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West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story from Farrar Straus & Giroux Price: $5.99 Customer Review:  I've read other books about the Taliban and so forth, but if you want to get some idea of Afghan people and society in basic human terms--in terms that most Americans (like me) can really understand--then this is the book I'd recommend. Ansary's life has bridged the cultures, and he's able to talk... |
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Trainspotting from W.W. Norton & Company Price: $7.49 Customer Review: Top quality stuff. Not for anyone who can't cope with 'vulgar' words, graphically detailed (not-very-nice) scenes or with phoenetic spelling, which I have to admit took a bit of getting used to, but provided you can get past all of those, it's the best book you'll ever read (probably). The... |
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Complete Mediterranean The Beautiful Cookbook from HarperCollins Price: $39.95 |
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Buddhist Himalayas from Harry N. Abrams Price: $24.99 Customer Review: The photos in this book are simply extraordinary. The composition of each shot is lyrically beautiful. The images of great masters are radiant and inspiring. The quality of the reproductions is wonderful and unusual (I think) in a book at this price. Anyone with a love of Tibetan Buddhism should... |
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Stuart Little from Harpercollins Juvenile Books Price: $10.99 Customer Review:  I enjoyed reading Stuart Little. I really liked Stuart Little because I really like the adventure type books. If you've seen the movie or read the book before you would know that. This book was written by E.B. White. I have read Charlotte's Web by E.B. White and I thought that was a great book... |
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Michael Palin's Hemingway's Adventure from St. Martin's Press Price: $6.99 Customer Review: I am not a Hemmingway fan - the idea of a macho yet self-destructive soul holds no appeal for me. Likewise, I find his prose turgid and bland, unlike his contemporary, Steinbeck. However, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Michael Palin brings his charm, understated wit, and consummate... |
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Passage to Juneau : A Sea and Its Meanings from Pantheon Books Price: $6.99 Customer Review: If you love sailing, the Northwest, NW Coast Indian art, or Raban's other travel books, you've got to get this one. Leave it to a Brit--especially this shrewd, funny Brit--to see things here that others have missed, and to put them all into perspective with warm, witty prose. His observations about... |
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From Here, You Can't See Paris : Seasons of a French Village and Its Restaurant from HarperCollins Price: $5.99 Customer Review: Michael Sanders spent a wonderful year in Les Arques, a small town in the Lot, a rural area in southwest France. We're lucky that his absorbing memoir takes us along. Meet Jacques and Noelle, who have rescued the restaurant housed in the empty schoolhouse; the local farmers who grow the restaurant's... |
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America Wide: In God We Trust from Ken Duncan Panographs Price: $22.99 Customer Review: Ken Duncan has been Australia's foremost photographer, taking superb shots with his panograph camera. He has again produced a beautiful collection of photographs across this great land. Each picture is a work of art in itself! The book makes a great coffee table book - one to pick up and browse at... |
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Nomads of Niger from Harry N Abrams Price: $20.39 Customer Review: Dear Sirs, This book is excellent sourse for those who never visited the countries where nomads of Niger are living. Of course, if it is interesting for you. Splendid photos of different tribes and people. Very good and understandable texts. I enjoyed the jorney when I have read the book. When you... |
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Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys Across Iran from W.W. Norton & Company Customer Review: Afshin Molavi has done a great service for all those interested in Iran, be it culturally or politically. He weaves his way poetically through 2500 years of Iranian history, along the way telling the many stories of contemporary Iran, much different from the account you will get in the US media. I... |
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Fodor's upCLOSE Paris, 2nd Edition : Fine Dining for Few Francs, Hotel Finds, Great Deals and Best Bets, StrategicSightseeing, What's Worth It (Fodor's Upclose Paris) from Fodor's Price: $4.99 Customer Review:  We found several problems with the information in this book. Places that were recommended were no longer in business or not as described. Some of the information about reservations, lines, etc. were written for peak season travel so we did a lot of things to avoid lines that were not there.... |
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A Vanished World from W.W. Norton & Company Price: $9.98 Customer Review: A Vanished World is packed full of true-to-the-time photographs of the peoples and places Wilfred Thesiger experienced and so interestingly described in his books. Like the text of Arabian Sands, Among the Mountains and The Marsh Arabs, Wilfred's photographs are real and gritty, without special... |
