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First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and A Third World Adventure Changed My Life [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Eve Brown-Waite
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In this laugh-out-loud funny memoir, a pampered city girl falls head over little-black-heels in love with a Peace Corps poster boy and follows him--literally--to the ends of the earth. Eve Brown always thought she would join the Peace Corps someday, although she secretly worried about life without sushi, frothy coffee drinks, and air conditioning. But with college diploma in hand, it was time to put up or shut up. So with some ambivalence she arrives at the Peace Corps office--sporting her best ... more info>>
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Fodor's eBook Paris [Secure eReader]
by Fodor's Travel Publications
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Fodor's eBook Paris brings the best travel information to you in a whole new way. The coverage is selective and includes choices for all budgets--the best things to see and do, and the top places to stay and eat. The advice is priceless--from expert sources who call Paris home. And the format is ideal for when you're on the go--easy-to-read, interactive, and available right on your laptop or PDA, making planning a snap wherever you are. Inside, you'll find: Full-color photos introduce each chapt... more info>>
Words: 150000 - Reading Time: 428-600 min.
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Into the Wild [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Jon Krakauer
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THE ALASKA INTERIOR April 27th, 1992 Greetings from Fairbanks! This is the last you shall hear from me, Wayne. Arrived here 2 days ago. It was very difficult to catch rides in the Yukon Territory. But I finally got here. Please return all mail I receive to the sender. It might be a very long time before I return South. If this adventure proves fatal and you don't ever hear from me again I want you to know you're a great man. I now walk into the wild.--Alex. (Postcard received by Wayne Westerberg... more info>>
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Quiet Places Of Massacusetts: Country Rambles, Secuded Beaches, Backroad Excursions, Romantic Retreats [MultiFormat]
by Michael J. Tougias
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The author takes you through old-growth forests, across bubbling brooks, into dark, narrow chasms, and in search of the best village greens. Focusing on unspoiled places, he covers the state from the northern Berkshires and towns along the Housatonic River to the trails near spectacular Quabbin Reservoir and the rocky cost of Cape Ann. Each of the 16 trips details what you will see along the way, fascinating details of local history and where to find the cosiest B&Bs. (Published: 2003)
Words: 34887 - Reading Time: 99-139 min.
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239 Great Places to Escape to Nature Without Roughing It [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Fodor's Travel Publications
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Fill your lungs with country air, ride horsebak through a lush valley, spy on starfish, or hike into the desert--and still return to a good meal, fresh sheets, and a hot shower. Our accommodations are handpicked according to four criteria--wilderness setting, serenity, seclusion, and environmental awareness--then divided into categories that describe the experience.
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50 Best Girlfriends Getaways in North America, 2nd Edition [Secure eReader]
by Marybeth Bond
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Ten information-packed chapters make up this engaging guide to women's travel for the growing number of women--young, old, single, married, divorced, and widowed--who are hitting the road. The guide covers everything from fabulous birthday getaways to the best places to heal, shop, and bond with friends and family. The trip choices range widely and and entice--and suit every occasion, mood, and pocketbook. From fun-filled weekends in New York, Quebec, and San Francisco to festive forays to Las V... more info>>
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A Baby in a Backpack to Bhutan: An Australian Family in the Land of the Thunder Dragon [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Bunty Avieson
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When novelist and former editor Bunty Avieson's husband found his work led him to India and the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, Bunty decided to take her young baby and travel with him. This resulting travel narrative outlines the joys and horrors of travelling in the developing world with a small child.
