Henry Holt & Company, October 1997. First Thus. Hardcover. Two years before this story begins, the Liawep were a lost tribe. There were seventy-nine of them, living in deep jungle in far northwest Papua New Guinea. They worshipped a mountain and dressed in leaves. They hid when planes flew overhead..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Love of Venice can strike anyone, not just romantic wusses. Among the toughies with serious cases were Lord Byron, Richard Wagner, Ezra Pound, and Ernest Hemingway. Symptoms include: Wishing that the movie stars in films set in Venice would move..... More
Heinemann, 1922. First Edition. Cloth. First UK edition, missing dustjacket. Octavo withslightly cocked spine and worn at edges and spine ridges. Gold stamped lettering and decorative tree on spine. Front cover shows Pegasus 3 times between title and author,all in gold. Deckled fore-edge. A few grey streaks of discoloration on..... More
Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1935. First American. Cloth. First American edition. Octavo in tattered, torn & much edgeworn dustjacket. Dark stains on white areas of jacket design. Front flap is not clipped. Black cloth covered boards with blindstamped Doubleday, Doran colophon on front panel and gold lettering at decorations..... More
Bantam, April 1993. Trade Paperback. In Acquired Tastes, Peter Mayle, the erudite sojourner and New York Times bestselling author of A Year in Provence, sets off once more, traveling the world in search of the very best life has to offer. Whether telling us where to buy the world's best..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, October 2006. Hardcover. An indispensable, richly informative, and always entertaining sourcebook on Provence by the writer who has made the region his own. Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. It is rather a selection of those aspects of Provence..... More
Vintage Departures, June 1992. Trade Paperback. More
Mariner Books, November 2002. Paper Back. A journey through the glorious Italian city's scenery, history, and culture, from the New York Times best-selling author of Venice Observed and The Group. Renowned for her sharp literary style, essayist and fiction writer Mary McCarthy offers a unique history of Florence, from its..... More
Simon & Schuster, July 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. I wanted to drive the American roads at the century's end, to look at the country again, from border to border and beach to beach.... "From earliest boyhood the American road has been part of my life -- central to it, I...... More
Knopf Publishing Group, February 1992. Hardcover. Distinguished poet Merwin offers a brilliantly evocative and loving account of southwestern France, vividly conveying his intimate knowledge of the people and the country. In three narratives, he depicts the small town life in this ancient part of the world where the past is..... More
O. Baradinsky, January 1946. Stapled Soft Cover. More
Random House, January 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing; Solid binding; Clean, sturdy yellow cloth boards w/ immaculate gilt lettering/design at front and spine; Text free of markings; Unclipped dust jacket VG w/ the slightest bit of edge-wear present; Jacket housed in protective mylar; An exceptional copy. More
Random House, October 1951. First Edition. Cloth. First/first in heavily chipped & torn DJ with large one-inch triangular chip at head of spine. Darkening of verso. Flap not clipped. Grey cloth covered boards with gold lettering in rectangular field of black and gold floral design above and below the title..... More
University of Texas Press, January 1989. Hardcover. In today's fast-changing world, Cuba will be next on center stage.--James A. Michener. Michener's impressions of Castro's Havana open a unique window on a country and a people so close yet so inaccessible. 160 color prints. 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
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
Moon Travel, February 2018. Trade Paperback. Discover Georgia with Moon Travel Guides! From sleepy small towns and buzzing cities, to misty mountains and tranquil islands, explore the Peach State with Moon Georgia. Inside you'll find: Flexible itineraries that can be adapted for your budget and timeline, whether you're taking a...... 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
Oxford University Press, April 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. On June 25, 1945, 14,000 American service men and women sailed into New York aboard the British liner Queen Mary. They were the first big contingent to return from the victory over Nazi Germany, and the city that awaited them stood at..... 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
Dover Publications, November 2017. Trade Paperback. John Muir (1838-1914) ranks among America's most important and influential naturalists and nature writers. Devoted to the preservation of wilderness areas, Muir founded the Sierra Club and was active in the establishment of Yosemite National Park. This book, one of his most popular works..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), March 1988. Trade Paperback. More
Vintage, February 1990. Trade Paperback. Naipaul's first book about America. A revealing, disturbing book about the American South--a part of the country that nonetheless remains a world unto itself. More
