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Wild at heart by Alienor Le GouvelloFrom the moment French-born Alienor encountered a pair of wild horses in the Australian outback, she was transfixed. Fiercely loved by some and considered a scourge by others, brumbies have a complicated place in Australian culture and history. Inspired to celebrate their character, Alienor tamed three brumbies and teamed up with them to conquer Australia's longest trek. Wild At Heart follows Alienor and her horses on a three-year journey stretching an extraordinary 5330 kilometres from Healesville in Victoria to Cooktown in tropical Far North Queensland.
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Armchair travel through some of Australia's most remarkable wild areas as Australian Geographic take you through 50 of their favourite national parks uncovering a rich diversity of habitats and environments each with its own distinct characteristics like striking limestone and sandstone rock formations, beaches and scenery and a wonderful array of flora and fauna.
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Beaches : the most scenic spots on earth by Blackwell&RuthFeaturing more than 120 photos of the most beautiful beaches on the planet together with captions by the travelers who took the pictures, specific geolocation information and quotations from notable travel writers.
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Slow Trains Around Spain by Tom ChesshyreTom Chesshyre hits the tracks to take in the country from hidden spots in Catalonia, through the plains of Aragon and across the north coast to Santiago de Compostela, Madrid, the wilds of Extremadura, dusty mining towns, the cathedrals and palaces of Valencia and Granada, and finally to Seville.
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In search of the woman who sailed the world by Danielle ClodeJeanne Barret, a n impoverished peasant from Burgundy, disguised herself as a man and became the first woman to circumnavigate the world completed her journey in 1775. From archives, herbariums and museums to untouched forests and open oceans, Danelle Clode travels from France and Mauritius to the Pacific Islands and New Guinea to reveal Jeanne Barret's life and the achievements and challenges of her voyage.
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Rowing the Pacific : 7,000 miles from Japan to San Francisco by Mick DawsonThis is a thrilling account of how Mick Dawson and his rowing partner Chris Martin rowed for thousands of miles through some of the most dangerous expanses of ocean, faced the destruction of their small boat and near-certain death before finally reaching the San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
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Sprinting through no man's land : endurance, tragedy, and rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France by Adin DobkinThe day after the Treaty of Versaille 28 June 1919, nearly 70 war weary cyclists embarked on the 13th Tour de France, uniting a country that had been torn apart by war. From Paris, the men rode down the western coast tracing the country’s border, through seaside towns and mountains to the western front. Traversing a postwar landscape, the cyclists faced near-impossible odds.
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| Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard... by Siân EvansMaiden Voyages is a fascinating look at transatlantic travel and the glory days of the interwar years. These ocean liners were filled with women of all ages, classes and backgrounds: celebrities and refugees, migrants and millionairesses, aristocrats and crew members. Some traveled for leisure, some for work; others to find a new life, marriage, or find new opportunities. |
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Antarctic Atlas : New Maps and Graphics That Tell the Story of a Continent by Peter Fretwell From a leading cartographer with the British Antarctic Survey, this new collection of maps and data reveals Antarctica as we have never seen it before. It measures everything from the thickness of ice beneath our feet to the direction of ice flows. It shows volcanic lakes, mountain ranges the size of the Alps and gorges longer than the Grand Canyon, all hidden beneath the ice.Colonies of emperor penguins and the journeys of individual seals have been intricately tracked and mapped.
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(Not quite) mastering the art of French living by Mark GreensideAmerican writer Mark Greenside spends every summer in Plobien, a small Breton town. Despite two decades that have passed since Greenside's snap decision to buy a house in Brittany and begin a bi-continental life, he details his daily adventures tryig to understand the culture and the rules of engagement for French living.
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Great World Wonders : 100 Remarkable World Heritage Sites by Michael TurtleThis is a curated guide to the best UNESCO World Heritage sites around the world. From the Egyptian Pyramids and the Taj Mahal, to undiscovered gems like gold mines and ancient rock paintings, this book features with stunning photography, a selection of the most interesting of wonders.
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| Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the... by Anthony DoerrAnthony Doerr describes his adventures in Rome. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats, the chroniclers of Rome, and visits the piazzas, temples, and ancient cisterns they describe. He attends the vigil of a dying Pope John Paul II and takes his twins to the Pantheon to wait for snow to fall through the oculus. A real celebration of life in Rome. |
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| On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey by Paul TherouxPaul Theroux drives the entire length of the U.S.-Mexico border alone,visiting Mexico City, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and other areas, where he meets locals, witnesses the monarch butterfly migration, visits historic locations, teaches writing, and learns about drug cartels. |
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| The Colossus of New York: A City in Thirteen Parts by Colson Whitehead Colson Whitehead captures New York's inner and outer landscapes in a series of vignettes, meditations, and personal memories featuring the feelings and thoughts of longtime residents and of newcomers who dream of making it their home; of those who have conquered its challenges; and of those who struggled against its cruelties. |
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