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Lafcadio Hearn

'Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, with glossary, index...and beautiful layout to boot.'Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), the son of an Irish Surgeon-Major and a Greek woman of noble lineage, who settled in Japan after a checkered career in journalism in Cincinnati and New Orleans, is still considered by many the most astute...

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25,13 €

Stuck with Me

Cassandra Piat

Molly, a happy-go-lucky photographer, is thrilled when she wins an all-expenses paid vacation to Mauritius. Bursting with excitement, she packs her camera and a few colourful bikinis and can't wait to have some fun in the sun. But things don’t go quite as planned for Molly from the moment the grumpy, albeit gorgeous, Adam sits down next to her on the flight to Mauritius. W...

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12,99 €

Mysore to the Mountains

Clare Nicholls

India: colourful, chaotic, historical and multi-layered. With an acute eye, affection, humility and curiosity, Clare’s journey around India from Mysore in the south to Ladakh in the Himalayas is described in a way that interweaves the myths, values, beliefs and landscape of this extraordinary country.As a solo woman traveller, Clare’s adventures range from learning yoga in an o...

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26,25 €

Adventures on the Pan American Highway of South America

Earl Roe Donnell / Lucretia Ayers Donnell

What happens when an intrepid and resourceful sixty-something woman decides in 1953 that a long driving trip, touring the newly opened Pan American Highway in South America, would be just the thing her ailing husband needs? Follow the Donnells in this page turning, true yarn as recorded by Lucretia Donnell in her letters. Robbed, stuck in the mud, marooned with car troubles, wi...

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30,46 €

Barossa Journeys

Noris Ioannou

Barossa Journeys: Into a valley of tradition creates a sensory experience where the flavours of wine and food intermingle with the celebrations of festivals and music. Favourite places and enchanting, out-of-the-way sites are revealed. Explore places as evocative as the long-lost village of Hoffnungsthal, and the strange cave home of the eccentric explorer Menge. Wander through...

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44,93 €

Corfu and Mainland Greece

Alan R. Massen

Corfu and Mainland Greece is a pictorial and descriptive journey through the history and beauty of the Greek paradise Island of Corfu before we sail away on a trip to the mainland of Greece to visit some of the most important historical sites of ancient Greece. The Island of Corfu is one of the Ionian Islands. It is just off the West coast of Greece and is one of the most North...

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47,78 €

Japan Dreams

Mark Peters

There is Japan, and then there is Japan. Follow the author from his first early morning glimpse of Mount Fuji to the deepening realisation that even our most familiar and cherished notions can prove to be insubstantial scraps of nothingness. At times earthy, at times philosophical, ‘Japan Dreams’ is more than a zen-like meditation on life. It is a high-speed criss-crossing of...

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22,09 €

Rain Falling on Tamarind Trees

C. L. Hoang

Finalist (Travel category), 2019 San Diego Book Awards Former Amazon #1 New Release in Vietnam Travel Guides 5-Star Rating from Amazon Hall-of-Fame Top Reviewer Have you ever wondered what Vietnam is like some forty years after the war has ended? Then come along with the author as he returns to visit his ancestral homeland for the first time after a decades-long absence.Retrace...

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13,47 €

Andros Island, Travel Guide, and Environmental Information

Thomson Michael

Andros Island, Travel Guide and Environmental Information. History, Vacation, Holiday, Environment. Andros, the second-largest island of the Cyclades, has a long and proud seafaring tradition and, conversely, is a walker’s paradise. Its wild mountains are cleaved by fecund valleys with bubbling streams and ancient stone mills. A lush island, springs tend to be a feature of each...

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25,34 €

Romancing Through Italy

Robert James Connors

Romancing Through Italy is an intimate cultural journey that reveals not just the places, but the people and mysteries of an ancient land. In these true stories, discover the humor, beauty, heroes, friends, and misadventures of traveling through Italy. Emperors and cave-dwellers, elderly goat-herds and ghost towns come to life in visits to the hidden corners of the cradle of mo...

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22,20 €

Illegal

John Dennehy

Illegal tells the true story of love and deception, revolutions and deportations as it chronicles the trials of John Dennehy. Naïve New Yorker, Dennehy refuses to be part of the feverish nationalism of post 9/11 America. His search for hope takes him to Ecuador, where he falls in love with firebrand Lucia, who perfects his broken Spanish while they find solidarity in the brewin...

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10,61 €

Up the Rainbow

Susan Casper

Susan Casper (1947-2017) had a comparatively limited, but very intense writing career. She collaborated with some of the biggest names in the field, attempted truly daring and innovative fiction, and then slipped away from writing as quietly as she’d originally started. As Michael Swanwick says in his introduction, the reason she stopped writing is a mystery. There came a point...

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28,23 €

An Artist in Japan

John La Farge

“Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, with glossary, index…and beautiful layout to boot.”John la Farge (1835–1910), traveling Japan’s interior in the summer of 1886, sees Japan in a way only he can: through the eyes of a painter, observing a vast canvas in which he discerns every color, every shade, every nuance, every re...

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25,45 €

7 Hours to Sofia

Louise Mae Hoffmann

7 Hours to Sofia: challenges and discoveries of a Peace Corps Volunteer, Louise Mae HoffmannHoffmann makes a powerful point in this book about democracy. Bulgarians struggle to come to terms with their own freedom. After retiring from her career directing a college library, and serving as president of the New Mexico Library Association, she decides to volunteer for the PEACE CO...

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35,72 €

Four Seasons in a Day

Deborah L Jacobs

Alternately humorous and poignant, this inspiring memoir chronicles the author's misadventures as she and her husband cook in quirky kitchens, struggle to speak French and shop like locals in outdoor markets. With candor and optimism, Deborah Jacobs transports readers from the grape harvest in the Loire Valley to an exuberant chile pepper festival in Basque Country and, ult...

