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Marco Polo Didn't Go There

Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer

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Marco Polo Didn’t Go There is a collection of rollicking travel tales from a young writer USA Today has called Jack Kerouac for the Internet Age.” For the past ten years, Rolf Potts has taken his keen postmodern travel sensibility into the far fringes of five continents for such prestigious publications as National Geographic Traveler, Salon.com, and The New York Times Magazine. This book ... Read more

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Marco Polo Didn’t Go There is a collection of rollicking travel tales from a young writer USA Today has called Jack Kerouac for the Internet Age.” For the past ten years, Rolf Potts has taken his keen postmodern travel sensibility into the far fringes of five continents for such prestigious publications as National Geographic Traveler, Salon.com, and The New York Times Magazine. This book
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Souvenir

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Bloomsbury presents Souvenir by Rolf Potts, read by Adam Sims.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.For as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on a personal and cultural meaning that goes beyond the object itself. Drawing on several ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Souvenir by Rolf Potts, read by Adam Sims.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.For as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on a personal and cultural meaning that goes beyond the object itself. Drawing on several
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The Vagabond's Way

366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel

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“Thought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiring” (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily lives—from the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of VagabondingFor readers who dream of travel, yearn to get back out on the road, or want to enrich a journey they’re currently on, The Vagabond’s Way explores and celebrates the life-altering essence of travel all ... Read more

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“Thought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiring” (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily lives—from the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of VagabondingFor readers who dream of travel, yearn to get back out on the road, or want to enrich a journey they’re currently on, The Vagabond’s Way explores and celebrates the life-altering essence of travel all
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Words of Mercury

Tales from a Lifetime of Travel

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A career-spanning anthology from the greatest traveler—and travel writer—of the twentieth century.The adventures of Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor, Britain’s most beloved traveler, began in 1933, when he embarked on a walk from Holland to Constantinople—the entire length of Europe—at the tender age of eighteen. Sleeping in barns, monasteries, and, on occasion, aristocratic country houses, the young ... Read more

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A career-spanning anthology from the greatest traveler—and travel writer—of the twentieth century.The adventures of Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor, Britain’s most beloved traveler, began in 1933, when he embarked on a walk from Holland to Constantinople—the entire length of Europe—at the tender age of eighteen. Sleeping in barns, monasteries, and, on occasion, aristocratic country houses, the young
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Riding the Rails with Paul Theroux

The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, and Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

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The international bestselling author records his many insights and adventures traversing the world by train in these 3 classic travel memoirs.The Great Railway BazaarIn 1973, Paul Theroux embarked on his now-legendary journey from the United Kingdom through Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Asia's fabled trains—the Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Frontier Mail, the Golden ... Read more

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The international bestselling author records his many insights and adventures traversing the world by train in these 3 classic travel memoirs.The Great Railway BazaarIn 1973, Paul Theroux embarked on his now-legendary journey from the United Kingdom through Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Asia's fabled trains—the Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Frontier Mail, the Golden
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Journey Interrupted

A Family Without a Country in a World at War

by Hildegarde Mahoney ...

In the midst of World War II, a German-American family finds themselves stranded in Japan in this inspiring tale of an extraordinary family adapting to the hazards of fate, and finding salvation in each other.In the spring of 1941, seven-year-old Hildegarde Ercklentz and her family leave their home in New York City and set off for their native Germany, where her father has been recalled to the ... Read more

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In the midst of World War II, a German-American family finds themselves stranded in Japan in this inspiring tale of an extraordinary family adapting to the hazards of fate, and finding salvation in each other.In the spring of 1941, seven-year-old Hildegarde Ercklentz and her family leave their home in New York City and set off for their native Germany, where her father has been recalled to the
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The Greatest Knight

The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones

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A renowned scholar brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal—providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it.Caught on the wrong side of an English civil war and condemned by his father to the gallows at age five, William Marshal defied all odds to become one of England’s most celebrated knights. Thomas ... Read more

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A renowned scholar brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal—providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it.Caught on the wrong side of an English civil war and condemned by his father to the gallows at age five, William Marshal defied all odds to become one of England’s most celebrated knights. Thomas
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Meditations

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Timeless insights into what it takes to lead a meaningful life—still profoundly relevant nearly two thousand years later.Now featuring a brand-new foreword from Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the Way!“Meditations offers a glimpse into [Marcus Aurelius’s] mind, his habits, and his approach to life. . . . I think any reader would find ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Timeless insights into what it takes to lead a meaningful life—still profoundly relevant nearly two thousand years later.Now featuring a brand-new foreword from Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the Way!“Meditations offers a glimpse into [Marcus Aurelius’s] mind, his habits, and his approach to life. . . . I think any reader would find
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The Bookshop

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National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop is "a marvelously piercing fiction" (Times Literary Supplement), short-listed for the Booker Prize and a classic of British literary fiction.With an Introduction by David Nicholls, international best-selling author of One Day.In 1959 Florence Green, a kindhearted widow and quiet heroine, risks everything to open a ... Read more

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National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop is "a marvelously piercing fiction" (Times Literary Supplement), short-listed for the Booker Prize and a classic of British literary fiction.With an Introduction by David Nicholls, international best-selling author of One Day.In 1959 Florence Green, a kindhearted widow and quiet heroine, risks everything to open a
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Women in the Middle Ages

The Lives of Real Women in a Vibrant Age of Transition

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To a Mountain in Tibet

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"A superb account of a pilgrimage. . . . Characteristically beautiful, though uncharacteristically haunted." —Pico Iyer, New York Review of Books"Thubron walks for the dead and writes for the living, and I can't remember when I have been so thoroughly and deeply moved by an author's outward journey inward." —Bob Shacochis, Boston GlobeNew York Times bestselling author Colin Thubron returns with a ... Read more

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