| 111. Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses | |
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by: Bruce Feiler List Price: $14.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.47 You Save: $4.48 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description Having been given this book as a present and never before heard of this book or the author, I most likely would never have had read it otherwise. Fortunately for me, that wasn't the case. I had the pleasure and privilege to read this insightful and invigorating work. Bruce Feiler, a unorthodox Jewish American from the South, reveals key insights and new knowledge about the Bible and its historical accuracy in regard to time, people, events, and places within the text. What makes this book unique ... Read More  Read Reviews and Description
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| 112. The Art of Travel (Vintage) | |
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by: ALAIN DE BOTTON List Price: $13.00 Amazon.com's Price: $10.40 You Save: $2.60 (20%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This is a truly wonderful book which will help thoughtful travlers unravel the many inexplicable sensations form excitemnt to boredom and nostalgia that accompany them on their journeys.The title hints that the book also discusses how artists, from painters to poets, have used travel to explore their own passions reflecting them through their workform the exotic tatstes of Gustave Flaubert to the quiet loneliness of the paintings of Edward Hopper. In this sense the book could well be described as an ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 113. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America | |
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by: Bill Bryson List Price: $14.00 Amazon.com's Price: $11.20 You Save: $2.80 (20%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description Perhaps so, but in a good natured "poke-in-the-ribs" sort of way. Born and raised in Iowa ("I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to."), Bryson left the plains to live in England. He returns to write about the land of his childhood. What results is an engagingly humorous look of the world he left behind through his (now) foreign perspective. In the great American tradition of the road trip, Bryson - sans screaming kids - decides to venture forth to document the America he knew and offer ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 114. Streetwise Rome | |
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by: Michael Brown Amazon.com's Price: $7.95 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This map is accurate and laminated, which makes it indestructible. It is a good value and easy to read. I essentially walked most areas of Rome and found no errors...it got me back to my hotel every time. An excellent buy! Read Reviews and Description
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| 115. Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring (LONELY PLANET EUROPE ON A SHOESTRING) | |
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by: Vivek Wagle List Price: $24.99 Amazon.com's Price: $17.49 You Save: $7.50 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This book isn't as good as Lets Go's version as it is written more for an American audience. It doesn't include what it should and has been drastically thickened with a lot of [stuff] backpackers don't need to know and more importantly do not want to carry the weight of those pages around. Who cares about restaurants, up market hotels and other places backpackers are unlikely to go. More supermarket listings would be more helpful and pointing out when what is listed is a 7 Eleven, Spar, Quix type place and ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 116. Rounding the Horn: Being the Story of Williwaws and Windjammers, Drake, Darwin, Murdered Missionaries and Naked Natives, a Deck's Eye View of Cape Horn | |
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by: Dallas Murphy List Price: $25.95 Amazon.com's Price: $17.65 You Save: $8.30 (32%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description I recently bought this book because it caught my eye in a bookstore. I have long been a fan of geography and I also love the sea lore surrounding Cape Horn. The Cape is the stuff legends are made of! I (like most people) have only been exposed to Cape Horn from history books and various movies such as "The Bounty" and "Master and Commander" but this book fills in all the gaps. This book is a fun and entertaining read. Mr. Murphy tells of trip he made to Cape Horn to explore the region with several companions but he also spends ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 117. A Field Guide to American Houses | |
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by: Virginia McAlester, Lee McAlester, Juan Rodriguez-Arnaiz, Lauren Jarrett (Illustrator) List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com's Price: $16.97 You Save: $7.98 (32%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description As a first time buyer of a vintage home I disapointedly rambled the internet look for a definitive guide to identifying the style of my home. Finally I lucked upon the Field Guide to American Houses and using its detailed guidance and illustrations I quickly solved the mystery. This book is well organized and very clear in describing the key identifying features of American homes. The numerous illustrations and photographs allow the reader to visualize the single or multiple influences used in the construction of a vintage home. ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 118. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains | |
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by: Jon Krakauer List Price: $12.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.36 You Save: $2.59 (20%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This is my favorite of all the books I've read by Jon Krakauer; maybe because he's not trying to prove anything. It's a selection of short, non-fiction, stories about different aspects of mountaineering and the types of people that do it. Krakauer is very, very good at writing. He's funny and entrancing. This book is more about people than about mountaineering. Read it even if you're not into the sport, or if you're put off by macho posturing. It's not like that at all. The articles in the book include a description of ice ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 119. Lonely Planet London: City Guide (LONELY PLANET LONDON) | |
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by: Martin Hughes, Tom Masters, Sarah Johnstone, Neil Setchfield List Price: $19.99 Amazon.com's Price: $13.99 You Save: $6.00 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description I have always been a fan of the Lonely Planet books, having recently used the Lonely Planet Iceland and Greenland book to great effect. I like this London guide because it is a nice size (easy to carry) and is full of genuinely useful information. I particularly like the very detailed maps in the back of the book (there are 16 color maps in addition to the tube map and a few other handy things back there). The maps make planning itineraries much easier than if they are spread throughout the book. One minor quibble about the ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 120. Thomas Guide 2004 Los Angeles and Orange Counties: Street Guide and Directory (Los Angeles and Orange Counties Street Guide and Directory) | |
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from: Rand McNally & Company List Price: $34.95 Amazon.com's Price: $24.46 You Save: $10.49 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description In these days of yahoo maps, mapquest et al, the need for something like the Thomas Guide is often questioned. Forget the questions. If you're living in Southern California you need this. It's handy for doing things like finding alternate routes (do you know how to get from Santa Fe Springs to Hollywood when the 5 and the 101 are packed?) The CD is windows-only so as Mac guy I've not had the chance to use it. I'd be surprised if it was a significant improvement over the on-line map services, but perhaps it is. The fold ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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