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A Basketful of Snowflakes: One Mallorcan Spring [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Peter Kerr
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It's the peak of orange harvesting season at the Kerrs' little farm in the entrancing Tramuntana Mountains of Mallorca, and the family are trying to relax into their new life on the sunny Spanish island. But it's also crunch time and, after an eventful first year, hard facts have to be faced. Will all the work they've invested in restoring their finca provide them with a decent living, or will their dream turn into a nightmare? Will Peter's new-found aptitude for manananess delay their home impr... more info>>
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A Goodfella's Guide to New York: Your Personal Tour Through the Mob's Notorious Haunts, Hair-Raising Crime Scenes , and Infamous Hot Spots [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Henry Hill
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Offers a guide to New York's infamous mob landmarks, including ganster trivia and tips on where to find the best calzone in the city.
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A New World Order [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Caryl Phillips
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The Africa of his ancestry, the Caribbean of his birth, the Britain of his upbringing, and the United States where he now lives are the focal points of award-winning writer Caryl Phillips? profound inquiry into evolving notions of home, identity, and belonging in an increasingly international society.At once deeply reflective and coolly prescient, A New World Order charts the psychological frontiers of our ever-changing world. Through personal and literary encounters, Phillips probes the meaning... more info>>
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A Sarong in My Backpack [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Ayun Halliday
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In A Sarong in my Backpack, Ayun Halliday explores the high-octane underbelly of the low-budget backpacker lifestyle. From drug-induced Apocalypse Now reenactments in Vietnam and trouble in the red light district in Amsterdam to an unexpected encounter on a camel in Pushkar, Ayun offers an armchair portal on the experiences of the shoestring traveller. With a knack for inserting herself in bizarre situations around the globe, Ayun shares the travel stories most are too selfconscious to reveal. (Published: 2005)
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A Town Like Paris [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Bryce Corbett
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At the age of twenty-eight, stuck in a dead-end job in London, and on the run from a broken heart, Bryce Corbett takes a job in Paris, home of l'amour and la vie boheme; he is determined to make the city his own--no matter how many bottles of Bordeaux it takes. He rents an apartment in Le Marais, the heart of the city's gay district, hardly the ideal place for a guy hoping to woo French women. He quickly settles into the French work/life balance with its mandatory lunch hour and six weeks of pai... more info>>
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A Traveler's Greece: Exploring the History and Culture of Mainland Greece [MultiFormat]
by William J. Bonville
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This is not just another travel book. Nor is it your standard history book. It is a literary adventure that takes you exploring the history and culture that made Greece what it was and is. Call it history on the hoof, your personal discovery of a whole new kind of travel experience. Sit with Agamemnon in the palace chamber where he gathered his chiefs to plan the expedition against Troy. Stand on the knoll at Thermopylae where remnants of the Spartan three hundred were cut down by a storm of Per... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 107168 - Reading Time: 306-428 min.
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A Traveler's Highway to Heaven: Exploring the History and Culture of Northern Spain on El Camino de Santiago [MultiFormat]
by William J. Bonville
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This book is for travelers with a taste for history and an interest in how things they see got to be the way they are. What it is about is an exploration of what long tradition calls the Highway to Heaven, El Camino de Santiago--a motor-walking junket guided by that highway across Northern Spain. The history in this book focuses on the famed pilgrimage road, El Camino de Santiago, the Way of St. James. It is an ancient route that courses through rugged mountains and across often-desolate plains ... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 126112 - Reading Time: 360-504 min.
