Harper Perennial, January 2002. Trade Paperback. In the tradition of Iron & Silk comes a powerful memoir about a young American teacher in the Peace Corps living in the small Chinese city of Fuling as it navigates increasing waves of cultural and social upheaval. Maps. In the tradition of 'Iron..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, November 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. A portrait of the sun-drenched volcanic city from an American who has lost his heart to the place and to a beguiling and mysterious Neapolitan woman. Weaving the tale of an elusive romance with a vivid and haunting evocation of a legendary..... More
Plume, January 1992. Trade Paperback. "A very funny and frequently insightful look at the world's most combustible region."--The New York Times Book Review NATIONAL BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Tony Horwitz's 1991 classic account of his travels across the Middle East and through the Arabian Peninsula, now in eBook for..... More
Plume, January 1992. Trade Paperback. "A very funny and frequently insightful look at the world's most combustible region."--The New York Times Book Review NATIONAL BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Tony Horwitz's 1991 classic account of his travels across the Middle East and through the Arabian Peninsula, now in eBook for..... More
Plume, January 1992. Trade Paperback. "A very funny and frequently insightful look at the world's most combustible region."--The New York Times Book Review NATIONAL BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Tony Horwitz's 1991 classic account of his travels across the Middle East and through the Arabian Peninsula, now in eBook for..... More
Picador, April 2009. Trade Paperback. A Voyage Long and Strange is a rich mixture of scholarship and modern-day adventure that brings the forgotten first chapter of America's history vividly to life. What happened in North America between Columbus's sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620? On a visit..... More
Henry Holt and Co., April 2008. Hardcover. The bestselling author of "Blue Latitudes" takes us on a thrilling and eye-opening voyage to pre-Mayflower America On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he's mislaid more than a century of American history, from Columbus's sail in 1492 to Jamestown's..... More
Random House, 1949. First American. Cloth. Black spine with gold lettering starting to fade; brown cloth with gold lettering. Mild spine slant. Light edge discoloration. Map of South America on end pages. Photographs & frontpiece by Caskey. Previous owners' name inked front free end page. Top edge tinted black. Some..... More
Vintage, March 2001. Trade Paperback. From the acclaimed author of Video Nights in Kathmandu comes this intriguing new book that deciphers the cultural ramifications of globalization and the rising tide of worldwide displacement. Beginning in Los Angeles International Airport, where town life--shops, services, sociability--is available without a town, Pico Iyer..... More
Arno Press, 1967. Hardcover. Dust jacket has several tears and is mylar wrapped. More
Doubleday Anchor, 1962. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with soiling & dust stains. Rubbing and chipping. Heavily stained top textblock edge. Damp staining. {498 pages plus eight page list of Anchor/Dolphin titles.]. More
The Great Wester Railway / The Ballantyne Press, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first. Black cloth covered spine with gold lettering. Red Brick paper colored boards with title stamped in gold. Damp stained area acorss top of front and rear board and darker/heavier damp staining in two places at edge of..... More
Alden, Beardsley & Co.; [etc., etc.], January 1852. Hardcover. Heavy marginal wear to boards and loss to spine and top & bottom. Internally clean with tanning to end pages. Binding is weak. More
William Morrow & Company, June 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Twenty years ago, when the author and his best friend, Mike Moe, were eighteen years old, they lit out from Wyoming to explore the world. They washed up in Africa and without forethought or planning set off for the most remote..... More
Intercultural Pr, November 1989. Trade Paperback. More
Marlowe & Company, June 1994. Trade Paperback. More
Walker & Co, November 1996. Hardcover. More
lulu.com, February 2014. Trade Paperback. Just weeks before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 21-year-old Jordan Young arrived in Brazil with $35 in his pocket and dreams of adventure. Unable to return to the U.S. because of war travel restrictions, Jordan studied at the University of Sao Paulo, worked as a...... More
W.W. Norton, May 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. "Drifting down on swimmers is standard rescue procedure, but the seas are so violent that Buschor keeps getting flung out of reach. There are times when he's thirty feet higher than the men trying to rescue him. . . . [I]f the boat's..... More
Random House (NY), February 1996. Hardcover. The bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts takes readers on a journey through troubled regions where age-old cultural rivalries threaten to reshape the world of tomorrow. From West Africa to the fundamentalist enclaves of Egypt and Iran to the culturally explosive lands of Central Asia..... More
Karl Baedeker, January 1904. Hardcover. Limp boards. 'With 49 Maps and 75 Plans'. 14th Revised edition. More
John Murray General Publishing Division, June 2001. Hardcover. Corners bumped; else, very good. More
Peregrine Smith Books, June 1986. Trade Paperback. More
Random House Trade Paperbacks, August 2004. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views."--USA Today "If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment's thinking about health care..... More
Akadine Pr, January 2001. Trade Paperback. More
