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When John Wesley Powell became the first person to navigate the entire Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon, he completed what Lewis and Clark had begun nearly 70 years earlier--the final exploration of continental America. The son of an abolitionist preacher, a Civil War hero (who lost an arm at Shiloh), and a passionate naturalist and geologist, in 1869 Powell tackled the vast and dangerous gorge carved by the Colorado River and known today...
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"A walking journey across Arizona with essays on wildfire, copper mining, border crossing, dirty politics, Native culture, violence, suburban monotony, shrinking water, local cuisine, literary culture and the Grand Canyon. I have sought to write the mostcomprehensive one-volume portrait of Arizona ever written: a deep narrative map"--
Rim to River is the story of this extraordinary journey through redrock country, down canyons, up mesas, and across...
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Skeletons on the Zahara chronicles the true story of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected to a hellish two-month journey through the perilous heart of the Sahara.
The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub — and its barren and ever-changing coastline...
The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub — and its barren and ever-changing coastline...
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Bryson share his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail with a childhood friend. The two encounter eccentric characters, a blizzard, getting lost, and rude yuppies along the way.
Following his return to America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The "AT" offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests...
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After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such best-sellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while. This was partly to let his wife and kids experience life in Bryson's homeland - and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another. It was thus clear to him that his people...
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In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university," populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet John Muir. Those aboard encountered a land of immeasurable beauty and impending environmental calamity. More than a hundred years later, Alaska is still America's most...
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The hilarious and loving sequel to a hilarious and loving classic of travel writing: Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson s valentine to his adopted country of England In 1995 Bill Bryson got into his car and took a weeks-long farewell motoring trip about England before moving his family back to the United States. The book about that trip, Notes from a Small Island, is uproarious and endlessly endearing, one of the most acute and affectionate portrayals...
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Standing at the gateway between North Africa and the Middle East, Egypt is home to one of the world's most celebrated ancient civilizations. Here, in a land of wind-blown sand dunes, ancient monuments and fascinating mythology, the pharaohs and the pyramids contrast with the bustling souks of Cairo and the majestic Sahara Desert.
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Iceland's lunar landscapes, complete with fiery volcanoes, thermal springs, a pristine wilderness and fjord-fringed northern shorelines, are rich in breathtaking scenery and wildlife. By contrast, the island's modern, growing capital, Reykjavik, attracts innovative designers and musicians, and is a mecca for both food and nature tourism.
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Hawaii's lush tropical islands bathed in sunshine are fringed with sandy beaches and breathtaking cliffs. The culture is rich, from hula dancing and traditional crafts to beautiful flower garlands. Modern-day life is also embraced in the capital, Honolulu, with its world-famous neighboring beach resort of Waikiki.
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One of the last true wildernesses, Alaska is a vast and unforgiving land of natural wonders - huge, snow-capped mountains, ice-cold lakes and fjords, massive glaciers, grassy tundra and majestic forests. Sparsely inhabited, America's largest state is also home to a plentiful variety of wildlife.
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From the temperate savanna grasslands of the Kalahari Desert to the seasonally lush Okavango Swamps, landlocked Botswana has one of Africa's most diverse landscapes. Modern Gaborone is a thriving city, with its mix of traditional and 21st century arts and bustling life, while the hunter-gatherer culture of the Kalahari Bushmen stretches back over thousands of years.
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