| Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean by Morten Strøksnes; translated by Tina NunnallyTopically wide-ranging, Shark Drunk documents the quest of award-winning journalist Morten Strøksnes and artist Hugo Aasjord to catch a massive Greenland Shark in the frigid waters near Norway's Lofoten islands. In a rubber dinghy over the course of four seasons, the two friends baited hooks in order to entice the massive shark while they sat, occasionally got wet, reeled in cod, ruminated, and talked. Covering ocean life, poetry, mythology, science, history, and more, this lyrical book reads like a novel and will hook fans of philosophical stories. |
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Ancient America: Fifty Archaeological Sites to See for Yourself
by Kenneth L. Feder
Explore the stunning architectural, artistic, and technological achievements of America’s first peoples (and the archaeological stories behind them) in this accessible guide to fifty historically- and culturally-significant sites, all open to the public and located across the United States.
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Off the Grid: My Ride from Louisiana to the Panama Canal in an Electric Car
by Randy Denmon
The rollicking tale of a first-of-its-kind adventure—driving a Tesla through Central America. Without support and armed only with a toolbox, a bag of electrical adapters, and their wits, author Randy Denmon and his friend Dean trudge on through jungles, deserts, volcanoes, rivers, and crater-sized potholes, all the while trying to avoid the drug cartels and corrupt border guards that could mean a quick end to their adventure . . . and their lives. Through it all, the same enormous problem loomed daily: how to charge the car in such a primitive and desolate setting?
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Footsteps: From Ferrante's Naples to Hammett's San Francisco, Literary Pilgrimages Around the World
by New York Times Company
A curated collection of the New York Times' travel column, "Footsteps," exploring classic authors' relationships to landmarks and cities around the world Before The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway roamed the streets of Madrid, eager for the heady scent of blood emanating from the nearby bullrings. Before spunky, red-headed Anne Shirley stole readers' hearts in Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery was captivated by the sunset sky of Prince Edward Island. And before readers were terrified by a tentacled dragon-man called Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft was enthralled by the Industrial Trust tower -- the 26-story skyscraper that makes up the skyline of Providence, Rhode Island. Based on the popular New York Times travel column, Footsteps is an anthology of literary pilgrimages, exploring the geographic muses behind some of history's greatest writers. From the "dangerous, dirty and seductive" streets of Naples, the setting for Elena Ferrante's famous Neapolitan novels, to the "stone arches, creaky oaken doors, and riverside paths" of Oxford, the backdrop for Alice's adventures in Wonderland, Footsteps takes a fresh approach to literary tourism, appealing to readers and travel enthusiasts alike.
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Florida's Museums and Cultural Attractions
by Murray D. Laurie
This newly updated guide has a destination to suit every interest. See Florida through the eyes of the natives, pioneers, artists, statesmen, and writers who have lived here. Visit country stores, one-room schoolhouses, coquina forts, and churches, as well as mansions, theaters, art galleries, and gardens.
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Floating: A Life Regained
by Joe Minihane
While reenacting nature writer and environmentalist Roger Deakin’s swimming tour through Britain’s bodies of water, a journalist works through his own struggles with almost crippling anxiety, rediscovering himself and finding healing, love and friendship along the way.
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The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
by Finn Murphy
A rollicking assessment of life on the Big Slab by a decades-experienced long-haul trucker reflects on the changing realities of the working class as witnessed during journeys ranging from the I-95 Powerland and the Florida Everglades to the truck stops of the Midwest and the Rocky Mountains.
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Patagonian Road: A Year Alone Through Latin America
by Kate McCahill
A chronicle of a young woman’s solo journey from Guatemala to Argentina and her struggles with language, romance, culture, and homesickness. A testament to courage, solitude, and the rewards of taking risks, Patagonian Road proves that discovery, clarity, and simplicity remain possible in the 21st century, and that travel holds an enduring capacity to transform.
