Travel Writing

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EXPLORATION TREASURY: AMAZING JOURNEYS AROUND THE WORLD IN RARE ARTWORKS AND PRINTS, MAPS AND PERSONAL NARRATIVES (BOX WITH BOOK & ART PRINTS)

Written by Riffenburgh, Beau
From Britain's Royal Geographical Society comes a beautiful collector's box, featuring frameable prints and a paperback, that celebrates a century of distinguished expeditions through the visual material created by artists, photographers, expedition teams, and solitary travellers.
May 1, 2018 | Paperback | Andre Deutsch | 176 Pages |
$45.00
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BEYOND THE MAP: UNRULY ENCLAVES, GHOSTLY PLACES, EMERGING LANDS AND OUR SEARCH FOR NEW UTOPIAS

Written by Bonnett, Alastair
New islands are under construction or emerging because of climate change. Eccentric enclaves and fantastic utopian experiments are multiplying. Once-secret fantasy gardens are cracking open their doors to outsiders. Our world is becoming stranger by the day--and Alastair Bonnett observes and captures every fascinating change.
April 11, 2018 | Hardcover | University of Chicago Press | 304 Pages |
$25.00
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HEMINGWAY'S HAVANA: A REFLECTION OF THE WRITERAS LIFE IN CUBA

Written by Wheeler, Robert
In Cuba, Ernest Hemingway, author of The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, and For Whom the Bell Tolls, found a sense of serenity and enrichment he couldn't find anywhere else.
March 20, 2018 | Hardcover | Skyhorse Publishing | 208 Pages |
$24.99
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LA DOLCE VITA UNIVERSITY: AN UNCONVENTIONAL GUIDE TO ITALIAN CULTURE FROM A TO Z OE

Written by Gambescia, Carla
La Dolce Vita University (LDVU) is the perfect sampler for anyone curious about (or already in amore with) Italy and its remarkably rich cultural gifts, both past and present.
March 13, 2018 | Paperback | Travelers' Tales | 328 Pages |
$19.99
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HISTORY OF HAVANA

Written by Hernández, Rafael
Serious but easily readable. The History of Havana employs conventional documentary, written and visual sources and a variety of testimonials from throughout the world to bring to life the complex portraits and challenges of contemporary Havana.
March 13, 2018 | Paperback | OR Books | 352 Pages |
$17.95
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TRAVEL DIARIES OF ALBERT EINSTEIN: THE FAR EAST, PALESTINE, AND SPAIN, 1922-1923

Written by Einstein, Albert
Albert Einstein's travel diary to the Far East and Middle East In the fall of 1922, Albert Einstein, along with his then-wife, Elsa Einstein, embarked on a five-and-a-half-month voyage to the Far East and Middle East, regions that the renowned physicist had never visited before.
May 29, 2018 | Hardcover | Princeton University Press | 384 Pages |
$29.95
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JOURNEYING

Written by Magris, Claudio
A writer for whom the journey has always mattered reinvents the very form itself in this inviting collection of in-the-moment impressions of his journeys A writer of enormous erudition and wide-ranging travels, Claudio Magris selects for this volume writings penned during trips and wanderings over the span of several decades.
March 20, 2018 | Hardcover | Yale University Press | 288 Pages |
$25.00
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QUEER CITY: GAY LONDON FROM THE ROMANS TO THE PRESENT DAY

Written by Ackroyd, Peter
In Queer City, the acclaimed Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way-through the complete history and experiences of its gay and lesbian population. In Roman Londinium, the city was dotted with lupanaria ("wolf dens" or public pleasure houses), fornices (brothels), and thermiae (hot baths).
May 8, 2018 | Hardcover | Harry N. Abrams | 272 Pages |
$26.00
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CROSSROADS: TRAVELLING THROUGH THE MIDDLE AGES

Written by Various
- The story of the trade network and the lively exchange of goods and ideas, diplomatic missions and knowledge in Europe during the period from 300 to 1000 AD Despite the numerous conflicts, the period from 300 to 1000 AD was also one of growth, continuity and peaceful coexistence.
April 26, 2018 | Paperback | W Books | 204 Pages |
$29.95
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KIRIBATI

Written by Angeli, Andrea
-A journey to the end of the world, documenting a vanishing culture threatened by climate change -Presented through maps, infographics, and a glossary, all masterfully illustrated Kiribati is an island nation in the vast blue of the Pacific Ocean. Composed of thirty-two atolls and three groups of islands, Kiribati lies halfway between Hawaii and Australia.
November 9, 2017 | Hardcover | Sieveking | 128 Pages |
$35.00

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