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Abbey's Road
by Abbe, Edward
Synopsis: Abbey's explorations include the territory of the Rio Grande in Texas, Canyonlands National Park and Lake Powell in Utah. He takes readers to such varied places as Scotland, the interior of Australia, the Sierra Madre, and Isla de la Sombra in Mexico.
Copyright Date: 1979
Desert Solitaire: A Season In The Wilderness
by Abbey, Edward
Synopsis: Abbey's sojourn in Arches National Park and beyond.
Copyright Date: 1968
Beyond The Wall: Essays From The Outside
by Abbey, Edward
Synopsis: In this wise and lyrical book about landscapes of the desert and the mind, Edward Abbey guides us beyond the wall of the city and asphalt belting of superhighways to special pockets of wilderness that stretch from the interior of Alaska to the dry lands of Mexico.
Copyright Date: 1984
The Rarest Of The Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
by Ackerman, Diane
Synopsis: Ackerman turns her gift for adventure and poetic description to a vast world of disappearing species and habitats.
Copyright Date: 1995
Brooklyn Is -- Southeast Of The Island: Travel Notes
by Agee, James and Lethem, Jonathan
Synopsis: In 1939, James Agee was working for Fortune magazine. Commissioned to write an article on Brooklyn for a special issue on New York, Agee moved to the Flatbush neighborhood for two months, later producing "Southeast of the Island: Travel Notes".
Copyright Date: 2005
Red Highways: A Liberal's Journey Into The Heartland
by Aguilar, Rose
Synopsis: A San Francisco radio host grown tired of media stereotypes, Rose Aguilar packed up her van, picked up her boyfriend, and set out on a six-month road trip through the red-state West to find out what voters there really care about.
Copyright Date: 2008
In The Land Of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey In The Saudi Kingdom
by Ahmed, Qanta A.
Synopsis: On a whim, Ahmed accepts an exciting position in Saudi Arabia. It's a chance of adventure in an exotic land she thinks she understands, a place she hopes she will belong.
Copyright Date: 2008
More Hidden Walks In The Bay Area: Pathways, Essays, And Yesterdays
by Altschuler, Stephen
Synopsis: The thirty walking tours in the San Francisco Bay Area in this book follow paths, lanes, stairways, and streets. Walkers encounter creeks, waterfalls, redwood groves, and enchanting homes that blend into the landscape.
Copyright Date: 1991
The South Pole
by Amundsen, RoaldFreely Available: DAISY | BRF | HTML | TEXT
Synopsis: none
Copyright Date: N/A
Tim All Alone
by Ardizzone, Edward
Synopsis: Tim arrives home after a long holiday only to find his parents have vanished. The courageous Tim is determined to search the whole wide world, if necessary, to find them. Many people offer to help, but sometimes their help is the last thing he needs!
Copyright Date: 1957
Culture Shock! Hungary
by Ardó, Zsuzsanna
Synopsis: This book initiates you into some of the important steps and routines of the Hungarian culture. It makes you aware of local patterns so that you can avoid misconstruing them and aim to recognise individual variations on the cultural theme.
Copyright Date: 2008
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America
by Armitage, Sue and Hunt, Linda Lawrence
Synopsis: Helga Estby left Spokane, Washington and walked to New York City on a $10,000 challenge. This remarkable story of hardship and suffering was long lost and only recently discovered by the author.
Copyright Date: 2003
Greece
by Armstrong, Kate and Clark, Michael and Hannigan, Des and Hellander, Paul
Synopsis: A Lonely Planet guidebook to Greece.
Copyright Date: 2006
A Handbook To Appalachia: An Introduction To The Region
by Asbury, Noann Aust and Cox, Ricky L. and Edwards, Grace Tomey
Synopsis: Reference work introducing various aspects of the Appalachian region including geography, history, the arts, etc.
Copyright Date: 2006
Pohnpei, An Island Argosy
by Ashby, Gene
Synopsis: The island of Pohnpei's extensive history.
Copyright Date: 2003
South Pacific And Micronesia
by Atkinson, Leanne Logan Brett and Berry, Oliver and Blond, Becca and Brash, Celeste and Carillet, Jean-Bernard and Chinula, Tione and Cole, Geert and Farfor, Susannah and Harewood, Jocelyn and Jealous, Virginia and Mckinnon, Rowan and Sellars, Simon and Smitz, Paul and Talbot, Vincent and Vaisutis, Justine
Synopsis: The South Pacific is really very beautiful. Palm-fringed islands, turquoise lagoons and luscious scenery interplay with underwater worlds, ancient cultures and urban groove. Get over the legendary paralysis that afflicts travelers to this region and you'll find the South Pacific is infinitely more than leisurely dips in aquamarine waters and lengthy spells lying on blonde beaches...though they'll do to start.
Copyright Date: 2006
The Mother Lode
by Austerman, John and Wingerden, Judy Van
Synopsis: The Automobile Club of Southern California has created a guide to traveling in one the most interesting historical areas of California - the stretch of mining towns known as the Mother Lode.
Copyright Date: 1993
Culture Shock! Jakarta
by Bacon, Derek and Collins, Terry
Synopsis: It is the biggest, most expensive, most polluted, most corrupt, most Westernised, most crowded, most lurid, most worldly city in Indonesia. The signs are everywhere: hopelessly struggling transport systems with endless traffic jams, the super-rich living opposite the very poor, a suffocating confusion of red tape and an increasingly restless yet apathetic young generation. Jakarta is all of Indonesia concentrated into a single fat Mother City--Ibu kota kita.
Copyright Date: 2007
A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf
by Bade, William Frederic and Muir, John
Synopsis: Taken from Muir's earliest journals, this book records his walk in 1867 from Indiana across Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida to the Gulf Coast.
Copyright Date: 1998
Malta And Gozo
by Bain, Carolyn
Synopsis: Basking in the Mediterranean, the Maltese Islands boast attractions well out of proportion to their tiny size.
Copyright Date: 2007
The Old Iron Road: An Epic Of Rails, Roads, And The Urge To Go West
by Bain, David Haward
Synopsis: The past called to Bain, also the author of "Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad", through his grandmother, born in a covered wagon somewhere in Kansas in 1889.
Copyright Date: 2004
Egypt (La Mort De Philae)
by Baines, W. P. and Loti, PierreFreely Available: DAISY | BRF | HTML | TEXT
Synopsis: None
Copyright Date: N/A
The Albert N'Yanza
by Baker, Sir Samuel WhiteFreely Available: DAISY | BRF | HTML | TEXT
Synopsis: None
Copyright Date: N/A
Culture Smart! Croatia
by Ban, Irina and Ronder, David
Synopsis: Don't pack anxiety in your suitcase! By reading Culture Smart! Croatia before you go, will ease your travel, help you to make friends and avoid confusion. Culture Smart! Croatia will help you to understand local manners, customs and laws.
Copyright Date: 2008
Steeped In The World Of Tea
by Bard, Sharon and Nielsen, Birgit and Rosemarda, Clara
Synopsis: An anthology of poems, essays, and short stories all pertaining to tea.
Copyright Date: 2005