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Everything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour

Rachel Shukert,

A Hilarious Expedition...

Told from the unencumbered voice of a fearless & cavalier twentysomething, this travel memoir by an out-of-work actress searching for herself in Europe is a witty delight.

A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure

Marlena De Blasi,

The Spirit of Italy...

American chef de Blasi talks of olives & wine but her memoir is really about the ancient spirit of the Tuscan land & the villagers who’ve lived off its harvest.

To a Mountain in Tibet

Colin Thubron,

A Tibetan Adventure...

The intrepid Thubron embarks on a profound & dangerous trek to a most sacred peak, in search of something other than the dead’s eternal silence.

1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the second edition: Completely Revised and Updated with Over 200 New Entries

Patricia Schultz,

The Definitive List...

This comprehensive travel book is an aspirational to-do list, unique destinations accompanied by important information to create experiences, not just trips.

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The 100 Best Affordable Vacations

Jane Wooldridge Larry Bleiberg,

The Dog Lover's Guide to Travel: Best Destinations, Hotels, Events, and Advice to Please Your Pet-and You

Kelly Carter,

Drives of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Most Spectacular Trips

National Geographic,

Only Pack What You Can Carry: My Path to Inner Strength, Confidence, and True Self-Knowledge

Janice Holly Booth,

The 100 Best Vacations to Enrich Your Life

Pam Grout,

Anglophones in France

Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co.

Jeremy Mercer,

We'll Always Have Paris: American Tourists in France since 1930

Harvey A. Levenstein,

A Year in the Merde

Stephen Clarke,

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan,

Breathless: An American Girl in Paris

Nancy K. Miller,

Provence: From Minstrels to the Machine

Ford Madox Ford,

Extraordinary Theory of Objects: A Memoir of an Outsider in Paris

Stephanie LaCava,

Paris Was Ours: Thirty-two Writers Reflect on the City of Light

Penelope Rowlands,

A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition

Ernest Hemingway,

Immoveable Feast

John Baxter,

Words in a French Life: Lessons in Love and Language from the South of France

Kristin Espinasse,

Serge Bastarde Ate My Baguette: On the Road in the Real Rural France

John Dummer,

A Chateau of One's Own: Restoration Misadventures In France

Sam Juneau,

Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate)

Amy Thomas,

Tout Sweet: Hanging Up My High Heels for a New Life in France

Karen Wheeler,

I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany

Mark Greenside,

Moon Living Abroad in France

Aurelia d'Andrea,

Bon Courage!: A French Renovation in Rural Limousin

Richard Wiles,

That Paris Year

Joanna Biggar,

Son of Serge Bastarde: Mayhem in the Antiques Markets of Rural France

John Dummer,

Downhill All the Way: Cycling through France from La Manche to the Mediteranean

Edward Enfield,

Grape Expectations: A Family's Vineyard Adventure in France

Caro Feely,

French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France

Richard Goodman,

A French Affair: The Paris Beat, 1965-1998

Mary Blume,

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Charmingly informative...

In DeJean’s captivating book on the history & evolution of one of the world's most beautiful cities, she shows just how much innovation—well before Haussmann—went into the design of the first modern city.

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Writer and the City

Florence: The Writer and the City

David Leavitt,

Rio de Janeiro: A City on Fire

Ruy Castro,

Prague Pictures: Portraits of a City

John Banville,

30 Days in Sydney: A Wildly Distorted Account

Peter Carey,

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Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival

Michael J. Tougias,

I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany

Mark Greenside,

Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

Anthony Doerr,

Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco

Gary Kamiya,

Everything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour

Rachel Shukert,

I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago

Hape Kerkeling,

Assassination Vacation

Sarah Vowell,

God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre

Richard Grant,

The Turk Who Loved Apples: And Other Tales of Losing My Way Around the World

Matt Gross,

Venetian Dreaming

Paula Weideger,

Imperial Dreams: Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre

Tim Gallagher,

Better Off Without 'Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession

Chuck Thompson,

Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

Carl Hoffman,

Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey

Anastasia M. Ashman,

True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent on Annapurna

David Roberts,

Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Com

Burkhard Bilger,

Apologies to My Censor: The High and Low Adventures of a Foreigner in China

Mitch Moxley,

Moon Fiji

David Stanley,

Fast Times in Palestine: A Love Affair with a Homeless Homeland

Pamela Olson Pamela J. Olson,

There's an Egg in My Soup: ... and other adventures of an Irishman in Poland

Tom Galvin,

Walking Broad: Looking for the Heart of Brotherly Love

Bruce Buschel,

Talk to the Snail: Ten Commandments for Understanding the French

Stephen Clarke,

A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons

Robert M. Sapolsky,

A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony

Hector Garcia,

Gringos in Paradise: An American Couple Builds Their Retirement Dream House in a Seaside Village in Mexico

Barry Golson,

How to Be Danish: A Journey to the Cultural Heart of Denmark

Patrick Kingsley,

Tracks: One Woman's Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback

Robyn Davidson,

Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City and a True Story of Deadly Adventure

Christopher S. Stewart,

Moon Living Abroad in Japan

Ruth Kanagy,

Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

Ben Montgomery,

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Modern classic...

A modern classic of travel writing, the bestselling & award-winning author's account of travels through Australia is both insightful and incredibly entertaining.

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Bestselling in Travel

Long Way Down: An Epic Journey by Motorcycle from Scotland to South Africa

Ewan McGregor Charley Boorman,

Assassination Vacation

Sarah Vowell,

Kon-Tiki

Thor Heyerdahl,

Green Hills of Africa

Ernest Hemingway,

As Verdes Colinas de Africa [Green Hills of Africa]

Ernest Hemingway,

Sailing Alone Around the World

Joshua Slocum,

Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World

Ewan McGregor Charley Boorman,

A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons

Robert M. Sapolsky,

I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago

Hape Kerkeling,

Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees

Roger Deakin,

Roads: Driving America's Great Highways

Larry McMurtry,

The Pilgrimage

Paulo Coelho,

Talk to the Snail: Ten Commandments for Understanding the French

Stephen Clarke,

Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere

Jan Morris,

Trieste And The Meaning Of Nowhere

Jan Morris,

A Parrot in the Pepper Tree: A Sequel to Driving Over Lemons

Chris Stewart,

Maiden Voyage

Tania Aebi,

The Clumsiest People in Europe

Todd Pruzan,

Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place

Annie Proulx,

The Places in Between

Rory Stewart,

30 Days in Sydney: A Wildly Distorted Account

Peter Carey,

God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre

Richard Grant,

Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador

Angelina Jolie,

Florence: The Writer and the City

David Leavitt,

Prague Pictures: Portraits of a City

John Banville,

Tales of the Alhambra

Washington Irving,

China: Empire of Living Symbols

Cecilia Lindqvist,

The Herbfarm Cookbook

Jerry Traunfeld,

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Himmler's Crusade: The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Race

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Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball

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Women’s Travel Memoirs

Have Mother, Will Travel: A Mother and Daughter Discover Themselves, Each Other, and the World

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A Lizard In My Luggage: Mayfair To Mallorca In One Easy Move

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Everything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour

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Extraordinary Theory of Objects: A Memoir of an Outsider in Paris

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Expat: Women's True Tales of Life Abroad

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A French Affair: The Paris Beat, 1965-1998

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A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance

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Very California: Travels Through the Golden State

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The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World.

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French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France

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To a Mountain in Tibet

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Learning to Bow: An American Teacher in a Japanese School

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Tracks: One Woman's Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback

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Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory

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I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago

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Shadow of the Silk Road

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