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Vicarious Travel in True Stories May 2020
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Cutting back : my apprenticeship in the gardens of Kyoto
by Leslie Buck
A garden designer and aesthetic pruner who specializes in natural design in the San Francisco Bay area presents a story of personal growth in which she recounts her apprenticeship with the most prestigious gardening firm in Kyoto, Japan, where she was taught many valuable lessons in both gardening and life.
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Dear Los Angeles
by David Kipen
A rich mosaic of diary entries and letters by famous residents and visitors draws on three centuries of writing and includes pieces by such notables as Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag and Albert Einstein.
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Northland
by Porter Fox
The author draws on three years of exploration through the borderlands between Maine and Washington State to trace the northern border's rich and pivotal history, industries, and famous contributors.
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Spying on the South : an odyssey across the American divide
by Tony Horwitz
The Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker writer and best-selling author of Confederates in the Attic retraces Frederick Law Olmstead's epic journey across the pre-Civil War American South in search of common ground in today's dangerously divided nation
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Strange harvests
by Edward Posnett
In this beguiling book, Edward Posnett journeys to some of the most far-flung locales on the planet to bring us seven wonders of the natural world--eiderdown, vicuna fiber, sea silk, vegetable ivory, civet coffee, guano, and edible birds' nests--that promise ways of using nature without damaging it. To the rest of the world these materials are mere commodities, but to their harvesters they are imbued with myth, tradition, folklore, and ritual, and form part of a shared identity and history.
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Chef interrupted by Trevis L. GleasonWhen Trevis Gleason, a former chef at the top of his culinary career, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, he lost everything, including his job and his marriage. Surveying the ruins of his former life, he decided to fulfill a long-postponed dream. He'd travel from Seattle to west Kerry, Ireland for the winter. There he found that his dreams weren't lost, just waiting to be rediscovered. Recipes included.
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The dog went over the mountain
by Peter Zheutlin
A freelance journalist hits the road with his beloved aging rescue dog, discovering an America filled with memorable characters and a new-found appreciation of living in the moment in a journey inspired by John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley.
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The geography of genius
by 1963- Weiner, Eric
How do you define "genius"? In Eric Weiner's case, simply being super-smart isn't good enough; he thinks of "genius in the creative sense," meaning those people who think of amazing and useful new ideas. Because he's fascinated by the topic ("in much the way a naked man is fascinated by the subject of clothing," he says), he traveled the world to examine the connection between setting and innovation. Weiner talked to locals and scholars to better understand why places like ancient Athens, Renaissance Florence, 20th-century Vienna, and modern-day Silicon Valley have incubated an exorbitant number of geniuses. This delightful book is a good fit for curious fans of Bill Bryson looking for other amusing authors to read. -- Description by Dawn Towery.
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The time traveler's handbook
by Johnny Acton
Engaging "you are there" details describe some of the most defining moments in human history, sharing contextual information, cultural lore and advice for "living an authentic period life" in entries organized under such headers as "Celebration & Exhibitions," "Sporting Spectaculars" and "Extreme Events.".
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Underground
by (Urban adventurer) Hunt, Will
The first book by an urban adventurer, spelunker and photographer explores the history, science, architecture and mythology of the subterranean landscape to evaluate humanity's relationship with the underground, from sacred caves and hidden catacombs to abandoned mines and subway systems.
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