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Travel through time to witness some of the most extraordinary and colorful events in world history with this unusual and entertaining guide that includes fascinating cultural details from each period, including what and where to eat, what to wear, how toact like a local, and most importantly, how to stay alive
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Disappointment River : finding and losing the Northwest Passage
by Brian Castner
A decorated Iraq War veteran and author of The Long Walk describes his journey in the footsteps of 18th-century explorer Alexander Mackenzie and his discovery of the fabled Northwest Passage that Mackenzie never realized he had found.
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The last wild men of Borneo : a true story of death and treasure
by Carl Hoffman
The best-selling author of Savage Harvest traces the parallel stories and impact of two very different men, Swiss environmentalist Bruno Manser and American art dealer Michael Palmieri, on the land, culture and legacy of Borneo. 100,000 first printing.
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North : Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
by Scott Jurek
An expert ultrarunner and best-selling author of Eat and Run describes how he set out to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail, a 2,189 mile journey that took an unforeseen physical and emotional toll, but also offered him unexpected rewards. 150,000 first printing
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An odyssey : a father, a son, and an epic
by Daniel Adam Mendelsohn
The best-selling author of The Lost presents the story of a father and son's transformative shared journey in reading in the wake of the father's late-in-life enrollment in his son's undergraduate seminar, where the two engaged in debates over how to interpret Homer's classic masterpiece.
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The stowaway : a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica
by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Documents the true story of a scrappy teen from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on a daring expedition to Antarctica in 1928, tracing the sensational heyday of the time and how high schooler Billy Gawronski jumped into the Hudson and snuck aboard the expedition's flagship, eventually becoming an international celebrity.
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Secret marvels of the world
by Lonely Planet Publications
A guidebook for the incurably curious takes readers on a journey through the world’s lesser known marvels—introducing eerie natural wonders, historical oddities and bizarre architecture—including India’s Karna Mata Template and Nebraska’s very own Carhenge.
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