Rodale Press, December 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Join one of America's greatest authors on his journey to two centers of world change--and to the deeper meanings of his life and work. Michener tells unique stories of his pilgrimages to Poland and Rome. All royalties from the sale of this book..... More
Random House, January 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. In edgewor dustjacket with slight darkening. Front flap is not clipped. Beige cloth covered boards with black title plates on spine with gold horizontal bars separating these three black rectangles of text in beige coloring of backgound. End pages feature map of..... More
Starrhill Pr, February 1989. Paper Back. Perfect for the book-loving vacationer or the hometown reader, this attractive Starrhill Press series provides walking tours to literary history. Learn about each city's culture, authors, bookstores, colleges, and literary meeting places. Take one along when you travel, or collect the entire series for..... More
Houghton Mifflin, January 1990. Hardcover. Millman traveled to the remote North Atlantic to renew his love affair with the primitive splendor of places far away and forgotten. Through his travels he meets an array of animals and eccentric characters. More
Barnes & Noble, October 2004. Hardcover. What's weird around here? That's a question Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman have enjoyed asking for years--and their offbeat sense of curiosity led them to create the best-selling phenomenon, Weird N.J. But why should they stop at New Jersey when there's so much that's..... More
Penguin Putnam, January 2001. Hardcover. Sir Ernest Shackleton has been called "the greatest leader that ever came on God's earth, bar none". In 1914 he led 27 men in his Endurance expedition to Antarctica, through a long and harrowing fight for their lives after they became stranded on an ice..... More
Harcourt, May 1995. Trade Paperback. A fascinating exploration of the history, sights, seasons, arts, food, and people of an incomparable city. "A highly intelligent portrait of an eccentric city, written in powerful prose and enlivened by many curious mosaics of information...a beautiful book to read and to possess" (The Observer)..... More
Viking Adult, August 2010. Hardcover. " A spectacular modern-day adventure along the Nile River from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea " With news of tenuous peace in Sudan, foreign correspondent Dan Morrison bought a plank-board boat, summoned a childhood friend who'd never been off American soil and set out..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), March 1988. Trade Paperback. More
Harper Perennial, June 2002. Trade Paperback. In the tradition of Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm, comes a breathtaking oceanic adventure about an obsessive desire to test the limits of human endurance. In 1968 nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held and never before completed..... More
Vintage, September 1987. Trade Paperback. A hilarious and informative account of a 1983 journey to the center of Borneo, an expedition not attempted since 1926, which was made by naturalist Redmond O'Hanlon, poet James Fenton, and three native guides. Travel writing at its best, mixed with broad humor. More
Random House, February 1985. Hardcover. Jacket chipped at top of spine. Brodart wrapped. More
Simon & Schuster, July 2001. Trade Paperback. An American Jewish immigrant to Jerusalem paints a funny and painful picture of the city's daily life based on the various personalities she encounters, including peaceniks, settlers, famous artists, political elite, and housewives. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. More
Fleming H. Revell Company, March 2012. Paper Back. After Paul Stutzman lost his wife to breast cancer, he sensed a tug on his heart--the call to a challenge, the call to pursue a dream. Paul left his stable career, traveled to Georgia, and took his first steps on the Appalachian..... More
Little Brown & Co., January 1960. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto in dust jacket with tanned spine and large (three inch tear bottom of spine. Some bow to boards. Stated 'first printing'. More
Farrar Straus & Giroux, August 1987. First American. Hardcover. Previous owner's name; a little bit of soiling and sunning; else, very good condition. More
Random House Inc, January 2003. Trade Paperback. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - With a new foreword by Tim Ferriss - "Vagabonding easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. Why? Because one incredible trip, especially a long-term trip, can change your life forever. And Vagabonding teaches you how to travel (and..... More
Hastings House, January 1973. Cloth. Octavo. In dust stained, darkened at margins dustjacket. Heavily darkened/foxed jacket verso. Flap not clipped. Bright, clean red cloth covered boards with black lettering. Dust stains textblock top edge and fore-edge. Foxing end pages. [496 pp.]. More
Penguin Books, September 1990. Trade Paperback. More
Lund Humphries Pub Ltd, October 2003. Oversize Softcover. John Ruskin's masterpiece The Stones of Venice (1851-53) was one of the most influential books on art and architecture ever written and is still regarded as a classic work. However, the problems posed by its length (almost half a million words in..... More
Henry Holt & Co, March 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear on the jacket. More
Dover Publications, June 1964. Trade Paperback. Impelled by wanderlust and the spirit of adventure and aided by an extraordinary facility in Eastern languages, Sir Richard Burton (1821-90) was one of the great traveler-explorers of history. He was the first European to enter the capital of Somaliland and the first to..... More
Vintage Books USA, February 2000. Trade Paperback. From a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo, here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient, colorful, and multifaceted of cities. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Saladin to..... More
Viking, March 1987. Hardcover. Small chip at top of dust jacket, spine is sun faded. More
