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Armchair Travel February 2023 |
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| The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise by Pico IyerA lyrical, thought-provoking look at the meaning of paradise, which took the author Pico Iyer to a variety of places and led him to ponder how people can live more peacefully in a divided world. |
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South America by Stephan KüffnerThis visual guide to South America, from exploring Rio de Janeiro to visiting Iguazu Falls, Lake Titicaca, provides inspiration, in-depth cultural and historical information and a great selection of places to see during your trip.
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Tutankhamun's trumpet : ancient Egypt in 100 objects from the boy king's tomb by Toby WilkinsonIn 1922, after fifteen years of searching, archaeologists finally discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. There they found more than 5,000 unique objects. Tutankhamun's spectacular gold mask is justifiably famous, but the rest of the treasures remain largely unknown, their stories untold.
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Books You Might Have Missed
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Vacationland : true stories from painful beaches by John HodgmanA memoir of Hodgman's cursed travels through the woods of Massachusetts and coastal Maine, describing his midlife transformation from an idealistic youth to an eccentric family man and his observations on such subjects as the horror of freshwater clams and the evolutionary purpose of the mustache.
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Distant skies : an American journey on horseback by Melissa A. Priblo ChapmanPart American road trip, part coming-of-age story and part ode to the horse, this extraordinary memoir follows the author as she embarks on a 2,600-mile cross-country horseback journey during which her mental, physical and emotional resources were tested.
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Icebound : shipwrecked at the edge of the world by Andrea PitzerDocuments the remarkable survival tale of 16th-century Dutch explorer and talented navigator Williams Barents, whose obsessive quest to chart the remote regions of the Arctic prompted three harrowing expeditions.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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