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A Voyage Long and Strange
Rediscovering the New World

Henry Holt and Co.
The bestselling author of Blue Latitudes takes us on a thrilling and eye-opening voyage to pre-Mayflower America On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony...
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Going Dutch in Beijing
How to Behave Properly When Far Away from Home

Henry Holt and Co.
What to do and what not to do when traveling almost anywhere—an entertainment for the armchair or the intrepid traveler Why shouldn’t you offer to pay for...
  
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The River Queen

Henry Holt and Co.
This story of a middle-aged woman’s odyssey down the Mississippi River is a funny, beautifully written, and poignant tale of a journey that transforms a...
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The Devil's Teeth
A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks

Henry Holt and Co.
A journalist's obsession brings her to a remote island off the California coast, home to the world's most mysterious and fearsome predators-and the strange...
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Queenan Country
A Reluctant Anglophile's Pilgrimage to the Mother Country

Henry Holt and Co.
In this hilarious romp through England, one of America's preeminent humorists seeks the answer to an eternal question: What makes the Brits tick? One...
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A Death in Brazil
A Book of Omissions

A John Macrae Book
Combining travel, history, culture, and his own memories of twenty years of Brazilian life, the author of Midnight in Sicily delves into the past and present...
  
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Nine Hills to Nambonkaha
Two Years in the Heart of an African Village

Henry Holt and Co.
A portrait of a resilient African village, ruled until recently by magic and tradition, now facing modern problems and responding, often triumphantly, to...
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Blue Latitudes
Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

Henry Holt and Co.
In an exhilarating tale of historic adventure, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Confederates in the Attic retraces the voyages of Captain James Cook, the...
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Eye of the Albatross
Views of the Embattled Sea

A John Macrae Book
With one of the planet's most alluring birds as his guide, America's foremost chronicler of marine life captures the embattled ocean world. On a wingspan of...
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A House in Corfu
A Family's Sojourn in Greece

A John Macrae Book
The story of an unspoiled island and an English family making a home by the Aegean Sea. In the early 1960s Emma Tennant's parents, on a cruise, spotted a...