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Land's End
A Walk in Provincetown

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"Cunningham’s short book is a haunting, beautiful piece of work. . . . A magnificent work of art." —The Washington Post "Easily read on a plane-and-ferry...
  
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An Unexpected Light
Travels in Afghanistan

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With a New Afterword by the Author Part travelogue, part historical evocation, part personal quest, and part reflection on the joys and perils of passage,...
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A Voyage Long and Strange
On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America

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W hat happened in North America between Columbus's sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620? On a visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he...
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The River Queen
A Memoir

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In the fall of 2005 acclaimed writer Mary Morris set off down the Mississippi River in a battered old houseboat called The River Queen, with two river rats...
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Once Upon a Country
A Palestinian Life

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A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A teacher, a scholar, a philosopher, and an eyewitness to history, Sari Nusseibeh is one of our most urgent and...
  
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Midnight in Sicily
On Art, Feed, History, Travel and la Cosa Nostra

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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year From the author of M and A Death in Brazil comes...
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Mirrors of the Unseen
Journeys in Iran

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Filling a long-neglected gap in the travel writing of the region, Mirrors of the Unseen is a rare and timely portrait of the nation descended from the world's...
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The Heartless Stone
A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire

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An American Library Association Notable Book When he proposed to his girlfriend, Tom Zoellner gave what is expected of every American man--a diamond...
  
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Temptations of the West
How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In Temptations of the West, Pankaj Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on...
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The Fellowship of Ghosts
Travels in the Land of Midnight Sun

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From the author of The Ice Soldier, comes a real-life adventure among the fjords and icy mountains of Norway. Certain geographies speak to people. We are...

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Blue Latitudes
Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

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Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before Two centuries after James Cook's epic voyages of discovery, Tony Horwitz takes readers on a wild ride across...
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Great Plains

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National Bestseller With his unique blend of intrepidity, tongue-in-cheek humor, and wide-eyed wonder, Ian Frazier takes us on a journey of more than 25,000...
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Nine Hills to Nambonkaha
Two Years in the Heart of an African Village

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The village of Nambonkaha in the Ivory Coast is a place where electricity hasn’t yet arrived, where sorcerers still conjure magic, where the tok-tok...
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The River at the Center of the World, Revised
A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time

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Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the symbolic heart of China pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the...
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Gone to New York
Adventures in the City

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Welcome to Ian Frazier's New York, where every block is an event, and where the denizens are larger than life. Meet landlord extraordinaire Zvi Hugo Segal, and...
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False Papers

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In these fourteen essays Andre Aciman, one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, dissects the experience of loss, moving from his forced departure...