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100 places Best American series One hundred places Outside books Travelers' Tales guidesCassady, Carolyn
Summary: "This book illustrious Carolyn is a charming narative filled with heartfelt advice for adventurers and weary travelers alike! Evoking a bygone era of elegance and international travel that bursts with beauty and wonderment, you are invited to take a leisurely journey with a savvy mother and daughter team as they soak in the sites, culture and deliciousness of each stop on an extended European...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Book Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CASSummary: Including contributions from Dave Eggers, Pico Iyer, Richard Ford and Jane Smiley, more than 20 well-known writers share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Publications 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 INNSmith, Matt
Summary: More than a laugh out loud travel memoir, Dear Bob and Sue: Season 2 will bring to life the joy of discovery, the pure satisfaction of accomplishment, and the humor that comes with experiencing new places and activities. Season 2 is the follow-up to Dear Bob and Sue, a charming and sometimes irreverent chronicle of a middle-aged couple as they visit each of the country's fifty-nine national...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Matt and Karen Smith 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 SMISmith, Matt
Summary: "DEAR BOB AND SUE chronicles the journey of Matt and Karen Smith, who took a mid-career break to travel to all 58 U.S. National Parks. Written as a series of emails to their friends, Bob and Sue, they describe their sense of awe in exploring our national parks, and share humorous and quirky observations. The national parks are among the most stunning places in America - pristine wilderness,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Matt and Karen Smith 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The best travel writing essays of 2019 are collected in this volume that explores what it means to travel somewhere new"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 BESBaggett, Jennifer.
Summary: Three friends at a crossroads in their twenties quit their high pressure New York media jobs, leave their friends and everything familiar behind, and embark on a year-long backpacking adventure around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910.4 BAGSummary: A Moveable Feast is a collection of travellers' tales set around the world. It transforms the planet into an endless all-you-can-eat buffet for mind, soul and stomach.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Baxter, Derek
Summary: "In 1784, travel wrenched Thomas Jefferson out of the darkest period of his life. He sailed to France a broken man, but on the road, he rediscovered a world of hidden beauty and penned a guide he called Hints for Americans Traveling in Europe. During a crisis of his own, Derek Baxter dares himself to follow Jefferson's route. On a series of journeys (piloting a Dutch canal boat, hiking the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.04 BAXDeSanctis, Marcia.
Summary: "Told in a series of stylish, original essays, 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go is for the serious Francophile, the woman dreaming of a trip to Paris, and also for those who love crisp stories well-told. Like all great travel writing, this volume goes beyond the guidebook and offers insight not only about where to go but why to go there. A combination of keen travel advice, memoir and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Travelers' Tales 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.4 FRAShapiro, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Travelers' Tales 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 SENCollins, Lauren
Summary: "A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she moved to London and fell for a Frenchman named Olivier--a surprising turn of events for someone who didn't have a passport until she was incollege. But what does it mean to love someone in a second language? Collins wonders, as her relationship with Olivier continues to grow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Foreign CollinsCahill, Tim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1996
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Place a hold to request this item.Lester, Toby.
Contents: Awakening -- Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing -- New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo -- The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912.73 LESCollins, Lauren
Summary: "When journalist Lauren Collins moved to Geneva, Switzerland, she decided to learn French in order to be closer to her French husband and his family. Her hilarious and idiosyncratic memoir about the things we do for love is an exploration across cultures and history into how we learn languages, and what they say about who we are"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LARGE PRINT 448.009 COLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 COLLINS, LAUREN COLSalak, Kira
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2001