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Samarkand: Recipes and Stories from Central Asia and the Caucasus - Hardcover

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by Caroline Eden (Author), Eleanor Ford (With)Over hundreds of years, various ethnic groups have passed through Samarkand, sharing and influencing each other's cuisine and leaving their culinary stamp. This book is a love letter to Central Asia and the Caucasus, containing personal travel essays and recipes little known in the West that have been expertly adapted for the home cook. An array of delicious dishes introduce the region and its different ethnic groups - Uzbek, Tajik, Russian, Turki...

$18.99

by Ingela P. Arrhenius (Author), Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illustrator)See all the best-loved sites of New York City in this stylish big picture book by Ingela P. Arrhenius. Visit the Statue of Liberty, climb the Empire State Building, catch a show on Broadway -- there's so much to do in New York City Take a taxi to Times Square, check out the Apollo Theater, cross the Brooklyn Bridge, and stroll in Central Park in this big word book about the Big Apple. With colorful, graphic illustrations of ev...

Pennsylvania: A Photographic Journey - Paperback

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by Richard Nowitz (Photographer)Professional photographer Richard Nowitz takes readers to Pennsylvania's best places in 113 color photographs. Through Nowitz's lens, readers will love seeing the their favorite stops and the highlights they couldn't pack into one visit: horses and buggies in Amish country, Philadelphia's Independence Hall, a Battle of Gettysburg reenactment, the skyline of Pittsburgh from the top of the Duquesne Incline, and the beautiful Pocono Mountains. Informative captions...

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by Felicity Hughes (Author), Natalia Diaz (Author), Vesna Maric (Author)Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Madrid.Discover Madrid's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from uncovering artistic riches as you gallery hop along the Paseo del Prado; to bargain-hunting in El Rastro, Madrid's oldest flea market; and dining on suckling pig in the world's oldest restaurant: Sobrino de Bot?n....

Lonely Planet 100 Weekends in Europe - Paperback

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by Lonely Planet (Author)Discover the best of Europe - one weekend at a time - with this collection of 100 short trip itineraries with maps to feed your wanderlust and inspire your next getaway.Explore Vienna's vines, Umbria's hilltop towns, and Oxford's literary legends with 100 carefully plotted and mapped travel itineraries featuring epic escapes to discrete islands; hidden and unexpected sides of well-known destinations; fun family outdoor adventures; and cultural city breaks. It's time t...

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by Caroline Mills Caroline Mills (Author)In this new, thoroughly updated third edition of Bradt's The Cotswolds, part of Bradt's distinctive 'Slow Travel' series of guides to UK regions, local resident and experienced travel writer Caroline Mills shares her favourites in a region that includes some of US visitors' most popular places outside London. Drawing on more than 50 years' living in the Cotswolds, and combining engaging first-person narrative with authoritative advice, Mills slows read...

A Little Piece of Cuba: A Journey to Become Cubana-Americana

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Report copyright infringementby Barbara Caver (Author)For fans of Chanel Cleeton's Next Year in Havana, a real-life story of how a young woman's five-day trip to Cuba, her mother's birthplace, completely changed her view of herself as a second-generation American. When Barbara Caver was growing up in South Carolina, her Cuban roots were as mysterious as the embargoed island her mother had been born on but left in 1959. For Barbara, Cuba represented a heritage that she'd never understood and c...

Let's Go! (National Geographic Kids Readers, Pre-Reader) - Paperback

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by Aubre Andrus (Author)Cars that ZOOM! Trains that ZIP! Planes that speed through the sky. This energizing early reader from National Geographic introduces kids to the many modes of transportation. Kids love to read about things that go. Perfect for beginning and young readers, National Geographic Pre-readers include simple, expert-vetted text and large, engaging photos on every page. A vocabulary tree at the beginning of the book introduces kids to key words in concept groups, helping kids ...

Good Luck and Tight Lines: A Sure-Fire Guide to Florida's Inshore Fishing - Paperback

$25.56

by R. G. Schmidt (Author)This book gets you into the action fast, no matter what kind of fish you are after --redfish, snook, cobia, snapper, flounder even tarpon. Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.47 x 8.5 x 5.54 IN Publication Date: April 01, 1995

Travels with Charley in Search of America - Paperback

$17.00

by John Steinbeck (Author), Jay Parini (Introduction by)An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers A Penguin Classic In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch with the country, with its speech, the smell of its grass and trees, its color and quality of light, the pulse of its people. To reassure himself, he set out on a voyage of rediscovery of the American identity, accompanied by a disti...

Supernatural Texas: 50 Chilling Tales from the Lone Star State

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Report copyright infringementby William Edward Syers (Author), Sarah Stark (Foreword by), Michael J. Wilson (Revised by)Come explore the shadow world of supernatural Texas with William Edward Syers, one of the Southwest's premier storytellers, whose collection of the Lone Star State's fifty most intriguing tales consumed two full years of on-the-ground research. Originally published as Ghost Stories of Texas, this out-of-print regional classic has been completely revised and updated for a new...

