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Don Quixote

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes | Edith Grossman

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 976 PAGES

Grossman's sparkling new translation brings Quixote's 400-year-old novel into the 21st Century, abandoning the mock-chivalry of earlier translations for lively, uninflected prose. (SPN211, $16.99)

The World, Life and Travel 1950-2000

The World, Life and Travel 1950-2000

by Jan Morris

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 458 PAGES

Organized by decade, this compilation of eyewitness reports, meditations and adventures by the journalist, writer and traveler offer a good dose of Morris's great insight, sharp perspective and scintillating prose. (TVL29, $18.95)

Nine Hills to Nambonkaha

Nine Hills to Nambonkaha

by Sarah Erdman

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Erdman's affectionate memoir of her time as a volunteer at a health clinic captures the rhythms, traditions and challenges of village life on the Ivory Coast in the days before civil war. (WAF72, $16.00)

Monster of God, The Man Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind

Monster of God, The Man Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind

by David Quammen

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

In search of lions in India's Gir forest, Australia's formidable saltwater crocodiles, Romania's brown bears and tigers in the Russian Far East. (BST84, $17.95)

Feeding a Yen, Savoring Local Specialties from Kansas City to Cuzco

Feeding a Yen, Savoring Local Specialties from Kansas City to Cuzco

by Calvin Trillin

  • FOOD
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 197 PAGES

A captivating, enthusiastic collection of essays on the subjects of food, life and local specialties. This slim book includes Trillin's priceless riff on bagels as bait to lure his daughters home from the West Coast, his quest for the best ceviche with Douglas Rodriguez, and 11 other ramblings. (WLD40, $15.00)

Dark Star Safari

Dark Star Safari

by Paul Theroux

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 472 PAGES

Setting the tone for his odyssey from Cairo to the Cape, Theroux writes in the opening: "All news out of Africa is bad. It made me want to go there, though not for the horror, the hot spots, the massacre-and-earthquake stories you read in the newspaper; I wanted the pleasure of being in Africa again...I aimed to reinsert myself in the bundu, as we used to call the bush, and to wander the antique hinterland." (AFR131, $15.95)

Stone Voices, The Search for Scotland

Stone Voices, The Search for Scotland

by Neal Ascherson

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Ascherson writes with verve and insight on the centuries-old impulse toward nationhood in Scotland in this absorbing portrait, interweaving history with archaeology, myth and his own interviews and travels. (SCT66, $27.00)

Krakatoa, The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

Krakatoa, The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

by Simon Winchester

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

A masterful portrait of the island, centered around the dramatic eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. A lucid explanation of the volcanology, human drama and ecology of Krakatoa. (INS93, $13.99)

1,000 Places to See Before You Die

1,000 Places to See Before You Die

by Patricia Schultz

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 1200 PAGES

A traveler's life list, this completely revised second edition of the charming and talented Patricia Schulz's phenomenal bestseller is now illustrated. With color photographs sprinkled throughout, this tantalizing roundup features 200 new entries, inspired mini-itineraries, 28 new countries and 200 more pages. (TVL23, $19.95)

Birds of Chile

Birds of Chile

by Alvaro Jaramillo

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

This compact, comprehensive guide with superb color plates also includes Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. (CHI50, $29.95)

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America

by David Sibley

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 474 PAGES

A compact, geographically specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird. (USW418, $19.95)

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

by David Sibley

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. (USE262, $19.95)

The Towers of Trebizond

The Towers of Trebizond

by Rose MacAulay | Jan Morris

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 277 PAGES

Mixing high farce, archaeology, history and lively travel writing, MacAulay's impossibly clever short novel follows the adventures of English missionaries traipsing across Turkey. (TKY15, $15.95)

 

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