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DRIVING OVER LEMONS: An Optimist in Spain
by Chris Stewart
For Englishman and eternal optimist Chris Stewart
(once a drummer for the rock group Genesis) and
his family, turning a rundown farm into a home in
Granada, Spain is truly a labor of love.
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THE FEARLESS DINER: Travel Tips and Wisdom for Eating
Around the World
by Richard Sterling
If you love to cook, eat, travel --- or all three
--- you'll savor this round-the-world culinary adventure.
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FRENCH TOAST
by Harriet Welty Rochefort
In this charming, witty, and often hilarious book,
Harriet Welty Rochefort demystifies French thoughts
on food, money, sex, love, marriage, and much more.
Don't miss her latest, FRENCH
FRIED, where she compares the relationships the
French and Americans have to food.
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HONEYMOON IN PURDAH
by Alison Wearing
A journalist and travel writer, Alison Wearing spent
five months traveling in Iran. What she discovered
goes beyond headlines and stereotypes to reveal a
country far more complex --- and welcoming --- than
Westerners have been led to believe.
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I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF: Notes on Returning to
America After Twenty Years Away
by Bill Bryson
After living in England for 20 years, Bryson returned
to America. In this hilarious book he recounts his
attempts to reacquaint himself with his vastly changed
country.
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IN MOROCCO
by Edith Wharton
In this travelogue first published in 1919, the author
of THE AGE OF INNOCENCE and THE HOUSE OF MIRTH details
her travels through Morocco's desert and cities during
the final year of World War I.
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NOT SO FUNNY WHEN IT HAPPENED: The Best of Travel
Humor and Misadventure
by Tim Cahill (Editor)
You'll undoubtedly recall your own travel misadventures
as you read this humorous collection of essays from
Tim Cahill, Dave Barry, J.P. Donleavy, Nicholas Delbanco,
Anne Lamott, David Sedaris, and 30 other writers ---
and you might be inclined to stray no further than
your own backyard this summer.
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ORGASMIC DAYS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
by Barbara Keller
Part journal and part travel guide, this unique book
is a delectable musing on life in the hilltop town
of Vence. You'll also find 25 days of itineraries
so you can plan --- or just fantasize about --- your
own orgasmic days in the South of France.
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ROUND IRELAND WITH A FRIDGE
by Tony Hawks
After losing a wager, Hawks found himself traveling
around Ireland with a fridge for a month. This rollicking,
heartwarming tale is "part autobiography, part travelogue,
part Guinness-addled ramblings" (The Irish Times).
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THE SEASONS OF ROME: A Journal
by Paul Hofmann
The former New York Times bureau chief illustrates
his everyday life in Rome by documenting one period,
from September 1994 to the following August, with
a blend of affection and honesty.
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SECOND CHANCES: A Travel Narrative of Southern Africa
by Martha B. Hopkins
When she visited southern Africa and Namibia in 1995-1996,
Hopkins was open to the lessons embedded in unplanned
experiences --- an auto accident, visiting a sheep
farm, witnessing a diamond-smuggling scam, and meeting
Bishop Tutu --- and became more than a casual tourist
in a foreign land.
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THE TUSCAN YEAR: Life and Food in an Italian Valley
by Elizabeth Romer
The rituals of life and food in Tuscany have remained
unchanged for centuries. This mouthwatering book combines
recipes with luscious prose as Elizabeth Romer recounts,
month by month, one year in a Tuscan kitchen.
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