Roberto Mantovani

Kurt Diemberger

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

New Jersey

History of the Himalayan Giant

"Everest: The History of the Himalayan Giant" presents the discovery, exploration, and climbing of legendary Mount Everest through remarkable color photos and historic black-and-white images with accompanying text. An accomplished mountaineer, Roberto Mantovani was the longtime editor of "la Revista della Montagna" mountaineering magazine. 200 photos, some in color.

Everest

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Gayle Forman

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

"Sparks fly when American good girl Allyson encounters laid-back Dutch actor Willem, so she follows him on a whirlwind trip to Paris, upending her life in just one day and prompting a year of self-discovery and the search for true love."--

Just One Day

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#hardcover #fiction #youngadult #travel #ya #comingofage #contemporary #ireland 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

California

Love & Luck

#hardcover #kincaid #awardwinning #awardwinner #travel #memoir #Nepal #botany #rareplants

Minnesota

A Walk in the Himalaya

A combination memoir and travel journal details an adventure through the mountains of Nepal in search of native flowers and plants that could grow in Vermont, encountering guerrillas, Sherpas, yaks, and spectacular landscapes on the way.

Among Flowers

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J. Maarten Troost

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Maryland

One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation

The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals returns with a sharply observed, hilarious account of his adventures in China--a complex, fascinating country with enough dangers and delicacies to keep him, and readers, endlessly entertained.

Maarten Troost has charmed legions of readers with his laugh-out-loud tales of wandering the remote islands of the South Pacific. When the travel bug hit again, he decided to go big-time, taking on the world's most populous and intriguing nation. In Lost on Planet China, Troost escorts readers on a rollicking journey through the new beating heart of the modern world, from the megalopolises of Beijing and Shanghai to the Gobi Desert and the hinterlands of Tibet.

Lost on Planet China finds Troost dodging deadly drivers in Shanghai; eating Yak in Tibet; deciphering restaurant menus (offering local favorites such as Cattle Penis with Garlic); visiting with Chairman Mao (still dead, very orange); and hiking (with 80,000 other people) up Tai Shan, China's most revered mountain. But in addition to his trademark gonzo adventures, the book also delivers a telling look at a vast and complex country on the brink of transformation that will soon shape the way we all work, live, and think. As Troost shows, while we may be familiar with Yao Ming or dim sum or the cheap, plastic products that line the shelves of every store, the real China remains a world--indeed, a planet--unto itself.

Maarten Troost brings China to life as you've never seen it before, and his insightful, rip-roaringly funny narrative proves that once again he is one of the most entertaining and insightful armchair travel companions around.

Lost on Planet China *new

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Ohio

A Novel

A search for a mysterious customer in Rome leads a young bookseller to confront the complicated history of her family, and that of Italy itself, in this achingly intimate debut with echoes of Lily King and Elif Batuman. Working at a bookstore in Berkeley in the years after college, Gabriele becomes intrigued by the orders of signor Vietri, a customer from Rome whose numerous purchases grow increasingly mystical and esoteric. Restless and uncertain of her future, Gabriele quits her job and, landing in Rome, decides to look up Vietri. Unable to locate him, she begins a quest to unearth the well-concealed facts of his life. Following a trail of obituaries and military records, a memoir of life in a village forgotten by modernity, and the court records of a communist murder trial, Gabriele meets an eclectic assortment of the city's inhabitants, from the widow of an Italian prisoner of war to members of a generation set adrift by the financial crisis. Each encounter draws her unexpectedly closer to her own painful past and complicated family history--an Italian mother diagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized during her childhood, and an extended family in Rome still recovering from the losses and betrayals in their past. Through these voices and histories, Gabriele will discover what it means to be a person in the world; a member of a family and a citizen of a country--and how reconciling these stories may be the key to understanding her own.

The Vietri Project

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Meredith Davis

New York

Taking a Flight

Describes the varied activities involved in operating a busy airport and what happens on a passenger flight.

Up and Away!

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Delaware

Contains common terms and phrases useful for a person traveling to the Netherlands.

Just Enough Dutch

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Alexander Rondos

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Michigan

Everything That You Will Need During Your Staying in Greece

This handbook is the best companion for people travelling to Greece for tourism or business, or just want to learn the basics for communication in Greek, and also important things to know about Greece and Greek people. Written by local Greek experts, it contains carefully selected words and phrases, which will make your everyday communication with the locals much easier, and your staying in Greece much more pleasant. Impress the locals and make them friendlier towards you, understand all the basics in signs, menus and oral expressions, avoid misunderstandings, and of course learn how to communicate in case of an emergency. From basic communication and greetings to expressions for directions, food, shopping, emergency, business and much more, it will be your valuable companion, accompanying you every day of your stay. All the words and phrases are first given in English, then phonetically in Greek in order for you to know how to pronounce them, and then in transliteration, so you can understand them if you see them written. It even contains a chapter dedicated in selected gestures and how the locals perceive them, in order to avoid misunderstandings. A final chapter of important things to know and useful contact numbers completes the basic knowledge anyone must have before travelling to Greece. Please feel free to contact us for any comment, enquiry or add-ons you might want to see in a book like this.

