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RICK STEVE'S FAVORITE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCES.
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"Stow away with America's favorite travel writer as he relives his favorite European experiences. These are stories only Rick Steves could tell. You'll be at Rick's side when he's swept away by a fado singer in Lisbon, learns the dangesr of falling in love with a gondolier in Venice, and savors a near-erotic cheese course in France. Thrill to runners outracing the breath of the bulls in Pamplona, dangle from a cliff in the Swiss Alps, and crowd-surf...
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MULTIGENERATIONAL MEMOIR THAT WEAVES TOGETHER HISTORY, LEGEND AND MEMORY OF THE AUTHOR'S FAMILY IN COLOMBIA.
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"For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in the Colombia of the 1980's and 1990's in a house where "what did you dream?" was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy and violence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move the clouds. As a young girl, Rojas Contreras eavesdropped...
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EXPLORING NORTH CAROLINA
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"Bland Simpson, the celebrated bard of North Carolina's sound country, has blended history, observation of nature, and personal narrative in many books to chronicle the people and places of eastern Carolina. Yet he has spent much of his life in the state's Piedmont, with regular travels into its western mountains. Here, for the first time, Simpson brings his distinctive voice and way of seeing to bear on the entirety of his home state, combining storytelling...
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LATIN AMERICA
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"Spanning four seasons, ten countries, three teaching jobs, and countless buses, Patagonian Road : A Year Alone Through Latin America chronicles Kate McCahill's solo journey from Guatemala to Argentina. In her struggles with language, romance, culture, service, and homesickness, she personifies a growing culture of women for whom travel is not a path to love but a route to meaningful work, rare inspiration, and profound self-discovery. Following the...
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2.4 stars
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SOUTHERN USA
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"An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South--and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America"--
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4.3 stars
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RETRACES GEORGE WASHINGTON'S TRAVELS THROUGH THE UNITED STATES COLONIES.
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"Does George Washington still matter? The ... author argues for his unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new President through the former colonies, now an unsure nation. A new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into one narrative. When George Washington became president in 1798, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative...
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BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LATE ANTHONY BOURDAIN.
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"A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain"--