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| The Dog Went Over the Mountain: Travels with Albie: An American Journey by Peter ZheutlinWhat it's about: Sixty-four-year-old journalist Peter Zheutlin and his beloved aging rescue dog Albie took a 9,200-mile road trip across the U.S. in a BMW convertible.
Don't miss: the musical references and locations, including visits to Winslow, Arizona and Woody Guthrie's Oklahoma hometown.
Read this next: John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley (the book that inspired this one), Rob Kugler's A Dog Named Beautiful, or Philip Caputo's The Longest Road. |
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Frommer's 2020 Easyguide to Las Vegas
by Grace Bascos
Frommer’s Easyguides Each travel guide in this series is quick to read, light to carry on a trip, includes plenty of expert advice and offers travel ideas from the economical to the lavish. Original.
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Frommer's Easyguide to Paris 2020
by Anna E. Brooke
Frommer’s Easyguides Each travel guide in this series is quick to read, light to carry on a trip, includes plenty of expert advice and offers travel ideas from the economical to the lavish. Original.
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Frommer's Italy 2020
by Stephen Brewer
Frommer’s Complete Guides Detailed, objective reviews of hotels and restaurants to suit any budget are accompanied by up-to-date coverage of sightseeing, nightlife, shopping and local activities; dozens of maps; and expert trip-planning advice, in this premier travel series, now with enhanced insider tips, additional color sections, more information on sustainable “green” travel and other revised features. Original.
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| Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border by Porter FoxWhat it is: a beautifully written, reflective look at the border region between the United States and Canada, which traces the area's rich history (including Native Americans' roles) and draws on three years of exploration from Maine to Washington via car, canoe, foot, and freighter.
Did you know? "Before September 11, 2001, half of the 119 border crossings between the U.S. and Canada were unguarded at night."
Read this next: For more on the U.S.-Canadian border, pick up Brian Castner's Disappointment River. |
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| Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka KassabovaAbout the author: Bulgarian-born poet and writer Kapka Kassabova lives in Scotland, and in Border she describes her return visits home to Eastern Europe between 2013-2015.
What happened: In the complex area where Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece meet, Kassabova traveled through mountains and forests and spoke with villagers, ex-border guards, people who'd tried to escape Communist Bulgaria, incoming Syrian refugees, and others.
Read it for: a clever, lyrical, and acutely observed examination of Eastern European borderlands; references to myths and folktales. |
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| The Marches: A Borderland Journey Between England and Scotland by Rory StewartWhat it's about: Rory Stewart has written about Iraq (Prince of Marshes) and Afghanistan (The Places In Between), but this journey is more intimate: it's the landscape of his homeland, the border between England and Scotland, and he walked it with his 89-year-old Scottish father.
What's inside: family stories as well as thoughtful musings on the plants, animals, conflicts, people (from Romans to modern-day locals), and more that have shaped this stunning area.
Read this next: Max Adams' In the Land of Giants, another richly detailed book that engagingly mixes British history and travel. |
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