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Among Flowers: A Walk In The Himalaya
by Kincaid, Jamaica
Synopsis: Anyone familiar with Jamaica Kincaid's work knows that the natural world and in particular, plants and gardening are especially close to her heart. In this vivid account she invites us to accompany her on a seed-gathering trek in the Himalaya.
Copyright Date: 2005
Among The Believers: An Islamic Journey
by Naipaul, V. S.
Synopsis: "Among the Believers" is Naipaul's controversial account of his travels through the Islamic world.
Copyright Date: 1981
Among The Cities
by Morris, Jan
Synopsis: No one, since the days of the great Arab travelers, has described so much of the known world as Jan Morris. Considered by many the preeminent travel writer of our age, she now offers this retrospective selection of her best writings.
Copyright Date: 1985
Among The Russians
by Thubron, Colin
Synopsis: Here is a fresh perspective on the last tumultuous years of the Soviet Union and an exquisitely poetic travelogue, with a keen grasp of Russia's history, an appreciation for its architecture and iconography, and enthusiasm for its people and its culture.
Copyright Date: 2001
Ancestor Stones
by Forna, Aminatta
Synopsis: A novel of Sierra Leone featuring four women who grapple with the challenges of life in west Africa.
Copyright Date: 2006
And Their Children After Them
by Williamson, Michael Z. and Maharidge, Dale
Synopsis: This book describes about the families engaged in cotton farming in Alabama during the period 1936 to 1986 in the eyes of a reporter and a photographer who visited the place after the Great Depression as a part of Farm Security Administration team.
Copyright Date: 1989
Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa By Truck, Bus, Boat, And Camel
by Tayler, Jeffrey
Synopsis: Traveling by bus, airplane, in the back of trucks and on camel, the author travels through the most war-torn parts of Africa.
Copyright Date: 2005
An Area Of Darkness: A Discovery Of India
by Naipaul, V. S.
Synopsis: A classic of modern travel writing, "An Area of Darkness" is V. S. Naipaul's profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perceptive chronicle of his first encounter with India.
Copyright Date: 1992
The Arkansas River (Rivers West, #6)
by Sherman, Jory
Synopsis: Three men blazing trails, forging a future...building lives as bold-- and as treacherous--as the Arkansas River.
Copyright Date: 1991
Around The Bloc: My Life In Moscow, Beijing, And Havana
by Griest, Stephanie Elizondo
Synopsis: Desperate to escape South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent.
Copyright Date: 2004
As Far As The Eye Can Reach: Lewis And Clark's Westward Quest
by Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody
Synopsis: An account of the journey across the unexplored territory west of the Mississippi River undertaken by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the early 1800s by order of President Jefferson.
Copyright Date: 2003
Assassination Vacation
by Vowell, Sarah
Synopsis: Commentary on travels to the places where "American political blood was spilled".
Copyright Date: 2005
At The Crossroads
by Isadora, Rachel
Synopsis: What would it be like to wait ten months for your father to come home from work? It's a long walk from the crossroads...
Copyright Date: 1991
Australian Search Party
by Eden, Charles HenryFreely Available: DAISY | BRF | HTML | TEXT
Synopsis: none
Copyright Date: N/A
Awesome Chesapeake: A Kid's Guide To The Bay
by Bell, David Owen
Synopsis: This handy guide introduces the Chesapeake bay for children. Good for kids of any age.
Copyright Date: 1994
Back On The Road: A Journey To Latin America
by Guevara, Ernesto Che
Synopsis: These journals chronicle Guevara's trip through Latin America as his youthful idealism was developing into the political fervor that made him a revolutionary icon.
Copyright Date: 2000
Balkan Ghost: A Journey Through History
by Kaplan, Robert
Synopsis: A political travelogue of the Balkans.
Copyright Date: 1993
Balkan Ghosts
by Kaplan, Robert
Synopsis: Robert D. Kaplan's somewhat apocalyptic and deterministic travelogue about ethnic conflict throughout the Balkans.
Copyright Date: 1994
Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life And Tragic Death Of Louisiana's Cajun Coast
by Tidwell, Mike
Synopsis: "Bayou Farewell" is the richly evocative chronicle of the author's travels through a place and a way of life that are vanishing virtually before our eyes. Thanks to human hands, the storied Louisiana coast was eroding, subsiding, and joining the Gulf of Mexico --- making it the fastest disappearing landmass on Earth.
Copyright Date: 2003
Beat The Players: Casinos, Cops, And The Game Inside The Game
by Nersesian, Bob
Synopsis: CASINOS, COPS AND THE GAME INSIDE THE GAME
Copyright Date: 2006
Beautiful Europe - Belgium
by Morris, Joseph E.Freely Available: DAISY | BRF | HTML | TEXT
Synopsis: None
Copyright Date: N/A
Behind The Wall: A Journey Through China
by Thubron, Colin
Synopsis: This is a book about Thubron's journey through Red China of the 1980s. He visits both ends of the Great Wall and meanders around this vast country.
Copyright Date: 1987
Beirut Diary
by Breindel, Charles L.
Synopsis: A story of travel, terror, and trust.
Copyright Date: 2005
Bering Bridge : The Soviet-American Expedition From Siberia To Alaska
by Schurke, Paul
Synopsis: Expedition leading to the agreement allowing free travel across the Soviet American border.
Copyright Date: 1989
The Best American Travel Writing 2000
by Bryson, Bill and Wilson, Jason
Synopsis: Having a travel writer report on small things, the ways in which people act, is perhaps the best way of getting beyond the clichés that we tell others about places and cultures, about ourselves and hence this story revolves on the fact completely.
Copyright Date: 2000