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by Richard Grant Publisher Comments Twenty miles south of the Arizona-Mexico border, the rugged, beautiful Sierra Madre mountains begin their dramatic ascent. Almost 900 miles long, the range climbs to nearly 11,000 feet and boasts several canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon. The rules of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Clotilde Dusoulier Publisher Comments Clotilde Dusoulier, a native Parisian and passionate explorer of the city's food scene, has won a tremendous following online with her insider reports and wonderful recipes. Her book Chocolate & Zucchini introduced her to a wider, equally... (read more) Your Price $12.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Bill Geist Publisher Comments “To say it very simply, freezer burn may very well have set in.” —neighbor on the frozen dead guy kept on ice in a backyard shed in Nederland, Colorado. “Everybody loves a parade; we were just geographically... (read more) Your Price $13.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Andrew Ferguson Publisher Comments Abraham Lincoln was our greatest president and perhaps the most influential American who ever lived. But what is his place in our country today? In Land of Lincoln, Andrew Ferguson packs his bags and embarks on a journey to the heart of contemporary... (read more) Your Price $14.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Jim Malusa Publisher Comments With plenty of sunscreen and a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, writer and botanist Jim Malusa bicycled alone to the lowest point on each of six continents, a six-year series of “anti-expeditions” to the “anti-summits.” His... (read more) Your Price $16.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Sergio Esposito Publisher Comments As a young child in Naples, Italy, Sergio Esposito sat at his kitchen table observing the daily ritual of his large, loud family bonding over fresh local dishes and simple country wines. While devouring the rich bufala mozzarella, still sopping with milk... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Joe Upton Publisher Comments Step aboard Joe Upton's 32-foot troller and journey with him into another world. It's Southeast Alaska in the 1970s, and this evocative, true-life account chronicles four months of commercial fishing in the Inside Passage. Travel with Upton through open... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Christopher Robbins Publisher Comments A funny and revealing travelogue of Kazakhstan, a country rich with wild tulips, oil, nomads who hunt with golden eagles, and a disappearing landlocked sea. Closed to foreigners under Tsar and Soviet rule, Kazakhstan has remained largely hidden from the... (read more) Your Price $24.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Stephen Clarke Publisher Comments From Stephen Clarke, the internationally bestselling author of A Year in the Merde and In the Merde for Love, Merde Happens is the third installation of Paul West's hilarious mis-adventures in merde. This time around Paul finds himself in financial... (read more) Your Price $24.99 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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by Judith Martin Publisher Comments "Add No Vulgar Hotel to the list of books you must read before you come to Venice."Donna Leon This is the definitive book for managing an incurable passion for a decaying, water-logged village. Whether you already have a raging case of Venetophilia... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Jeff Klinkenberg Publisher Comments Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators provides a welcome opportunity for readers to discover the character--and characters--of "real" Florida. In this compilation, drawn in part from his award-winning columns, Klinkenberg celebrates some of... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Patrick Symmes Synopsis From the author of "Chasing Che," here is the remarkable tale of a group of boys at the heart of Cuba's political and social history. Chosen in the 1940s from among the most affluent and ambitious families in eastern Cuba, they were groomed at the elite... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your Price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Linda Grant Publisher Comments "The further away anyone was from that block of Ben Yehuda street, the easier it seemed to find a solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, that stubborn mess in the center of the Middle East and the more I studied these solutions, the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your Price $11.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Georgeanne Brennan Publisher Comments Georgeanne Brennan moved to Provence in 1970, seeking a simpler life. She set off on her many adventures in Provençale cuisine by tracking down a herd of goats, a cool workshop, some rennet, and the lost art of making fresh goat cheese. From... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Edmund White Publisher Comments “One has the impression, reading The Flâneur, of having fallen into the hands of a highly distractible, somewhat eccentric poet and professor who is determined to show you a Paris you wouldn’t otherwise see…Edmund White tells such... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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