Whatever You Do, Don't Run is a hilarious collection of true tales from top -safari guide Peter Allison. In a place where the wrong behavior could get you eaten, Allison has survived face-to-face encounters with big cats, angry -...
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Author:Baxter, JohnSummary:Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years. In this enchanting memoir, acclaimed author and long-time Paris...
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Author:Collins, Lauren, Wilson, JasonSummary:"The Best American Travel Writing has been the gold standard for short-form travel writing from newspapers, magazines, and the Internet since its inception." -New York Times Book Review Everyone travels for different reasons, but...
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Author:Levinson, Adam ValenSummary:Armed only with college Arabic and restless curiosity, Adam Valen Levinson set out to "learn about the world 9/11 made us fear." From a base in globalized and sterilized Abu Dhabi, he sets out to lunch in Taliban territory in...
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Author:Hansen, EricSummary:Outfitted with a pair of ratty sand shoes and a knapsack full of trade goods, Eric Hansen set off to cross the rainforest of Borneo, one of the last places on earth largely untouched by Western civilization. For seven months Hansen...
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Author:Rawlings, IreneSummary:The Sisters on the Fly know they're having more fun than anyone! Now you're invited to join them on their cross-country road trips as author Irene Rawlings takes you inside the Sisters' decorated vintage trailers. Each...
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Author:Steele, RomneySummary:"A very special book about a very special place." –Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food "What a world Romney Steele has given us in My Nepenthe! This personal tale is as tender...
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Author:Malloy, Edward A.Summary:Anne Tyler wrote a novel called The Accidental Tourist about a man who is forced to travel but does not want to have any new experiences... My goal on my trips has been just the opposite: not to do anything too foolish, but to be open...
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Author:Podell, AlbertSummary:This is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible. First, he set a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world, during the course of which he...
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Author:Sides, HamptonSummary:For more than fifteen years, bestselling author and historian Hampton Sides has traveled widely across the continent exploring the America that lurks just behind the scrim of our mainstream culture. In these two dozen pieces, collected...