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Pakistan: In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan from Farrar Straus & Giroux Price: $5.99 Customer Review: Much has been written about Pakistan since September 11th. But as Ms. Weaver points out in her wonderful book about the only Islamic Republic in the world, much harm could have been avoided if only we were more aware of this country and its problems BEFORE the terrorist attacks. Weaver's experiences... |
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The American Motel from Motorbooks International Price: $14.99 Customer Review: I have the Margolies motel book and personally, I think Witzel has the lock when it comes to research and writing. Sure, this is some in-depth stuff and can be dry at times (these are motels, after all), but the dedicated road enthusiast/pop culture historian really wants to know all of this... |
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The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America: The Pacific Northwest Washington and Oregon from Random House Price: $3.99 |
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The Photographs from National Geographic Price: $10.99 Customer Review: How can we best describe the National Geographic's publication, The Photographs? Creative, aesthetic, unnatural perspectives, abstract, ultra realistic, surreal, vibrant, and the list of adjectives is endless! However, I guess what best sums up this book is that it constitutes one of the most... |
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American Road: The Story of an Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age from Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Price: $6.99 Customer Review: Pete Davies has provided us with an interesting view on American history with his book American Road. I found the book interesting and engrossing, though Davies had a tendancy at times to divert off to a tangent that does not seem to be related to the topic at hand. Most of the topics he includes in... |
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Brassai: The Monograph from Bulfinch Price: $36.99 Customer Review: This book deserves more than five stars. Before going further, let me mention that Brassai's images contain many sinners and show the seamier side of Paris. For example, there are many photographs of prostitutes here. If such subjects upset you, do avoid this volume. The collection of Brassai's... |
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Ladies of the Grand Tour : British Women in Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in Eighteenth-Century Europe from HarperCollins Price: $7.99 Customer Review: Life in the eighteenth century for women was a strange mixture of education, enlightenment and restriction. The fact that some could travel so freely seems an anomaly given their general position in society legally - yet travel many did - and write about - they did too. Dolan has used mostly diaries... |
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The Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road from Chronicle Books Price: $6.49 Customer Review: Cameron Tuttle does not encourage we women to suddenly go out and do a Thelma and Louise on the unsuspecting back roads of the United States, but she sure knows how to have a good time. For all you gal pals who suddenly get the itch to just "take off" this book is essential to have in your purse,... |
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The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes from Farrar Straus & Giroux Price: $6.99 Customer Review: The readers of "The Birds of Heaven" should be prepared for joy, awe, geographic and naturalist education, but also sadness,fear and disgust. Matthiessen travels the world in search of the wild cranes. He is not just an observor, he is part of the effort to study and save these amazing birds. Robert... |
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The Southwest: New Mexico and Arizona (The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America) from Random House Price: $3.99 Customer Review: All of the Smithsonian Guides to Natural America are excellent, and this one is no exception. It is one of the best guides available to the natural history of the Southwest, and is beautifully illustrated with color photographs. Not only visitors to this region but residents as well would find their... |
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The Stone Boudoir: Travels Through the Hidden Villages of Sicily from Perseus Publishing Price: $6.99 Customer Review: I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of this book. The chapters read like short stories about the small towns and the people of Sicily that few tourists ever see. While thousands have captured photographs of the smoke pluming from Mt. Etna, Maggio walks in the fields and talks to the people who... |
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Looking for Alaska from St. Martin's Press Customer Review: I am a Native Alaskan. My people have been in Alaska before it was called ALASKA. I was given Peter Jenkins book as an early holiday gift from my Uncle and wondered if he captured my people and all our people, of all groups, because almost no writers/travelers ever have. He even found things I did... |
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