Cheap Bastard's(tm) Guide to Chicago: Secrets of Living the Good Life--For Free! - Paperback

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by Nadia Oehlsen (Author)Longtime Chicagoan Nadia Oehlsen reveals her secrets for living the good life cheaply in the Windy City.Back JacketThink you have to earn big bucks to live big in the Windy City? Think again. Chicago is full of free and ridiculously inexpensive stuff--you just need to know where to look. Leave it to "The Cheap Bastard" to uncover all the ins and outs and exclusive bargains to be had and to tell you the real deal with wit and humor. The Cheap Bastard's(R) Guide to Chic...

Choose Costa Rica for Retirement: Retirement, Travel & Business Opportunities for a New Beginning - Paperback

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by John Howells (Author), Teal Conroy (Contribution by)A how-to-do-it guide to living in Costa Rica. Retirement, travel & business opportunities for a new beginning.Back JacketAre you investigating retirement locales, looking to explore a new culture, or researching new business opportunities? This book is packed with practical and useful information to help you start the next stage of your life, with solid documentation on managing investments, real estate, the cost of living, medical ca...

Garden Bugs & Insects of the South & Southeast: Identify Pollinators, Pests, and Other Garden Visitors - Spiral

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by Jaret C. Daniels (Author)Get this tabbed booklet to garden insects and bugs, and learn how to identify and attract (or repel!) them. Brightly colored flowers, rich soil, and delicious nectar, the garden landscape is a bug's paradise. It attracts the ones we want to see--like bees, butterflies, and lady beetles--but also the ones we don't, such as grasshoppers, spider mites, and snails. Keep this convenient guide to garden bugs and insects close at hand. Designed for ease of use, the tabbed...

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by Karen MacNeil (Author)It's America's bestselling wine book, now fully revised, updated, and in color! Beloved and trusted by everyone, from newcomers starting their wine journey to oenophiles, sommeliers, restaurateurs, and industry insiders, The Wine Bible is comprehensive, entertaining, authoritative, beautifully written, and endlessly interesting. Page after page grounds the reader deeply in the fundamentals--vineyards and varietals, climate and terroir--while layering on passionate a...

Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir - Paperback

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by Alba Donati (Author)National Bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun meets Diary of a Bookseller in this charming memoir by an Italian poet recounting her experience opening a bookshop in a village in Tuscany. Alba Donati was used to her hectic life working as a book publicist in Italy--a life that made her happy and allowed her to meet prominent international authors--but she was ready to make a change. One day she decided to return to Lucignana, the small village in the Tuscan hills where she wa...

National Geographic: The National Parks: An Illustrated History - Hardcover

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by Kim Heacox (Author)An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of America's National Parks, this volume is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Showcasing the very best of National Geographic's photographs, combined with an expertly told history: from the multi-hued layers of the Grand Canyon to the verdigris flame of the Statue of Liberty, this book presents a breathtaking panorama of the National Parks. With the s...

Greek by Osmosis: My Life on a Small Greek Island (with Mama Kiki's Recipes)

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Report copyright infringementby Laura Candris (Author)Greek by Osmosis is a warm, witty memoir chronicling an American woman's decades-long immersion into life on a small Greek island after falling in love with a charming Greek student. From navigating a real estate market with no agents, to building a house via faxes and faith, she discovers a special world without secrets, ruled by Island Time, mysterious bureaucracy, and endearing customs. Along the way, she battles cement-eating ants, goa...

Beyond Borders, Beyond Beliefs: A Global Journey of Learning, Leadership and Laughter Across Cultures

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Report copyright infringementby Justin Sargent (Author)Discover Global Leadership and Cultural Intelligence in Justin Sargent's MemoirDive into Justin Sargent's memoir, Beyond Borders, Beyond Beliefs, an entertaining and insight-packed global leadership guide filled with invaluable leadership and cultural intelligence learnings.The greatest lessons in life often come from the places and people we least expect. What begins as a spontaneous decision on a rainy day to move overseas becomes a lif...

Essential World Atlas: The Comprehensive Companion to Our Planet - Paperback

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by DK (Author)Discover the world with this atlas, which includes maps, flags, and country profiles in a handy, compact package.This is a new edition that includes updated maps and statistics, as well as short profiles of each of the world's 196 nations. In this atlas, you will find: A series of 12 global thematic maps on subjects diverse as ocean currents and languages. 60 full-colour regional maps featuring political and state borders. A fully cross-referenced index-Gazetteer featuring 20,0...

Into the Blue and Beneath The Waves: Navigating the deep waters of life

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher de Beaufort (Author), White Magic Studios (Cover Design by)The book attempts to portray the working life of a diver, from a builder's labourer to the early days of hard-hat diving in the black waters of the "Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey", to seas and oceans around the world, ranging from some of the more mundane jobs to the downright dangerous. It spans the early days of diving, when health and safety standards were vastly different/no...