The Ultimate Greek Phrasebook

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Peter Mayle

An indispensable, richly informative, and always entertaining sourcebook on Provence by the writer who has made the region his own.

Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. It is rather a selection of those aspects of Provence that Peter Mayle in almost twenty years there has found to be the most interesting, curious, delicious, or down-right fun.

In more than 170 entries he writes about subjects as wide-ranging as architecture and zingue-zingue-zoun (in the local patois, a word meant to describe the sound of a violin), as diverse as expatriates, Aix-en-Provence, the Provençal character, legends, lavender, linguistic oddities, the museum of the French Foreign Legion, the museum of the corkscrew, the origins of “La Marseillaise,” and a bawdy folklore character named Fanny.

And, of course, he writes about food and vin rosé, truffles, olives, melons, bouillabaisse, the cheese that killed a Roman emperor, even a cure for indigestion. The wonderful accompanying artwork includes curiosities Mayle has gathered over the years — matchbooks, drawings, century-old ads, photos, tourist brochures, maps.
Provence A-Z is a delight for Peter Mayle’s ever-growing audience and the perfect complement to any guidebook on Provence, or, for that matter, France.

Arkansas

A Francophile's Essential Handbook

The author of several books set in Provence, including the now-classic travel tome "A Year in Provence" and a more recent novel, "A Good Year," Mayle has once again trapped the sunshine, the wind, and the very lavender-laden air of the southeastern French countryside.

Provence A-Z (First Edition)

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Asa Gilland

Welcome to Maine! Whether they're locals or visitors, young readers will love this bright, cheerful, fact-filled picture book celebration of "The Pine Tree State."

With information about the state's animals, plants, regions, food, people, customs, and fun places to visit, this tribute to Maine is the perfect gift for vacationers and residents alike. The warm, bright illustrations highlight the many delights to be found throughout the state. And the easy-yet-informative details ("You'll find the sweetest moose in Maine at the Len Libby candy shop in Scarborough. Lenny is a life-size moose made of chocolate!") give just the right amount of information to kids from preschool on up.

Georgia

Hardcover 

Welcome to Maine! Whether they're locals or visitors, young readers will love this bright, cheerful, fact-filled picture book celebration of "The Pine Tree State." With information about the state's animals, plants, regions, food, people, customs, and fun places to visit, this tribute to Maine is the perfect gift for vacationers and residents alike. The warm, bright illustrations highlight the many delights to be found throughout the state. And the easy-yet-informative details ("You'll find the sweetest moose in Maine at the Len Libby candy shop in Scarborough. Lenny is a life-size moose made of chocolate!") give just the right amount of information to kids from preschool on up.

Welcome to Maine (Welcome To)

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Fern Michaels

Massachusetts

A Festive and Fun Holiday Story

"At Ridgewood High, Amy, Frankie, Rachael, and Nina formed a deep bond. Now, fifteen years after leaving school behind, they're back for a reunion, laughing, reminiscing, and chatting how much has changed and how much hasn't. All four are strong, successful, and somehow, still looking for the right partner. But Frankie has an idea to help solve that: a singles cruise for the holiday"--

Santa Cruise

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John S. Salmon

This new, revised and expanded edition includes 212 new markers, many of which reflect the Native-American, African-American, and social history.A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers brings together the texts of more than 1,600 official state historical markers that have been placed along Virginia's highways since 1926, including even those markers that have been removed. A grid map and three separate indexes assist the reader in locating each marker. One index is alpabetical by title, one by subject matter, and one by county and independent city.Travelers along Virginia's highways will find this guide both useful and informative. The great legacy of Virginia's past is revealed on these markers, making this book both a handy reference and a stimulus to greater study of the history of the commonwealth.

Virginia's Historical Markers

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Pennsylvania

Rome and The Vatican

#paperback #travel #oceania #pacificislands #travelogue #memoir #adventure #paddling #voyage

Arizona

Paddling the Pacific

The author of The Great Railway Bazaar explores the South Pacific by kayak: “This exhilarating epic ranks with [his] best travel books” (Publishers Weekly).



In one of his most exotic and adventuresome journeys, travel writer Paul Theroux embarks on an eighteen-month tour of the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by collapsible kayak. Beginning in New Zealand's rain forests and ultimately coming to shore thousands of miles away in Hawaii, Theroux paddles alone over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors and shark-filled waters, and along treacherous coastlines.



Along the way, Theroux meets the king of Tonga, encounters street gangs in Auckland, and investigates a cargo cult in Vanuatu. From Australia to Tahiti, Fiji, Easter Island, and beyond, this exhilarating tropical epic is full of disarming observations and high adventure.

