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Unforgettable Journeys by DK EyewitnessDiscover the joys of slow travel. This book features over 200 once-in-a -lifetime adventures including an epic bike ride along the ancient Silk Road, a ride aboard the Orient Express, and a road trip on the Pacific Highway.
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Travel to a variety of gardens and outdoor spaces at the center of American history including the slave garden at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate, Longwood Gardens in Delaware, and Middleton Place in South Carolina and urban outdoor spaces of New York City's Central Park, Lurie Garden at the southern end of Millennium Park in Chicago, and the Seattle Spheres.
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Alps: High Mountains in Motion by Lorenz Andreas FischerPhotographer Lorenz Andreas Fischer has traveled to the highest mountain ranges in Central Europe Alps for years, from the highest peaks in the west to the last eastern foothills. This book brings together his impressions, shows the startling beauty of the Alpine mountains and how climate change increasingly disrupts the region's natural cycles and ecosystem.
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Lonely Planet Gourmet Trails : Australia & New Zealand by Lonely Planet FoodThis guide covers 40 gourmet weekends with each trail features a blend of food producers, farmers markets, restaurants and cafes, wineries and breweries. Included also are the most interesting stops, and the best places to stay.
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Explore the history of the Circumpolar North and its peoples through the lens of climate change and weather and learn how Arctic Peoples and their cultural traditions have continued to thrive amid both social and environmental change.
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Packed with fine chocolate makers across six continents, including where Germany's best black forest cake can be found to the hot spots for hot chocolate.
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Sissinghurst : The Dream Garden by Tim Richardson Step inside the world's most famous garden and understand what its attraction is, since is was bought and transformed by writer Vita Sackville West and diplomat Harold Nicholson in the 1930s.
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For the love of Europe by Rick StevesAfter over 40 years of writing about Europe, Rick Steves has gathered 100 of his favorite memories together in his best travel stories collection.
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the beautiful coasts and countrysides of Italy and presents simple, authentic recipes inspired by the country's producers and rich food heritage.
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Ikaria : food and life in the Blue Zone by Meni ValleIn the northern Aegean Sea lies the Greek island of Ikaria, with a mountainous coastline and rocky trails leading to quaint villages where the locals seem to hold a secret to high life expectancies and low rates of chronic disease. With intimate glimpses of the island's festivals, markets, kitchens and people, Ikaria is a cookbook that will transport you to this amazing island.
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| My Penguin Year: Life Among the Emperors by Lindsay McCraeAlong with the two other members of his team, award-winning photographer Lyndsay McCrae spent 337 days in Antarctica observing and documenting life in a colony of emperor penguins, all while dealing with his own isolation and missing his pregnant wife back home. |
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