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A Tuscan Childhood [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Kinta Beevor
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"Wonderful...I fell immediately into her world, and was sorry when I reached the end."--Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan SunThe sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between the wars.When Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village of Aulla. There her parents were part of a vibrant artistic community that included Aldous Huxley, Bernard Berenson, a... more info>>
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A Year in Provence [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Peter Mayle
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In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine. A Year in Provence transports us into all the earthy pleasures of Provençal ... more info>>
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A Year in the World [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Frances Mayes
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The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons to immerse herself--and her readers--in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places. A Year in the World is vintage Frances Mayes--a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely locales, of memory woven into the present, and of a joyous sense of quest. An ideal travel companion, Frances Mayes brings to th... more info>>
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Adirondacks & Catskills Adventure Guide [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by W. H. Morrison
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This signature Hunter series targets travelers eager to really explore the destination, not just visit it. Extensively researched and offering the very latest information, Adventure Guides are written by knowledgeable, experienced authors. The focus is on outdoor activities--hiking, biking, rock climbing, horseback riding, downhill skiing, parasailing, backpacking, waterskiing, scuba diving--and these user-friendly books provide all the details you need, including prices. The best local outfitte... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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Adrift In China [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Simon Myers
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This is not an objective account. How could it be, having consumed such a slice of my life? China is the third largest country in the world, holds nearly a quarter of the earth's population and claims a recorded history going back more than 3,000 years. Foreigners' reactions to China and its people veer from one extreme to the other, as if the gargantuan size of the place demands a sweeping response. This is understandable. Time is needed for such a big and complex country, and time is something... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Herione [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Holly Morris
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Holly Morris is the founder of Adventure Divas, Inc., a multimedia production company, and is executive producer and writer/director of the award-winning prime-time PBS documentary series Adventure Divas. She is the former editorial director of Seal Press and the editor of two fishing anthologies, A Different Angle and Uncommon Waters. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Ms., Outside, and numerous anthologies and on abcnews.com. When she's not writing or producing televis... more info>>
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Alaska Highway Adventure Guide [Portable Document Format (PDF)]
by Lynn Readicker-Henderson
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The most comprehensive and enjoyable guide to traveling the highway, from British Columbia up to Prudhoe Bay. Covers Fairbanks, Anchorage, Denali National Park, Valdez and much more. Filled with inside tips on where to see wildlife, the sites you shouldn't miss, the best places to camp. You'll also find information on sidetrips along alternate highways: the Top-of-the-World, the Haines, the Stewart-Cassiar, the South Klondike, the Richardson and the Glen. A one-stop resource for Alaska-bound tra... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Alaska Highway Adventure Guide 4th edition [MultiFormat]
by Ed Readicker-Henderson
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The far north was once a land feared by many, traveled by few. Now it's the kind of place people travel hundreds of miles to visit. This quiet sanctuary of quiet rivers and lakes that come in all shades of blue and green, is also home to some of the most unusual wildlife in the Americas--caribou, bison, whales, musk oxen. This is the most detailed guide to traveling the Alaska Highway, a road that is a feat of engineering in itself. The authors detail all the major towns along the way from Briti... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 203549 - Reading Time: 581-814 min.
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Algarve DIRECTIONS [Secure eReader]
by Rough Guides
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With some of Europe’s best sandy beaches, idyllic rocky coves, fresh seafood and picturesque fishing villages, the Algarve is justifiably the most popular region in Portugal. It’s a year--round destination, with bright, mild winters, and long balmy summers. And at just 240km from east to west and about 40km from north to south, it’s easy to get round the Algarve in a short time. Algarve DIRECTIONS has all you need to get the most out of your stay, including the best--value hote... more info>>
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Alive and Well in Pakistan: A Human Journey in a Dangerous Time [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Ethan Casey
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How wide is the gulf in understanding between the West and the Muslim world? How real is the risk of nuclear war on the subcontinent? What will be the long term effects of the Afghan Wars? How widespread--and how justified--is resentment towards the US and the West? Ethan Casey examines these compelling questions while living, working and teaching in Lahore, Pakistan--a Muslim country on the frontline of the US-declared 'war on terror'.
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All Elevations Unknown [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Sam Lightner, Jr.
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"In 1999, when mankind had successfully mapped the surface of the Moon, Venus, and Mars, there were still sections of Borneo that man had nothing to say about other than 'all elevations unknown.'" In the spring of 1999, armed with little more than a description from a book and a map labeled "all elevations unknown," Sam Lightner and his German rock-climbing buddy, Volker, found themselves deep in the jungles of Borneo on a mission to climb a mountain that was only rumored to exist. They had only... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 100000 - Reading Time: 285-400 min.
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