How the Rhino Lost His Horn: Cautionary Tales from Appalachia to Africa

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Rathmell (Author)Growing up, Jack had heard all about the supposed virtues of the modern world. Connectivity, convenience. But from where he stands in small-town America, those promises ring hollow. With college (and a lifetime of debt) looming, he goes with the oldest trick in the quarter-life-crisis-haver's playbook: If in doubt, go to Africa to save the children. What could go wrong?Quite a bit, it turns out. In Cape Town, he's thrown into a backwards, ...

Time Beyond Time: A Magical Memoir of Rural England

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Report copyright infringementby Hope Tod (Author)Time Beyond Time is a tenderly crafted memoir of bygone days in rural England-of the period when machinery and mechanization were just beginning to usurp the central role animals had always played on small farms. As a volunteer serving in the Women's Land Army, the author-a young woman whose assignments as an Emergency Relief Milker take her from farm to farm-manages to fulfil her longing for a sense of continuity in her otherwise peripatetic e...

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by Colorado Trail Foundation (Author)The official guidebook for hiking, bicycling, or horseback riding on the Colorado Trail Completely revised guide to the Colorado Trail, the premier scenic long trail in North America Updated maps of every segment showing access points, key trail intersections, and more Current details on new trail reroutes, trail town amenities, and wilderness bicycle detours The Colorado Trail is considered by many to be the most beautiful "long trail" in the world. S...

Moon Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada: With New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland & Labrador: Coastal Getaways, Historic Towns, Scenic Drives - Paperback

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by Andrew Hempstead (Author), Moon Travel Guides (Author)Catch a glimpse of the world's rarest whales, hike through lush forests, or wander around quaint historic towns: the very best of the northeast is yours with Moon Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada. Inside you'll find: Strategic, flexible itineraries including scenic drives, ocean excursions, and the best of the Maritimes Top experiences and activities: Take in stunning scenery while driving the Cabot Trail or the Irish Loop, visit ...

Ascent of the Thunder Dragon: The Surprising Spiritual Life and Legacy of Bhutan's Founder

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Report copyright infringementby Sasha Wakefield (Author), Samten Dorji (Foreword by)Sasha Wakefield intertwines the life and legacy of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651) with her own personal spiritual journey as she explores Bhutan's rich history. The seventeenth century was a pivotal time for the tiny but culturally vibrant kingdom of Bhutan--marked especially by the life of the influential political and spiritual leader Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651), including his remarkable pas...

Pacific Coasting: A Guide to the Ultimate Road Trip, from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest - Hardcover

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by Danielle Kroll (Author)"Your illustrated guide to the perfect West Coast road trip." --C magazine Roll down the windows, turn up the radio, and take a drive up the world's most magical coastline. It's a beautiful and practical travel guide. An illustrated keepsake. An inspiration to get out and visit. And a celebration of the wild, lush, larger-than-life 2,000 miles that run along the edge of the West Coast through California, Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver Island, where you'll find e...

The Château - Forever Home: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller, as Seen on the Hit Channel 4 Series Escape to the Château

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Report copyright infringementby Angel Strawbridge (Author), Dick Strawbridge (Author)Take a journey to Château-de-la-Motte Husson in the spellbinding memoir from Sunday Times bestselling authors, Dick and Angel Strawbridge. Dick and Angel recount the newest and biggest challenges they faced on the journey to transforming their once derelict and abandoned château in France's Pays de la Loire into a thriving family home and sustainable business. When the Covid-19 pandemic engulfs the world, t...

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Report copyright infringementby Andre Gide (Author), Dorothy Bussy (Translator)Lafcadio's Adventures is a novel written by the French author Andre Gide. The book follows the story of a young man named Lafcadio, who travels to North Africa in search of adventure and meaning. Along the way, he encounters a variety of characters and experiences, including a love affair with a married woman, a dangerous encounter with a band of thieves, and a spiritual awakening in the desert.Throughout the novel...

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Report copyright infringementby Adam Breede (Author)Adventuring: A Story Of A Trip Around The World With Big Game Hunting In Africa And India is a thrilling travelogue written by Adam Breede. The book is an account of the author's adventures during his trip around the world, with a focus on his big game hunting experiences in Africa and India.The book begins with Breede's departure from New York City and his travels through Europe, Asia, and Africa. Along the way, he encounters a diverse rang...

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Report copyright infringementby Martin Johnson (Author), Ralph D. Harrison (Author)"Through the South Seas with Jack London" offers a captivating glimpse into the adventurous spirit of the early 20th century. Martin Johnson's engaging travelogue recounts his experiences sailing through the Pacific Islands alongside the renowned author Jack London. This unique account, meticulously prepared for republication, provides a first-hand perspective on their journey through the South Seas. Explore th...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Anna Barker (Author)Experience 19th-century colonial life in New Zealand through the insightful and charming letters of Lady Barker in "Station Amusements." This captivating memoir offers a firsthand account of country life and the daily experiences of a woman navigating a new world. Delve into her observations on the natural landscape, the challenges and rewards of establishing a home, and the social dynamics of a burgeoning community. More than just a tr...