Random House Inc, May 2002. Trade Paperback. The true story of an ordinary woman living an extraordinary existence all over the world. "Gelman doesn't just observe the cultures she visits, she participates in them, becoming emotionally involved in the people's lives. This is an amazing travelogue." --Booklist At the age..... More

Random House Inc, November 2004. First Edition. Cloth. Sometimes a city can be like a bird. Just as the magpie is an inveterate collector, hoarding beautiful eclectic bits to line its nest, so Prague retains fragments from bygone regimes and centuries past to create a city of juxtaposition that is..... More

Marion Boyars Publishers, 1993. First Thus. Paper Back. Born an American in Paris in 1900, Green accompanies the reader on an imaginative stroll through the French capital sharing his discoveries at every turn. From haunted visions of Notre Dame to memories of the old Trocadero, Green lovingly describes these strange..... More

Broadway Books, April 2010. Trade Paperback. A celebration of the language and culture of Italy, La Bella Lingua is the story of how a language shaped a nation, told against the backdrop of one woman's personal quest to speak fluent Italian. For anyone who has been to Italy, the fantasy..... More

Harper Perennial, June 1996. Trade Paperback. Some fathers and sons go fishing together. Some play ball. David Hays and Daniel Hays sailed 17,000 miles through the world's most feared and fabled waters in a little boat they built together. This is their story. Alone with nothing but the mammoth waves..... More

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

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

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

Arno Press, 1967. Hardcover. Dust jacket has several tears and is mylar wrapped. 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