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UK Title: Down Under
by Bill Bryson
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The Museum of Whales You Will Never See
by Kendra Greene
Published May 2020
Read ReviewsMythic creatures, natural wonders, and the mysterious human impulse to collect are on beguiling display in this poetic tribute to the museums of an otherworldly island nation.
by Ian Frazier
Published Sep 2011
Read ReviewsA dazzling Russian travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains
by Sean Wilsey, Matt Weiland
Published Oct 2009
Read ReviewsEdited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey, State by State is a panoramic portrait of America and an appreciation of all fifty states (and Washington, D.C.) by fifty-one of the most acclaimed writers in the nation.
by Alexander Frater
Published Feb 2008
Read ReviewsFrom one of the most celebrated travel writers at work todaya vibrantly observant, witty, utterly captivating account of a lifetimes worth of travel between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
by J. Maarten Troost
Published Jun 2004
Read ReviewsThe laugh-out-loud true story of a harrowing and hilarious two-year odyssey on the distant South Pacific island nation of Kiribatipossibly The Worst Place on Earth.
by Brad Newsham
Published Feb 2002
Read ReviewsA book you'll want to read and recommend over and over. With poignancy and persuasion, Newsham demonstrates the power individuals have to make the world a better place.
by David Sedaris
Published Jun 2001
Read ReviewsTells a most unconventional life story. "Original, acid, and wild" --said the Los Angeles Times. Written as 17 autobiographical essays.
by Chris Stewart
Published May 2001
Read ReviewsA funny, generous, wonderfully written account of an family making a life and home in remote but enchanting southern Spain.
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