M......more
A life-affirming exploration of how to live well in the face of mortality....more
This is a book of journeys, but it is not a guidebook. Cannot Stay doesn t merely describe traveling to Indonesia, South......more
The Lore of the Camino de Santiago: A Literary Pilgrimage offers a different view of the ancient pilgrimage route from F......more
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For London lovers of all stripes, National Geographic London Book of Lists chronicles this ever-changing city from its a......more
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"Immensely illuminating and enjoyable account of a road trip along Highway 83 ... Books like [Reynold’s] prove that good......more
John Muir agreed in 1881 to sail aboard the Corwin, whose fruitless mission it was to search for the missing scientific ......more
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The beauty of long-distance ocean travel is that you climb on board, unpack your things and stay in one place while the ......more
Posthumously published in 1864 The Maine Woods, depicts Henry David Thoreau’s experiences in the forests of Maine, and e......more
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Succinct text from photographer Barbara McKenzie and a foreword by Robert Coles provide context for this moving collecti......more
Emphasizing the role of travel and migration in the performance and transformation of identity, this volume addresses re......more
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The Strangest of Theatres explores how poets who are willing to venture beyond our borders can serve as envoys to the wi......more
Profiling individual, legendary authors, best-selling author Jerry Hopkins combines his research and his own experiences......more
Every great city is a restless work in progress, but nowhere is the urban impulse more in flux than in Berlin, that spra......more
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The majestic landscapes and rich culture of Tuscany have fostered the inspiration and settings for literature since the ......more
Experience the magic of Leacock’s Mariposa via a walking tour of Orillia. In 1912 Stephen Leacock began the serialized p......more
Marking the 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens s death, Dickens s London leads us in the footsteps of the author throu......more
Part travelogue, part literary study, Varieties of Darkness is Don Meredith’s account of his exploration of Michael Onda......more
Part travelogue, part literary study, Varieties of Darkness is Don Meredith’s account of his exploration of Michael Onda......more
More than eight decades after his death, the works of Franz Kafka continue to intrigue and haunt us. Even for those with......more
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Two men. Two trucks. Two Americas. Follow journalist John Olson in fall 2009 as he recreated John Steinbeck s iconic 196......more
A celebration of Scottish life and spirited endorsement of the unexpected discoveries to be made through good travel and......more
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Over forty years ago, Joan Bodger, her husband, and two children went to Britain on a very special family quest. They we......more