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14,18 €

Shambhala

Nicholas Roerich

In "Shambhala" Roerich has recorded the way of his journey through Central Asia and Tibet in the terms of spirit. It is a record of legends, of parables, of notes--the very substance of which the larger reality is composed, and all revealing different facets of the theme of Shambhala. In this book--as in his other books, "Altai-Himalaya" and "Heart of Asia," one realizes that R...

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14,52 €

U.S. Taxes for Worldly Americans

Wagner Olivier

Introducing the 2024 Edition of the Amazon Expat Tax BestsellerAre you a U.S. citizen residing abroad? Living beyond American borders doesn’t exempt you from the long arm of the IRS. The United States taxes its citizens on worldwide income, no matter where they roam. But fear not! Navigating the complexities of expat taxation just got easier with this updated guide.In U.S. Taxe...

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22,44 €

Forgiving Murder - The Voice of Reason

Anita Lambert

This thought provoking and inspirational story is the true account of how Anita’s nephew’s brutal murder forced her to experience forgiveness in the rawest form. It is a testament to the strength of the human spirit’s ability to heal after crippling devastation which would forever alter the lives of all those effected, negatively or positively. Anita gives a very personal accou...

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11,23 €

GUEST BOOK (Hardback), Visitors Book, Comments Book, Guest Comments Book, House Guest Book, Party Guest Book, Vacation Home Guest Book

Donut Famine

Rick Lupert

Rick Lupert's 20th book and latest poetic travelogue takes you to the Big Easy, New Orleans, Louisiana and environs where alligators were seen but not eaten, and cocktails were imbibed in the very spots they were invented. Filled with warmth and humor.Rick Lupert's latest book is the work of a poet at the height of his powers. Back on the road, this time across the Amer...

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15,82 €

Up the Strait

Wayne J Lutz

Boating, hiking, and survival off the grid in coastal British Columbia, where mountains drop into the sea and people practice self-reliance and a different sense of purpose. Destinations on the Strait of Georgia that can be reached by boat, bicycle, all-terrain vehicle, and sea kayak. Contrarian views of the people and places of coastal British Columbia. A travelogue memoir bas...

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12,20 €

TWILIGHT IN ITALY

D.H. Lawrence / D.HLawrence

TWILIGHT IN ITALY by D.H. LAWRENCE A new edition of the travel book that D.H. Lawrence wrote about his travels in Germany, Italy and the Alps. Twilight In Italy is one of Lawrence's most lyrical and upbeat books, an enchanting account of travelling around Europe. Illustrated with paintings by J.M.W. Turner. EXTRACT FROM THE PASSAGE WHERE D.H. LAWRENCE IS AT LAKE GARD...

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18,61 €

South East Asian Railway Journeys

Mike Sharrocks

This book describes the first of a series of long distance journeys through South East Asia. It covers the trip from Bangkok, through the southern 'elephant trunk' of Thailand via Penang and Kuala Lumpur, to Singapore (and the former station of Tanjong Pagar, that closed in 2011).The purpose of the journey was to look at railway travel as a more leisurely means of touri...

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9,16 €

End to End

Alistair McGuinness

When three friends set off on a 900-mile trip to explore Britain, using an out of date map to guide them, the scene is set for a wayward adventure. Along the way they visited numerous country pubs, went in search of the remaining Beatles, discovered an ancient hideaway used by Scottish clans, and survived a storm in the Highlands. Each time they got lost they were helped by a v...

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7,12 €

So You Want to Volunteer

Heidi van 't Riet

Planning a volunteer trip can seem daunting since you have to sort through mountains of information to find a great project. Where do you start? So You Want to Volunteer is a practical guide that helps you structure your research and plan your adventure. It is based on the experience of many volunteers and covers various aspects of the trip from packing lists to organizing ...

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19,27 €

Flying 7 Continents Solo

Harry R. Anderson / Harry RAnderson

FLYING 7 CONTINENTS SOLO is the fascinating account of a pilot flying alone around the world in a small single-engine plane, across oceans and through foreign countries, to achieve the rare goal of landing on all seven continents. This book will be of direct interest to pilots, of course, but also to those interested in international travel from an entirely different perspectiv...

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40,51 €

A Pink Suitcase

Janna Graber

A Pink Suitcase brings together a talented group of daring women as they journey across the globe on adventures that are as unforgettable as they are moving. These intrepid explorers take on the world with wide eyes, an open heart and a woman’s point of view. They tackle Mother Nature, dive into other cultures and try new things. And in the process, they learn not only about ne...

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12,13 €

MISSION ST. AUGUSTINE

CATHERINE ARAGON

Looking for a fun way to explore Florida’s “Ancient City”? In search of something for kids AND adults? You've come to the right place! Say “goodbye” to hum-drum sightseeing and the stress of keeping everyone entertained. Instead, say “hello” to an exciting adventure exploring St. Augustine through a scavenger hunt. Discover the sights and intriguing history of the Nation’s ...

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10,00 €

Cyprus Portraits

Peter Rutkoff

A thoughtful look at the divided island of Cyprus and its people, written by a visiting Fulbright scholar. This travel memoir covers numerous visits to Cyprus between 2005 and 2013, where the author engaged in meaningful dialogue with Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in the north and the south of this divided island. ...

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26,32 €

White Water, Red Walls

Carol McMillan

'Carol McMillan’s Grand Canyon poems take us on a journey of gentle reflection and precipitous adventure, filling each moment with wonder.' - Jim Milstead, the Bard of Bellingham'Carol McMillan may ... invite levity into the lives of friends and acquaintances, but it is the grit of her words; deep, warm, hard, strong, riveting words; that will take you inward. Hold her book in ...

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9,52 €

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