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Storied Bars of New York: Where Literary Luminaries Go to Drink
by Delia Cabe
In a visual and historical celebration of the best literary pubs, cocktail bars and taverns of New York City, well-read drinkers and boozy bookworms everywhere will delight in the profiles of each bar, which are accompanied by photographs, a list of the writerly clientele and a recipe for each establishment’s signature drink.
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Tokyo Geek's Guide: Manga, Anime, Gaming, Cosplay, Toys, Idols & More
by Gianni Simone
Featuring more than 400 fascinating color photographs that bring Tokyo’s geeky underworld to life, a guide to Japanese geek culture, which is more popular today than ever before, provides a comprehensive run-down on each major Tokyo district where geeks congregate, shop, play and hangout.
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All the Agents and Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands
by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Considering the “ancestral, cultural, and physical” wounds that fester at the borders, Elizondo Griest glimpses the modern immigrant experience through the lives of people who live in more than one culture. She ventures to casinos and artists’ studios, local shrines and longhouses, and expounds on both the elegance and the insecurity of the hybrid existences led by the people who live in these in-between spaces. Elizondo Griest’s study of borderlands wrestles with profound questions of identity and belonging in a constantly shifting and increasingly unstable world.
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The Drive: Searching for Lost Memories on the Pan-American Highway
by Teresa Bruce
Using her mother’s travel journal as an anecdotal guide, a PR and marketing specialist, award-winning screenwriter and TEDx speaker, with her old dog and new husband in tow, travels through Mexico and onto the Pan American Highway, the exact same route she took as a child, to heal her own wounds over the accidental death of her brother.
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A Paris All Your Own: Bestselling Women Writers on the City of Light
by Eleanor Brown
This collection of essays from eighteen of the biggest names in women’s fiction, including Paula McLain, Therese Fowler, Susan Vreeland and Courtney Sullivan, each describe and reflect upon their experiences in Paris, France, and how it impacts their work.
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Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites
by Jack Jackson
The Dive Atlas of the World offers a global tour of dive sites, described and photographed by experts. From well-known classics to sites that have only recently been discovered, this global selection offers the discerning diver a feast of locations to choose from, including an expanded selection of Caribbean dive sites.
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Living in Another Language
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| Home is a Roof Over a Pig: An American Family's Journey in China by Aminta ArringtonAminta Arrington married an Army linguist and lived all over the world. Eventually, she, her retired husband, and their three children under the age of five (including an adopted Chinese daughter) moved to China...and experienced culture shock when they arrived. Recounting their experiences in a small university town, Arrington explains how they dealt with day-to-day activities, how the children adapted to school, and how she fell in love with their new language. Readers who want another travelogue focused on the Mandarin language should try Deborah Fallow's Dreaming in Chinese. |
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
by T. E. Lawrence
The classic account of the Arab tribes' guerrilla warfare against Turkish forces during World War I and of Lawrence's part in and reflections on that warfare.
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| When in French: Love in a Second Language by Lauren CollinsAn American in London fell in love with a Frenchman and moved to Geneva, Switzerland. Once there, she decided to learn French; not only did she want to be able to buy things on her own, but she wanted to become closer to her new husband and, when the time came, not be "a Borat of a mother." Chronicling her amusing adventures overseas and her attempts to communicate in a new tongue, talented New Yorker writer Lauren Collins serves up a funny, romantic, intelligent memoir, which provides "a thoughtful, beautifully written meditation on the art of language and intimacy" (The New York Times). |
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| All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World by Zora O'NeillHaving studied Arabic as a college student, personable travel and food writer Zora O'Neill decided at age 39 to revisit the language, but this time, to focus on the colloquial instead of the formal version. Visiting Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Morocco, she studied and tested out her skills, but was hindered by different areas having different dialects. Nevertheless, she engaged with people she met -- eating, visiting, and sometimes staying with them -- as she pondered the complex language and the relationship between culture and communication. |
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