The Happy Isles of Oceania

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One’s man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time. #nonfiction #travel #paperback #autobiography #biography #socialscience #peace #basedonatruestory #humanitarian #afghanistan 

A Memoir

Three Cups of Tea

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Douglas Preston

Lincoln Child

West Virginia

A Gideon Crew Novel

Gideon Crew--brilliant scientist, master thief--is living on borrowed time. When his mysterious employer, Eli Glinn, gives him an eyebrow-raising mission, he has no reason to refuse. Gideon's task: steal a page from the priceless Book of Kells, now on display in New York City and protected by unbreakable security. Accomplishing the impossible, Gideon steals the parchment--only to learn that hidden beneath the gorgeously illuminated image is a treasure map dating back to the time of the ancient Greeks. As they ponder the strange map, they realize that the treasure it leads to is no ordinary fortune. It is something far more precious: an amazing discovery that could perhaps even save Gideon's life. Together with his new partner, Amy, Gideon follows a trail of cryptic clues to an unknown island in a remote corner of the Caribbean Sea. There, off the hostile and desolate Mosquito Coast, the pair realize the extraordinary treasure they are hunting conceals an even greater shock-a revelation so profound that it may benefit the entire human race . . . if Gideon and Amy can survive.

The Lost Island

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#picoiyer #travel #geography #observations #humor #mustsee #ideology #uniqueness #adventure

Some Lonely Places of the World

The author of Video Night in Kathmandu ups the ante on himself in this sublimely evocative and acerbically funny tour through the world's loneliest and most eccentric places. From Iceland to Bhutan to Argentina, Iyer remains both uncannily observant and hilarious.

Falling off the Map

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#travel #Slovakia #Bratislava #Pressburg #streetbystreetdetailedmaps #granularlevelmaps #Europe #OldCity

The Most Essential Bratislava (Slovakia) Travel Map for Every Adventure

Get Ready For The Adventure Of A Lifetime!

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Map Book of Bratislava

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North Dakota

Lands of Lost Borders ARC

#France #winecountry #wine #travel #maps #winefestivals #regions

Illustrated with specially commissioned photographs (wine usually seems to be made in attractive surroundings) as well as maps, the books in this series describe the wine-producing regions of each country. The authors recommend itineraries, list wineries, describe the local cuisines, suggest wine bars and restaurants, and provide a mass of practical information -- much of which is not readily available elsewhere.

Each title includes:
-- Itineraries and maps
-- Local gastronomic specialties
-- Hundreds of visitor-friendly wineries
-- Descriptions of local and regional wines
-- Museums and sight-seeing points
-- Lists of wine festivals and exhibitions
-- Restaurants, hotels and wine stores
-- Reference section and glossary

Travellers Wine Guide to France

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Kirsten Hubbard

Are you a Global Vagabond?

No, but 18-year-old Bria wants to be. In a quest for independence, her neglected art, and no-strings-attached hookups, she signs up for a tour of Central America--the wrong one. Middle-aged tourists are hardly the key to self-rediscovery.

So when Bria meets Rowan, devoted backpacker and dive instructor, and his outspoken sister Starling, she seizes the chance to ditch her group and join them off the beaten path. Bria's a good girl trying to go bad. Rowan's a bad boy trying to stay good. As they travel through Mayan villages and remote Belizean islands, they discover they're both seeking to leave behind the old versions of themselves. The secret to escaping the past, Rowan's found, is to keep moving forward. But Bria realizes she can't run forever. At some point, you have to look back.

Wanderlove

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7” x 4.75” cute small lined journal with map on inside and outside cover, 100 pages.  Brand new. 

World Map Lined Journal 

#hardcover #travel #fiction #dreams #childrens #adventure 

North Carolina

A stunning picture book that addresses life’s big journeys with hope, beauty, and reassurance School Library Journal [STARRED REVIEW!] “[A] moving, allegorical tale… inspiring reflection and empathy” Kirkus Reviews [STARRED REVIEW!] “A potent discussion starter… Enchanting, beautiful, and full of hope. “ Booklist [STARRED REVIEW!] “A lyrical tale of leaving home and finding a new one…Thought-provoking and arrestingly beautiful.” A boy must leave his home and find another. He brings with him a teacup full of earth from the place where he grew up, and sets off to sea. Some days, the journey is peaceful, and the skies are cloudless and bright. Some days, storms threaten to overturn his boat. And some days, the smallest amount of hope grows into something glorious. At last, the boy finds land, but it doesn't feel complete . . . until another traveler joins him, bearing the seed to build a new home. With lyrical text and gorgeous artwork, this poignant picture book is perfect for discussing all of life’s toughest challenges—a big move, a divorce, long-distance separation, or even the current refugee crisis—in a way that’s reassuring and inspiring for children and adults alike.

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Roberto Mantovani; Kurt Diemberger

Everest

Gayle Forman

Just One Day

Jenna Evans Welch

Love & Luck

Jamaica Kincaid