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  Darwin Slept Here

  Discovery, Adventure, and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin's South America

  by Eric Simons

  For "Darwin Year," a fresh-eyed and enchanting journey through South America in his footsteps One snowy day in Ushuaia, Argentina, the self-proclaimed "southernmost city in the world," writer Eric Simons picked up a copy of Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle . Simons had just hiked the mountains overlooking Beagle Channel, and he found himself engrossed in Darwin's account. Like Simons, Darwin... (more)
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  Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere

  by Jan Morris

  A homage to the city of Trieste, rich with history and tinged with the melancholy of remembrance. "Morris at the peak of her form." - The Atlantic Monthly . Here's a book for lovers of all things Italian. This city on the Adriatic has always tantalized Jan Morris with its moodiness and changeability. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century, she has come to see it as a touchstone for her interests and... (more)
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  Long Way Round

  Chasing Shadows Across the World

  by Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman

  It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan McGregor -- acclaimed actor and self-confessed bike nut -- noticed that it was possible to ride all the way round the world, with just one short hop across the Bering Strait from Russia to Alaska. It was a revelation he couldn't get out of his head. So he picked up the phone and called his fellow actor-slash-biker... (more)
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  Brandon Wilson Adventure Tales

  Yak Butter Blues: A Tibetan Trek of Faith

  by Brandon Wilson

  Yak Butter Blues: A Tibetan Trek of Faith is an inspiring true tale of one couple's courage, love, faith and resolve to trek an ancient pilgrim's trail 1000-kilometers across Tibet. This story of human endurance provides an intimate first-hand look at the valiant struggle of the Tibetan culture to survive -- and at the humanity connecting us all. An Independent Publisher IPPY award winner.
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  Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace

  by Brandon Wilson

  Walking in the nearly forgotten footsteps of the legendary first Knights Templar, an American and a 68-year old Frenchman embark on a mission all their own. Traveling simply and trusting in the kindness of strangers, they set off to carry a message of peace along a route historically used for war. Their incredible journey leads them thousands of miles across eleven countries and two continents toward... (more)
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  On the Road with Francis of Assisi

  by Linda Bird Francke

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  The moon, come to Earth : dispatches from Lisbon

  by Philip Graham

  A dispatch from a foreign land, when crafted by an attentive and skilled writer, can be magical, transmitting pleasure, drama, and seductive strangeness.   In The Moon, Come to Earth, Philip Graham offers an expanded edition of a popular series of dispatches originally published on McSweeney’s , an exuberant yet introspective account of a year’s sojourn in Lisbon with his wife and daughter. Casting his... (more)
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  Strange Island: the Noona Dan in the South Seas

  by arvid klemensen

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  Penggoda & Penggodam r0eWy0

  by Mohd Fudzail Mohd Nor