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Adventures in the World's Frozen Places
A narrative account of the author's forays into some of the world's coldest regions describes his encounters with splashing through an Arctic swimming hole, investigations into ancient and more recent ice ages, and examinations of animal hibernation habits.
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The Grand Tour
Told in never-before-published letters and photos taken from the Queen of Mystery's very own archives, this exciting travelogue, steeped in history and illustrated with photos, postcards, newspaper clippings and memorabilia, documents her eye-opening yearlong voyage around the British Empire in 1922.
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Apocalyptic Planet
Field Guide to the Everending Earth
Discusses the Earth's inherent instability and susceptibility toward violent natural disasters and climate extremes, challenging beliefs about apocalyptic inevitabilities while revealing how to change humanity's place within the planet's cycles.
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Man Seeks God
My Flirtations With the Divine
After a health scare, an atheist travels the world searching for an experience of the divine, from meditating with Tibetan lamas in Nepal and unblocking his chi in China, to studying the Kabbalah in Israel.
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The Longest Way Home
One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down
Actor-turned-travel writer Andrew McCarthy meditates on how travel has helped him overcome life-long fears and confront his resistance to commitment, tracing his soul-searching visits to the Patagonia, the Amazon and Mount Kilimanjaro.
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Where China Meets India
Burma And The New Crossroads of Asia
Where China Meets India: Burma And The New Crossroads Of Asia analyzes the inherent potential of recently dissolved boundaries between China and India; it cites a clash between modern and traditional worlds throughout affected regions while considering Burma's strategic centrality and the ways it is being targeted.
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The Beautiful and The Damned
A Portrait of the New India
This portrait of globalized India is based on the author's undercover assignment for The Guardian, during which he worked at a Delhi call center and traveled through the subcontinent, observing its cultural contradictions and the human cost of monumental changes.
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The Unconquered
In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes
A National Geographic writer describes his harrowing journey with 34 other people into the depths of the Amazon rain forest, in an attempt to track one of the last uncontacted tribes on the planet, the "People of the Arrow," a group of deft archers who defend themselves with a vengeance.
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Ghost Milk
Recent Adventures Among the Future Ruins of London on the Eve of the Olympics
Sinclair's latest work mourns the ways in which the 2012 Olympic games are prompting redevelopment at the cost of local history, exploring the roots of new constructions while citing the losses of private establishments, public parks and casual diversity.
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Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down
An account of a Francophile's haphazard relocation to Paris in spite of his lack of French fluency describes how the region considerably differed from his expectations and the ways in which he tapped his American optimism to overcome cultural challenges. By the author of You Lost Me There.
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Hindoo Holiday
An Indian Journal
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Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
A re-creation of Hiram Bingham III's discovery of the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu, in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Describes Bingham's struggles with rudimentary survival tools and his experiences at the sides of local guides.NPR Bestseller
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A Sense Of Direction
Pilgrimage For The Restless And The Hopeful
Traces the author's wayward participation in three pilgrimages as part of a personal quest to resolve differences between his disciplinary skills and desires, an effort that illuminated a family mystery and gave him a greater sense of purpose.
