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The best loved villages of France by Stéphane BernAn insider's tour of dozens of France's top-voted scenic and beloved villages shares insight into regional village life and history and is complemented by local interviews and aerial photography. This is an illustrated tour around all twenty-two regions of France, from Provence and the Alps, to Normandy and the Loire.
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One more croissant for the road by Felicity CloakeA cycle journey 3,500km across France in search of the definitive versions of classic French dishes. The roads of France are so straight and smooth and quiet, seem designed for cycling, and whose hearty provincial cooking, whether that's Moules Frites or Boeuf Bourguignon, makes the perfect fuel for it. To be hungry in France is to be fortunate indeed.
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Ruins : Discover Britain's Wild and Beautiful Places by Jane EastoeA celebration of Britain's most wild and wonderfully atmospheric places - its ruins, including castles, follies, abbeys and country houses. This is a heavily illustrated celebration of these wild and wonderfully atmospheric places across the country, dating from Roman times to the twentieth century.
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| The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution by Peter HesslerBetween 2011-2016, The New Yorker journalist Peter Hessler lived in Egypt with his wife and young twin daughters and learned Egyptian Arabic. This is a keenly observed look at Egypt during and after the Arab Spring through the lens of both the past and the present. |
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| The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China by Frank LangfittWanting to provide people a private, casual place to talk, NPR China correspondent Frank Langfitt (a former Philly cab driver) offered free rides to anyone willing to chat. All sorts of interesting people opened up about their lives, hopes, and views of their rapidly changing country. For another delightful taxi-centric travel tale, try Layne Mosler's Driving Hungry, which details her experiences asking cab drivers around the globe where she should eat. |
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Mykonos : portrait of a vanished era by Robert A. McCabeWhy did Mykonos become, in just a few decades, one of the world’s top vacation spots? Part of the answer can be found in these remarkable images taken in 1955 and 1957, which show the natural beauty and traditional island culture that initially attracted artists, writers, and celebrities like Jackie Kennedy. This book will fascinate modern-day visitors to Mykonos, as well as those who trace their roots to the Greek islands.
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Literary Paris : a photographic tour by Nichole RobertsonParis in Color author Nichole Robertson turns her lens onto spots both legendary and little-known, highlighting quiet moments that every booklover savors inviting cafe scenes, comfy chairs, enticing book nooks and the weathered charm of places steeped in centuries of literary history. Quotes by great writers such as Balzac and Colette are interspersed throughout, with a timeline and an index of featured locations round out the volume.
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The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds by Caroline Van HemertWildlife biologist Caroline Van Hemert, who'd spent years working on a Ph.D., and her builder husband, traveled 4,000 miles through vast wilderness from Washington state's Pacific rainforest to a remote part of the Alaskan Arctic via skis, rowboats, canoes, rafts, and foot. With vivid prose, Van Hemert documents the physical perils of the trip (like being stalked a bear) and contemplates her father's health troubles, her relationship with nature, and more.
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| Monsieur Mediocre: One American Learns the High Art of Being Everyday French by John von Sothen John von Sothen, an American writer for French Vanity Fair who married a Frenchwoman and has lived and raised his family in a Parisian apartment near the Gare du Nord for the past 15 years. This is a witty, fresh essay collection that lovingly upends rose-colored stereotypes of the City of Light. |
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Kings of the Yukon: One Summer Paddling Across the Far North by Adam WeymouthAdam Weymouth's lyrical look at his four-month, 2,000 mile trip down the Yukon River via canoe, following the path of migrating king salmon. As he traveled across Canada and Alaska, he visited indigenous peoples and river communities, met Alaskan reality TV stars, learned about salmon, and pondered people's relationships with nature.
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| Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon KrakauerResearching the commercialization of Mt. Everest in 1996, Jon Krakauer set out with a guide and other groups to trek to the summit. When a snowstorm hit, several people died, including two of the best mountaineers in the world. A harrowing and evocative firsthand account of the events. Read also The Climb, by Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt, which offers a competing viewpoint of the tragedy. |
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| In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton SidesAbout the ill-fated 1879 expedition of the USS Jeannette, led by U.S. naval officer and explorer George Washington De Long, who was looking for a passage to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. A dramatic account, informed by letters, diaries, expedition records, and news reports, of what happened when the ship became trapped in pack ice for two years. |
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