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In a Sunburned Country
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New York: Broadway Books, 2001. First Broadway Books Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. Travel. Despite the fact that Australia harbors more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else, including sharks, crocodiles, snakes, even riptides and deserts, Bill Bryson adores the place, and he takes his readers on a rollicking ride far beyond the beaten tourist path. . . A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 335 pp. more information
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Best of the Old West An Indispensable Guide to the Vanishing Legend of the American West
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Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Pr, 1983. First edition. Trade Paperback. Good. Travel Guide. Frontier Towns, Ghost Towns, Dude Ranches, Western Chic, Border Towns, Museums. Practical information for exploring The old west as it existed in 1981. A good clean copy. 229 pp. more information
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Maine Compass American Guides
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A: Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc., 1994. First edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Travel. Discover the captivating beauty and compelling history of Maine in this dramatically illustrated and evocatively written guide to the land Down East. A very good copy with no shelf wear. Tight and clean. 315 pp. more information
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Between the Woods and the Water On Foot to Constantinople from The Hook of Holland: The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates
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New York: Penguin Group USA, 1987. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Travel. In 1933, a young man of eighteen set out to walk across Europe living on a pound a week, staying in work-houses, monasteries and barns. A Time of Gifts described the first part of this fascinating voyage. Here, between the woods of Transylvania and the waters of the Danube, Patrick Leigh Fermor encounters the remote peoples and cultures of Rumania and Hungary and, unerringly and hauntingly, reconstructs a world of mountains and plains, of castles and their inhabitants, where ancient ways were still intact, though troubled by omens of the disasters that, a few years later, were to destroy them utterly. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 253 pp. more information
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Fireside Travels in North America The voice of the Globe
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St. Paul, MN: Brown & Bigelow, 1948. First edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. Travels. A look at how America was in the late 40's. Great Color & Black & White Photo's of that era. Embossed stamped lettering. Gilded edges. Bound in Handcrafted Mission Leather by Brown & bigelow, St. Paul. Pages are clean and tightly bound. 256 pp. more information
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River Horse The Logbook of a Boat Across America
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New York: Penguin Group USA, 2001. First Penguin Trade Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Travel. En route, the voyagers confront massive floods, dangerous weather, and their own doubts about whether they can complete the trip. But the hard days yield up incomparable pleasures: generous strangers, landscapes untouched since Sacagawea saw them, riverscapes flowing with a lively past, and the growing belief that efforts to protect our lands and waters are beginning to pay off. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 506 pp. more information
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Stepping Twice Into The River Following Dakota Waters
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Boulder, Colorado: Univ Pr of Colorado, 2005. First edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Travel. An able guide, King illuminates the ordinary from the perspectives of history, science, and literature. Blending travel narrative and poetic reflection, Stepping Twice Into the River takes the reader on a journey through time, revealing both stability and change and offering prairie wisdom. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. Signed by the author himself with an inscription to someone. 203 pp. more information
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The River at the Center of the World A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time
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New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. First Owl Book Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Travel. To follow Winchester on his adventures up the Yangtze is to experience the essence of China---to absorb its flavors as well as learn its history and politics, to feel its culture, geography, and climate, and, en route, to meet up with uncommon people in remote, almost inaccessible places. Endlessly curious, urbane, witty, and knowledgeable, Winchester introduces us to a world we might otherwise have missed. Pages are clean and tightly bound. 410 pp. more information
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