Essays & Travelogues
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English Wine: From Still to Sparkling: The Newest New World Wine Country
$22.99 Read moreFully revised and updated by Oz, with new entries on key wineries, vineyards and producers from around the country.
‘It’s brilliant. Exactly what’s wanted. -‘ Hugh Johnson
One of the great pleasures
- Author: Clarke, Oz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 191168275X
- Language: English
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Out Here: Wisdom from the Wilderness
$20.00 Read moreCarolyn Highland’s outdoor writing will drive readers and outdoor enthusiasts to “get outside” and experience all that the natural world has to offer.
Out Here is a collection of essays that explores w
- Author: Highland, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1771604492
- Language: English
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Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman
$18.00 Add to cart“In many ways, I was an independent woman,” writes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alice Steinbach. “For years I’d made my own choices, paid my own bills, shoveled my own snow.” But somehow she had … [more below]
- Author: Steinbach, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 2002
- ISBN10: 0375758453
- Language: English
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Literary Places
$19.99 Read moreInspired Traveller’s Guides: Literary Places takes you on an enlightening journey through the key locations of literature’s best and brightest authors, movements and moments – brought to life through … [more below]
- Series: Inspired Traveller’s Guides #2
- Author: Baxter, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1781318107
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet a Moveable Feast
$14.99 Read moreLonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher*
Life-changing food adventures around the world.
From bat on the island of Fais to chicken on a Russian train to barbecue in the American heartl
- Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
- Author: Planet, Lonely
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1786572095
- Language: English
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Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages Through the Unknown City
$28.00 Read moreA San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller
From two bestselling, prizewinning, and critically acclaimed contemporary chroniclers of San Francisco comes a ri
A Beat Most Anticipated Graphic Novel of Fall 2020- Author: Kamiya, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1635575885
- Language: English
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Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago
$18.00 Read more“Chicago is a tale of two cities,” headlines declare. This narrative has been gaining steam alongside reports of growing economic divisions and diverging outlooks on the future of the city. Yet to kee… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Kotlowitz, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 16 2019
- ISBN10: 022661901X
- Language: English
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Global Nomad: My Travels Through Diving, Tragedy, and Rebirth
$22.95 Read moreAs a youngster growing up in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, suburb, Tom Haig ran wild with the neighborhood’s kids. By seventh grade, the thirst for adventure and fearlessness he learned from them led him to
- Author: Haig, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1638640033
- Language: English
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Sidewalks
$16.95 Read moreGrantland Book of the Year
Vol. 1 Brooklyn, A Year of Favorites, Jason Diamond
Book Riot, 2014’s Must-Read Books from Indie Presses“Valeria Luiselli is a writer of formidable talent, destined to be an
- Author: Luiselli, Valeria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 13 2014
- ISBN10: 1566893569
- Language: English
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La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, the World’s Most Enchanting Language
$18.00 Read moreA celebration of the language and culture of Italy, La Bella Lingua is the story of how a language shaped a nation, told against the backdrop of one woman’s personal quest to speak fluent Italian.
Fo- Author: Hales, Dianne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 20 2010
- ISBN10: 0767927702
- Language: English
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Whispers from the Valley of the Yak: A Memoir of Coming Full Circle
$17.95 Read moreJackie has known tumultuous times: she escaped war-torn China as a toddler with her medical missionary parents, grew up with emotional abuse, and came of age in the 1960s. But after returning to China… [more below]
- Author: Lenox Tuxill, Jacquelyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1647425492
- Language: English
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Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain
$18.00 Add to cartA funny, generous, wonderfully written account of a family making a life and home in remote but enchanting southern Spain–from the first drummer of the rock band Genesis.
No sooner had Chris Stewart- Series: Vintage Departures
- Author: Stewart, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 08 2001
- ISBN10: 0375709150
- Language: English
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Ultimate Journeys for Two: Extraordinary Destinations on Every Continent
$26.99 Read moreWritten by the founders of HoneyTrek.com, this inspiring book reveals hidden-gem destinations and insider tips for unforgettable couples travel.
In these informative pages, Mike and Anne Howard–offic- Author: Howard, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1426218397
- Language: English
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Seeking Sicily: A Cultural Journey Through Myth and Reality in the Heart of the Mediterranean
$35.00 Add to cart“Keahey’s exploration of this misunderstood island offers a much-needed look at a much-maligned land.”–Paul Paolicelli, author of Under the Southern Sun
Sicily is the Mediterranean’s largest and most- Author: Keahey, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0312597053
- Language: English
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Grand Tour of Europe
$96.00 Read more– Texts by major connoisseurs
– Selections of literary excerpts
– Full-page illustrations, some never before published
– Two kinds of paper: uncoated, rough-grained paper, and coated for illustrations
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- Author: Foulkes, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 29 2023
- ISBN10: 9791280294180
- Language: English
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The House at Capo d’Orso
$24.95 Read moreRocks, wind, sea, and sky frame a house on the Sardinian coast, and the house frames a family’s life and art, suspended in memory.
How does a house shape experience? How does architecture establish a- Author: Brandolini, Sebastiano
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0262544962
- Language: English
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The Nature Instinct: Learn to Find Direction, Sense Danger, and Even Guess Nature’s Next Move – Faster Than Thought
$18.95 Read morePublisher’s note: The Nature Instinct was published in the UK under the title Wild Signs and Star Paths.
Master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley was just about to make camp when he sensed danger–but couldn… [more below]
- Series: Natural Navigation
- Author: Gooley, Tristan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 20 2019
- ISBN10: 1615195912
- Language: English
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Around the World in Black and White: Traveling as a Biracial, Blended Family
$17.95 Read moreWhen Alana Best and her husband, Roland, decided to travel for a year with their kids, she imagined soaking in sunsets over foreign lands, marveling at monuments she had only read about in books, and … [more below]
- Author: Best, Alana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 164742531X
- Language: English
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Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan
$16.00 Read moreIt had never been done before. Not in 4000 years of Japanese recorded history had anyone followed the Cherry Blossom Front from one end of the country to the other. Nor had anyone hitchhiked the lengt
- Author: Ferguson, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 05 2003
- ISBN10: 1841952885
- Language: English
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Farewell Transmission: Notes from Hidden Spaces
$16.95 Read moreIn Farewell Transmission, Will McGrath guides us on a rambling quest into the enlightenment of other lives. Funny and heartbreaking, intimate and galvanizing, these essays venture from Yemen to Lesoth
- Author: McGrath, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 209
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1950539504
- Language: English
