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• Mother of God

  An Extraordinary Journey Into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon

  Rosolie, Paul,

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  An explorer and conservationist relives his amazing odyssey exploring the heart of the most biodiversity-rich place on the planet, the Madre de Dios (Mother of God) region of Peru.

• Emperor Far Away

  Travels at the Edge of China

  Eimer, David,

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  A Beijing correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph describes his trip to the remotest parts of the country far away from the capital, including the Islamic area of Xinjiang province, the forbidden zone of Tibet and Route 219, which borders India.

• Travels With Casey

  Denizet-Lewis, Benoit

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  Over four months, 32 states, and 13,000 miles in a rented motor home, Denizet-Lewis and his canine companion attempt to pay tribute to the most powerful interspecies bond there is, in the country with the highest rate of dog ownership in the world.

• Beyond the Map

  Unruly Enclaves, Ghostly Places, Emerging Lands and Our Search for New Utopias

  Bonnett, Alastair, 1964-

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  Ranging from downright funny to deadly serious, each chapter in this guide from social geography professor Bonnett takes the reader on a journey to an unusual location.

• Travels With Epicurus

  a Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life

  Klein, Daniel M., 1939-

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  Klein returned to the Greek island of Hydra at age 73. His return had a new and specific purpose: "I want to figure out the most satisfying way to live this stage of my life."

• The Last Train to Zona Verde

  My Ultimate African Safari

  Theroux, Paul

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  Theroux recounts his back-roads trip from Cape Town to Angola. There are fascinating vignettes of a fallen Eden: hunter-gatherer folkways of San Bushmen enchant him with their primeval authenticity until he realizes they are just pantomiming for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild

  From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

  Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-

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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.

• The Road to Little Dribbling

  Adventures of An American in Britain

  Bryson, Bill,

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  Following a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis in the south to Cape Wrath in the north, Bryson rediscovers the wondrously beautiful, magnificently eccentric, endearingly singular country that he both celebrates and doesn’t altogether…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blue Highways

  a Journey Into America

  Heat Moon, William Least

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  Heat-Moon converted a van into a portable home, took Whitman's Leaves of Grass for company, and set out to follow the blue lines in his road atlas-lines that marked the back roads of America, byways into small towns. His trip covered some 13,000…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Kindness of Strangers

  Tales of Fate and Fortune on the Road

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  A collection of 26 inspiring tales, The Kindness of Strangers explores the unexpected human connections that so often transfigure and transform the experience of travel and celebrates the gift of kindness around the world.

• Hold the Enlightenment

  Cahill, Tim

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  Outside Magazine editor Tim Cahill visits the side of an active volcano in Ecuador, the Saharan salt mines and the largest toxic waste dump in the Western Hemisphere. He also ventures to find a Caspian tiger in Turkey and giant centipedes in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Nile

  a Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present

  Wilkinson, Toby A. H.,

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  Renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson leads us through space as much as time: from the river's mystical sources to the pulsating capital city of Cairo, where the Arab Spring erupted on the bridges over the Nile.