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1. Deep South: four seasons on back roads

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Author:
Theroux, Paul
Average Rating:
3.6 stars
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"One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked. Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth travel book, Theroux explores a piece of America--the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical place, full of incomparable music, unparalleled cuisine, and...

2. Driving Miss Norma: one family's journey saying "yes" to living

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Author:
Bauerschmidt, Tim
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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"When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she was advised to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Norma--newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage--rose to her full height of five feet and told her doctor, 'I'm ninety years old. I'm hitting the road.' Packing what she needed, Norma took off on an unforgettable cross-country journey with...

3. Eat, pray, love: one woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia

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Author:
Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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Traces the author's decision to quit her job and travel the world for a year after suffering a midlife crisis and divorce, a journey that took her to three places in her quest to explore her own nature and learn the art of spiritual balance.

4. In a rocket made of ice: among the children of Wat Opot

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Author:
Gutradt, Gail
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4 stars
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"A beautifully told, inspiring true story of one woman's volunteer experiences at an orphanage in rural Cambodia - a book that embodies the belief that love, compassion, and generosity of spirit can overcome even the most fearsome of obstacles. Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in her life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children's Community. Begun with just $50 in the pocket of Wayne Matthysse, a former Marine Corps medic in Vietnam, Wat Opot, a...

5. The monk of Mokha

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Author:
Eggers, Dave
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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6. River of the gods: genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile

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Author:
Millard, Candice
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4 stars
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"For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th century, ... European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe-- and extend their colonial empires. Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton spoke twenty-nine languages, and was a decorated soldier ... Speke was a young aristocrat...

7. The road to Little Dribbling: adventures of an American in Britain

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Author:
Bryson, Bill
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3.9 stars
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A loving and hilarious—if occasionally spiky—valentine to Bill Bryson’s adopted country, Great Britain. Prepare for total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter.
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled...

8. Travel light, move fast

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Author:
Fuller, Alexandra, 1969-
Average Rating:
4 stars
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"From bestselling author Alexandra Fuller, the utterly original story of her father, Tim Fuller, and a deeply felt tribute to a life well lived"--

9. Travels with George: in search of Washington and his legacy

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Author:
Philbrick, Nathaniel
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4.3 stars
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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...

10. The vagabonds: the story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's ten-year road trip

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Author:
Guinn, Jeff
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4 stars
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"A brilliant portrait of two American giants, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and America entering the automobile age, told through the fascinating but little-known narrative of the summer road trips taken by Edison and Ford"--

11. The Wager: a tale of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder

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Author:
Grann, David
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4.2 stars
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's...

12. Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail

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Author:
Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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The story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe-- and built her back up again. A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.